Egg prices crack, but mainstream media has forgotten its price obsession it hatched in the spring

President Donald Trump deserves some credit for “Making Breakfast Great Again.” After more than a year of sticker shock in the grocery aisle, which started under the Biden Administration, families are finally seeing relief in one of their most essential staples: eggs.

You won’t read about this in the mainstream media, however. It doesn’t feed the anti-Trump narrative.

According to the latest Department of Agriculture data, wholesale prices for graded loose caged eggs moved sharply lower in late September.

In national trading, truckload quantities of graded loose white large shell eggs fell $0.54 to $1.33 per dozen, marking one of the steepest declines since spring.

On the New York market, formula-traded large cartoned shell eggs delivered to retailers dropped $0.63 to $1.66 per dozen. In the Midwest, wholesale prices for large white shell eggs delivered to warehouses slipped $0.17 to $2.33 per dozen, while prices to producers for large cartoned eggs dipped to $2.15 per dozen.

California, which often sees the nation’s highest prices, saw big declines. The benchmark for large shell eggs fell $0.17 to $2.70 per dozen, and the wholesale market for California-compliant loose eggs plunged $0.69 to $1.21 per dozen.

USDA noted that demand is “mostly light” and trading “slow to moderate,” as buyers pull back now that shelves are stocked and retail prices have retreated from historic highs. Supplies are described as moderate to heavy, suggesting the market may remain favorable to consumers heading into fall.

The politics of eggs have also shifted. During his campaign, President Trump promised prices would come down, and they now have. Yet, while headlines earlier this year made eggs a symbol of Trump’s inabilities, media attention has disappeared just as shoppers are finally seeing real relief at the checkout counter.

For families planning Sunday brunch or weekday school breakfasts, the lower prices are more than welcome.