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Ground beef, 100% beef: $6.825 per pound

U.S. average retail price, June 2026

Latest (June 2026)
$6.825
per pound
Year over year
+11.5%
vs 12 months ago
Record high
$6.899
April 2026
$1.16$2.67$4.19$5.71$7.22200420082012201620202024$6.83January 1, 2000: $1.48/lbFebruary 1, 2000: $1.52/lbMarch 1, 2000: $1.53/lbApril 1, 2000: $1.58/lbMay 1, 2000: $1.57/lbJune 1, 2000: $1.56/lbJuly 1, 2000: $1.57/lbAugust 1, 2000: $1.61/lbSeptember 1, 2000: $1.58/lbOctober 1, 2000: $1.58/lbNovember 1, 2000: $1.62/lbDecember 1, 2000: $1.62/lbJanuary 1, 2001: $1.69/lbFebruary 1, 2001: $1.73/lbMarch 1, 2001: $1.74/lbApril 1, 2001: $1.76/lbMay 1, 2001: $1.74/lbJune 1, 2001: $1.70/lbJuly 1, 2001: $1.68/lbAugust 1, 2001: $1.63/lbSeptember 1, 2001: $1.72/lbOctober 1, 2001: $1.71/lbNovember 1, 2001: $1.75/lbDecember 1, 2001: $1.71/lbJanuary 1, 2002: $1.73/lbFebruary 1, 2002: $1.70/lbMarch 1, 2002: $1.74/lbApril 1, 2002: $1.78/lbMay 1, 2002: $1.74/lbJune 1, 2002: $1.72/lbJuly 1, 2002: $1.66/lbAugust 1, 2002: $1.67/lbSeptember 1, 2002: $1.68/lbOctober 1, 2002: $1.72/lbNovember 1, 2002: $1.72/lbDecember 1, 2002: $1.69/lbJanuary 1, 2003: $1.72/lbFebruary 1, 2003: $1.78/lbMarch 1, 2003: $1.86/lbApril 1, 2003: $1.85/lbMay 1, 2003: $1.86/lbJune 1, 2003: $1.93/lbJuly 1, 2003: $1.88/lbAugust 1, 2003: $2.01/lbSeptember 1, 2003: $2.02/lbOctober 1, 2003: $2.01/lbNovember 1, 2003: $2.26/lbDecember 1, 2003: $2.23/lbJanuary 1, 2004: $2.26/lbFebruary 1, 2004: $2.25/lbMarch 1, 2004: $2.20/lbApril 1, 2004: $2.09/lbMay 1, 2004: $2.12/lbJune 1, 2004: $2.08/lbJuly 1, 2004: $2.10/lbAugust 1, 2004: $2.13/lbSeptember 1, 2004: $2.12/lbOctober 1, 2004: $2.21/lbNovember 1, 2004: $2.22/lbDecember 1, 2004: $2.14/lbJanuary 1, 2005: $2.19/lbFebruary 1, 2005: $2.23/lbMarch 1, 2005: $2.22/lbApril 1, 2005: $2.31/lbMay 1, 2005: $2.36/lbJune 1, 2005: $2.34/lbJuly 1, 2005: $2.30/lbAugust 1, 2005: $2.42/lbSeptember 1, 2005: $2.38/lbOctober 1, 2005: $2.21/lbNovember 1, 2005: $2.30/lbDecember 1, 2005: $2.30/lbJanuary 1, 2006: $2.28/lbFebruary 1, 2006: $2.19/lbMarch 1, 2006: $2.25/lbApril 1, 2006: $2.23/lbMay 1, 2006: $2.24/lbJune 1, 2006: $2.24/lbJuly 1, 2006: $2.15/lbAugust 1, 2006: $2.21/lbSeptember 1, 2006: $2.20/lbOctober 1, 2006: $2.21/lbNovember 1, 2006: $2.21/lbDecember 1, 2006: $2.26/lbJanuary 1, 2007: $2.19/lbFebruary 1, 2007: $2.30/lbMarch 1, 2007: $2.29/lbApril 1, 2007: $2.25/lbMay 1, 2007: $2.31/lbJune 1, 2007: $2.33/lbJuly 1, 2007: $2.37/lbAugust 1, 2007: $2.40/lbSeptember 1, 2007: $2.37/lbOctober 1, 2007: $2.26/lbNovember 1, 2007: $2.29/lbDecember 1, 2007: $2.23/lbJanuary 1, 2008: $2.33/lbFebruary 1, 2008: $2.38/lbMarch 1, 2008: $2.29/lbApril 1, 2008: $2.32/lbMay 1, 2008: $2.31/lbJune 1, 2008: $2.27/lbJuly 1, 2008: $2.26/lbAugust 1, 2008: $2.37/lbSeptember 1, 2008: $2.42/lbOctober 1, 2008: $2.40/lbNovember 1, 2008: $2.36/lbDecember 1, 2008: $2.41/lbJanuary 1, 2009: $2.36/lbFebruary 1, 2009: $2.44/lbMarch 1, 2009: $2.27/lbApril 1, 2009: $2.25/lbMay 1, 2009: $2.26/lbJune 1, 2009: $2.23/lbJuly 1, 2009: $2.15/lbAugust 1, 2009: $2.13/lbSeptember 1, 2009: $2.14/lbOctober 1, 2009: $2.18/lbNovember 1, 2009: $2.06/lbDecember 1, 2009: $2.19/lbJanuary 1, 2010: $2.28/lbFebruary 1, 2010: $2.28/lbMarch 1, 2010: $2.24/lbApril 1, 2010: $2.36/lbMay 1, 2010: $2.31/lbJune 1, 2010: $2.40/lbJuly 1, 2010: $2.45/lbAugust 1, 2010: $2.50/lbSeptember 1, 2010: $2.40/lbOctober 1, 2010: $2.40/lbNovember 1, 2010: $2.39/lbDecember 1, 2010: $2.38/lbJanuary 1, 2011: $2.53/lbFebruary 1, 2011: $2.66/lbMarch 1, 2011: $2.71/lbApril 1, 2011: $2.72/lbMay 1, 2011: $2.69/lbJune 1, 2011: $2.77/lbJuly 1, 2011: $2.82/lbAugust 1, 2011: $2.82/lbSeptember 1, 2011: $2.87/lbOctober 1, 2011: $2.88/lbNovember 1, 2011: $2.90/lbDecember 1, 2011: $2.92/lbJanuary 1, 2012: $3.00/lbFebruary 1, 2012: $2.95/lbMarch 1, 2012: $3.02/lbApril 1, 2012: $3.00/lbMay 1, 2012: $3.00/lbJune 1, 2012: $3.01/lbJuly 1, 2012: $3.08/lbAugust 1, 2012: $2.99/lbSeptember 1, 2012: $3.02/lbNovember 1, 2012: $3.17/lbDecember 1, 2012: $3.08/lbJanuary 1, 2013: $3.41/lbFebruary 1, 2013: $3.38/lbMarch 1, 2013: $3.33/lbApril 1, 2013: $3.27/lbMay 1, 2013: $3.31/lbJune 1, 2013: $3.38/lbJuly 1, 2013: $3.46/lbAugust 1, 2013: $3.45/lbSeptember 1, 2013: $3.50/lbOctober 1, 2013: $3.39/lbNovember 1, 2013: $3.48/lbDecember 1, 2013: $3.46/lbJanuary 1, 2014: $3.47/lbFebruary 1, 2014: $3.56/lbMarch 1, 2014: $3.70/lbApril 1, 2014: $3.81/lbMay 1, 2014: $3.86/lbJune 1, 2014: $3.88/lbJuly 1, 2014: $3.88/lbAugust 1, 2014: $4.01/lbSeptember 1, 2014: $4.10/lbOctober 1, 2014: $4.15/lbNovember 1, 2014: $4.20/lbDecember 1, 2014: $4.16/lbJanuary 1, 2015: $4.24/lbFebruary 1, 2015: $4.24/lbMarch 1, 2015: $4.20/lbApril 1, 2015: $4.23/lbMay 1, 2015: $4.14/lbJune 1, 2015: $4.22/lbJuly 1, 2015: $4.20/lbAugust 1, 2015: $4.16/lbSeptember 1, 2015: $4.13/lbOctober 1, 2015: $4.08/lbNovember 1, 2015: $4.11/lbDecember 1, 2015: $4.06/lbJanuary 1, 2016: $3.98/lbFebruary 1, 2016: $3.96/lbMarch 1, 2016: $3.96/lbApril 1, 2016: $3.81/lbMay 1, 2016: $3.72/lbJune 1, 2016: $3.73/lbJuly 1, 2016: $3.69/lbAugust 1, 2016: $3.66/lbSeptember 1, 2016: $3.67/lbOctober 1, 2016: $3.68/lbNovember 1, 2016: $3.60/lbDecember 1, 2016: $3.56/lbJanuary 1, 2017: $3.55/lbFebruary 1, 2017: $3.56/lbMarch 1, 2017: $3.59/lbApril 1, 2017: $3.55/lbMay 1, 2017: $3.56/lbJune 1, 2017: $3.68/lbJuly 1, 2017: $3.75/lbAugust 1, 2017: $3.73/lbSeptember 1, 2017: $3.71/lbOctober 1, 2017: $3.69/lbNovember 1, 2017: $3.64/lbDecember 1, 2017: $3.71/lbJanuary 1, 2018: $3.64/lbFebruary 1, 2018: $3.64/lbMarch 1, 2018: $3.66/lbApril 1, 2018: $3.73/lbMay 1, 2018: $3.69/lbJune 1, 2018: $3.73/lbJuly 1, 2018: $3.75/lbAugust 1, 2018: $3.79/lbSeptember 1, 2018: $3.74/lbOctober 1, 2018: $3.71/lbNovember 1, 2018: $3.78/lbDecember 1, 2018: $3.73/lbJanuary 1, 2019: $3.80/lbFebruary 1, 2019: $3.76/lbMarch 1, 2019: $3.73/lbApril 1, 2019: $3.77/lbMay 1, 2019: $3.82/lbJune 1, 2019: $3.81/lbJuly 1, 2019: $3.80/lbAugust 1, 2019: $3.82/lbSeptember 1, 2019: $3.85/lbOctober 1, 2019: $3.84/lbNovember 1, 2019: $3.81/lbDecember 1, 2019: $3.86/lbJanuary 1, 2020: $3.89/lbFebruary 1, 2020: $3.87/lbMarch 1, 2020: $3.88/lbApril 1, 2020: $4.05/lbMay 1, 2020: $4.46/lbJune 1, 2020: $4.74/lbJuly 1, 2020: $4.26/lbAugust 1, 2020: $4.18/lbSeptember 1, 2020: $4.08/lbOctober 1, 2020: $4.01/lbNovember 1, 2020: $4.03/lbDecember 1, 2020: $3.95/lbJanuary 1, 2021: $3.96/lbFebruary 1, 2021: $3.99/lbMarch 1, 2021: $4.04/lbApril 1, 2021: $4.10/lbMay 1, 2021: $4.10/lbJune 1, 2021: $4.36/lbJuly 1, 2021: $4.39/lbAugust 1, 2021: $4.47/lbSeptember 1, 2021: $4.50/lbOctober 1, 2021: $4.72/lbNovember 1, 2021: $4.72/lbDecember 1, 2021: $4.60/lbJanuary 1, 2022: $4.55/lbFebruary 1, 2022: $4.63/lbMarch 1, 2022: $4.76/lbApril 1, 2022: $4.92/lbMay 1, 2022: $4.79/lbJune 1, 2022: $4.89/lbJuly 1, 2022: $4.89/lbAugust 1, 2022: $4.94/lbSeptember 1, 2022: $4.86/lbOctober 1, 2022: $4.84/lbNovember 1, 2022: $4.85/lbDecember 1, 2022: $4.80/lbJanuary 1, 2023: $4.79/lbFebruary 1, 2023: $4.78/lbMarch 1, 2023: $4.81/lbApril 1, 2023: $4.79/lbMay 1, 2023: $4.96/lbJune 1, 2023: $5.03/lbJuly 1, 2023: $5.10/lbAugust 1, 2023: $5.08/lbSeptember 1, 2023: $5.11/lbOctober 1, 2023: $5.23/lbNovember 1, 2023: $5.35/lbDecember 1, 2023: $5.21/lbJanuary 1, 2024: $5.03/lbFebruary 1, 2024: $5.13/lbMarch 1, 2024: $5.13/lbApril 1, 2024: $5.24/lbMay 1, 2024: $5.15/lbJune 1, 2024: $5.47/lbJuly 1, 2024: $5.50/lbAugust 1, 2024: $5.58/lbSeptember 1, 2024: $5.67/lbOctober 1, 2024: $5.59/lbNovember 1, 2024: $5.63/lbDecember 1, 2024: $5.61/lbJanuary 1, 2025: $5.54/lbFebruary 1, 2025: $5.62/lbMarch 1, 2025: $5.79/lbApril 1, 2025: $5.80/lbMay 1, 2025: $5.98/lbJune 1, 2025: $6.12/lbJuly 1, 2025: $6.25/lbAugust 1, 2025: $6.32/lbSeptember 1, 2025: $6.32/lbNovember 1, 2025: $6.54/lbDecember 1, 2025: $6.69/lbJanuary 1, 2026: $6.75/lbFebruary 1, 2026: $6.74/lbMarch 1, 2026: $6.70/lbApril 1, 2026: $6.90/lbMay 1, 2026: $6.75/lbJune 1, 2026: $6.83/lb
Ground beef, 100% beef — U.S. average retail price, dollars per pound, monthly. Source: BLS via FRED (series APU0000703112).

Last 24 months

Month$/lbChange
June 2026$6.825+0.080
May 2026$6.745−0.154
April 2026$6.899+0.198
March 2026$6.701−0.038
February 2026$6.739−0.013
January 2026$6.752+0.065
December 2025$6.687+0.147
November 2025$6.540+0.217
September 2025$6.323+0.005
August 2025$6.318+0.064
July 2025$6.254+0.134
June 2025$6.120+0.139
May 2025$5.981+0.180
April 2025$5.801+0.011
March 2025$5.790+0.165
February 2025$5.625+0.080
January 2025$5.545−0.060
December 2024$5.605−0.023
November 2024$5.628+0.040
October 2024$5.588−0.082
September 2024$5.670+0.093
August 2024$5.577+0.080
July 2024$5.497+0.025
June 2024$5.472

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price series APU0000703112 (U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted), retrieved via FRED. Download CSV.