COLORADO 

Colorado egg production during November 2020 was 135.9 million eggs, down 1 percent from October 2020 but up 2 percent from November 2019 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand in November 2020 was 5.43 million, up 3 percent from October 2020 and up 3 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2,504 eggs, down 1 percent from last year. 

UTAH 

Utah egg production during November 2020 was 128.1 million eggs, down 1 percent from October 2020 but up 7 percent from November 2019 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand during November 2020 was 5.01 million, up less than 1 percent from October 2020 and up 9 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2,556 eggs, down 2 percent from last year. 

UNITED STATES 

United States egg production totaled 9.32 billion during November 2020, down 2 percent from last year. Production included 8.09 billion table eggs, and 1.22 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.14 billion were broiler-type and 78.6 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during November 2020 totaled 389 million, down 3 percent from last year. November egg production per 100 layers was 2,396 eggs, up 1 percent from November 2019. 

Total layers in the United States on December 1, 2020 totaled 390 million, down 3 percent from last year. The 390 million layers consisted of 325 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 61.4 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.28 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on December 1, 2020, averaged 80.0 eggs per 100 layers, up 2 percent from December 1, 2019. 

Egg-type chicks hatched during November 2020 totaled 48.0 million, down slightly from November 2019. Eggs in incubators totaled 53.2 million on December 1, 2020, up 11 percent from a year ago. 

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 169,000 during November 2020, down 15 percent from November 2019. 

Broiler-type chicks hatched during November 2020 totaled 783 million, down 2 percent from November 2019. Eggs in incubators totaled 701 million on December 1, 2020, down 1 percent from a year ago. 

Leading breeders placed 8.30 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during November 2020, up 2 percent from November 2019.