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Data through Jul 2026

Egg Price History Report

Monthly US egg prices, for as far back as the series goes

Historical retail price of eggs (grade a, large) in United States. 78 monthly observations, source: BLS.

BLS · EIA · FREDData through Jul 2026Refreshed Sep 11Observed

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Eggs (Grade A, Large) (US). Eggs (Grade A, Large) (US): 1.46 in Jan 2020, 2.19 in Jul 2026 — up 49.8% over the period, peaking at 6.23 in Mar 2025.
Month	Eggs (Grade A, Large) (US)
Jan 2020	1.46
Feb 2020	1.45
Mar 2020	1.52
Apr 2020	2.02
May 2020	1.64
Jun 2020	1.55
Jul 2020	1.40
Aug 2020	1.33
Sep 2020	1.35
Oct 2020	1.41
Nov 2020	1.45
Dec 2020	1.48
Jan 2021	1.47
Feb 2021	1.60
Mar 2021	1.63
Apr 2021	1.62
May 2021	1.63
Jun 2021	1.64
Jul 2021	1.64
Aug 2021	1.71
Sep 2021	1.83
Oct 2021	1.82
Nov 2021	1.72
Dec 2021	1.79
Jan 2022	1.93
Feb 2022	2.00
Mar 2022	2.05
Apr 2022	2.52
May 2022	2.86
Jun 2022	2.71
Jul 2022	2.94
Aug 2022	3.12
Sep 2022	2.90
Oct 2022	3.42
Nov 2022	3.59
Dec 2022	4.25
Jan 2023	4.82
Feb 2023	4.21
Mar 2023	3.45
Apr 2023	3.27
May 2023	2.67
Jun 2023	2.22
Jul 2023	2.09
Aug 2023	2.04
Sep 2023	2.06
Oct 2023	2.07
Nov 2023	2.14
Dec 2023	2.51
Jan 2024	2.52
Feb 2024	3.00
Mar 2024	2.99
Apr 2024	2.86
May 2024	2.70
Jun 2024	2.71
Jul 2024	3.08
Aug 2024	3.20
Sep 2024	3.82
Oct 2024	3.37
Nov 2024	3.65
Dec 2024	4.15
Jan 2025	4.95
Feb 2025	5.90
Mar 2025	6.23
Apr 2025	5.12
May 2025	4.55
Jun 2025	3.77
Jul 2025	3.60
Aug 2025	3.59
Sep 2025	3.49
Nov 2025	2.86
Dec 2025	2.71
Jan 2026	2.58
Feb 2026	2.50
Mar 2026	2.35
Apr 2026	2.25
May 2026	2.19
Jun 2026	2.14
Jul 2026	2.19

Headline

Current price: $2.19 per dozen. Year-over-year change: -42.01%. Historical high: $6.23. Historical low: $1.33.

Methodology

Series ID APU0000708111 (BLS). Forward-fill window 3 months. See https://basketindex.org/methodology for the full pipeline.

Data table

78 rows. Use the CSV download for the full machine-readable dataset.

Date	Series	Value
2020-01-01	Eggs (Grade A, Large) (US)	1.461
2020-02-01	Eggs (Grade A, Large) (US)	1.449
2020-03-01	Eggs (Grade A, Large) (US)	1.525
2020-04-01	Eggs (Grade A, Large) (US)	2.019
2020-05-01	Eggs (Grade A, Large) (US)	1.640
2020-06-01

Cite as: “Basket Index™, data through Jul 2026, basketindex.org/reports/egg-price-history”