Recent U.S. egg supply recovery from 2025 highly pathogenic avian influenza losses has driven wholesale benchmarks for large white eggs to $0.27 per dozen in mid-October 2026, down sharply year over year, supporting a stable-to-lower retail trajectory. The latest BLS city-average retail price held at $2.27 per dozen in September with no month-over-month change, aligning trader consensus on the $2.20–$2.30 bin as the mode. Feed-cost pressures remain a secondary risk but have not yet reversed the downward price momentum amid rising inventories and absent new outbreaks. The October BLS figure, due mid-November, will resolve the market near current levels unless late-month volatility emerges.