# Beef Price Index

> U.S. retail beef and cattle prices, updated from federal data.

Beef Price Index tracks U.S. average retail beef prices (ground beef and cuts, dollars per pound) from BLS, plus the upstream slaughter-cattle producer price index and the global beef price index, all from public-domain federal data via FRED. Updated daily; monthly source cadence.

## Pages

- https://beefpriceindex.com/ground-beef/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/lean-ground-beef/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/ground-chuck/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/cattle-ppi/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/global-beef/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/cattle-prices/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/cuts/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/why-beef-is-expensive/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/data/
- https://beefpriceindex.com/about/

## Data downloads (stable URLs, updated on the site's cadence)

- https://beefpriceindex.com/data/ground-beef.csv — Ground beef, 100% beef — monthly U.S. average retail price ($/lb)
- https://beefpriceindex.com/data/lean-ground-beef.csv — Ground beef, lean and extra-lean — monthly U.S. average retail price ($/lb)
- https://beefpriceindex.com/data/ground-chuck.csv — Ground chuck, 100% beef — monthly U.S. average retail price ($/lb)
- https://beefpriceindex.com/data/cattle-ppi.csv — Slaughter cattle, producer price index — monthly index
- https://beefpriceindex.com/data/global-beef.csv — Global beef price index — monthly index

All data is sourced from U.S. government public-domain datasets; sources and update cadence are described at https://beefpriceindex.com/about/