U.S. egg production totaled 9.07 billion during November 2018, up 3% from last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Chicken and Eggs” report. Production included 7.92 billion table eggs and 1.15 billion hatching eggs, 1.06 billion of which were broiler type and 81.7 million of which were egg type.

The average number of layers during November 2018 totaled 390 million, up 3% from last year. November egg production per 100 layers was 2,322 eggs, up 1% from November 2017. All layers in the U.S. on Dec. 1, 2018, totaled 392 million, up 2% from last year. The total consisted of 331 million layers producing table or market-type eggs, 57.6 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs and 3.25 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs.

The rate of lay per day on Dec. 1, 2018, averaged 77.7 eggs per 100 layers, up slightly from Dec. 1, 2017.

USDA reported that egg-type chicks hatched during November 2018 totaled 46.9 million, down 3% from November 2017. Eggs in incubators totaled 50.8 million on Dec. 1, 2018, up 9% from a year ago. Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 260,000 during November 2018, up 73% from November 2017.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during November 2018 totaled 767 million, down 1% from November 2017, USDA noted. Eggs in incubators totaled 688 million on Dec. 1, 2018, up slightly from a year ago. Leading breeders placed 7.33 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during November 2018, down 8% from November 2017.