Egg Prices Drop in April as Supply Recovers

Egg-laying hen losses attributed to highly pathogenic bird flu have fallen sharply since the end of February.

A woman shops for eggs at a Walmart in Rosemead, Calif., on April 11, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Consumers finally saw lower egg prices in the grocery store in April, according to a new federal report.

In April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Consumer Price Index Summary report, the average price paid for eggs dropped by 10.5 percent. However, the price of the household staple is still up by 49.3 percent from the observation taken in April 2024, according to the same metric.