# Large Brown Cage-Free Loose Jumps 43% to 20 Cents a Dozen _Jun 16, 2026_ > Large brown cage-free loose up 43% to 20.0 cents a dozen per USDA this week. The cage-free large white premium inverted to -3%, with Northwest inventory 38% below its five-year median. The USDA national large white benchmark sits at **23.7 cents a dozen** this week, with cage-free large white loose at **23.0 cents**, 0.7 cents below conventional and a -3% inverted premium. Brown cage-free products moved sharply in the same period: large brown cage-free loose up **43%** to **20.0 cents a dozen** per USDA from 14.0 cents, and extra large brown cage-free loose up **29%** to **45.0 cents** from 35.0 cents. APHIS has logged no commercial egg-layer detections in 60 days, and Northwest conventional inventory sits 38% below its five-year median per USDA. [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) - **Extra large white cage-free loose (national), 29.2 ¢/doz**: up 22% on the week per USDA, from 24.0 cents. - **Nest run tier 1 brown pasture-raised loose (national), 40.0 ¢/doz**: up 25% on the week per USDA, from 32.0 cents. - **California-market large white cage-free loose, 118 ¢/doz**: up 24% on the week per USDA, from 95.0 cents. The California-market premium is wide relative to national cage-free prices this week. - **Northwest conventional total inventory, 46.2 thousand cases** per USDA: 38% below the five-year median and 13% below the prior week. The tightest regional read in the data. - **Midwest conventional total inventory, 543 thousand cases** per USDA: 21% above its five-year median. Regional supply is split. - **US total shell egg inventory, 1,422 thousand cases** as of June 15 per USDA: 4.4% below the trailing four-week average, a lean national read. Retail feature data for the week of June 15 shows 384 stores advertising national large white 12-count cartons at $1.40 per USDA. *Data note: 55 series, concentrated in California, have not updated in over two weeks. California figures not appearing in this week's movers should be treated as stale.* --- Canonical URL: https://the-scramble.com/issues/2026-06-16