New record for UK egg production

Egg production in the UK grew by more than 5% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, reaching a new record.

Government figures released earlier this month (November) show that 268.3 million dozen eggs were produced between July and September 2025, compared to 255.3 million dozen in the same period the previous year.

Shell eggs contributed 241.3 million dozen (an increase of 11.4 million dozen) and processed eggs 27 million dozen (up 1.6 million dozen) to the overall total. The rise was the 7^th consecutive quarter showing a year-on-year rise in domestic egg output.

Egg prices were an average of 148p per dozen in Q3, which represents an increase of 1.8% compared to the same period last year, but were slightly down on Q2 figures of 148.5p per dozen.

UK packing station intake shows a continuing decline in colony eggs from around 100 million dozen eggs in Q3 of 2020 to just 45.9 million dozen eggs this quarter. This represents a 12% decline on 2024 figures. Eggs from enriched cages now make up just 17.3% of UK packing station throughput.

The major beneficiaries have been the free-range sector which has grown from approximately 125 million dozen eggs in 2020 Q3 to just shy of 190 million dozen eggs this quarter. The sector now accounts for 70% of the market.

Lucy Sanderson, NFU poultry board member, said the egg sector is a major British success story: “In 2024 we produced 11.9 billion eggs in the UK, which represents a self-sufficiency figure of 88%. As Brits, we each eat on average 199 eggs per year, which is 26 eggs per person more than we were eating 20 years ago.”

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