Hyderabad egg prices rise Rs 3
- Egg prices in Hyderabad jumped by Rs 3 a piece in two weeks, with retail rates rising from Rs 4 to Rs 7. - Wholesale eggs are selling at about Rs 6.30 each, while farmers say summer heat has lifted poultry mortality by roughly 30%. - The spike follows a brief March dip after export disruptions, with supply now tightening again. (siasat.com)
Egg prices in Hyderabad have climbed to Rs 7 apiece in retail shops after rising Rs 3 in about two weeks. (siasat.com) (telanganatoday.com) Wholesale buyers are paying about Rs 6.30 per egg, up from roughly Rs 4 in the city’s retail market a fortnight earlier. (siasat.com) (telanganatoday.com) Poultry farmers told local outlets that summer heat has pushed up bird deaths and cut egg output at farms around Hyderabad. One farm owner in Ranga Reddy district said demand for eggs and poultry has held up even as supply fell. (telanganatoday.com) (siasat.com) Farmers said poultry mortality is about 30 percent higher in summer than in other seasons. They also said heat lowers productivity, leaving fewer eggs to sell. (siasat.com) (telanganatoday.com) The farms supplying Hyderabad are concentrated in Ranga Reddy, Medak, Sangareddy, Vikarabad, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Siddipet and Mahbubnagar districts. Lower output there is feeding directly into city prices. (telanganatoday.com) The jump in shop prices is steeper than the benchmark market rate tracked for Hyderabad. The National Egg Coordination Committee’s April table showed Hyderabad at 525 paise, or Rs 5.25, per egg on April 29. (e2necc.com) (todayeggrate.in) That gap shows how transport, retail margins and local shortages can leave consumers paying more than the farm-gate or suggested rate. A Hyderabad market tracker listed retail rates at about Rs 5.57 to Rs 5.67 per egg on April 29, below the Rs 7 reported by city shops. (todayeggrate.in) Egg prices had eased in March after exports were hit by the West Asia conflict, according to local reports. That relief was short-lived, and farmers now say heat-related supply losses are driving the market again. (siasat.com) (telanganatoday.com) Chicken prices have not moved as sharply. Telangana Today reported chicken meat at about Rs 240 a kilogram and live birds at Rs 170 a kilogram, with one Mallepally shop owner saying summer retail demand for chicken is softer even as hotel and catering orders continue. (telanganatoday.com) For now, Hyderabad’s egg market is being set as much by weather as by demand: hotter farms, fewer birds, and a breakfast staple that suddenly costs nearly twice what it did two weeks ago. (siasat.com) (telanganatoday.com)
