# Declining Egg Prices Squeeze Farmers | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation

> Retail shell egg prices are down about 62% year over year, and farm-gate prices for shell eggs are down 93%. Breaker egg prices have fallen to 8 cents per dozen, well below break-even, after roughly 21 million birds were lost to HPAI from January to March 2026. Detections have since dropped sharply.

- Date: 2026-05-13 · published 2026-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19263-declining-egg-prices-squeeze-farmers-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Below-breakeven prices could push producers out of the market and speed consolidation, which lowers long-run layer numbers and could support future egg prices. Lower egg prices also reduce competing protein demand for poultry and feed use only indirectly.

## Sources

- fb.org: https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/declining-egg-prices-squeeze-farmers

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