Egg prices in 2018
Month-by-month Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for 2018.
2018 average
$1.74
12 priced months
2018 high
$2.08
April 2018
2018 low
$1.60
December 2018
2018 summary
The average price across all 12 months of 2018 was $1.74 a dozen.
Measured against 2017 ($1.47), the 2018 average was higher, up $0.27 (18.7%). 2018 has the 6th highest of the 10 yearly averages.
The high came before the low, with a high of $2.08 in April 2018 and a low of $1.60 in December 2018. Between its lowest and highest readings, 2018 covered a range of $0.49 (30.5% from bottom to top).
The largest single-month increase was between March 2018 and April 2018, up $0.25 (13.7%). The largest single-month decrease was from May 2018 to June 2018, down $0.36 (18.1%). Within 2018, the price rose from one month to the next 5 times and fell 6 times.
From January 2018 ($1.77) to December 2018 ($1.60), the change was down $0.17 (9.8%). 11 months were below $2.00 per dozen.
Monthly chart for 2018
The 2018 line charts all twelve monthly figures from $1.77 in January 2018 down to $1.60 in December 2018.
Month-by-month table for 2018
Below are the twelve monthly prices for 2018 paired with each month-over-month move. Changes use the exact prices, so a change can differ by a cent from the difference of the two rounded prices shown.
| Month | Price | Change from previous month |
|---|---|---|
| January 2018 | $1.77 | down $0.05 (2.5%) |
| February 2018 | $1.76 | down $0.01 (0.8%) |
| March 2018 | $1.83 | up $0.08 (4.3%) |
| April 2018 | $2.08 | up $0.25 (13.7%) |
| May 2018 | $1.99 | down $0.09 (4.5%) |
| June 2018 | $1.63 | down $0.36 (18.1%) |
| July 2018 | $1.73 | up $0.10 (6.0%) |
| August 2018 | $1.62 | down $0.10 (6.0%) |
| September 2018 | $1.65 | up $0.03 (1.8%) |
| October 2018 | $1.66 | up $0.01 (0.5%) |
| November 2018 | $1.60 | down $0.06 (3.9%) |
| December 2018 | $1.60 | down less than $0.01 (0.1%) |