Eggs prices, September 2026

Eggs, grade A, large, per doz. U.S. city average, Bureau of Labor Statistics series APU0000708111.

Eggs are significantly less expensive than a year ago.

Over five years the change is +23.8%, or +0.8% in today's dollars.

1 monthunchanged 0.0%
1 yeardown −34.9%
5 yearsup +23.8%
$2.27Latest national average, September 2026, per dozen
$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00$6.00$7.0020222023202420252026$6.23Mar 2025$1.72Nov 2021

Previous month$2.27
1 year ago, Sep 2025$3.49
5 years ago, Sep 2021$1.83
Data table
MonthPriceIn today's dollarsChange from a year ago
Sep 2026$2.27$2.27−34.9%
Aug 2026$2.27$2.29−36.7%
Jul 2026$2.19$2.21−39.2%
Jun 2026$2.14$2.16−43.3%
May 2026$2.19$2.20−51.8%
Apr 2026$2.25$2.28−56.1%
Mar 2026$2.35$2.40−62.3%
Feb 2026$2.50$2.58−57.6%
Jan 2026$2.58$2.67−48.0%
Dec 2025$2.71$2.82−34.6%
Nov 2025$2.86$2.97−21.6%
Sep 2025$3.49$3.62−8.7%
Aug 2025$3.59$3.73+12.0%
Jul 2025$3.60$3.75+16.9%
Jun 2025$3.77$3.94+39.0%
May 2025$4.55$4.77+68.5%
Apr 2025$5.12$5.38+78.8%
Mar 2025$6.23$6.56+108.1%
Feb 2025$5.90$6.23+96.8%
Jan 2025$4.95$5.25+96.4%
Dec 2024$4.15$4.43+65.4%
Nov 2024$3.65$3.90+70.7%
Oct 2024$3.37$3.60+62.6%
Sep 2024$3.82$4.08+85.0%
Aug 2024$3.20$3.43+56.8%
Jul 2024$3.08$3.30+47.1%
Jun 2024$2.71$2.91+22.4%
May 2024$2.70$2.90+1.2%
Apr 2024$2.86$3.08−12.4%
Mar 2024$2.99$3.23−13.2%
Feb 2024$3.00$3.25−28.9%
Jan 2024$2.52$2.75−47.7%
Dec 2023$2.51$2.75−41.0%
Nov 2023$2.14$2.35−40.4%
Oct 2023$2.07$2.27−39.4%
Sep 2023$2.06$2.26−28.8%
Aug 2023$2.04$2.24−34.4%
Jul 2023$2.09$2.31−28.7%
Jun 2023$2.22$2.45−18.0%
May 2023$2.67$2.95−6.9%
Apr 2023$3.27$3.63+29.8%
Mar 2023$3.45$3.85+68.4%
Feb 2023$4.21$4.72+110.0%
Jan 2023$4.82$5.43+150.0%
Dec 2022$4.25$4.83+137.7%
Nov 2022$3.59$4.06+108.9%
Oct 2022$3.42$3.87+87.8%
Sep 2022$2.90$3.29+58.1%
Aug 2022$3.12$3.54+82.3%
Jul 2022$2.94$3.34+78.8%
Jun 2022$2.71$3.08+64.9%
May 2022$2.86$3.30+76.2%
Apr 2022$2.52$2.94+55.6%
Mar 2022$2.05$2.40+25.9%
Feb 2022$2.00$2.38+25.5%
Jan 2022$1.93$2.31+31.6%
Dec 2021$1.79$2.16+20.7%
Nov 2021$1.72$2.08+18.5%
Oct 2021$1.82$2.22+29.3%
Sep 2021$1.83$2.25+35.6%
Aug 2021$1.71$2.10+28.7%
Jul 2021$1.64$2.03+17.2%
Jun 2021$1.64$2.04+5.7%
May 2021$1.63$2.03−0.9%
Apr 2021$1.62$2.04−19.8%
Mar 2021$1.63$2.07+6.6%
Feb 2021$1.60$2.05+10.2%
Jan 2021$1.47$1.89+0.3%
Dec 2020$1.48$1.92−3.5%
Nov 2020$1.45$1.88+3.2%
Oct 2020$1.41$1.82+9.8%
Sep 2020$1.35$1.75−2.2%
Aug 2020$1.33$1.72+8.9%
Jul 2020$1.40$1.82+12.7%
Jun 2020$1.55$2.03+29.2%
May 2020$1.64$2.15+20.4%
Apr 2020$2.02$2.65+38.0%
Mar 2020$1.52$1.99−1.2%
Feb 2020$1.45$1.89−6.9%
Jan 2020$1.46$1.91−6.0%
Dec 2019$1.53$2.01−1.2%
Nov 2019$1.41$1.84—
Oct 2019$1.28$1.68—
Sep 2019$1.38$1.81—
Aug 2019$1.22$1.60—
Jul 2019$1.24$1.63—
Jun 2019$1.20$1.58—
May 2019$1.36$1.79—
Apr 2019$1.46$1.93—
Mar 2019$1.54$2.05—
Feb 2019$1.56$2.08—
Jan 2019$1.55$2.08—

Highs, lows and the long view

Where September 2026 sits against the five-year record.

Record high$6.23Mar 2025
Record low$1.72Nov 2021
Five-year average$3.01
In today's dollars$6.56 / $2.08 / $3.27high / low / average

Against the basket

Eggs compared with the 40-item average and with meat & eggs, all set to 100 at Sep 2021.

10015020025030020222023202420252026Basket 125Eggs 124Meat & Eggs 122

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