Chicken prices: questions and answers
Chicken: median wholesale price 2.85 EUR/kg across 95 markets in 30 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of chicken today?
The median wholesale price of chicken was 2.85 EUR/kg across 263 current quotes on 95 markets in 30 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 2.04 and 3.97 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of chicken?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Legs and drumsticks | 73 | 2.69 EUR/kg |
| Live birds | 67 | 1.89 EUR/kg |
| Breast | 57 | 4.87 EUR/kg |
| Wings | 33 | 2.51 EUR/kg |
| Type not stated | 17 | 3.60 EUR/kg |
| Thighs | 12 | 2.89 EUR/kg |
Types are read from the names the markets publish, so that a comparison puts like with like. Quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
Where are prices of chicken lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of chicken were lowest in Poland (1.53 EUR/kg), Philippines (1.90 EUR/kg), Canada (1.90 EUR/kg) and highest in Spain (8.63 EUR/kg), Austria (7.16 EUR/kg), Sweden (6.60 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of chicken in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 31 | 3.09 EUR/kg | 10,900 COP/kg |
| Philippines | 19 | 1.90 EUR/kg | 135.0 PHP/kg |
| Canada | 9 | 1.90 EUR/kg | 2.97 CAD/kg |
| Italy | 3 | 3.34 EUR/kg | — |
| Poland | 3 | 1.53 EUR/kg | 6.72 PLN/kg |
| Spain | 2 | 8.63 EUR/kg | — |
| Croatia | 2 | 3.75 EUR/kg | — |
| Slovenia | 2 | 4.61 EUR/kg | — |
Countries with the most markets quoting chicken; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of chicken going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 96 of 253 quotes for chicken rose, 84 fell and 73 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish chicken prices?
95 markets in 30 countries have current chicken quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Treviso Commodity Exchange Italy · 10 quotes
- Ministry of Agriculture of Poland (ZSRIR) national prices Poland · 8 quotes
- Bogotá Frigorífico Ble (meat) Colombia · 7 quotes
- Bogotá Frigorífico Guadalupe (meat) Colombia · 7 quotes
- Bogotá Plaza Las Flores Colombia · 7 quotes
- Bogotá Paloquemao Market Colombia · 6 quotes
- Bogotá María Paz Meat Market Colombia · 5 quotes
- Medellín Wholesale Markets Colombia · 5 quotes
Why are there so many different chicken prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 55 different chicken quote names, for example: Live poultry (producer level) / Chickens / Intensive floor-reared / White pigmentation ; Broiler chickens, live weight; Chicken wings with back; Chicken wings with back; Chicken wings with back; Chicken wings without back.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Which country produces the most chicken?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of chickens was 27.68 billion head in 2024. The largest producer was China with 18.9% of the world total, followed by Indonesia and Pakistan.
Where do these chicken prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are chicken prices updated?
The latest chicken quote is from 10 November 2026; 30 of 95 markets published chicken prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download chicken prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for chicken prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.