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Egg prices in the South Central region

In USDA's weekly wholesale report for the week of August 9–15, 2026, a dozen large white eggs went for about $1.14 in the South Central region — 26¢ less than the week before.

USDA draws its own map for that report: its South Central takes in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Those are the states behind every wholesale price on this page.

Wholesale · large white

$1.14

a dozen, delivered to warehouses

26¢ less than the week before

Week of August 9–15, 2026

This week's wholesale prices in the South Central region

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.

USDA's weekly report, week of August 9–15, 2026 — white eggs delivered to warehouses in the South Central region, prices big buyers paid per dozen.
Size Price range Average vs last week
Extra large $1.17–$1.25 $1.21 −26¢
Large $1.10–$1.18 $1.14 −26¢
Medium $0.53–$0.61 $0.57 unchanged

In the same report, wholesale large eggs in the South Central region ran about 5¢ above the national average of $1.09. The South Central region stretches from Arizona to Louisiana, and how far eggs have to travel across it is the piece that most often separates its price from the national one. 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 of Labor Statistics' average price survey still publishes a Southern shelf average, and it's current: $2.21 a dozen in July 2026. That average covers the whole South — a wider stretch of the map than the South Central region on its own — but it's the closest retail number this part of the country has.

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 last twelve months of shelf prices

One egg per month, shaded by where that month's price sat against the previous five years — shell-white when low, yolk-gold when high, the deep orange only for spike territory. Gray-green means cheaper than usual. The ringed egg is the latest month. There's no egg for October 2025 — the federal shutdown paused the survey and no price was published. These are the Southern shelf averages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' price survey, through July 2026.

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: Northeast Midwest Southeast

Common questions

What do eggs cost in the South Central region right now?

In USDA's weekly wholesale report for the week of August 9–15, 2026, a dozen large white eggs went for about $1.14 in the South Central region — 26¢ less than the week before. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' average price survey still publishes a Southern shelf average, and it's current: $2.21 a dozen in July 2026. That average covers the whole South — a wider stretch of the map than the South Central region on its own — but it's the closest retail number this part of the country has. Nationally, a dozen large eggs averages $2.19 (July 2026).

Why are eggs pricier in the South Central region than the national average?

In the same report, wholesale large eggs in the South Central region ran about 5¢ above the national average of $1.09. The South Central region stretches from Arizona to Louisiana, and how far eggs have to travel across it is the piece that most often separates its price from the national one. 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 South Central region, 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.