USDA: Egg prices fall for 5th straight week, but only by 26 cents
The national average wholesale price of eggs fell $0.26, or 8%, to $3.00 per dozen last week, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
It marks the fifth straight week of sliding wholesale prices, although the declines are slowing.
As USDA's Friday report notes, prices fell less dramatically as Easter demand starts to pick up. Shoppers may have an easier time finding eggs at the store and relaxed limits on how many you can buy, but retail prices lag behind wholesale so they’re just now starting to appear cheaper.
“There is a general sense that current price levels, though still relatively high compared to past Easters, offer enough of an attractive contrast to consumers from where prices stood just a few weeks ago to encourage holiday demand," the report states.
ABC News' Soo Youn







