Eggs are nutritional powerhouses. They’re packed with 6 grams of protein each and are “versatile and relatively easy to prepare,” Alice Lichtenstein, lead scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, tells Yahoo Life. They also just got a whole lot more expensive.

The average price of a dozen large, grade-A eggs was $4.15 in December, up from $3.65 in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Egg prices were also up more than 36% year-over-year in December, according to the Consumer Price Index.

Along with all the changes we’ve seen across the country in the early throws of 2025, consumers have been warned to expect some record-high egg prices in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) price outlook,