Egg prices have fallen 61% since January, falling $2.52 per dozen after peaking in March
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Egg prices have only exceeded 61% since President Donald Trump took office in January after a record high in March.
Latest data from the USDA (USDA) shows that large, white shelled eggs are currently at $2.52 per dozen nationwide. According to the data website, the same egg carton would have run Americans about $6.49 on January 21st. Trade Economics.
Trade Economics shows that eggs were over $8 per dozen in the first week of March.
“Demand for shell eggs recorded slight improvements towards Memorial Day weekend, but was well below average with a continuation of trends that began during the sharp price rise at the end of winter.” USDA Egg Market Summary Weekly Publications stated.
A third of Americans have stopped buying eggs. It won’t go back until the price drops
Fry beef in tallow in a frying pan in Lafayette, California, March 25th, 2025. (Smith Collection/Gad/Getty Images)
Back in April, more than 30% of Americans said they had stopped buying eggs, according to a Clarify Capital survey. Their outrageous costs.
New cases of weak demand and lulling Bird flu Analysts said at the time that they helped with cold prices.
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The egg box will be seen in front of customers at a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas on May 15, 2025. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)
That same month, Reuters reported that the US had Increase in imports Eggs from Turkey, Brazil and South Korea have been trying to increase supplies amid the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has killed nearly 170 million chickens, turkeys and other birds since 2022.
Since the outbreak began in 2022, avian influenza has affected more than 166 million birds, including 127 million egg layers. This corresponds to an average loss of 42.3 million egg layer annually. This represents about 11% of the five-year average annual tier inventory of 383 million chickens since the outbreak began.
Signage focused on limiting egg volumes at grocery stores in Manhattan Beach, California on January 2, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty Images)
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USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Testing Service (APHIS) has confirmed that the outbreak continues today.
“To date, USDA Aphis has confirmed 43 outbreaks of herds in 10 states (AZ, CA, IA, IN, IN, NC, OH, PA, SD and WA),” the egg market overview states.
Daniella Genovese and Reuters of Fox Business contributed to this report.