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# Cage-Free Large White Falls to 28.0, Premium at 4.9 Cents

_Jun 9, 2026_

> Cage-free large white loose fell 27 cents to 28.0 ¢/doz, pressing the premium to 4.9 cents (21%) over the 23.1-cent conventional benchmark. Northwest inventory 27% below its 5-year median. No HPAI in 60 days per APHIS.

Cage-free large white loose fell to **28.0 cents a dozen** this week, down from 55.0, per USDA. The 27-cent drop compressed the cage-free premium to **4.9 cents a dozen** (21%) over the conventional large white benchmark, which USDA places at **23.1 cents a dozen**. APHIS reports no HPAI egg-layer detections in the past 60 days, leaving the supply picture quiet on the disease side.


[Chart: National brown extra large shell egg price (loose, ¢/dozen)](https://the-scramble.com/national/extra-large-brown) ([data](https://the-scramble.com/national/extra-large-brown.md) — chart image: https://the-scramble.com/charts/national/extra-large-brown/chart.png)


- **Nest run tier 1 white conventional loose**: 15.0 ¢/doz, down from 144 on the week (-89.5%), per USDA national.
- **Large brown national cage-free loose**: 20.0 ¢/doz, up from 14.0 (+42.9% wow), per USDA.
- **Extra large brown national cage-free loose**: 45.0 ¢/doz, up from 35.0 (+28.6% wow), per USDA.
- **Nest run tier 1 brown pasture-raised loose**: 40.0 ¢/doz, up from 32.0 (+25.0% wow), per USDA.
- **New York large white delivered warehouse**: 823 ¢/doz, up from 795 (+3.5% wow), per USDA.
- **New York medium white delivered warehouse**: 727 ¢/doz, up from 692 (+5.1% wow), per USDA.

National shell egg inventory stood at 1,499 thousand cases as of 2026-06-08, 0.4% above its trailing 4-week average, per USDA. Northwest conventional inventory at 53.3 thousand cases runs 27% below its 5-year median, the widest regional deficit in the current data. Midwest conventional inventory at 568 thousand cases stands 22% above its 5-year median, running the opposite direction. USDA tracked 248 stores featuring national large white 12-ct at $1.22 the week of 2026-06-08.

*Data note: 57 series including multiple California market feeds have not updated in over two weeks, making the California extra-large brown cage-free figure in the movers list (49.4 ¢/doz, +49.8% wow) a stale figure.*

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