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What is the price of eggs in the shops in the United States?

Grocery prices in the United States, from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An official figure as of 30 September 2026.

An official average or median published by a statistics office or regulator, not individual sales.

US$2.272 per dozen, average

In the United States (U.S. city average) the average retail price of "Eggs, grade A, large, per dozen" was $2.27 in September 2026 (Consumer Price Index store price collection, not receipts). That is 34.9% lower than a year earlier ($3.49 in September 2025). Official average published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for 2026-09.

Reference period
2026-09 (the period the publisher states for this figure)
Kind of figure
An official average published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is passed on as published: no range of ours, and no count of records unless the publisher gives one.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Licence: Public domain. BLS states. Live answer: /api/v1/groceries?country=US&item=eggs

Where this comes from

Source
CPI Average Price Data (AP): food, drink and household items, published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Licence
Public domain. BLS states: "The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a Federal government agency and everything that we publish, both in hard copy and electronically, is in the public domain, except for previously copyrighted photographs and illustrations. You are free to use our public domain material without specific permission, although we do ask that you cite the Bureau of Labor Statistics as the source."
Attribution
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data (series APU), https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ap/ . Public domain; BLS asks that it is cited as the source. Prices are passed on as published; the change on a year earlier is calculated by ProofPrice. ProofPrice is not endorsed by BLS.
Figures as of
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How fresh the source is
Monthly: BLS releases the new month about the 10th to 14th of the following month; our copy is refreshed daily and each answer states its reference month
Limits
Average retail prices for BLS's standard items and pack sizes (often per pound, not per pack), for the U.S. city average and four regions; many items are published for the national average only. BLS says average prices are best used to measure the price level in a particular month, not to measure price change over time (its CPI index values are better for that). BLS does not say how many price quotes stand behind an average. These are store shelf prices recorded for the Consumer Price Index, not receipts. Some months are missing (for example October 2025, when no data were collected during the federal funding lapse); BLS no longer publishes some items, such as apples and tea.
Rule
A figure built from records is shown only when at least 5 records sit behind it; official statistics are shown as such, with their reference period. See how we earn trust and the method.

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