Egg prices in 2023
Month-by-month Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for 2023.
2023 average
$2.80
12 priced months
2023 high
$4.82
January 2023
2023 low
$2.04
August 2023
2023 summary
Over the 12 monthly readings in 2023, a dozen large eggs averaged $2.80.
Next to 2022 ($2.86), the annual average was lower, down $0.06 (2.1%). 2023 has the 4th highest of the 10 yearly averages.
The high came before the low: January 2023 was the peak at $4.82, and August 2023 was the low at $2.04. The January 2023 high was $2.78 (136.1%) above the August 2023 low.
The largest monthly increase was between November 2023 and December 2023, up $0.37 (17.3%). The largest one-month decrease was from February 2023 to March 2023, down $0.77 (18.2%). Of the 11 pairs of consecutive months with prices within 2023, 4 were increases and 7 were decreases.
Comparing January 2023 ($4.82) with December 2023 ($2.51), the price was lower, down $2.32 (48.0%). Across 2023, 4 priced months came in above $3.00 a dozen.
Monthly chart for 2023
The 2023 line charts all twelve monthly figures from $4.82 in January 2023 down to $2.51 in December 2023.
Month-by-month table for 2023
Below are the twelve monthly prices for 2023 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 2023 | $4.82 | up $0.57 (13.5%) |
| February 2023 | $4.21 | down $0.61 (12.7%) |
| March 2023 | $3.45 | down $0.77 (18.2%) |
| April 2023 | $3.27 | down $0.18 (5.1%) |
| May 2023 | $2.67 | down $0.60 (18.5%) |
| June 2023 | $2.22 | down $0.45 (16.8%) |
| July 2023 | $2.09 | down $0.13 (5.6%) |
| August 2023 | $2.04 | down $0.05 (2.4%) |
| September 2023 | $2.07 | up $0.02 (1.1%) |
| October 2023 | $2.07 | up $0.01 (0.3%) |
| November 2023 | $2.14 | up $0.07 (3.2%) |
| December 2023 | $2.51 | up $0.37 (17.3%) |