# Weekly global protein digest: US egg prices surge 47% as food inflation soars, consumers buying chicken over beef
						 | The Poultry Site

> US retail egg prices rose 47% in July from a year earlier, driven by bird flu outbreaks that killed more than 30 million birds. USDA reported weekly beef and pork export sales, with beef sales up and pork sales down week over week.

- Date: 2022-08-11 · published 2022-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40047-weekly-global-protein-digest-us-egg-prices-surge-47-as-food-inflation-soars
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Egg tightness and consumers shifting toward chicken support poultry demand, while beef and pork export flows shape the protein feed mix outlook.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/weekly-global-protein-digest-us-egg-prices-surge-47-as-food-inflation-soars-consumers-buying-chicken-over-beef

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