# Egg Prices This Holiday Season - Alabama Cooperative Extension System

> Retail egg prices spiked above $8 a dozen in early 2025 due to HPAI-driven flock losses, then eased. Holiday baking demand is expected, with prices likely to stay lower this season unless a new outbreak hits an egg-laying region.

- Date: 2025-10-31 · published 2025-10-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22389-egg-prices-this-holiday-season-alabama-cooperative-extension-system
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower wholesale egg prices reduce the cost pressure on egg-based feed-adjacent demand, but renewed HPAI outbreaks in layer regions could quickly lift prices again.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- aces.edu: https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/commercial-poultry/egg-prices-this-holiday-season/

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