# Wholesalers scramble for egg as laying flock shrinks - Poultry Network

> UK packing station egg output fell 9 million dozen quarter on quarter to 213 million dozen in Q3 and is down 22 million dozen year on year. Wholesale egg prices hit record levels as the laying flock shrinks further under bird flu culling and reduced pullet placings.

- Date: 2022-10-27 · published 2022-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39137-wholesalers-scramble-for-egg-as-laying-flock-shrinks-poultry-network
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A shrinking UK laying flock reduces feed demand from layers, a small bearish factor for feed grains and meal, while supply tightness keeps egg prices high.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2019-05-24 | [On alert for ASF \| 2019-05-24  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58968-on-alert-for-asf-2019-05-24-meat-poultry.md) | +8.1% | +6.2% |
| SBM | 2016-11-20 | [South Dakota poultry producers bounce back from bird flu \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73874-south-dakota-poultry-producers-bounce-back-from-bird-flu-ap-news.md) | +5.0% | +0.6% |
| SBM | 2025-02-26 | [Why is the price of eggs so high? - Poultry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26063-why-is-the-price-of-eggs-so-high-poultry.md) | -2.1% | +0.9% |
| SBM | 2023-11-02 | [Avian flu, rising costs hit African poultry producers \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33322-avian-flu-rising-costs-hit-african-poultry-producers-wattpoultry-com.md) | +4.3% | +3.6% |
| SBM | 2021-02-11 | [Avian flu forces poultry producers to cull birds due to outbreaks around the world](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48499-avian-flu-forces-poultry-producers-to-cull-birds-due-to-outbreaks-around-the.md) | +1.5% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- poultry.network: https://poultry.network/wholesalers-scramble-for-egg-as-laying-flock-shrinks/

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