US average price for a dozen large grade-A eggs: $2.27/dozen for August 2026 (BLS, the public shelf-price survey behind the official CPI, published monthly with the CPI), -36.7% vs a year ago. The freshest public line is Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for eggs: 82.1 for September 2026, a monthly index built from USDA's weekly grocery feature reports (-11.4% year over year). Next BLS update: October 14, 2026, with the September 2026 CPI.
Retail egg prices fell 36.7% over the past year to $2.27/dozen (August 2026), and the price is +33% versus five years ago, and 64% below the record high of $6.23/dozen set in March 2025. Upstream, the price farmers receive for eggs is -54.6% year over year ($1.03/doz, August 2026) — when the farm-gate or futures price moves, the shelf follows with a lag of weeks to months, and the spread between them is the middle of the supply chain. The freshest read, Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for eggs, rose 8.4% from August 2026 to September 2026 and is -11.4% on the year.
This page charts the full history of the BLS price back to 2007; Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for eggs; and upstream, the price farmers receive for eggs. The Build-Your-Cart tool combines these staples into your personal basket, the farm-to-shelf page shows where the retail dollar goes, and the full price history is downloadable as JSON and CSV from the series page.
The US city average is $2.27/dozen for August 2026, from the BLS Average Price survey — the shelf prices behind the CPI — -36.7% from a year earlier. The fresher line is Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for eggs: 82.1 for September 2026, a monthly index built from USDA's weekly grocery feature reports (-11.4% year over year). The BLS figure is monthly, so "today" on this page means the latest published month, not this morning.
Retail egg prices fell 36.7% over the past year to $2.27/dozen (August 2026), and the price is +33% versus five years ago, and 64% below the record high of $6.23/dozen set in March 2025. Upstream, the price farmers receive for eggs is -54.6% year over year ($1.03/doz, August 2026) — when the farm-gate or futures price moves, the shelf follows with a lag of weeks to months, and the spread between them is the middle of the supply chain. The freshest read, Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for eggs, rose 8.4% from August 2026 to September 2026 and is -11.4% on the year.
BLS average prices for September 2026 publish with the CPI on October 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM Eastern. The advertised-price index adds a month once the month has ended and USDA's weekly feature reports for it are in; this page republishes every morning with whatever is newest.
BLS; USDA NASS for the price farmers receive for eggs; USDA AMS weekly grocery feature reports (MyMarketNews), from which Nowflation builds the advertised-price index. Every series is charted with its full history on this page and listed with its source in the open data directory; the public-data series also download there.