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Egg prices by president (grade A large, per dozen)
Average US retail price of a dozen grade A large eggs (CPI average price data). In dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation; spikes mostly follow bird flu outbreaks that cull laying hens.
$2.27 latest, Sep 2026
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, via FRED APU0000708111. Monthly data, fetched Oct 19, 2026.
Since 1980, the price of a dozen eggs ranged from $0.68 in May 1988 under Ronald Reagan to $6.23 in Mar 2025 under Donald Trump (2nd term). Of the 7 completed terms with data, the price of a dozen eggs rose fastest under Joe Biden, at +$0.67/yr against +$0.02/yr in the four years before, and fell fastest under Barack Obama, at −$0.06/yr against +$0.16/yr in the four years before. So far under Donald Trump (2nd term), it has gone from $4.15 in Dec 2024 to $2.27 in Sep 2026.
By presidential term
Egg prices (grade A large, per dozen), term by term: every term lined up from inauguration on one chart.
Value at the last full period before inauguration and at the end of the term, with the yearly rate of change. The second column is the rate of change over the four years before the term: the trend they inherited. Remember the lag: a term's first year mostly reflects the previous one's policies.
| President | During term | 4 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump (2nd term) 2025–now | $4.15 → $2.27 −$1.07/yr · through Sep 2026 | +$0.67/yr |
| Joe Biden 2021–2025 | $1.48 → $4.15 +$0.67/yr | +$0.02/yr |
| Donald Trump (1st term) 2017–2021 | $1.38 → $1.48 +$0.02/yr | −$0.16/yr |
| Barack Obama 2009–2017 | $1.83 → $1.38 −$0.06/yr | +$0.16/yr |
| George W. Bush 2001–2009 | $0.96 → $1.83 +$0.11/yr | −$0.09/yr |
| Bill Clinton 1993–2001 | $0.93 → $0.96 $0.00/yr | +$0.02/yr |
| George H. W. Bush 1989–1993 | $0.83 → $0.93 +$0.02/yr | −$0.01/yr |
| Ronald Reagan 1981–1989 | $1.03 → $0.83 −$0.02/yr | — |
| Jimmy Carter 1977–1981 | no data | no data |