Cold storage
ElevatedFrozen egg cold storage: total frozen eggs
USDA NASS monthly frozen egg cold storage holdings, total frozen eggs, in pounds
Data through Aug 31, 2026 · source last checked Oct 13, 2026 · page revised Sep 29, 2026
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- Frozen egg holdings
About this data
- Source
- USDA NASS, Cold Storage
- Series
- Frozen egg product in cold storage, total frozen eggs
- Geography
- National
- Unit
- lb
- Calculation
- End-of-month stocks
- Last observation
- Aug 31, 2026
- Update frequency
- Monthly
Now 20.7M lb, 23% below the 5-yr median.
Frozen egg holdings fell to 20.7M lb, down 19.9% from the prior month. Year over year, inventories are up 3.4%, but stocks sit 23% below their 5-year median as of August 31, signaling tightness in cold storage.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month over month | 20.7M lb | 25.8M lb | -19.9% |
| Year over year | 20.7M lb | 20.0M lb | +3.4% |
| vs 5-yr median | 20.7M lb | 26.8M lb | -22.9% |
| Type | Holdings | Month over month | Year over year | vs 5-yr median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total frozen eggs | 20.7M lb | -19.9% | +3.4% | -22.9% |
| Whole or mixed | 9.6M lb | -21.3% | +47.2% | -10.7% |
| Whites | 1.5M lb | -19.4% | +33.4% | -43.5% |
| Yolks | 984,000 lb | +77.3% | +16.0% | +17.0% |
The five-year median is for the same month of the year.
Previous weeks
Week of Jul 31, 2026
Frozen egg cold storage stands at 25.7M lb, down 2.6% on the month but surging 64.9% from a year ago. Holdings sit 4% below the 5-year median, signaling tightness despite the year-over-year recovery.
An earlier week
Frozen egg holdings reached 27.1 million pounds, up 74% from a year ago and 7% above the five-year median. Holdings declined 1% month-over-month.
About Frozen egg cold storage: total frozen eggs
Cold storage is where frozen egg product sits between the breaking plant and the buyer. USDA NASS reports the national frozen-egg holdings every month, in pounds, back to 1990. Shell eggs are not frozen, so they are not held in cold storage: this is a frozen-egg-product pipeline read, not the shell-egg supply gauge. For shell-egg supply see the weekly shell egg inventory. A build in frozen holdings is a pipeline cushion, a draw is the pipeline tightening, and it reads as context around the shell-egg benchmark rather than a price signal in its own right.