Egg prices in the Northeast
In USDA's weekly wholesale report for the week of August 9–15, 2026, a dozen large white eggs went for about $1.12 in the Northeast — 26¢ less than the week before.
USDA draws its own map for that report: its Northeast takes in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington DC, eastern New Jersey, eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Virginia. Those are the states behind every wholesale price on this page.
Wholesale · large white
$1.12
a dozen, delivered to warehouses
26¢ less than the week before
Week of August 9–15, 2026
This week's wholesale prices in the Northeast
These are the prices big buyers — grocery chains and distributors — paid for white eggs delivered to warehouses in the region. Stores buy here before you buy from them, which is why this number moves first.
| Size | Price range | Average | vs last week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra large | $1.11–$1.28 | $1.20 | −26¢ |
| Large | $1.05–$1.19 | $1.12 | −26¢ |
| Medium | $0.44–$0.57 | $0.51 | unchanged |
In the same report, wholesale large eggs in the Northeast ran about 3¢ above the national average of $1.09. The Northeast sits farther from the biggest laying flocks, so more of its eggs arrive by truck, and several of its states require cage-free housing, which costs more per dozen to produce. Feed costs, how far the eggs ride on a truck, and state hen-housing rules are what separate one region's price from another's — which of them did the most work in any one week isn't something the report says. It publishes the prices, not the reasons.
What eggs cost on the shelf here
The bureau's Northeast shelf average is paused, and it was patchy for years before it stopped. The last one published was $3.72 a dozen in October 2024, when prices were running high everywhere; no Northeast figure has come out since, so that price belongs to its month and says nothing about what the shelf reads today.
Until it comes back, the weekly wholesale price above is the live regional read. Nationally, a dozen large eggs averages $2.19 (July 2026). That one is the Bureau of Labor Statistics' U.S. city average — the figure the news quotes — and your own store can sit above or below it.
Wholesale is where stores buy before you do, and it moves first. When wholesale prices swing, shelf prices have usually followed within a few weeks — that has been the pattern through every recent egg cycle.
The national picture — retail against wholesale, the last twelve months, and five years of context — is on the egg prices page. If you landed here because eggs felt expensive, there's an honest answer to that.
Other regions: Midwest Southeast South Central
Common questions
What do eggs cost in the Northeast right now?
In USDA's weekly wholesale report for the week of August 9–15, 2026, a dozen large white eggs went for about $1.12 in the Northeast — 26¢ less than the week before. The bureau's Northeast shelf average is paused, and it was patchy for years before it stopped. The last one published was $3.72 a dozen in October 2024, when prices were running high everywhere; no Northeast figure has come out since, so that price belongs to its month and says nothing about what the shelf reads today. Nationally, a dozen large eggs averages $2.19 (July 2026).
Why are eggs pricier in the Northeast than the national average?
In the same report, wholesale large eggs in the Northeast ran about 3¢ above the national average of $1.09. The Northeast sits farther from the biggest laying flocks, so more of its eggs arrive by truck, and several of its states require cage-free housing, which costs more per dozen to produce. Feed costs, how far the eggs ride on a truck, and state hen-housing rules are what separate one region's price from another's — which of them did the most work in any one week isn't something the report says. It publishes the prices, not the reasons.
Where do these numbers come from?
Two government surveys, both free to read. The weekly wholesale prices are USDA's shell egg market report — what big buyers paid for white eggs delivered to warehouses in the Northeast, week of August 9–15, 2026. The shelf prices are the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average price survey, published monthly. Nothing here is a forecast: every price on this page has already been published, and carries the week or month it belongs to.