# Analysis: The current state of the UK egg market - Poultry Network

> UK egg producers face tight supplies as avian influenza losses, early flock depletions and falling pullet placings shrink the laying flock. Wholesale free-range prices have returned to their Christmas 2020 high and colony egg prices are at a record.

- Date: 2022-03-31 · published 2022-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42270-analysis-the-current-state-of-the-uk-egg-market-poultry-network
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A shrinking UK layer flock tightens egg supply and keeps wholesale egg prices high, though the effect on feed buyers in the US markets is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- poultry.network: https://poultry.network/analysis-the-current-state-of-the-uk-egg-market/

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