The average national wholesale price of eggs fell for the third consecutive week, since high prices caused the fall in demand and avian flu shoots, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
The average wholesale price fell to $ 4.15 per dozen last week, at $ 2.70, according to a weekly USDA Report Launched on Friday.
Only two weeks ago, on February 28, the average wholesale price was $ 8.05 per dozen.
The combination of prices that scares customers, decreased avian flu sprouts and a posterior Easter this year is resulting in less demand.
“The demand for shell eggs decreased abruptly during the past week as the current prices resistance of the shell eggs grows in all sectors,” said the USDA report. “Slowdown [highly pathogenic avian influenza] The outbreaks are leading to better supply availability and wholesale market prices have responded with strong decreases during the past week. “
“However, these decreases have not yet been reflected on store shelves and, until they are, the demand is expected to remain cushioned,” added the USDA.
The eggs are offered for sale in a store, on March 12, 2025, in Chicago.
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The Department of Justice is located in the early stages of the investigation of the main egg producers on the high egg prices, sources familiar with the ABC News matter said last week.
The high price of eggs has become a subject of constant political conversation for both parties. President Donald Trump has promised to reduce them and the Democratic senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, wrote a letter in January asking the White House to look for the prices practices of producers and retailers.
Trump promoted the decrease during an unrelated press event on Friday.
“By the way, the price of eggs has dropped 35% in the last week and a half. We are doing a good job,” he said.
So consumers really paid in the store in February, egg prices increased another 10.4% since January, 159% during the level of the year, with an average price of $ 5.90 per dozen, an increase of $ 0.94 per dozen last month, according to the consumer price index of the US labor statistics, which is published monthly.
