# US producer egg prices up 266% in 2022 vs 2021

> The Egg Industry Center reported October 2022 producer egg value at $2.07 per dozen, up 266% year over year. Corn at $58 per ton and soybean meal at $105 per ton were both up about 30% from October 2021, lifting layer feed costs 27%.

- Date: 2022-11-28 · published 2022-11-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38687-us-producer-egg-prices-up-266-in-2022-vs-2021
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Bird flu losses have cut US layer flock size by about 4.5%, keeping egg values high. Higher corn and soymeal prices raise layer feed costs, and these feed price increases are reflected in the cost of production.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-04-01 | [RaboResearch: EU chicken prices up 15% in Q2 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25729-raboresearch-eu-chicken-prices-up-15-in-q2-2025.md) | +1.0% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2023-05-15 | [US Egg Production, Retail Sales to Rise in Volume Terms to 2027 Amid Recovery from Avian Flu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35950-us-egg-production-retail-sales-to-rise-in-volume-terms-to-2027-amid-recovery.md) | -8.8% | -9.3% |
| CORN | 2024-02-05 | [The largest US egg-producing companies of 2024 \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31678-the-largest-us-egg-producing-companies-of-2024-wattpoultry-com.md) | -4.6% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2021-11-23 | [2021 Broiler outlook update: Higher prices in the chicken supply chain \| FCC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44212-2021-broiler-outlook-update-higher-prices-in-the-chicken-supply-chain-fcc.md) | -3.9% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2021-01-12 | [USDA: corn, soybean production up in 2020 - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49002-usda-corn-soybean-production-up-in-2020-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +5.8% | +11.6% |
| SBM | 2025-04-01 | [RaboResearch: EU chicken prices up 15% in Q2 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25729-raboresearch-eu-chicken-prices-up-15-in-q2-2025.md) | -0.7% | -0.3% |
| SBM | 2023-01-13 | [US soybean crop and oil prices rise after cuts in the 2022/23 MY crop estimate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37865-us-soybean-crop-and-oil-prices-rise-after-cuts-in-the-2022-23-my-crop-estimate.md) | -6.6% | -3.3% |
| SBM | 2023-05-15 | [US Egg Production, Retail Sales to Rise in Volume Terms to 2027 Amid Recovery from Avian Flu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35950-us-egg-production-retail-sales-to-rise-in-volume-terms-to-2027-amid-recovery.md) | -3.2% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/blogs/hens-and-trends/article/15536948/us-producer-egg-prices-up-266-in-2022-vs-2021

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