Chicken Production
Ready-to-cook young chicken certified at federally inspected plants, total for the trailing 12 months
Production
How much chicken the industry produces, whether growth comes from more birds or heavier birds, and where it is grown.
More Birds or Heavier Birds
Trailing 12-month change vs a year earlier in birds slaughtered and in average live weight; together they give the change in live pounds
Average Live Weight
Average live weight of young chickens at slaughter, monthly and 12-month average
Condemnations at Slaughter
Share lost at federal inspection, 12-month averages: birds condemned before slaughter (mostly dead on arrival) and carcass weight condemned after slaughter
Top Broiler States
Annual broiler production by state, live weight
Prices
Wholesale parts, retail feature prices and the live price received by growers' integrators.
Wholesale Chicken Prices
National weekly negotiated prices for domestic fresh product: major parts (FOB plant) and whole bird without giblets (WOG, delivered, all sizes)
Retail Chicken Feature Prices
National average advertised price, fresh, conventional, regular pack, 8-week average
Broiler Price Received
Monthly live-weight price received, with the 12-month average
Hatchery Performance
Broiler hatchability: the long decline in the share of eggs set that hatch.
Broiler Hatchability
Weekly share of broiler-type eggs set that hatched, the average of reports in the trailing 52 weeks, and the 2012–2019 average of available reports
Hatchability by Year
Average of the weekly reports in each calendar year; the latest year to date, with last year over the same weeks
Hatchability Seasonal Comparison
Monthly average hatchability: this year, last year and the 2012–2019 average of available reports
Breeder Flock
Broiler-type hatching hens, their productivity, and the pullet pipeline behind them.
Broiler Breeder Flock
Broiler-type hatching layers on hand (first of month) and change vs a year earlier
Breeder Productivity
Hatching eggs produced and chicks hatched per breeder hen per month, 12-month averages
Breeder Pullet Pipeline
Broiler-type hatching hens on hand vs the potential flock from U.S. pullet chicks placed 7–15 months earlier (USDA's measure; known up to 7 months ahead)
Chick Supply
Weekly eggs set and chicks placed: forward signals for meat supply. Chicks placed now reach slaughter in about 5–9 weeks, depending on bird size; eggs set hatch about 3 weeks later, so they lead by roughly 8–12 weeks.
Chicks Placed and Eggs Set vs Prior Year
Trailing 4-week total, % change vs the same weeks a year earlier
Weekly Chick Placements by Year
Broiler chicks placed for meat production, by USDA reporting week
Broiler-Type Chicks Hatched
Monthly broiler-type chicks hatched: this year, last year and the multi-year average
Feed and Margin
Feed is the largest cost of growing a broiler. These are price indicators built from corn and soybean meal futures, not measured costs or margins.
Corn and Soybean Meal Cost Component
Cost of the corn and soybean meal in one short ton (2,000 lb) of broiler feed, assuming 65% corn and 28% soybean meal; the other 7% of the ration is not included
Broiler-to-Feed Price Ratio
Pounds of the corn and soybean meal component that one pound of live broiler buys. Higher means live prices are strong relative to feed grain prices, all else equal
Storage and Trade
Frozen inventories and the export markets that set dark-meat value.
Frozen Chicken in Cold Storage
Total frozen chicken stocks (end of month)
Broiler Meat Exports
Monthly U.S. broiler meat exports
Avian Influenza
HPAI detections in flocks APHIS classifies as commercial broiler, broiler breeder or broiler breeder pullet. Same data as IAA's HPAI dashboard.
Broiler Birds Affected by HPAI
Birds in confirmed commercial broiler, broiler breeder and breeder pullet flocks, by month, with the number of flocks detected. Breeder flocks of unstated species are shown in grey