September 26, 2022

Eggs caught the inflation bug! Eggs prices continue to be on the rise in grocery stores. 

Check it out on COMTELL to learn more!

Currently large eggs are retailed at $3.96 per dozen, which is $0.46, or 13.14% more than prices from this time last year. This week a year ago, large eggs were retailed at $3.50 per dozen. 

Extra-large eggs are retailed at $3.49 per dozen. This is $0.61, or 21.18% more from this week a year ago's retail price of $3.52 per dozen. 

The U.S. shell egg market also cracked a new all-time high on Tuesday, September 20. According to the USDA, shell egg stocks on hand dropped 3.7% this week to the lowest levels recorded since the onset of the pandemic in March of 2020. The year-over-year supply deficit, which stood at roughly 10% just three weeks ago, has since widened to 25%...

Want to keep reading? Click to read egg market reporter, Karyn Rispoli's, latest egg analysis, here on COMTELL.

Keep up with egg retail prices, and more, at COMTELL. To see this week's retail summary, click here. 

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