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U.S Egg Industry-By the Numbers

 12/22/2025

The following production data was summarized from the December 19th 20251 edition of the USDA Chickens and Eggs-:

 

  • November 2025 pullet hatch attained 26.0 million, up 11 percent from November 2024.
  • January to November 2025 cumulative pullet hatch was 317.7 million, up 7.9 percent from the corresponding months of 2025
  • December 1st 2025 egg-type hatching eggs in incubators, 52.7 million, up 10 percent from December 1st 2024
  • November 2025 pullets placed, 25.5 million, down 9.4 percent from November 2024.
  • November 2025 pullets undergoing rearing, 143.3 million, up 11.0 percent from November 2024.
  • November 1st 2025 hen population (in flocks over 30,000)2, 290.1 million, down 2.1 percent from November 1st 2024.
  • November 2025 table eggs produced, 7,438 billion (619.8 million dozen), down 3.3 percent from November 2024.
  • December 1st 2025 hens in molt, 2.2% of flock, up 15.8 percent from December 1st 2024.
  • December 1st 2025 hens completed molt, 10.9% of flock, up 1.9 percent from December 1st 2024.
  • November 2025 disposal by slaughter, 11.0 million, down 17.8 percent from November 2024
  • November 2025 disposal by rendering, composting or death, 9.2 million, down 29.0 percent from November 2024.

 

The take-away from data provided the inordinately delayed release is the steady replacement of the national flock that was reduced by depopulation of 39 million hens during the first five months of 2025. It is probable that the quantum of replacements will be inconsistent with demand, creating inevitable oversupply and depressed prices as recorded over 2016 and during early 2023. If mortality due to HPAI continues over the 5 million hens lost in September and October, coincident with the fall migration of waterfowl or if extension of infection from dairy herds occurs, the size of the national flock will be adversely impacted with implications for retail price.

 

 

  1. Previous release September 22nd before the federal shutdown
  2. The 30,000 cut-off has introduced a negative bias given the proliferation of 10,000 to 25,000 contract cage-free flocks