# Northwest Shell Egg Stocks 24% Below Five-Year Median _Sep 16, 2026_ > Northwest shell egg stocks sit 24% below the five-year median at 53.3 thousand cases. The national large white benchmark held at 35.5 cents. Medium white conventional climbed 13.3% to 28.6 cents a dozen. _Numbers as of Sep 16, 2026 pull._ The national large white loose benchmark held at **35.5 cents a dozen**, per USDA data as of September 15. Northwest total shell egg inventory came in at **53.3 thousand cases** as of September 14, USDA data show, 24% below its five-year median and the furthest below normal of any region in the current dataset. APHIS has recorded no HPAI detections in egg-layer flocks in the past 60 days. [Chart: National white large shell egg price (loose, ¢/dozen)](https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white) ([data](https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white.md) — chart image: https://the-scramble.com/charts/national/large-white/chart.png) - **California cage-free large white loose** held at **55.8 cents a dozen**, up 24.1% week over week from 45.0 cents, per USDA national data. - **Medium white national conventional loose** rose to **28.6 cents a dozen**, up 13.3% week over week from 25.3 cents. - **Large brown national cage-free loose** fell to **95.0 cents a dozen**, down 11.9% week over week from 108 cents, the largest weekly decline in the current data. - **Extra large white national cage-free loose** slipped to **45.0 cents**, down 6.2% week over week from 48.0 cents. - **New York medium white delivered store door** rose to **62.0 cents**, up 6.9% week over week from 58.0 cents. - **Extra large white national conventional loose** firmed to **41.9 cents**, up 5.2% week over week from 39.9 cents. USDA's September 15 data shows cage-free large white loose at 27.3 cents against conventional large white at 35.5 cents, a gap of minus **8.2 cents**, or a 23% discount to conventional. US national shell egg inventory came in at 1,461 thousand cases as of September 14, 1.2% below the trailing four-week average. Per USDA's September 11 Egg Markets Overview, the national large white loose market was steady with a steady to weak undertone, offerings light to moderate and trading mostly slow to moderate. Retail feature activity for the week of September 7 showed 590 stores featuring national large white 12-count cartons at $0.97, per USDA. USDA's September 11 Egg Markets Overview reported the average ad price for conventional caged eggs rose 5 cents to $1.41 a dozen on higher feature activity. *Data note: 54 series have not updated in more than two weeks, including California cage-free brown and white diet-variety loose delivered formats. None are cited in this issue.* --- Canonical URL: https://the-scramble.com/issues/2026-09-16