vs Last Month
+$0.18
Slight uptick continuing.
Average Egg Price
U.S. City Average · Grade A Large · Per Dozen
$3.92
+$0.18 vs. last month
Past 12 monthsRange $3.40 – $4.05
2023 Peak$6.23
vs Last Year+$0.42
vs 2019+161%
Egg prices climbed $0.18/dozen this month and remain stubbornly high. The 2023 peak of $6.23 was the all-time record. Today's $3.92 is still ~2.7× the 2019 price of $1.50.
Historical trend
Monthly BLS retail price.
Source: BLS · APU0000708111
The long view: since 1980
Avian flu has reshaped the egg market.
Peak $6.23 · Jan 2023Trough $0.88 · 1980Today $3.92
How today stacks up
vs Last Year
+$0.42
From $3.50.
5-Yr Avg
$3.05
Today is 87¢ above the 5-yr mean.
2019 Average
$1.50
Eggs are 161% more expensive than pre-COVID.
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About the Average Egg Price
The U.S. average retail price for a dozen Grade A large eggs has become the unlikely cultural touchstone of inflation in the 2020s. Eggs are one of the most-purchased grocery items, their price is highly visible, and they have a famously volatile production cycle due to avian flu (HPAI) outbreaks. Every spike in egg prices is felt at every breakfast — and reported in every news cycle.
Why eggs spike
The U.S. has roughly 325 million laying hens in commercial production. Avian flu outbreaks can kill tens of millions in a single quarter — the affected birds must be culled, and rebuilding the flock takes 4–6 months. The 2022–23 outbreak killed over 60 million birds, sending prices to $6.23/dozen in January 2023 — the highest in BLS history. A second wave in late 2024 sent prices back above $5. The current $3.92 reflects partial recovery but flock rebuilding is incomplete.
What the price actually means
Today's $3.92/dozen is roughly 2.7× the 2019 price of $1.50. A household consuming 2 dozen eggs per month spends $94/year today vs $36/year in 2019 — a $58/year increase from one item alone. Multiply across the grocery basket and you see why "grocery sticker shock" became a politically potent issue post-COVID.
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Frequently asked
What this number means, and what it doesn't.
Eggs are produced by a fairly concentrated industry (~325M hens nationally) and demand is highly inelastic (people don't stop buying eggs when prices rise). When avian flu hits and millions of hens are culled, supply drops fast. With sticky demand and sudden supply shocks, prices swing wildly.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza — a virus that's deadly to commercial poultry. Once detected in a flock, USDA requires the entire flock culled to prevent spread. The 2022–23 outbreak killed over 60M birds; the 2024–25 wave killed another ~25M. Each outbreak takes 4–6 months for the industry to rebuild.
They're produced by smaller operations with higher per-hen costs, no economies of scale, and often hit harder by avian flu (smaller flocks have less ability to absorb losses). The premium runs $1–3/dozen above conventional. Cage-free production is also more expensive (more space, more labor).
Conventional flock takes 4–6 months to rebuild after a die-off. If avian flu doesn't flare up again, prices typically normalize 8–12 months after the last outbreak. The structural cost increase (feed, labor) means "normal" is probably $2.50–3.00/dozen, not the $1.50 of 2019.
Methodology
Source
Pulled from BLS · APU0000708111 and cached on the EvvyTools server.
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