US table egg output dips 3% as flock rebuilds
USDA raises 2025–26 production outlook on higher layer supply
9 October 2025
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By: US table egg production totalled 623.7 million dozen in July, down 3% year over year, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for September.
This was a result of an average table-egg layer inventory of 293.7 million birds (up 5.1 million birds month over month) and a monthly average lay rate of 82.2 eggs per 100 layers per day (up slightly month over month).
June production data was also revised higher, resulting in a new second-quarter total of 1,792 million dozen table eggs.
Continuing the rebuilding trend, the inventory of table-egg layers on the first of August was 296.9 million, up 6.3 million birds or 2.2% from the previous month. The replacement pullet inventory on the first of August was 134.9 million birds, up 4% year over year. This supports the recovery of the productive flock. Reflecting improved layer inventories, projected table egg production is adjusted up to 1,880 million dozen in the third quarter and 1,925 million dozen in the fourth quarter.
Combined with revisions in the second quarter, the new 2025 total table-egg production projection is 7,398 million dozen. This is 83 million dozen more than last month’s projection, but it would still be lower than the 2024 total (down 4.4% year over year).
For 2026, projected table egg production was adjusted up by 25 million dozen in the first quarter and by 50 million dozen in the second quarter, resulting in a new annual projection of 7,950 million dozen, up 7.5% from the 2025 projection. These projections reflect the assumption that there will be no further confirmations of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial table-egg laying flocks. The last confirmed case involving commercial egg production was on May 30 in Maricopa, Arizona.
