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Egg prices are likely to shoot up even more in 2025. Here's what to know.

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The average price of a dozen large, grade-A eggs was $ 4.15 in December 2024 , up 14% from $ 3.65 in November .

That's a more than 60% increase from $ 2.51 it cost a year ago and 160% more than the $ 1.41 it cost in 2019 .

Behind rising egg prices and shortages is a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), known as H5N1, that killed 13.2 million commercial egg-laying hens in December .

Bird flu outbreaks are disrupting the nation's supply chain.

At farms, the entire flock must be slaughtered to help limit the virus' spread.

A persistent shortage of truck drivers in the U.S. is driving up egg prices.

Some grocery stores around the country are offering lower egg prices to drive store traffic.