Eggs US fell to 1.33 USD/Dozen on September 26, 2025, down 11.76% from the previous day. Over the past month, Eggs US's price has fallen 37.91%, and is down 42.14% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Eggs US.

Explore the decline in US wholesale egg prices, market dynamics, and the outlook for major egg producers like Cal-Maine Foods and Vital Farms.

Egg prices fell by 12.7% in April, marking the first drop in months amid an avian flu outbreak affecting 168 million birds. The Trump administration is addressing the crisis with strategies like importing eggs and investing in biosecurity.

In 2024, the retail price for a dozen eggs in the United States was **** U.S. dollars. Egg prices in the United States peaked in this year. Previously, the highest average price was in 2015, when a dozen eggs cost **** U.S. dollars on average. U.S. egg production The United States was one of the leading producers of eggs in the world in 2021, ranking fourth behind China, India, and Indonesia. In that year, approximately ***** billion eggs were produced in the United States. There are two main categories that farm chickens fall into: broiler chickens and laying hens. The first are raised for meat and the second are raised for laying eggs. The U.S. state with the most laying hens is Iowa, with about **** million in 2022. Some of the other top egg-producing states include Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. Egg retail in the United States Perhaps because eggs are uniform in taste and appearance, and most consumers cannot tell one brand of chicken egg apart from another, private label eggs have the highest sales among fresh egg brands in the United States. Eggland’s Best is the leading name brand of fresh eggs in the United States, with sales of ****** million U.S. dollars in 2023. The amount that U.S. consumer units spend on eggs varies from region to region. In 2021, consumers in the Western United States spent an average of about *** U.S. dollars on eggs over the course of the year. The Midwestern United States had the lowest average expenditure on eggs in that year.

Large white, Grade A chicken eggs, sold in a carton of a dozen. Includes organic, non-organic, cage free, free range, and traditional."

Dennys and Waffle House have removed egg surcharges from their menus as egg prices fall, thanks to decreased bird flu cases and increased imports.

Egg prices in the U.S. have dropped over 61% since Trump took office, influenced by increased imports and market changes.

The article discusses the anticipated reduction in U.S. egg prices due to diminishing bird flu effects and explores the broader global trade dynamics impacting egg pricing.

Egg prices are anticipated to decline as wholesale costs drop, providing relief to grocery shoppers. However, potential tariff impacts could influence future pricing trends.

In the current period, the US egg industry has experienced revenue growth primarily driven by historically high egg prices, a direct consequence of recurrent HPAI outbreaks. These outbreaks have been the most disruptive force over the past five years, leading to significant flock reductions and persistent supply shortages. As millions of hens have been culled due to disease, the scarcity has caused retail egg prices to soar, with some months seeing prices more than double year-over-year. This price surge has helped offset revenue losses from flock reductions but increased input costs for some producers; the overall uneven impact has prompted an industry-wide shift towards improved biosecurity measures and contingency planning to mitigate future risks and maintain current price levels. Overall, revenue has climbed at a CAGR of 15.5% to an estimated $19.8 billion after a decrease of 4.4% in 2025. Trade dynamics and input costs are significantly challenging profit, despite rising egg prices. The US has increased imports to make up for domestic shortages, sourcing eggs from countries less affected by HPAI, like Mexico. However, new tariffs on imports and critical feed ingredients stand to raise costs for US egg producers, diminishing competitiveness abroad and driving higher domestic prices. Retaliatory tariffs, especially from Canada, and increased costs for foreign-manufactured equipment have further strained profit. While elevated egg prices have provided some revenue relief, high input costs, especially for feed, have suppressed overall profit levels across the industry. Looking ahead, the outlook for the US egg industry will be driven by steady production growth and price normalization. With the expected recovery from disease shocks and ongoing investments in capacity expansion, output is projected to rise through 2030, matching climbing per capita egg consumption. As supply stabilizes, egg prices will drop sharply from recent peaks to near pre-HPAI levels by 2026. Consequently, revenue is forecast to decline at a CAGR of 6.0% to reach $14.5 billion in 2030. Nevertheless, specialty eggs like organic and cage-free are expected to maintain stronger margins due to regulatory mandates and evolving consumer preferences. Producers are increasingly investing in operational efficiency initiatives, supported by emerging livestock-care technologies and methods and lower borrowing costs, as they prepare for a more competitive pricing environment while preserving sustainable growth.

U.S. egg prices reach a record $6.23 per dozen, driven by factors beyond bird flu outbreaks, impacting consumers and businesses despite a drop in wholesale prices.

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President Trump announces new tariffs in a bid to reduce reliance on imports, while efforts to lower egg prices draw attention. Learn about the impact of these policies and expert opinions on the recent drop in egg prices.

Farmers in the Poultry Meat and Egg Farming industry have faced challenging operating conditions over the past few years, despite strong ongoing demand among New Zealand households for chicken and eggs. Rising health consciousness has led many consumers to replace red meat with leaner sources of protein, which has lifted chicken's popularity in New Zealand. Disruptions to downstream demand added significant uncertainty during the pandemic as restrictions hampered the hospitality sector's performance, weakening demand for chicken and eggs. Higher prices and growing retail spending have offset these trends, allowing egg and poultry producers to drive up revenue per farmgate sale. While egg and poultry farmers have benefited from improved farmgate prices and greater retail spending, these benefits have been offset by rising production costs. Overall, industry revenue is expected to dip at an annualised 0.7% over the five years through 2025-26 to $884.5 million. This trend includes an anticipated slump of 2.1% in 2025-26, due to cost-of-living pressures in New Zealand and the recent avian influenza outbreak. Regulatory changes have caused a seismic shift in the industry. The Ministry for Primary Industries (Manatū Ahu Matua) altered the Animal Welfare Act 1999 to update the Animal Welfare (Layer Hens) Code of Welfare in December 2012. This update banned installing new battery cages for laying hens and started phasing out all existing battery cages by 1 January 2023. According to the latest data in June 2024, conventional cage farming currently accounts for only a small percentage of the layer hen flock, down from 67.0% in 2016 to 10.0% in late 2022, with additional drops expected as colony, barn and free-range systems become the industry standard. Farmers have invested heavily in modernising facilities to meet these standards, costs that are largely passed on to consumers through higher egg prices. While retail demand remains robust, higher operating expenses continue to erode overall industry profitability. Poultry consumption will continue rising over the coming years. Cost pressures on farmers are set to ease, which will bolster farmers' ability to boost output, contributing to an increase in poultry consumption and egg production. Strong competition in downstream processing markets will fuel a drop in prices, which will boost poultry and egg consumption in New Zealand. Despite this, lower prices may also hamper industrywide turnover, causing revenue to dampen at an annualised 0.9% through the end of 2030-31, to $844.2 million.

This paper presents the results of a financial intervention using loans, of which 50% is forgiven given a drop in crop prices below a certain threshold, in Ghana intended to investigate 1) the role of crop-price risk in reducing demand for credit among farmers and 2) how risk mitigation changes farmers' investment decisions. After baseline survey was taken and farmers were randomized into treatment and control, 20 meetings were set up in order to inform maize and garden egg farmers in the five villages of new loan product that would be distributed conditional on investment in their farms. 169 farmers attended the meetings, of which 91 were maize farmers and 78 were garden egg farmers. Two sets of meetings were in place, 10 that offered a standard loan product and 10 that offered a loan product that had a 50% forgiveness mechanism built in if average crop prices fell below a certain threshold (set at the 10th percentile for historical garden egg prices and the 7th percentile for maize prices). The average loan size for all loans was approximately 238 GHS, or 159 USD. Farmers were not informed of what type of meeting they would attend, and were unaware that there was a difference between the meetings prior to attending. Outcome measures were types of individuals that are likely to take up the loan under both the control and treatment condit ions, and the impact that the indemnified loan had on investment and profits versus the standard loan.

The companies active in pasta production primarily produce pasta products and couscous. On average, their turnover has fallen by 0.2% per year since 2020, although it has fluctuated considerably from year to year during this period due to volatile raw material prices and changing consumer preferences. In the current year, sales are expected to grow by 2% to 670.1 million euros. Due to the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the temporary closure of catering establishments, consumers bought more pasta in supermarkets and discounters in 2020 and 2021, as it has a long shelf life and is easy to prepare. This ensured that industry sales were particularly high in 2020. The profit margin was also at a high level in 2020 and 2021. In the years that followed, sales of pasta returned to normal, although price increases prevented sales from falling too sharply, while the profit margin declined more significantly due to high material and labour costs.In the context of diets and dietary changes, more and more consumers are giving up foods such as pasta that contain wheat. While this trend is having a negative impact on sales of conventional pasta, the increasing demand for pasta products without gluten or made from pulses is leading to product innovations within the industry. Nevertheless, durum wheat semolina remains the main input factor for industry players. If the price of durum wheat rises due to weather-related crop failures, for example, pasta manufacturers' material costs also increase, which can have a negative impact on profit margins if the players are unable to pass on the cost increases to their customers through higher product prices. Eggs are another important ingredient for pasta products from Germany. Scandals surrounding animal husbandry or the detection of insecticides in eggs from farms that supply pasta manufacturers have had a negative impact on demand for pasta containing eggs in recent years. This, coupled with higher consumer prices for pasta, has increased competition from cheaper pasta products from Italy and other countries.Over the next five years, IBISWorld expects industry revenue to grow by an average of 0.6% per year, reaching €689.4 million in 2030. In view of market saturation and strong competition from Italian pasta manufacturers, the number of pasta manufacturers is likely to decline slightly in the coming years.

In 2024, the U.S. chicken egg market decreased by -22.9% to $10.6B, falling for the second consecutive year after two years of growth. Overall, the total consumption indicated a measured expansion from 2012 to 2024: its value increased at an average annual rate of +2.5% over the last twelve years. The trend pattern, however, indicated some noticeable fluctuations being recorded throughout the analyzed period. Based on 2024 figures, consumption decreased by -23.5% against 2022 indices.

In 2024, the Ukrainian chicken table egg market decreased by -4.2% to $776M, falling for the third year in a row after two years of growth. Over the period under review, consumption showed a perceptible setback. The pace of growth was the most pronounced in 2021 with an increase of 7.7% against the previous year. Over the period under review, the market hit record highs at $1.4B in 2013; however, from 2014 to 2024, consumption remained at a lower figure.

In 2024, the Azerbaijani egg, excluding hen egg market decreased by -3.3% to $280K, falling for the second consecutive year after two years of growth. Over the period under review, consumption showed a perceptible decline. Egg, excluding hen egg consumption peaked at $493K in 2014; however, from 2015 to 2024, consumption stood at a somewhat lower figure.

In 2023, approx. 1.7K tons of table eggs, excluding hen eggs were imported into Mexico; falling by -72% compared with the year before.