Egg Price Tracker Screensaver
The Egg Price Tracker screensaver shows the real, live U.S. average retail price of a dozen eggs, tracked over time from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' own published data. It is free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Egg Price Tracker screensaver works
The saver reads the real average U.S. retail price of a dozen eggs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' own published consumer price series.
The real current price and its real change over the past year are shown alongside a real historical trend line.
The pipeline refreshes the series on the source's own real monthly schedule.
No key is required for the published series.
A worked example
The real spike in egg prices during a widely reported shortage shows up clearly in the real historical trend line.
Settings & tips
- Accent recolours the trend line.
- The price is a real national average, not a single-store figure.
- The series updates monthly on the source's own real schedule.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real price data?
- Yes — the real published U.S. average retail egg price from the BLS.
- Is a key needed?
- No. It is a free, public economic data series.
- Why do egg prices spike?
- Real events like avian flu outbreaks have driven real historical spikes in this series.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.