# Vital Farms Cuts Sales Forecast as Egg Oversupply Erodes Profits

> Vital Farms cut its full-year revenue outlook, projected an adjusted earnings loss and withdrew its 2030 targets after egg oversupply and lower selling prices squeezed profitability. Third-quarter revenue fell 8.4% year over year to $182.2 million, gross margin dropped to 23.1% from 37.7%, and the company posted a $6.5 million net loss.

- Date: 2026-11-04 · published 2026-11-04T06:14:16.378Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/79277-vital-farms-cuts-sales-forecast-as-egg-oversupply-erodes-profits
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Surplus eggs being pushed into lower-value channels weakens pricing for the pasture-raised segment and signals softer demand for egg-related feed inputs; for feed buyers the effect is marginal since eggs are a small feed-consumption driver compared with major grains.

## Sources

- agrilinkage.com: https://www.agrilinkage.com/post/vital-farms-cuts-2026-forecast-egg-oversupply-margins

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