# Why egg prices are surging — but chicken prices are falling

> US egg prices rose 10% in October 2022, the largest monthly grocery increase, while chicken prices fell 1.3%. The divergence is attributed to a severe bird flu outbreak that killed many egg-laying hens but largely spared meat birds.

- Date: 2022-11-11 · published 2022-11-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38682-why-egg-prices-are-surging-but-chicken-prices-are-falling
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Layer losses are tightening egg supply and lifting egg prices, while meat-bird supply is unaffected, so chicken prices are not following eggs higher. Feed-grain costs remain part of the broader cost backdrop.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/11/why-egg-prices-are-surging-but-chicken-prices-are-falling.html

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