In 2024, the retail price for a dozen eggs in the United States was 4.15 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 2.75 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 110.7 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 40.2 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 274.55 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 107 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.

Eggs US decreased 2.89 USD/DOZEN or 49.69% since the beginning of 2025, 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.

United States Wholesale Price: Eggs: Grade A: Large: New York data was reported at 6.731 USD/Dozen in Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.920 USD/Dozen for Dec 2024. United States Wholesale Price: Eggs: Grade A: Large: New York data is updated monthly, averaging 1.075 USD/Dozen from Jan 2000 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 301 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.731 USD/Dozen in Jan 2025 and a record low of 0.533 USD/Dozen in May 2002. United States Wholesale Price: Eggs: Grade A: Large: New York data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Economic Research Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.P004: Poultry and Egg Price.

United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Meats, Poultry, Fish, and Eggs in U.S. City Average was 345.53800 Index 1982-84=100 in February of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Meats, Poultry, Fish, and Eggs in U.S. City Average reached a record high of 345.53800 in February of 2025 and a record low of 37.40000 in May of 1967. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Meats, Poultry, Fish, and Eggs in U.S. City Average - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on March of 2025.

The average retail price for one dozen, or 12, eggs in Canada was 4.66 Canadian dollars in October 2024. The Canadian egg market Canada produces an increasing number of eggs each year. In 2019, around 586 metric tons were produced nationwide, an increase of over 20 percent in volume since 2010. This production is, however, not distributed evenly across the country. Ontario is home to the most egg producers by a large margin, Alberta and Quebec come in distant second and third places. As a result, out of all the provinces, Ontario produced the largest volume of eggs in 2019 at around 303 million dozen. Canada is also active in the international egg trade. In 2019, they exported around 429 million U.S. dollars’ worth of the product and imported approximately 672 million U.S. dollars’ worth.

The revenue of the birds egg market in United States Virgin Islands amounted to $X in 2018, waning by -X% against the previous year. Overall, the total market indicated a modest expansion from 2007 to 2018: its value increased at an average annual rate of +X% over the last eleven years. The trend pattern, however, indicated some noticeable fluctuations being recorded throughout the analyzed period. Based on 2018 figures, birds egg consumption decreased by -X% against 2014 indices. The growth pace was the most rapid in 2014 with an increase of X% year-to-year. In that year, the birds egg market attained its peak level of $X. From 2015 to 2018, the growth of the birds egg market remained at a lower figure.

As of May 2024, the average price in Nigeria for a unit of frozen chicken added up to slightly over 4,829 Nigerian naira (NGN), which equaled 3.2 U.S. dollars. One kilogram of boneless beef cost 4,712 NGN (3.14 U.S dollars), whereas one piece of medium-sized chicken eggs reached nearly 151 NGN (10 cents).

In 2023, egg substitutes saw their dollar sales value shrink by five percent in the U.S. market. In the 52 weeks ending January 1, 2023, the dollar sales value growth rate of meat and seafood substitutes was at approximately minus 12 percent. Egg substitutes have the lowest dollar sales value in the market for plant-based foods. Plant-based food in the U.S. Plant-based foods tend to be more expensive than their animal-based counterparts. The average price of milk, for example, is 0.64 U.S. dollars per unit, compared to 0.97 U.S. dollars per unit of milk alternatives. The average price for meat is 4.24 U.S. dollars, whereas meat alternatives are about twice as expensive. Sales of plant-based foods in the U.S. had been growing much faster in recent years than the sales of the total food retail market. While sales of plant-based foods increased by approximately seven percent per year in 2022, the total food retail had a sales growth of only 1.9 percent. However, plant-based food growth dipped into negative figures for the first time in 2023, perhaps signaling some stagnation in the market. Plant-based milk in the U.S. Milk alternatives have the highest sales share of plant-based food alternatives. Plant-based milk alternatives account for approximately 15 percent of all U.S. plant-based alternative sales. By comparison, plant-based meat only accounts for 0.9 percent of all meat dollar sales. The volume of milk substitutes consumed in the United States is almost 984 million kilograms. This figure is forecast to reach over 1.3 billion kilograms in 2029. The leading milk alternative brand ranked by brand awareness in the U.S. is Silk, followed by Blue Diamond's Almond Breeze and Chobani.