Average price of ground beef
Average retail price of ground beef, 100% beef, per pound (453.6 grams), in US dollars, for the U.S. city average (all urban consumers), monthly, from the Average Price Data of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series APU0000703112).
BLS computes average prices from the prices it collects for the Consumer Price Index in 75 urban areas, not seasonally adjusted. BLS advises using them for the price level in a month and the CPI for price change over time. October 2025 was not collected during the federal government shutdown.
Key facts
- Average price of ground beef in the United States was 6.792 USD per pound in September 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Published for 1 places, with figures from January 1984 to September 2026.
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