U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 7, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,928,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States 10 weeks earlier, and no change in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States. USDA’s latest Broiler Hatchery report can be viewed here.
| U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
| Week ending | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Broilers slaughtered | |||||
| change from | change from | 10 weeks previous | 7 weeks previous | |||||||
| 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | ||||||
| -000- | % | -000- | % | -000- | % | -000- | % | -000- | % | |
| Oct | ||||||||||
| 3 | 243,244 | 100 | 189,261 | 98 |
253,586 | 102 | 196,464 | 102 | 170,627 | 98 |
| 10 * | 243,095 | 101 | 190,604 | 103 |
252,434 | 101 | 195,176 | 101 | 172,328 | 100 |
| 17 | 242,571 | 102 | 193,082 | 102 |
250,870 | 101 | 194,483 | 101 | 172,933 | 100 |
| 24 | 245,695 | 103 | 188,345 | 99 |
249,495 | 100 | 193,413 | 100 | 168,505 | 98 |
| 31 | 245,584 | 100 | 189,148 | 101 |
252,010 | 101 | 195,127 | 100 | 167,853 | 97 |
| Nov | ||||||||||
| 7 | 243,992 | 100 | 188,317 | 101 |
250,272 | 101 | 194,499 | 100 | 167,928 | 96 |
| 14 ** | — | — | — | — |
248,652 | 99 | 192,940 | 99 | — | — |
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