Colorado egg production during September 2020 was 133.8 million eggs, up 3 percent from August 2020 and up 5 percent from September 2019 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand in September 2020 was 5.31 million, up 9 percent from August 2020 and up 6 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2,520 eggs, down 1 percent from last year.

UTAH

Utah egg production during September 2020 was 119.5 million eggs, down 1 percent from August 2020 but up 3 percent from September 2019 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand during September 2020 was 4.92 million, up 6 percent from August 2020 and up 10 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2,430 eggs, down 6 percent from last year.

UNITED STATES

United States egg production totaled 9.03 billion during September 2020, down 2 percent from last year. Production included 7.81 billion table eggs, and 1.22 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.14 billion were broiler-type and 81.0 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during September 2020 totaled 384 million, down 3 percent from last year. September egg production per 100 layers was 2,354 eggs, up 1 percent from September 2019.

Total layers in the United States on October 1, 2020 totaled 385 million, down 3 percent from last year. The 385 million layers consisted of 321 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 60.8 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.12 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on October 1, 2020, averaged 78.9 eggs per 100 layers, up 2 percent from October 1, 2019.

Egg-type chicks hatched during September 2020 totaled 49.9 million, down 1 percent from September 2019. Eggs in incubators totaled 46.6 million on October 1, 2020, down 4 percent from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 189,000 during September 2020, down 34 percent from September 2019.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during September 2020 totaled 810 million, down 1 percent from September 2019. Eggs in incubators totaled 667 million on October 1, 2020, down 1 percent from a year ago.

Leading breeders placed 9.35 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during September 2020, up 9 percent from September 2019.

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Colorado – William R. Meyer                        1-800-392-3202

Utah – John Hilton                                         1-800-747-8522

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