US shell eggs, read plainly
The shell-egg market in one screen.
The USDA national benchmark price, regional wholesale prices, the cage-free premium, weekly inventory against its five-year band, and a bird-flu tracker, pulled from the public record. One brief a week. No forecasts, no buy signals.
Data through Jul 9, 2026 · updated Jul 9, 2026
Inventories vs the 5-yr band, tightest first
All inventories →The data
National board
The USDA national 5-day weighted benchmark: large white loose shell eggs (the number the trade quotes), plus the other sizes and brown eggs, in cents per dozen, week over week and year over year.
7 pagesRegions
Regional wholesale prices for large white shell eggs, from the farm gate (producer FOB) to the warehouse to the store door, across the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, South Central, New York and California.
6 pagesCage-free
The cage-free premium: national cage-free minus the conventional benchmark, plus California, where a state mandate makes the market effectively all cage-free.
2 pagesInventory
Weekly shell egg inventory by region, in thousands of 30-dozen cases, against its five-year band and its four-week average. Below normal signals a tight, firming market.
7 pagesHPAI tracker
Commercial egg-layer flocks confirmed infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, by detection date, with the affected-bird counts APHIS publishes. The supply shock behind the biggest price moves.
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