Egg prices are plunging due to oversupply — and producers say margins are taking a hit as costs rise
Egg prices are decreasing due to an oversupply, benefiting consumers but challenging producers. With rising input costs, producers are struggling to maintain margins despite lower grocery prices. The situation has shifted dramatically from last year's shortages caused by avian flu to current excess supply.
- ▪Egg prices fell 44.7% year-over-year in March 2026, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
- ▪Producers are facing rising input costs for feed, fuel, and labor even as consumer demand returns.
- ▪The price collapse is creating new pressure on margins at a time when producers can least afford it.
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Egg prices are finally cooling in a welcome shift for consumers. But now a new challenge is sending producers scrambling: they have too many eggs at a time when their input costs are rising. As the market swings from last year's avian flu-driven shortage to a growing oversupply, producers say lower grocery store prices are masking the squeeze from cost inflation."A year ago, all anybody could talk about was how expensive eggs were because a lot of birds were unfortunately lost," said Thomas Flocco, CEO of egg producer Pete & Gerry's."We now have an oversupply situation, which is why you're seeing in some cases a dozen eggs below a dollar," Flocco said.Egg prices fell 44.7% year-over-year in March 2026, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, marking a sharp reversal from last year's…
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