U.S. egg production totaled 8.86 billion during January 2025, down four percent from last year. Production included 7.57 billion table eggs and 1.3 billion hatching eggs. Of the hatching egg total, 1.2 billion were broiler-type, and 100 million were egg-type.
The total number of layers during January 2025 averaged 363 million, down four percent from last year. January egg production per 100 layers was 2,440 eggs, down slightly from January 2024. All layers in the U.S. on February 1, 2025, totaled 357 million, down five percent from last year. The 357 million layers consisted of 292 million layers producing table or market eggs, 61.9 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.92 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs.
Egg-type chicks hatched during January 2025 totaled 56.4 million, up six percent from January 2024. Broiler-type chicks hatched during January totaled 869 million, up three percent from January 2024.
