USDA Weekly Shell Egg Inventory 05/18 14:25

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National Weekly Shell Egg Inventory
                                                                      05/18/2026
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WEEKLY SHELL EGG INVENTORIES:
Total Stocks on Hand Available for Marketing (30-dozen cases in thousands)
 
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                     |SW      SC      MW      SE      NE      | 6-AreaNW      
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Extra Large     Total|        |       
             % Change|        |       
Jumbo           Total|        |       
             % Change|        |       
Large           Total|        |       
             % Change|        |       
Medium          Total|        |       
             % Change|        |       
Small           Total|        |       
             % Change|        |       
Ungraded        Total|        |       
             % Change|        |       
Misc            Total|        |       
             % Change|        |       
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Total           Total|144.8   255.1   559.5   252.3   188.2   | 1448.248.3    
             % Change|-3.0%   -2.6%   8.0%    -7.2%   -10.4%  | -1.2% -10.4%  
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           Cases           Percent Change
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                Shell Egg Inventory   1448.2              -1.2%
           Breaking Stock Inventory   319.2                1.3%
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SPECIALTY / ORGANIC / CAGE FREE:
Stocks on Hand to be Marketed as Specialty/Organic/Cage Free from totals above 
(30-dozen cases in thousands)
 
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                     |SW      SC      MW      SE      NE      | 6-AreaNW      
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Organic         Total|27.9    7.3     35.8    9.9     23.2    | 104.2 0.1     
             % Change|0.0%    -14.3%  -0.8%   0.9%    -14.8%  | -5.0% -47.5%  
Specialty       Total|13.1    1.2     0       5.8     12.5    | 33.9  1.2     
             % Change|-0.3%   -58.9%  -15.5%  6.8%    | -6.0% 2.7%    
Cage-Free       Total|100.9   20.1    207.7   17      5.9     | 389.3 37.6    
             % Change|-3.0%   -21.9%  3.1%    -8.1%   -25.8%  | -3.1% -14.4%  
N/A             Total|        |       
             % Change|        |       
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Appendix  - Region descriptions:
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Southwest (SW)
South Central (SC)
Midwest (MW)
Southeast (SE)
Northeast (NE)
Northwest (NW)

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