# Avian flu exacerbates rising poultry, egg prices  | Spokane Journal of Business

> Spokane-area industry sources say chicken wing and egg prices will rise this summer due to highly pathogenic avian influenza. BLS data show a dozen large eggs rose 48% to $2.86 in May from January, and boneless chicken breast rose 16%. Washington state ordered live poultry markets closed for a month in May.

- Date: 2022-06-30 · published 2022-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41097-avian-flu-exacerbates-rising-poultry-egg-prices-spokane-journal-of-business
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Bird flu losses are tightening poultry and egg supply and lifting retail prices, which supports demand for chicken and sustains feed demand from layer and broiler operations.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- spokanejournal.com: https://www.spokanejournal.com/articles/504-avian-flu-exacerbates-rising-poultry-egg-prices

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