U.S. egg production totaled 9.1 billion during May 2024, down two percent from May 2023. Production included 7.81 billion table eggs and 1.3 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.2 billion were broiler-type and 99.7 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during May totaled 372 million, down three percent from last year. May egg production per 100 layers was 2,450 eggs, up one percent from May 2023. Total layers in the U.S. on June 1 reached 371 million, down three percent from 2023. The 371 million layers consisted of 306 million layers producing table or market-type eggs, 61.7 million producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.83 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. The rate of lay on June 1 was 78.9 eggs per 100 layers. Egg-type chicks hatched during May totaled 58.2 million, one percent below May 2023. Broiler-type chicks hatched during May totaled 860 million, up one percent from May 2023.
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