Egg Prices Collapse as Once-Empty Shop Shelves Now Overstuffed

Americans on average paid $2.577 for a dozen large grade A eggs in January.Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

A year ago, empty egg shelves in grocery stores were a symbol of stubborn food inflation. Shoppers paid record prices, scrambling to beat per-customer limits and stocking up whenever cartons appeared.

Today, the picture has flipped — and while that’s good news for US consumers, egg farmers are feeling the whiplash.