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Prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs decreased 7.0 percent from a peak in August 2015 to February 2017 despite prices for all items increasing 2.8 percent over this period. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs make up about 1.7 percent of the total Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) market basket. From February 2007 to February 2017, the meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index increased 27.9 percent.
Month | All items | Food | Meats, poultry, fish, eggs | Meats | Beef and veal | Pork | Poultry | Chicken | Fish and seafood | Eggs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 2007 |
100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.000 |
Mar 2007 |
100.520 | 100.348 | 101.065 | 101.430 | 101.431 | 101.140 | 100.887 | 101.161 | 100.492 | 98.894 |
Apr 2007 |
100.822 | 100.609 | 101.695 | 101.960 | 103.295 | 100.115 | 102.241 | 102.825 | 101.096 | 98.221 |
May 2007 |
101.238 | 101.001 | 103.032 | 103.006 | 103.427 | 102.427 | 103.065 | 103.704 | 101.807 | 107.427 |
Jun 2007 |
101.473 | 101.412 | 103.339 | 103.396 | 103.600 | 103.265 | 104.312 | 104.999 | 101.762 | 104.331 |
Jul 2007 |
101.654 | 101.750 | 103.026 | 102.466 | 102.853 | 102.148 | 104.625 | 105.172 | 101.144 | 110.802 |
Aug 2007 |
101.685 | 102.139 | 103.092 | 102.352 | 102.940 | 101.479 | 104.437 | 104.721 | 101.408 | 113.486 |
Sep 2007 |
102.116 | 102.637 | 103.393 | 102.121 | 103.961 | 100.266 | 105.207 | 106.149 | 101.605 | 119.340 |
Oct 2007 |
102.431 | 102.961 | 103.738 | 102.434 | 103.256 | 101.425 | 105.292 | 105.878 | 102.431 | 119.440 |
Nov 2007 |
103.236 | 103.383 | 104.005 | 102.835 | 103.849 | 101.479 | 105.289 | 106.188 | 102.640 | 119.162 |
Dec 2007 |
103.535 | 103.574 | 104.147 | 102.651 | 103.412 | 101.488 | 105.206 | 106.315 | 103.050 | 123.482 |
Jan 2008 |
103.892 | 104.201 | 104.673 | 102.755 | 103.394 | 101.895 | 107.314 | 108.170 | 103.364 | 125.167 |
Feb 2008 |
104.143 | 104.589 | 104.695 | 102.855 | 103.933 | 100.990 | 106.643 | 107.276 | 103.996 | 124.750 |
Mar 2008 |
104.516 | 104.800 | 104.812 | 102.759 | 104.587 | 99.426 | 106.396 | 107.172 | 103.945 | 129.038 |
Apr 2008 |
104.757 | 105.703 | 105.346 | 103.171 | 103.400 | 102.241 | 106.636 | 107.208 | 105.590 | 128.663 |
May 2008 |
105.377 | 106.150 | 105.762 | 103.537 | 104.928 | 101.641 | 107.597 | 108.006 | 105.997 | 127.905 |
Jun 2008 |
106.482 | 106.807 | 106.430 | 104.484 | 106.678 | 102.626 | 107.022 | 107.718 | 106.700 | 129.335 |
Jul 2008 |
107.242 | 107.859 | 107.534 | 105.675 | 107.569 | 103.562 | 108.328 | 109.013 | 107.561 | 129.521 |
Aug 2008 |
107.082 | 108.407 | 108.589 | 107.442 | 110.121 | 104.903 | 109.203 | 110.187 | 109.190 | 121.243 |
Sep 2008 |
107.174 | 109.028 | 109.483 | 108.315 | 110.331 | 105.915 | 109.805 | 110.398 | 110.180 | 123.066 |
Oct 2008 |
106.252 | 109.478 | 110.102 | 109.210 | 111.461 | 106.277 | 110.146 | 110.893 | 110.728 | 121.661 |
Nov 2008 |
104.371 | 109.680 | 109.724 | 108.658 | 110.071 | 106.720 | 111.209 | 111.670 | 110.547 | 117.953 |
Dec 2008 |
103.512 | 109.681 | 109.491 | 108.577 | 109.832 | 106.707 | 111.332 | 112.012 | 111.049 | 112.579 |
Jan 2009 |
103.774 | 109.762 | 109.224 | 107.857 | 108.379 | 105.891 | 111.542 | 111.799 | 111.691 | 113.291 |
Feb 2009 |
104.152 | 109.619 | 109.196 | 108.180 | 109.243 | 105.430 | 111.129 | 112.078 | 111.610 | 110.589 |
Mar 2009 |
104.049 | 109.399 | 108.288 | 106.961 | 107.698 | 104.412 | 111.334 | 112.127 | 111.755 | 106.464 |
Apr 2009 |
104.154 | 109.232 | 107.864 | 106.171 | 107.195 | 103.201 | 111.583 | 112.540 | 110.935 | 109.239 |
May 2009 |
104.307 | 109.050 | 107.161 | 105.418 | 106.651 | 102.743 | 110.826 | 111.740 | 111.589 | 105.218 |
Jun 2009 |
105.173 | 109.050 | 106.926 | 105.011 | 106.315 | 101.856 | 110.972 | 111.690 | 111.653 | 104.813 |
Jul 2009 |
105.141 | 108.837 | 105.721 | 103.660 | 103.828 | 101.208 | 109.115 | 109.118 | 112.218 | 102.142 |
Aug 2009 |
105.493 | 108.832 | 106.159 | 103.986 | 104.971 | 100.219 | 110.111 | 110.392 | 111.655 | 105.027 |
Sep 2009 |
105.697 | 108.773 | 105.251 | 103.316 | 104.590 | 98.983 | 109.042 | 109.362 | 111.117 | 100.772 |
Oct 2009 |
106.014 | 108.870 | 104.757 | 102.954 | 104.032 | 98.342 | 108.680 | 108.553 | 109.471 | 101.729 |
Nov 2009 |
106.369 | 108.934 | 105.343 | 103.075 | 105.229 | 97.860 | 109.207 | 109.594 | 111.008 | 105.086 |
Dec 2009 |
106.425 | 109.096 | 105.388 | 102.993 | 104.684 | 98.463 | 109.540 | 109.569 | 111.030 | 105.716 |
Jan 2010 |
106.494 | 109.389 | 105.668 | 103.334 | 103.588 | 100.622 | 109.030 | 108.943 | 112.005 | 105.856 |
Feb 2010 |
106.392 | 109.420 | 106.276 | 104.158 | 104.540 | 102.919 | 109.581 | 109.239 | 110.886 | 109.484 |
Mar 2010 |
106.428 | 109.640 | 106.502 | 104.623 | 105.617 | 102.166 | 109.322 | 108.766 | 110.608 | 110.199 |
Apr 2010 |
106.452 | 109.749 | 107.624 | 106.464 | 108.549 | 103.587 | 109.540 | 109.410 | 111.270 | 107.670 |
May 2010 |
106.397 | 109.810 | 108.127 | 107.628 | 109.846 | 105.121 | 109.434 | 108.918 | 111.131 | 104.654 |
Jun 2010 |
106.352 | 109.787 | 109.110 | 108.892 | 111.037 | 106.435 | 109.564 | 109.840 | 112.003 | 105.821 |
Jul 2010 |
106.551 | 109.762 | 109.464 | 109.212 | 110.834 | 107.435 | 110.163 | 110.490 | 112.659 | 104.763 |
Aug 2010 |
106.707 | 109.885 | 109.179 | 108.959 | 110.169 | 107.611 | 109.673 | 109.481 | 112.241 | 105.248 |
Sep 2010 |
106.879 | 110.255 | 110.199 | 109.636 | 110.534 | 108.937 | 110.714 | 110.433 | 112.796 | 111.672 |
Oct 2010 |
107.251 | 110.406 | 110.748 | 110.735 | 111.590 | 110.732 | 111.983 | 111.660 | 113.893 | 101.535 |
Nov 2010 |
107.523 | 110.619 | 111.489 | 111.009 | 111.777 | 110.566 | 111.524 | 112.059 | 115.439 | 109.620 |
Dec 2010 |
107.955 | 110.754 | 111.228 | 110.454 | 111.112 | 109.645 | 110.858 | 111.192 | 115.666 | 112.740 |
Jan 2011 |
108.305 | 111.382 | 112.764 | 112.912 | 115.325 | 110.724 | 111.170 | 110.101 | 116.164 | 111.201 |
Feb 2011 |
108.653 | 111.900 | 113.749 | 113.953 | 116.516 | 111.799 | 111.750 | 110.608 | 117.997 | 110.427 |
Mar 2011 |
109.215 | 112.755 | 114.875 | 115.503 | 118.597 | 113.377 | 111.533 | 110.482 | 118.944 | 112.061 |
Apr 2011 |
109.728 | 113.185 | 115.565 | 116.571 | 119.282 | 114.247 | 111.996 | 111.418 | 118.329 | 113.193 |
May 2011 |
110.077 | 113.620 | 117.049 | 117.603 | 120.078 | 115.757 | 113.221 | 112.115 | 120.728 | 118.136 |
Jun 2011 |
110.077 | 113.908 | 116.727 | 117.092 | 119.288 | 115.723 | 113.135 | 112.179 | 121.187 | 116.761 |
Jul 2011 |
110.365 | 114.392 | 117.280 | 117.794 | 120.200 | 115.530 | 113.265 | 112.244 | 121.352 | 118.314 |
Aug 2011 |
110.714 | 114.969 | 117.931 | 118.602 | 121.423 | 115.948 | 113.457 | 111.963 | 121.652 | 119.896 |
Sep 2011 |
110.954 | 115.493 | 118.629 | 119.064 | 121.913 | 117.223 | 114.237 | 112.344 | 122.022 | 124.074 |
Oct 2011 |
111.029 | 115.602 | 118.936 | 119.320 | 122.463 | 117.049 | 114.967 | 113.461 | 122.168 | 123.954 |
Nov 2011 |
111.234 | 115.712 | 119.218 | 120.058 | 123.079 | 118.077 | 114.907 | 113.418 | 122.290 | 120.664 |
Dec 2011 |
111.261 | 115.932 | 120.213 | 121.015 | 124.468 | 118.272 | 116.181 | 114.434 | 123.587 | 120.211 |
Jan 2012 |
111.564 | 116.260 | 120.899 | 121.907 | 127.009 | 117.878 | 116.478 | 114.604 | 123.364 | 122.797 |
Feb 2012 |
111.802 | 116.223 | 120.314 | 121.480 | 126.416 | 117.402 | 116.947 | 114.822 | 122.831 | 116.940 |
Mar 2012 |
112.036 | 116.449 | 120.973 | 121.722 | 126.619 | 117.202 | 118.546 | 116.332 | 123.385 | 119.500 |
Apr 2012 |
112.222 | 116.676 | 120.935 | 121.377 | 126.270 | 117.527 | 119.125 | 117.315 | 123.481 | 120.483 |
May 2012 |
111.990 | 116.764 | 120.149 | 120.852 | 126.489 | 115.397 | 117.490 | 114.900 | 122.887 | 118.976 |
Jun 2012 |
111.898 | 116.996 | 120.547 | 120.840 | 127.189 | 114.700 | 119.254 | 116.894 | 123.219 | 119.695 |
Jul 2012 |
111.930 | 117.077 | 121.032 | 121.142 | 128.305 | 114.439 | 120.687 | 118.426 | 123.522 | 119.710 |
Aug 2012 |
112.580 | 117.277 | 121.403 | 121.421 | 128.294 | 115.302 | 120.065 | 117.856 | 123.353 | 125.757 |
Sep 2012 |
113.117 | 117.357 | 120.867 | 120.912 | 128.506 | 113.982 | 119.937 | 117.393 | 123.473 | 121.781 |
Oct 2012 |
113.422 | 117.577 | 121.667 | 121.454 | 129.115 | 114.559 | 121.708 | 119.647 | 123.881 | 123.439 |
Nov 2012 |
113.232 | 117.782 | 121.622 | 121.596 | 129.382 | 114.705 | 121.450 | 120.475 | 123.635 | 122.568 |
Dec 2012 |
113.218 | 117.994 | 122.028 | 122.185 | 130.549 | 114.666 | 122.343 | 121.250 | 123.557 | 120.759 |
Jan 2013 |
113.410 | 118.120 | 122.335 | 122.409 | 131.150 | 114.873 | 123.045 | 121.581 | 123.759 | 121.036 |
Feb 2013 |
114.082 | 118.144 | 122.678 | 122.783 | 130.790 | 115.679 | 122.797 | 120.545 | 123.575 | 124.398 |
Mar 2013 |
113.746 | 118.273 | 122.477 | 122.214 | 129.988 | 115.478 | 123.208 | 121.206 | 124.233 | 123.884 |
Apr 2013 |
113.499 | 118.508 | 122.732 | 121.785 | 128.621 | 115.686 | 124.073 | 122.454 | 126.111 | 125.230 |
May 2013 |
113.559 | 118.395 | 122.511 | 121.627 | 128.642 | 115.422 | 124.016 | 122.376 | 124.989 | 126.268 |
Jun 2013 |
113.783 | 118.641 | 123.126 | 121.928 | 129.043 | 115.527 | 125.772 | 124.698 | 125.296 | 127.569 |
Jul 2013 |
114.035 | 118.756 | 123.408 | 122.599 | 130.028 | 116.686 | 124.947 | 123.528 | 125.854 | 126.351 |
Aug 2013 |
114.247 | 118.890 | 123.965 | 122.925 | 130.359 | 117.052 | 126.669 | 125.464 | 127.057 | 123.976 |
Sep 2013 |
114.399 | 118.927 | 124.311 | 123.365 | 130.562 | 117.546 | 127.060 | 125.691 | 127.625 | 122.561 |
Oct 2013 |
114.441 | 119.021 | 125.219 | 123.808 | 130.934 | 118.605 | 127.971 | 126.993 | 130.105 | 124.262 |
Nov 2013 |
114.638 | 119.117 | 124.994 | 124.085 | 131.796 | 118.328 | 125.590 | 124.889 | 129.358 | 126.856 |
Dec 2013 |
114.933 | 119.225 | 125.593 | 124.898 | 132.831 | 119.790 | 126.011 | 125.539 | 129.288 | 127.530 |
Jan 2014 |
115.257 | 119.374 | 126.368 | 125.479 | 133.469 | 120.095 | 126.440 | 125.149 | 131.221 | 129.385 |
Feb 2014 |
115.398 | 119.793 | 127.575 | 127.123 | 137.887 | 120.323 | 125.835 | 124.452 | 132.540 | 131.772 |
Mar 2014 |
115.547 | 120.360 | 128.824 | 128.586 | 139.558 | 121.759 | 126.949 | 125.556 | 131.609 | 136.655 |
Apr 2014 |
115.789 | 120.804 | 130.669 | 132.027 | 142.987 | 126.530 | 125.652 | 124.535 | 131.323 | 137.952 |
May 2014 |
115.966 | 121.358 | 132.146 | 133.238 | 142.435 | 129.739 | 127.184 | 125.937 | 133.905 | 139.260 |
Jun 2014 |
116.062 | 121.471 | 132.442 | 133.485 | 142.546 | 129.478 | 127.865 | 126.575 | 134.410 | 138.353 |
Jul 2014 |
116.256 | 121.800 | 132.786 | 134.034 | 143.481 | 129.349 | 128.378 | 127.242 | 134.530 | 136.719 |
Aug 2014 |
116.173 | 122.101 | 134.829 | 137.347 | 150.032 | 130.647 | 128.803 | 128.079 | 134.960 | 135.426 |
Sep 2014 |
116.286 | 122.439 | 135.881 | 139.287 | 153.646 | 130.839 | 129.009 | 127.934 | 135.226 | 132.418 |
Oct 2014 |
116.296 | 122.597 | 135.600 | 139.221 | 154.228 | 130.136 | 127.865 | 126.980 | 135.061 | 132.441 |
Nov 2014 |
116.106 | 122.857 | 136.323 | 139.941 | 155.638 | 130.046 | 128.698 | 128.562 | 135.055 | 134.638 |
Dec 2014 |
115.700 | 123.255 | 137.032 | 140.737 | 157.665 | 129.578 | 128.084 | 128.225 | 134.882 | 140.760 |
Jan 2015 |
115.026 | 123.226 | 137.404 | 141.258 | 158.779 | 129.042 | 128.972 | 128.758 | 134.159 | 140.719 |
Feb 2015 |
115.308 | 123.339 | 137.311 | 140.692 | 158.792 | 127.441 | 129.165 | 128.390 | 134.614 | 143.021 |
Mar 2015 |
115.553 | 123.219 | 136.615 | 139.311 | 157.791 | 124.575 | 129.608 | 128.802 | 134.411 | 144.219 |
Apr 2015 |
115.657 | 123.223 | 135.798 | 138.345 | 157.669 | 121.822 | 129.562 | 128.839 | 133.800 | 141.935 |
May 2015 |
115.995 | 123.310 | 134.973 | 137.694 | 156.813 | 121.049 | 127.322 | 125.758 | 132.842 | 144.075 |
Jun 2015 |
116.253 | 123.676 | 136.880 | 138.008 | 158.170 | 120.297 | 129.110 | 127.917 | 131.921 | 168.723 |
Jul 2015 |
116.477 | 123.775 | 136.912 | 138.194 | 157.834 | 120.618 | 128.541 | 127.066 | 131.627 | 169.907 |
Aug 2015 |
116.445 | 124.037 | 137.568 | 137.836 | 157.430 | 119.995 | 127.927 | 126.546 | 132.980 | 182.744 |
Sep 2015 |
116.277 | 124.417 | 137.042 | 138.041 | 157.051 | 120.846 | 126.781 | 125.410 | 131.338 | 179.681 |
Oct 2015 |
116.436 | 124.510 | 136.480 | 137.776 | 155.622 | 121.798 | 127.475 | 125.941 | 130.883 | 172.038 |
Nov 2015 |
116.612 | 124.394 | 135.553 | 136.949 | 153.668 | 121.508 | 127.085 | 126.331 | 130.837 | 166.308 |
Dec 2015 |
116.462 | 124.198 | 133.869 | 135.372 | 150.932 | 120.420 | 125.285 | 124.219 | 130.381 | 160.921 |
Jan 2016 |
116.589 | 124.248 | 132.501 | 134.317 | 149.652 | 119.391 | 124.894 | 123.347 | 130.563 | 150.677 |
Feb 2016 |
116.444 | 124.365 | 132.221 | 133.858 | 149.216 | 118.193 | 124.918 | 123.268 | 130.045 | 151.593 |
Mar 2016 |
116.576 | 124.204 | 131.801 | 133.816 | 149.746 | 117.665 | 124.404 | 122.707 | 130.766 | 145.436 |
Apr 2016 |
116.982 | 124.387 | 131.617 | 133.754 | 148.841 | 119.227 | 125.606 | 124.104 | 131.715 | 137.226 |
May 2016 |
117.204 | 124.170 | 130.806 | 133.095 | 148.420 | 118.203 | 125.333 | 123.889 | 131.213 | 132.631 |
Jun 2016 |
117.440 | 124.100 | 129.967 | 132.728 | 147.528 | 118.528 | 124.761 | 122.788 | 131.698 | 123.626 |
Jul 2016 |
117.467 | 124.065 | 129.143 | 131.726 | 145.668 | 118.243 | 124.445 | 122.721 | 131.937 | 120.391 |
Aug 2016 |
117.707 | 124.073 | 128.620 | 131.757 | 146.356 | 117.554 | 124.260 | 122.445 | 131.645 | 113.211 |
Sep 2016 |
118.009 | 124.055 | 128.369 | 131.154 | 145.916 | 116.427 | 124.923 | 123.340 | 132.130 | 111.628 |
Oct 2016 |
118.346 | 124.001 | 127.706 | 130.145 | 143.931 | 115.386 | 124.954 | 123.288 | 131.973 | 110.776 |
Nov 2016 |
118.594 | 123.955 | 127.460 | 129.910 | 143.583 | 115.504 | 124.271 | 123.546 | 132.193 | 110.717 |
Dec 2016 |
118.898 | 123.911 | 126.812 | 129.623 | 142.515 | 115.420 | 123.188 | 122.168 | 132.366 | 106.257 |
Jan 2017 |
119.553 | 124.072 | 127.683 | 129.437 | 142.907 | 115.224 | 123.457 | 121.878 | 132.018 | 121.428 |
Feb 2017 |
119.699 | 124.373 | 127.926 | 129.818 | 142.693 | 116.957 | 123.604 | 122.023 | 134.421 | 115.853 |
Prices for meats, which represent the largest component of this index, decreased 8.1 percent from a peak in January 2015 to February 2017, with beef and veal prices declining 10.1 percent over this period and pork prices falling 9.4 percent. Fish and seafood prices increased 3.4 percent from a low point in February 2016 to February 2017, the only major component of the meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index to increase over this period.
Egg prices in February 2017 were 36.6 percent lower than they were at their August 2015 peak. Eggs represent only 0.1 percent of the entire CPI-U market basket.
These data are from the BLS Consumer Price Index program and are seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see “Consumer Price Index — February 2017” (HTML) (PDF). Also see Charts related to the latest "U.S. Consumer Price Index" news release.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs down 7 percent since August 2015 peak at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/prices-for-meats-poultry-fish-and-eggs-down-7-percent-since-august-2015-peak.htm (visited October 31, 2024).