 Gary Crawford reporting for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. egg production totaled 9.1 billion during May 2024, down 2% from May last year. Production included 7.81 billion table eggs and 1.3 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.2 billion were broiler type, 99.7 million were egg type. The average number of layers during May totaled 372 million. That's down 3% from last year. The markets are next.