US egg prices fall as inventories climb to yearly high
USDA lowers 2025–26 forecasts on rising supply, steady demand
10 October 2025
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By: Daily New York wholesale prices for a dozen large eggs averaged 276.7 cents per dozen in August, down 125 cents year over year, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for September.
After climbing in July, daily prices dropped steeply in early August. In the week ending August 15, the daily price levelled out at 264 cents per dozen.
Late in the next week, prices fell again, and levelled out at 261 cents per dozen, where they continued to hold steady through September 11, the last day of data before the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) publication.
At the same time that wholesale prices levelled off, the weekly inventory of large eggs was trending higher than the same time a year ago. On September 1, large egg inventory totalled 713,500 cases, the highest it has been this calendar year and 8.2% higher year over year.
Reflecting recent prices and increased production expectations, quarterly price projections were adjusted down to 295 cents per dozen in the third quarter of 2025, 300 cents per dozen in the fourth quarter of 2025, and 230 cents per dozen in the first quarter of 2026.
The new 2025 average price projection is 8.7 cents lower at 403.7 cents per dozen. Because of the strength of the first-quarter price, this would still be about a dollar higher than the 2024 average price.
With no changes beyond the first quarter of 2026, the new average price projection for that year is 211.3 cents per dozen.
