# The largest US egg-producing companies of 2024 | WATTPoultry.com

> The 2024 Top Egg Company Survey counts 338.1 million hens housed by the 63 largest US egg producers as of December 31, 2023, up 9.17 million from the prior year. Cal-Maine Foods leads with 44.51 million layers, and the top 10 control over 54% of the table egg flock.

- Date: 2024-02-05 · published 2024-02-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31678-the-largest-us-egg-producing-companies-of-2024-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A larger layer flock points to greater future feed demand from the egg sector and continued supply recovery from bird flu losses, which is bearish for egg prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-01-02 | [Broiler industry profit margin compression likely in 2020 \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55241-broiler-industry-profit-margin-compression-likely-in-2020-wattagnet-wattpoultry.md) | -0.6% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2017-02-06 | [US Broiler Production Forecasts Increase for First Quarter of 2017
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72650-us-broiler-production-forecasts-increase-for-first-quarter-of-2017-the-poultry.md) | -0.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2020-08-21 | [Poultry Outlook: August 2020 - Poultry Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51767-poultry-outlook-august-2020-poultry-producer.md) | +3.5% | +11.2% |
| CORN | 2026-07-29 | [Egg and chicken prices are climbing, and that's good news for India's big poultry companies - aviNews, the global poultry magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18507-egg-and-chicken-prices-are-climbing-and-that-s-good-news-for-india-s-big.md) | -3.5% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2022-11-28 | [US producer egg prices up 266% in 2022 vs 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38687-us-producer-egg-prices-up-266-in-2022-vs-2021.md) | -5.0% | -2.5% |
| SBM | 2020-01-02 | [Broiler industry profit margin compression likely in 2020 \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55241-broiler-industry-profit-margin-compression-likely-in-2020-wattagnet-wattpoultry.md) | -1.0% | -2.8% |
| SBM | 2017-02-06 | [US Broiler Production Forecasts Increase for First Quarter of 2017
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72650-us-broiler-production-forecasts-increase-for-first-quarter-of-2017-the-poultry.md) | +3.2% | -0.7% |
| SBM | 2020-08-21 | [Poultry Outlook: August 2020 - Poultry Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51767-poultry-outlook-august-2020-poultry-producer.md) | +0.4% | +14.8% |

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/egg/article/15663486/the-largest-us-eggproducing-companies-of-2024

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