United States egg production totaled 9.16 billion during August 2018, up 3 percent from last year. Production included 7.96 billion table eggs, and 1.20 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.11 billion were broiler-type and 87.2 million were egg-type.
The average number of layers during August 2018 totaled 385 million, up 3 percent from last year. August egg production per 100 layers was 2,379 eggs, down slightly from August 2017. USDA’s latest Chickens and Eggs report can be viewed here.
Broiler-type chicks hatched during August 2018 totaled 840 million, up 1 percent from August 2017. Eggs in incubators totaled 672 million on September 1, 2018, up slightly from a year ago.
Total frozen poultry supplies on August 31, 2018 were up 5 percent from the previous month and up 11 percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were up 6 percent from the previous month and up 19 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 3 percent from last month and up 1 percent from August 31, 2017, according to USDA’s latest Cold Storage report.
