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The latest monthly Consumer Price Index showed a dozen Grade A eggs averaged $5.90 in US cities in February, up 10.4% from a year earlier. Avian flu has forced farmers to slaughter more than 166 million birds, with over 30 million egg layers killed since the start of 2025.
Some relief for consumers is expected.
Heavy layer losses keep egg supply tight and reduce demand for feed ingredients from the poultry sector. Relief in retail prices would come only as flocks rebuild.
apnews.comMae AndersonMar 12, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
