May 2025:
A USDA report says May 2025 egg output dropped year over year, as did the number of total egg layers in the U.S.
Production fell to 8.59 billion eggs last month, down six percent year over year. About 7.3 billion were table eggs, and 1.29 billion were hatching eggs. Of the hatching eggs, 1.18 billion were broiler-type.
USDA also said the number of egg layers in the U.S. on June 1 totaled 350 million, a six percent drop from the same date last year. Approximately 285 million layers produced table or market eggs, 60.3 million laid broiler-type hatching eggs, and 4.13 million produced egg-type hatching eggs
The rate of production averaged 79 eggs per 100 layers, a slight decrease from June 2024. Hatchings in May included 60.9 million egg-type chicks, an eight percent increase from the same month last year. Eggs in incubators jumped 11 percent to 59.6 million.
March 2025:
U.S. egg production totaled 8.63 billion during March 2025, down seven percent from last year. Production included 7.35 billion table eggs and 1.28 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.18 billion were broiler-type and 104 million were egg-type.
The average number of layers during March totaled 351 million, down eight percent from last year.
March egg production per 100 layers was 2,458 eggs, up slightly from March 2024.
Total layers in the U.S. on April 1, 2025, totaled 351 million, down eight percent from last year. The 351 million consisted of 287 million layers producing table or market-type eggs, 60.4 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and four million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs.
The rate of lay per day on April 1 averaged 79.1 eggs per 100 layers, down slightly from April 1, 2024.
Egg-type chicks hatched during March totaled 60.7 million, up 11 percent from March 2024.
January 2025:
U.S. egg production totaled 8.86 billion during January 2025, down four percent from last year. Production included 7.57 billion table eggs and 1.3 billion hatching eggs.
Of the hatching egg total, 1.2 billion were broiler-type, and 100 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during January 2025 averaged 363 million, down four percent from last year. January egg production per 100 layers was 2,440 eggs, down slightly from January 2024.
All layers in the U.S. on February 1, 2025, totaled 357 million, down five percent from last year. The 357 million layers consisted of 292 million layers producing table or market eggs, 61.9 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.92 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs.
Egg-type chicks hatched during January 2025 totaled 56.4 million, up six percent from January 2024. Broiler-type chicks hatched during January totaled 869 million, up three percent from January 2024.
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