Poultry
Broiler chicken on one tab, turkey on the other. Each block shows its source.
USDA market read
LIVEas of 2026-06-26 · USDA AMS daily
WOGs market ends the week with a mostly steady rating. Supplies and floor stocks are about adequate. Demand is light to moderate. Bone-in breast and front halves are full steady. B/S breasts have a steady rating. Tenders prices are trending lower. Chunk and trim meats are barely steady. Leg quarter offerings are moderate. Jumbo wings demand is very good with a moderate supply. Leg quarters are about steady to steady. Thigh meat is barley steady to weak due to the lower trends on pricing. The market is steady.
Export: Export markets are steady.
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Weekly wholesale parts
LIVEBSB, wings, tenders, leg quarters, drums, thighs
Source: USDA AMS weekly · as of 2026-06-26
Weekly wholesale parts, FOB plant, fresh / conventional.. Click any cut for its price history.
| Cut | Wtd Avg | WoW | Vol (k lbs) | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boneless/Skinless Breast | 131.34¢/lb | -2.4% | 1,458 | → |
| Breast (Line Run) | 114.15¢/lb | +2.8% | 94 | → |
| Breast with Ribs | 139.93¢/lb | -0.7% | 34 | → |
| Drums | 59.59¢/lb | -2.3% | 672 | → |
| Leg Quarters | 59.79¢/lb | +0.8% | 1,063 | → |
| Legs (Bone-in) | 88.90¢/lb | +0.1% | 328 | → |
| Tenders | 145.97¢/lb | -6.5% | 756 | → |
| Thigh Meat (Boneless/Skinless) | 191.30¢/lb | -4.4% | 503 | → |
| Thighs (Bone-in) | 83.02¢/lb | -0.5% | 30 | → |
| Wings (Whole) | 87.97¢/lb | +4.0% | 496 | → |
Wholesale parts FOB plant, weekly weighted-average price. Volume column is 1,000-lb units traded for the week. Trades column shows weekly volume in thousands of pounds.
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Whole bird wholesale
LIVEPlant-gate price for an eviscerated whole chicken
Source: USDA AMS weekly · as of 2026-06-26
What plants charge wholesalers for a packed whole bird. Mostly WOG (without giblets, about 89% of volume), small RTC blend (ready to cook, 11%). The chicken equivalent of beef Choice cutout or pork carcass.
Week ending 2026-06-26 · click for history
120.63¢/lb
1.59¢/lb vs last week· 9,335k lbs traded across all plants
Volume traded this week: 9,335k lbs. Weekly weighted average across all national whole-bird trades.
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Supply pipeline
LIVEHow much chicken is coming, 6 to 10 weeks out
Source: USDA NASS weekly · as of 2026-06-20
Placements are baby chicks put in grow houses this week. They hit slaughter in 6-7 weeks. Eggs set are eggs put in hatcheries this week. They hatch, get placed, then slaughter 9-10 weeks out. YoY tells you whether more or fewer birds are in the pipeline than the same week last year.
Supply roughly flat vs last year. No squeeze or glut in the 6-10 week pipeline.
Placements (chicks → market in 6-7 wks)
198.9M head
+2.0% YoY
Eggs set (→ market in 9-10 wks)
254.4M eggs
+1.3% YoY
Show last 26 weeks
| Week ending | Placements (M) | YoY | Eggs set (M) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | 198.9 | +2.0% | 254.4 | +1.3% |
| 2026-06-13 | 198.4 | +1.8% | 254.9 | +1.2% |
| 2026-06-06 | 198.5 | +2.2% | 257.2 | +1.8% |
| 2026-05-30 | 197.4 | +1.9% | 257.5 | +1.8% |
| 2026-05-23 | 198.8 | +3.0% | 256.4 | +1.6% |
| 2026-05-16 | 198.5 | +2.8% | 256.7 | +2.0% |
| 2026-05-09 | 198.2 | +2.7% | 255.4 | +1.9% |
| 2026-05-02 | 198.8 | +3.1% | 257.2 | +2.9% |
| 2026-04-25 | 195.8 | +2.0% | 256.6 | +2.6% |
| 2026-04-18 | 198.5 | +3.6% | 256.1 | +2.4% |
| 2026-04-11 | 197.3 | +3.1% | 256.8 | +2.8% |
| 2026-04-04 | 196.7 | +2.8% | 253.6 | +1.8% |
| 2026-03-28 | 195.8 | +2.4% | 256.5 | +3.0% |
| 2026-03-21 | 196.0 | +2.5% | 255.2 | +2.4% |
| 2026-03-14 | 196.2 | +2.7% | 253.8 | +1.7% |
| 2026-03-07 | 195.3 | +2.4% | 253.6 | +1.7% |
| 2026-02-28 | 193.1 | +1.7% | 254.4 | +2.0% |
| 2026-02-21 | 192.4 | +1.5% | 254.9 | +2.4% |
| 2026-02-14 | 195.4 | +2.9% | 254.6 | +2.3% |
| 2026-02-07 | 195.6 | +2.5% | 254.0 | +2.3% |
| 2026-01-31 | 195.4 | +2.0% | 251.1 | +1.2% |
| 2026-01-24 | 195.0 | +1.7% | 253.8 | +2.4% |
| 2026-01-17 | 196.1 | +2.5% | 254.4 | +2.4% |
| 2026-01-10 | 195.9 | +2.4% | 253.4 | +1.8% |
| 2026-01-03 | 196.9 | +2.9% | 252.2 | +1.4% |
| 2025-12-27 | 193.5 | +0.3% | 252.7 | +1.7% |
Weekly NASS series. Placements set today's broiler supply in 6-7 weeks; eggs-set sets it in 9-10 weeks.
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35-year wholesale history
LIVEWhere wholesale chicken sits vs the long run
Source: ERS Meat Price Spreads + AMS 3646 · as of 2026-06-01
Monthly wholesale broiler composite back to January 1990. ERS Meat Price Spreads provides 1990 to 2022 history; AMS Report 3646 weekly composite (rolled to monthly) covers 2022 to today. National composite, not per-cut. Use as a level reference, not a directional signal.
Latest month
122.83¢/lb
Top 7% richest in 35 years
438 months · since 1990-01
Last 5 years
Range: 85.17¢/lb to 142.34¢/lb
Median: 123.10¢/lb
Median: 123.10¢/lb
Last 10 years
Range: 62.61¢/lb to 142.34¢/lb
Median: 90.66¢/lb
Median: 90.66¢/lb
Full history
Range: 48.63¢/lb to 142.34¢/lb
Median: 70.41¢/lb
Median: 70.41¢/lb
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