The best time to buy eggs, from 20 years of U.S. government shelf prices.
Worth timing
Buy eggs in June if you can.
Over 2006–2025, eggs in June ran a typical 7% below the year’s trend price, and June was below it in 17 of 19 years. December is the dearest month (5% above): a 12-point swing.
Bird flu outbreaks since 2022 sent egg prices far above any seasonal pattern in some years. The median below ignores those spikes, but in a bad year the season is small next to them.
Typical price each month compared with that year’s trend, 2006–2025. The bar is the median year; the thin line spans the middle half of years.
| Month | Typical vs trend | Middle half of years | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | +5% | +0.3% to +9% | 20 |
| February | +3% | +1% to +10% | 20 |
| March | +2.6% | −0.2% to +7% | 20 |
| April | +2.1% | +0.1% to +5% | 19 |
| May | −4% | −9% to −0.7% | 19 |
| June | −7% | −11% to −2.9% | 19 |
| July | −7% | −10% to −3% | 19 |
| August | −5% | −8% to −2.4% | 19 |
| September | −1.4% | −5% to +2.9% | 19 |
| October | −3% | −8% to −0.1% | 19 |
| November | −0.6% | −6% to +1.8% | 19 |
| December | +5% | +1.7% to +8% | 19 |
The U.S. average price of eggs (for a dozen) was $2.32 in October 2026. At today’s price level, the typical June price is about $2.23 and the typical December price about $2.52.
Each row is one year; the dot is the month eggs were cheapest relative to that year’s trend. June was the single cheapest month in 5 of 19 years; the rest of the time it moved around.
| Year | Cheapest month |
|---|---|
| 2024 | October |
| 2023 | June |
| 2022 | September |
| 2021 | December |
| 2020 | August |
| 2019 | June |
| 2018 | June |
| 2017 | July |
| 2016 | June |
| 2015 | May |
| 2014 | October |
| 2013 | July |
| 2012 | July |
| 2011 | July |
| 2010 | July |
| 2009 | May |
| 2008 | August |
| 2007 | June |
| 2006 | October |
What else is cheap in June: what’s cheap in June. Dairy & eggs: butter (Nov), milk (May), cheddar (Jun), ice cream (Jul). All 39 foods: the grocery price calendar.
June. Over 2006–2025 the U.S. average price of eggs in June was typically 7% below that year's trend, and below it in 17 of 19 years. December is the dearest month (5% above).
December, typically 5% above the year's trend price.
The U.S. average was $2.32 a dozen in October 2026 (BLS Average Price Data).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted), the shelf prices BLS collects every month for the Consumer Price Index, through October 2026. Seasonal pattern and every number on this page computed by Online List Maker; how.