Egg prices finally dropped, but the cost of beef hit a record high last month. Here’s how everyday prices are changing under Trump.

It s been more than days since President Donald Trump took office He vowed during the campaign to bring down food prices on day one and while egg prices are certainly falling the cost of other consumer goods remains high Now per pound the average price of ground beef hit a record high for the third consecutive month jumping cents since March The cost of electricity also remained at its peak in April according to the latest details from the consumer price index Specific good news Egg prices are dropping from all-time highs The average cost of eggs settled at in April declining roughly from March Still the cost of various goods and services has stayed much the same with the change of administrations The price of milk bread and chicken has moved very little since December Though numerous of these prices are not directly linked to the White House they may soon be with a burgeoning global commerce war sure to affect average prices from the grocery store to the pump The Tribune is tracking everyday costs for Americans eggs milk bread bananas oranges tomatoes chicken ground beef gasoline electricity and natural gas and how they are changing or not under the second Trump administration This tracker is updated monthly using CPI evidence from the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics To see the average U S price of a specific good click on the dropdown arrow below and select the item you wish to view Eggs Breakfast lovers rejoice Egg prices dropped for the first time in months In April the average cost of a dozen large Grade A eggs was nationwide falling more than a dollar from the previous month This is the first time egg prices have decreased since October likely due to a declining number of bird flu cases in commercial and backyard flocks In February there were approximately million birds affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza in the United States according to the U S Department of Agriculture In March that number was million and as of April only million U S birds were affected with those cases primarily concentrated in two commercial flocks in South Dakota and Ohio Still the cost of eggs remains about higher than before Trump took office But with the number of announced bird flu cases on the decline experts expect egg prices will continue dropping into the summer months Milk It s not just poultry flocks and wild birds that have been affected by bird flu According to the Centers for Ailment Control and Prevention the virus has been released in dairy cows since March and just last month there were new validated cases at dairy farms in California Arizona and Idaho But while avian flu cases are declining in poultry they re rising in cattle In April the number of newly infected dairy cows was double that of March and represented the greatest number of cases shared in a single month since the start of the new calendar year So it may not come as a surprise that the cost of milk is increasing though far from the volatile spikes seen in egg prices The current average cost is only a cent difference from January As of April a gallon of fresh fortified whole milk would set you back about Bread According to the national average white bread was about per pound in April Bread is priced about less than it was months ago Bananas One item that hasn t seen much fluctuation in up-to-date years is bananas The fruit s price has remained reliably low hovering at per pound as of April Oranges Orange prices are expected to steadily rise in the coming months But don t fret because that is normal Like countless citrus fruits orange prices are heavily tied to the harvesting season As we exit orange season supplies will decrease coinciding with an increase in demand thus triggering higher prices This is standard for the fruit industry with oranges being cheapest in the winter months then increasing in cost throughout the spring and summer and eventually peaking in September or October each year Currently the average cost per pound for navel oranges is nationwide Tomatoes In the U S the average price of field-grown tomatoes was per pound as of April That cost is slightly lower than it was the previous month and down roughly since Trump took power This change however likely has little to do with the administration Like oranges tomato prices vary depending on the time of year rising in the fall peaking in the early winter months and then plummeting in the spring Chicken The national average crested above per pound for fresh whole chicken for the first time last year and hit a record high of in November Since then the average cost has been roughly the same According to the latest CPI figures chicken is per pound Ground beef Your next backyard cookout might be more expensive with the cost of ground beef rising Prices spiked again from March to April jumping nearly to an all-time high according to BLS figures The average price of beef ground chuck is now per pound cents more than the previous record set just last month This is likely due to a number of factors In addition to several major ground beef recalls revealed in up-to-date months the U S cattle inventory is at a -year low and severe drought in parts of the country has further reduced the feed supply according to the U S Department of Agriculture More in the past few days in business talks with the U S the United Kingdom agreed to buy more American beef a deal that the president says will lead to greater exports But as China and the European Union s tariffs on beef and other U S farm exports remain this may not be the last time we see record prices this year Perhaps this is the year to give vegetarianism a try Electricity In April the average price of electricity nationwide was cents per kilowatt-hour That average has remained more or less the same since May of last year with the typical month-over-month changes registering at less than a fraction of a cent Even so the current cost of electricity is the highest on record going back more than years Gasoline The price at the pump is climbing again The cost of gas rose cents month-over-month to per gallon of regular unleaded about a increase from the last month of the Biden administration Nonetheless prices remain about lower than they were in April and markedly less than the jaw-dropping numbers several Americans saw three summers ago Prices in Chicago meanwhile are about cents higher than the nationwide average sitting at per gallon according to the U S Capacity Information Administration Natural gas Piped utility gas or natural gas is another expense that s creeping up Average prices nationwide sit at per therm the highest they ve been in two years