Inventory

Near normal

Southeast egg inventory

USDA weekly shell egg inventory for Southeast, in thousands of 30-dozen cases

Data through Aug 17, 2026 · source last checked Aug 20, 2026 · page revised Aug 20, 2026

Cite
1,000 cases
Embed chart
Free to republish with attribution. The chart updates automatically as new data lands.
About this data
Source
USDA AMS Egg Market News, National Weekly Shell Egg Inventory
Series
Graded shell egg inventory, conventional total
Geography
Southeast
Unit
1,000 cases
Calculation
Weekly survey
Last observation
Aug 17, 2026
Update frequency
Weekly

Now 258, 0% below the 5-yr median. That is 3.4% above the trailing 4-week average.

Southeast shell egg inventory stood at 258 thousand cases through August 17, holding at the 5-year median. The region gained 3.2% on the week and 6.8% on the month but is down 2.2% year-over-year.

The numbers
PeriodCurrentPriorChange
Week over week258250+3.2%
Month over month258241+6.8%
Year over year258264-2.2%
vs 5-yr median258259-0.5%

Previous weeks

An earlier week

Southeast inventory reached 250 thousand cases on August 10, up 3.8% on the week and 8.7% from a month ago. At 2% below the five-year median, stock runs tight.

Week of Aug 11, 2026

Southeast shell egg inventory sits at 241,000 cases, down 3.4% on the week and 8% below the five-year median. Year-over-year draw is steep at 15.6%, signaling supply tightness in the region.