S.D. Layers Down 50,000 from Last Year

All layers in South Dakota during November 2022 totaled 1.93 million, down from 1.98 million the previous year, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

South Dakota egg production during November totaled 47.2 million eggs, down from 51.1 million in 2021. November egg production per 100 layers was 2,444 eggs, compared to 2,577 eggs in 2021.

United States egg production totaled 8.87 billion during November 2022, down 5 percent from last year. Production included 7.62 billion table eggs, and 1.25 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.16 billion were broilertype and 92.1 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during November 2022 totaled 375 million, down 4 percent from last year. November egg production per 100 layers was 2,369 eggs, down slightly from November 2021.

Total layers in the United States on December 1, 2022, totaled 374 million, down 5 percent from last year. The 374 million layers consisted of 308 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 62.0 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.74 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on December 1, 2022, averaged 79.0 eggs per 100 layers, down 1 percent from December 1, 2021.

Egg-type chicks hatched during November 2022 totaled 46.5 million, up 2 percent from November 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 47.7 million on December 1, 2022, down 1 percent from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 200 thousand during November 2022, down 2 percent from November 2021.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during November 2022 totaled 810 million, up 1 percent from November 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 720 million on December 1, 2022, down 1 percent from a year ago.