204 20250516 Egg Prices

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U.S. egg prices fell for the first time in months, but it still remains near a record high.

The average price for a dozen Grade A eggs dropped to $5.12 last month.

That's after reaching a record high of $6.23 in March, according to the Consumer Price Index.
 
It was the first month-to-month drop in egg prices since October of last year.
 
While the cost of wholesale eggs has been coming down for a while, it was unclear how much store prices would have decreased in April since consumer demand is usually high around Easter and Passover(유월절).

But retail egg prices are still near historic highs as a persistent outbreak of bird flu wipes out flocks of egg-laying hens.
 
I'm Haya Panjwani.