Cage-free
California cage-free egg prices
California large white cage-free loose shell eggs, delivered basis, USDA, cents per dozen
Data through Sep 1, 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Sep 1, 2026
Cite
- California cage-free
About this data
- Source
- USDA AMS Egg Market News, Daily National Shell Egg Index
- Series
- California cage-free large white loose shell eggs, delivered
- Basis
- Delivered, loose
- Geography
- California
- Unit
- ¢/doz
- Calculation
- 5-day weighted average
- Last observation
- Sep 1, 2026
- Update frequency
- Daily (business days)
Now 55.0¢/doz, down 4% on the week, down 79% year over year. California cage-free large white, loose, delivered basis, USDA.
California cage-free large white loose delivered eggs fell to 55.0¢/doz, down 4% on the week and down 79% year over year. The month-over-month decline of 60.7% marks a sharp pullback from the elevated prices of a month earlier.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | 55.0¢/doz | 57.5¢/doz | -4.3% |
| Month over month | 55.0¢/doz | 140¢/doz | -60.7% |
| Year over year | 55.0¢/doz | 265¢/doz | -79.3% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 25, 2026
California large white cage-free loose shell eggs fell to 57.5 cents per dozen on a delivered basis, shedding 21% on the week. Prices are down 75% year over year.
Week of Aug 19, 2026
California cage-free large white loose eggs fell to 72.4¢/doz, down 22% on the week and down 71% year over year. The price has fallen 26.2% in the past month.
An earlier week
California cage-free large white closed at 94.8 cents per dozen, down 5.2 percent on the week. The price has rebounded 28.6 percent from the month-ago floor of 73.8 cents but sits 59 percent below year-ago levels of 232 cents.
Week of Aug 11, 2026
California cage-free large white loose settled at 140 cents per dozen on July 30, down 66.4 percent year over year from 416 cents. USDA publishes this price only when trades confirm, so reporting is intermittent.
About California cage-free egg prices
California requires cage-free production for eggs sold in the state (Proposition 12), so the California market is effectively all cage-free. It usually trades above the national cage-free average.