Egg prices by year calculator, 1950 to 2026

Two measures, one timeline

From 1980 on, the result is what shoppers paid: the BLS average retail price for a dozen grade A large eggs, a national average across conventional, cage-free and organic cartons. Before 1980 BLS published no such average, and the per-dozen figure that does exist is USDA's price received by farmers, what producers were paid before grading, cartoning, transport and the store's margin. The calculator labels every year with the measure it returns and never turns a farm price into an estimated store price.

The two series overlap in 1980 and 1981, which shows how far apart they sit: in 1981 farmers were paid 63.1 cents a dozen while the store average was about $0.90. A farm price from the 1960s is a floor under what a shopper paid that year, not the shelf price itself.

How the inflation adjustment works

Each year's price is restated in 2024 dollars with the all-items Consumer Price Index, using annual averages so a year is compared with a year. In 1985 a dozen grade A large eggs averaged $0.804 at the store. The all-items CPI averaged 107.567 that year and 313.689 in 2024, so the 1985 price in 2024 dollars is $0.804 × 313.689 ÷ 107.567, about $2.34. The adjustment says what the same spending power would be in 2024; it does not say what eggs themselves would cost, which is what the store price for 2024 is for.

2024 is the base because it is the latest year with all twelve months published. BLS published no October 2025 figure, so 2025 shows the average of its 11 published months without an inflation-adjusted figure. A year still in progress shows its average so far, also without an inflation-adjusted figure.

The latest figures

The latest BLS average is $2.27 for a dozen grade A large eggs in August 2026; the US retail egg price page carries it with its monthly and yearly change. The USDA wholesale benchmark updates every business day, and the price history page charts every month since 1980.