Cold storage
TypicalFrozen egg cold storage: total frozen eggs
USDA NASS monthly frozen egg cold storage holdings, total frozen eggs, in pounds
Data through Jul 31, 2026 · source last checked Sep 1, 2026 · page revised Aug 25, 2026
Cite
- Frozen egg holdings
About this data
- Source
- USDA NASS, Cold Storage
- Series
- Frozen egg product in cold storage, total frozen eggs
- Geography
- National
- Unit
- lb
- Calculation
- End-of-month stocks
- Last observation
- Jul 31, 2026
- Update frequency
- Monthly
Now 25.7M lb, 4% below the 5-yr median.
Frozen egg cold storage stands at 25.7M lb, down 2.6% on the month but surging 64.9% from a year ago. Holdings sit 4% below the 5-year median, signaling tightness despite the year-over-year recovery.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month over month | 25.7M lb | 26.4M lb | -2.6% |
| Year over year | 25.7M lb | 15.6M lb | +64.9% |
| vs 5-yr median | 25.7M lb | 26.9M lb | -4.3% |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
Frozen egg holdings reached 27.1 million pounds, up 74% from a year ago and 7% above the five-year median. Holdings declined 1% month-over-month.
About Frozen egg cold storage: total frozen eggs
Cold storage is where frozen egg product sits between the breaking plant and the buyer. USDA NASS reports the national frozen-egg holdings every month, in pounds, back to 1990. Shell eggs are not frozen, so they are not held in cold storage: this is a frozen-egg-product pipeline read, not the shell-egg supply gauge. For shell-egg supply see the weekly inventory pages. A build in frozen holdings is a pipeline cushion, a draw is the pipeline tightening, and it reads as context around the shell-egg benchmark rather than a price signal in its own right.