HC_PY001                                                                        
Des Moines, IA          Tue. Apr 16, 2019          USDA Market News             
                                                                                
Daily California Eggs                                                           
                                                                                

Prices are steady. Trade sentiment is steady to lower. Offerings are light      
for Jumbo and moderate to heavy on the balance of sizes. Demand ranges          
light to fairly good, mostly moderate. Supplies are moderate to heavy.          
Market activity is slow to moderate. Monday's shell egg inventories             
declined 4.8% in the Southwest and 5.7% in the Northwest. The National          
shell egg inventory receded 12.5% when compared to last week.                   
                                                                                

Shell egg marketer's benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of                
USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen.  This                   
price does not reflect discounts or other contract terms.                       
                                                                                

                     RANGE                                                      
JUMBO                151                                                        
EXTRA LARGE          135                                                        
LARGE                127                                                        
MEDIUM               106                                                        

Source:   USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News                        
          Des Moines, IA    515-284-4460  email: DESM.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov        
          http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/HC_PY001.txt                        
                                                                                
Prepared: 16-Apr-19 12:14 PM E MP