Cage-free
California cage-free egg prices
California large white cage-free loose shell eggs, delivered basis, USDA, cents per dozen
Data through Aug 19, 2026 · source last checked Aug 20, 2026 · page revised Aug 20, 2026
Cite
- California cage-free
About this data
- Source
- USDA AMS Egg Market News, Daily National Shell Egg Index
- Series
- California cage-free large white loose shell eggs, delivered
- Basis
- Delivered, loose
- Geography
- California
- Unit
- ¢/doz
- Calculation
- 5-day weighted average
- Last observation
- Aug 19, 2026
- Update frequency
- Daily (business days)
Now 72.4¢/doz, down 22% on the week, down 71% year over year. California cage-free large white, loose, delivered basis, USDA.
California cage-free large white loose eggs fell to 72.4¢/doz, down 22% on the week and down 71% year over year. The price has fallen 26.2% in the past month.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | 72.4¢/doz | 92.7¢/doz | -21.9% |
| Month over month | 72.4¢/doz | 98.1¢/doz | -26.2% |
| Year over year | 72.4¢/doz | 246¢/doz | -70.5% |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
California cage-free large white closed at 94.8 cents per dozen, down 5.2 percent on the week. The price has rebounded 28.6 percent from the month-ago floor of 73.8 cents but sits 59 percent below year-ago levels of 232 cents.
Week of Aug 11, 2026
California cage-free large white loose settled at 140 cents per dozen on July 30, down 66.4 percent year over year from 416 cents. USDA publishes this price only when trades confirm, so reporting is intermittent.
About California cage-free egg prices
California requires cage-free production for eggs sold in the state (Proposition 12), so the California market is effectively all cage-free. It usually trades above the national cage-free average.