Midwest Large White FOB Falls 39% to 51 Cents on Light Demand

Conventional shell egg prices retreated broadly this week, paced by the Midwest. The large white loose conventional benchmark stood at 40.5 cents a dozen as of August 25 (USDA), with the national large white delivered warehouse price falling 29.5% on the week to 76.9 cents from 109 cents (USDA). Per USDA's Aug 21 Egg Markets Overview, negotiated wholesale prices moved lower throughout the week on light to moderate retail interest, with offerings light to moderate and trading mostly slow to moderate.

• Midwest large white, paid to producers (FOB): 51.0 cents a dozen, down 39.3% week over week from 84.0 cents (USDA), the largest single-series weekly drop in this week's data.
• Midwest large white, delivered warehouse: 68.5 cents a dozen, down 32.5% from 102 cents (USDA).
• Midwest extra large white, delivered warehouse: 69.5 cents a dozen, down 32.2% from 103 cents (USDA).
• California-market extra large white cage-free loose: 55.9 cents a dozen, down 31.8% from 82.0 cents (USDA).
• Midwest large white and extra large white, delivered store door: 74.0 and 76.0 cents a dozen, down 30.8% and 30.3% from 107 and 109 cents respectively (USDA).

Supply: Northwest conventional total shell egg inventory stood at 46.7 thousand cases, 30% below the five-year median and 20% below the prior week (USDA). The national shell egg inventory was 1,494 thousand cases as of August 24, 1.2% above its trailing four-week average (USDA), a roughly balanced national read alongside the regionally tight Northwest.

Cage-free: The USDA national cage-free large white loose premium stood at 4.5 cents a dozen (11%) as of August 25, with cage-free at 45.0 cents against conventional at 40.5 cents.

HPAI: APHIS has confirmed no new commercial layer-flock detections in the past 60 days. The most recent confirmed detection was a 1.2 million-hen layer flock in Utah, confirmed July 6, 2026.

Data: Sixty California price series have not updated in over two weeks. The California-market cage-free loose figures above appeared in this week's active movers.