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Average Price Data, AP · Foods, drinks, electricity and piped gas, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted

What do everyday groceries and household energy cost in the US?

The month ended : in September 2026, of the 36 lines on this page, Pasta (per pound) rose most over a year, up 14.1%, and Eggs (per dozen) fell most, down 34.9%; October 2026 has no comparison because the month a year earlier has no value.

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, energy at home, each month

October 2016 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, energy at home, each month, one row for each measure
  • Electricity, per kWh0.1900.131 to 0.198
  • Piped gas, per therm1.6910.961 to 1.819

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, dairy and eggs, each month

October 2016 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, dairy and eggs, each month, one row for each measure
  • Eggs, per dozen2.3201.203 to 6.227
  • Whole milk, per gallon4.1012.839 to 4.317
  • Butter, per pound3.9773.325 to 5.004
  • Cheddar cheese, per pound6.1274.748 to 6.133
  • Low-fat milk, per gallon3.5892.567 to 3.888
  • American cheese, per pound4.7053.772 to 5.063
  • Ice cream, per half gallon6.0324.567 to 6.505
  • Yogurt, per eight ounces1.6581.043 to 1.700

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, ground beef and steaks, each month

October 2016 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, ground beef and steaks, each month, one row for each measure
  • Ground beef, per pound6.7553.547 to 6.923
  • Sirloin steak, per pound13.8487.790 to 14.727
  • Ground chuck, per pound6.7333.549 to 6.975
  • Lean ground beef, per pound8.4015.186 to 8.651
  • Round steak, per pound10.1135.512 to 10.113
  • Beef steaks, per pound12.8457.094 to 13.064

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, beef roasts and stew, each month

October 2016 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, beef roasts and stew, each month, one row for each measure
  • Chuck roast, per pound9.0834.792 to 9.631
  • Round roast, per pound8.3674.791 to 9.155
  • Beef roasts, per pound9.0195.109 to 9.571
  • Beef for stew, per pound8.6745.042 to 9.304

Each row is one line of the page over the last ten years, one month to a point, on a scale of its own, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a month with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

Observed .

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, pork and poultry, each month

October 2016 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, pork and poultry, each month, one row for each measure
  • Bacon, per pound6.6865.102 to 7.608
  • Pork chops, per pound4.5183.664 to 4.874
  • Whole chicken, per pound2.0261.362 to 2.086
  • Chicken breast, per pound4.0992.896 to 4.746
  • Ham, per pound5.2603.724 to 5.898
  • Chicken legs, per pound1.7471.327 to 2.031

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, grains and baked goods, each month

October 2016 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, grains and baked goods, each month, one row for each measure
  • White bread, per pound1.8611.261 to 2.033
  • Flour, per pound0.5360.356 to 0.575
  • Rice, per pound1.1010.682 to 1.118
  • Pasta, per pound1.3841.067 to 1.486
  • Chocolate chip cookies5.2473.311 to 5.352

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, fruit and vegetables, each month

October 2016 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, fruit and vegetables, each month, one row for each measure
  • Bananas, per pound0.6550.544 to 0.670
  • Potatoes, per pound0.9900.686 to 1.094
  • Tomatoes, per pound2.0841.675 to 2.689
  • Lemons, per pound2.1421.882 to 2.557
  • Iceberg lettuce, per pound1.9620.876 to 2.012
  • Romaine lettuce, per pound3.4901.794 to 4.021

Each row is one line of the page over the last ten years, one month to a point, on a scale of its own, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a month with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

Observed .

Right now

In September 2026, of the 36 lines on this page, Pasta (per pound) rose most over a year, up 14.1%, and Eggs (per dozen) fell most, down 34.9%. October 2026 has no comparison because the month a year earlier has no value.

Of these lines, 17 rose, 18 fell and 1 did not change over the year (ours, from the published values).

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Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average, change over a year in each month

Percent, ours, from the published values

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Electricity, per kWh+7.4+7.4+7.3+5.6+5.0+7.2+7.7+4.2+4.2+3.2+4.3–
Piped gas, per therm+10.2+11.8+9.8+10.4+5.8+3.1+3.1+2.1+3.8+4.9+5.4–
Eggs, per dozen−21.6−34.6−48.0−57.6−62.3−56.1−51.8−43.3−39.2−36.7−34.9–
Whole milk, per gallon−3.4−1.3+1.90.0+0.4+1.5+4.8+7.1+3.6+1.4−0.6–
Butter, per pound−10.1−6.8−10.8−11.4−11.6−11.8−20.7−21.7−18.2−16.7−17.3–
Cheddar cheese, per pound−0.7+3.0+5.0+8.1+4.1+5.0−3.8−0.7−5.0−2.3+1.4–
Low-fat milk, per gallon−11.8−12.8−9.5−10.2−11.6−8.6−3.8+4.4+3.8+1.4−1.6–
American cheese, per pound−4.4−5.0−4.2−6.9−3.3−6.0−9.7−8.2−3.3−5.2−3.8–
Ice cream, per half gallon−4.8+2.1−3.5+0.1−2.2+0.2−6.5−8.3−8.4−10.0−7.3–
Yogurt, per eight ounces+2.9−1.9+5.0−1.1+2.6−1.9−2.5+6.2−0.2+6.0+2.9–
Ground beef, per pound+16.2+19.3+21.8+19.8+15.7+18.9+12.8+11.5+10.1+9.6+7.4–
Sirloin steak, per pound+11.1+20.2+15.6+19.3+18.5+19.5+16.9+11.8+7.7+0.3−0.2–
Ground chuck, per pound+16.0+16.9+21.8+16.7+14.2+15.4+11.6+14.3+8.1+2.2+2.5–
Lean ground beef, per pound+18.0+15.9+15.2+15.1+9.7+12.7+12.2+12.8+4.7+7.8+3.4–
Round steak, per pound+18.5+21.4+18.8+19.0+12.3+13.9+16.5+16.4+15.5+6.8+5.1–
Beef steaks, per pound+15.1+17.7+12.8+17.2+16.0+17.1+16.0+12.1+10.0+4.8+3.5–
Chuck roast, per pound+23.3+15.2+13.2+10.5+9.1+19.0+22.0+16.5+14.1+6.8−0.5–
Round roast, per pound+25.2+18.3+17.6+14.6+12.2+17.9+13.8+15.5+15.8+10.2+3.4–
Beef roasts, per pound+22.3+17.0+14.3+11.6+10.8+17.7+17.0+15.0+14.0+7.4+0.6–
Beef for stew, per pound+23.4+16.7+15.6+8.9+10.7+11.9+16.5+16.1+10.2−2.6−1.7–
Bacon, per pound+1.2−2.2−0.9+1.6−2.5−2.6−3.9−7.6−7.5−8.4−7.3–
Pork chops, per pound−9.9+0.3−2.1−1.4−6.0+2.0+0.3−1.4−2.5−3.3−4.2–
Whole chicken, per pound−1.5−2.0−1.0−0.1−1.5−1.6−1.2−2.0−3.5−3.1+0.1–
Chicken breast, per pound+3.5+1.2+4.9+1.5+0.3−0.3−1.1−1.4−1.2−0.9+0.7–
Ham, per pound−3.0−1.9+0.4+1.7−2.2−1.2+0.1+2.4−3.4−0.9−0.5–
Chicken legs, per pound+1.4−3.1−3.1−4.7−3.7−4.3+0.1−7.0−4.2−7.1−3.2–
White bread, per pound−6.6−4.1−4.3−3.9−3.8−2.3−2.5−2.7−1.7−1.0−2.0–
Flour, per pound0.0+1.1+0.7−2.1−2.8−2.5−3.2−5.2−2.5−1.6−3.2–
Rice, per pound+0.4+4.3+5.1+4.3+2.1+4.4+0.4+2.6+3.0+4.9+5.5–
Pasta, per pound−4.9−5.0−3.0−4.2−5.1−1.3+3.9+3.7+5.7+6.2+14.1–
Chocolate chip cookies+8.4+7.4+9.3+12.8+9.2+4.6+2.6−2.8−4.9+1.80.0–
Bananas, per pound+6.8+6.7+5.2+5.5+5.1+3.0−1.4−1.4−1.1−2.1−2.1–
Potatoes, per pound–−10.7−10.5−9.5−10.8−11.1−6.7−5.9−3.7−2.5−2.5–
Tomatoes, per pound−10.0−11.0−12.6+2.9+24.0+50.0+46.0+24.0+11.7+2.7+4.3–
Lemons, per pound−4.3−6.8−5.2−4.9+1.0+5.4+10.2+12.1+6.5+1.6+2.5–
Iceberg lettuce, per pound+21.1–+5.0–+17.3+7.5+36.6+46.0+11.0−12.1−5.5–
Romaine lettuce, per pound+12.3+16.8+19.4+24.3+23.4+9.6+21.0+36.3+15.4–––

Each chip is one month's change from the same month a year earlier. The mark in its middle is zero: a fill to the right of it is a rise and a fill to the left a fall. A longer, brighter fill is a larger change, in five steps up to 19.0 and over. Every chip prints its figure and sign. A dash is a month with no figure.

Observed .

Understanding average prices

Where it stands today

Pasta (per pound) rose most over a year, up 14.1%, in September 2026.

What do the lines of this page measure?

These are the average retail prices of foods, drinks, electricity and piped gas in the United States, from the average price data of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): the U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. BLS publishes them each month, with the Consumer Price Index. A line is the price of one unit of one item, such as a dozen eggs, a pound of ground beef or a kilowatt-hour of electricity.

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The lines are in eight groups: energy at home, dairy and eggs, ground beef and steaks, beef roasts and stew, pork and poultry, grains and baked goods, fruit and vegetables, and pantry and drinks. Every line has a page of its own with every month since its series begins.

What 500metrics adds: the change over a year of every line, ranked across the page; the last ten years of the lines of the first seven groups, all but pantry and drinks, as rows of small charts; and a table of the change over a year in each of the last twelve months for the same lines. The lines of pantry and drinks show their newest month in the ranked bars and the table of lines.

The numbers behind the chart

What is the latest value of each line?45 lines, in the sections of the page
Average retail prices of groceries and household energy, U.S. city average: the newest month of each line, its change over a year (ours) and its rank by that change; equal changes share a rank
LineSectionMonthValueChange over a yearRank
Electricity, per kWhEnergy at home$0.190n/an/a
Piped gas, per thermEnergy at home$1.691n/an/a
Eggs, per dozenDairy and eggs$2.320n/an/a
Whole milk, per gallonDairy and eggs$4.101n/an/a
Butter, per poundDairy and eggs$3.977n/an/a
Cheddar cheese, per poundDairy and eggs$6.127n/an/a
Low-fat milk, per gallonDairy and eggs$3.589n/an/a
American cheese, per poundDairy and eggs$4.705n/an/a
Ice cream, per half gallonDairy and eggs$6.032n/an/a
Yogurt, per eight ouncesDairy and eggs$1.658n/an/a
Ground beef, per poundGround beef and steaks$6.755n/an/a
Sirloin steak, per poundGround beef and steaks$13.848n/an/a
Ground chuck, per poundGround beef and steaks$6.733n/an/a
Lean ground beef, per poundGround beef and steaks$8.401n/an/a
Round steak, per poundGround beef and steaks$10.113n/an/a
Beef steaks, per poundGround beef and steaks$12.845n/an/a
Chuck roast, per poundBeef roasts and stew$9.083n/an/a
Round roast, per poundBeef roasts and stew$8.367n/an/a
Beef roasts, per poundBeef roasts and stew$9.019n/an/a
Beef for stew, per poundBeef roasts and stew$8.674n/an/a
Bacon, per poundPork and poultry$6.686n/an/a
Pork chops, per poundPork and poultry$4.518n/an/a
Whole chicken, per poundPork and poultry$2.026n/an/a
Chicken breast, per poundPork and poultry$4.099n/an/a
Ham, per poundPork and poultry$5.260n/an/a
Chicken legs, per poundPork and poultry$1.747n/an/a
White bread, per poundGrains and baked goods$1.861n/an/a
Flour, per poundGrains and baked goods$0.536n/an/a
Rice, per poundGrains and baked goods$1.101n/an/a
Pasta, per poundGrains and baked goods$1.384n/an/a
Chocolate chip cookiesGrains and baked goods$5.247n/an/a
Bananas, per poundFruit and vegetables$0.655n/an/a
Potatoes, per poundFruit and vegetables$0.990n/an/a
Tomatoes, per poundFruit and vegetables$2.084n/an/a
Lemons, per poundFruit and vegetables$2.142n/an/a
Iceberg lettuce, per poundFruit and vegetables$1.962n/an/a
Romaine lettuce, per poundFruit and vegetables$3.490n/an/a
Sugar, per poundPantry and drinks$1.001n/an/a
Coffee, per poundPantry and drinks$9.249n/an/a
Dried beans, per poundPantry and drinks$1.680n/an/a
Potato chips, per poundPantry and drinks$6.638n/an/a
Soft drinks, per two litersPantry and drinks$2.272n/an/a
Canned soft drinks, per canPantry and drinks$0.596n/an/a
Beer, per pintPantry and drinks$1.899n/an/a
Wine, per literPantry and drinks$14.046n/an/a

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What this number cannot tell you

  • The lines are in different units, so their prices cannot be compared with each other; their changes, which are in percent, can.
  • Each price is an average of the retail prices that BLS collects from a sample of sellers, for the U.S. city average. It is not a price index. BLS measures the change of prices with the Consumer Price Index.
  • Gasoline, diesel and heating oil are not on this page. The U.S. Energy Information Administration publishes their prices from surveys of its own, which differ from BLS's; they are on the gasoline and diesel prices page and the heating fuel prices page.
  • BLS did not collect prices for October 2025 because of the lapse in appropriations, so the charts show a gap.
  • BLS published no price for some other months of some lines; the page of each line says which.
  • The changes and the ranks are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes; a change is in percent.
  • BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

Observed . Checked .

How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data, Foods, drinks, electricity and piped gas, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, through October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What do everyday groceries and household energy cost in the US?", https://500metrics.com/average-prices.

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