
Texas A&M AgriLife experts report that avian influenza outbreaks in commercial laying flocks have pushed U.S. egg prices to record highs. USDA data put the average wholesale price for large Grade A eggs at an all-time high of $6.14 per dozen on January 18.
Analysts say they cannot yet predict when prices will stabilize.
Lost laying hens tighten egg supply and keep wholesale egg prices elevated, but eggs are not a major feed-grain demand driver, so the direct impact on corn and soybean meal prices is limited.
Not 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.