# Flock size increases with cage-free trend | Meatpoultry.com | May 30, 2018 13:11 | MEAT+POULTRY

> US shell egg wholesale prices are falling as flock sizes keep growing, partly to prepare for cage-free production. Retail demand has weakened after supermarkets stopped featuring eggs as loss leaders. USDA reported large white shell egg prices down 17%, to their lowest since August 2017.

- Date: 2018-05-30 · published 2018-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65050-flock-size-increases-with-cage-free-trend-meatpoultry-com-may-30-2018-13-11
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Growing layer flocks and weak egg demand point to lower egg prices and more restrained poultry feed demand in the near term.

## Sources

- meatpoultry.com: https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/19551-flock-size-increases-with-cage-free-trend

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