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USDA projections show Americans will consume about 42.16 billion pounds of chicken in 2026, up from 2025. BLS data show April 2026 chicken prices were down 0.7% year over year, the only major meat category with a decline.
Boneless breast averaged about $4.17 per pound.
Stable, lower chicken prices alongside rising demand signal ample supply and continued substitution away from beef, a mild bearish signal for chicken prices.
poultryproducer.comSophi FairmanMay 26, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
