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Monday, October 27, 2025

Prices of 20 food items posted new all time highs on a quarterly average basis under Donald Trump in 3Q2025

 The 20 foods shown making new all time highs represent 43% of the 46 foods I have been tracking in the FRED database at the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank. Prices are per pound unless otherwise noted.

Beef Products:

Round Roast $8.182
All Uncooked Roasts 8.72 
Choice Chuck Roast 8.839
Round Steak 9.04
All Uncooked Steaks 12.12
Choice Sirloin Steak 14.003
Ground Chuck 6.43
100% Ground Beef 6.298
All Uncooked Ground 6.593
 
Other Meats:
 
Whole Chicken 2.072
Pork 3.716
 
Dairy Products:
 
Ice Cream 6.425/half gallon
Cheddar Cheese 6.071
 
Other Foods:
 
Orange Juice 4.682/12oz. frozen
Coffee 8.808 
Sugar 1.043 (two quarters in a row)
Bananas 0.664
Potato Chips 6.84
Chocolate Chip Cookies 5.179
Beer 1.832/pint 

Saturday, August 16, 2025

All eight beef prices I track made new record average highs in July 2025

Adjusted for inflation since July 1984, 100% ground beef should cost $3.88/lb in July 2025, but it's actually 61% higher than that.

 


  

100% Ground Beef $6.254/lb

Ground Chuck 6.338

Round Roast 7.909

All uncooked beef roasts 8.397

Choice chuck roast 8.439

Round steak 8.69

All uncooked beef steaks 11.875

Choice sirloin steak 13.554 

 


 

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Food items making new all time high average prices in the United States in June 2025

 


 All prices are FRED data from the St. Louis Fed in U.S. dollars.

 

The headlines are correct. Average beef prices are out of this world in June 2025:

Round Roast $7.762/lb

All Uncooked Beef Roasts $8.203 

Ground Chuck $6.103

Choice Chuck Roast $8.197 

100% Ground Beef $6.12

All Uncooked Ground Beef $6.342

All Uncooked Beef Steaks $11.491

Choice Sirloin Steak $12.923.

 

But that's not all:

Whole Chicken $2.086

Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate $4.493

Coffee $8.132

Potato Chips $6.815

Ice Cream $6.493.

 

Most of the other items in my list of over 40 basic food products remain near their average all time highs. Food price inflation was 3% year-over-year in June 2025. There has been no actual food price deflation since 2016.

 


 

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Food items making new all time high average prices in the United States in May 2025

 All prices are FRED data from the St. Louis Fed in U.S. dollars.

 

Ground Chuck 6.018/lb

Coffee 7.931

White Sugar 1.054

Bananas 0.655

Potato Chips 6.731

Ice Cream 6.466/half gallon

100% Ground Beef 5.981/lb

All Uncooked Ground Beef 6.245

American Cheese 5.063

Beer 1.834/pint 

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Eleven foods which made new all-time high average prices in April 2025

 Round roast $7.616/lb
All roasts 7.995
Round steak 8.627
All steaks 11.12
Sirloin steak 12.326
Ground chuck 5.996
100% ground beef 5.801
All ground beef 6.142 

Coffee 7.536
Sugar 1.021
 
Beer 1.827/pint

Saturday, April 19, 2025

18 things which set new price records on an average basis in 1Q2025: beef, beef, and more beef, ice cream, sugar, coffee, OJ, chicken, American cheese, beer, wine, eggs, electricity

 

sirloin

chuck roast

beef roasts

beef steaks

ground beef

ice cream

sugar

coffee

orange juice

chicken

ground chuck

round steak

round roast

American cheese

beer

wine

electricity

eggs

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Ten foods making new all time high average prices in March 2025 per FRED Economic Data

Round roast $7.557 per pound
Round steak $8.554
Ground chuck $5.854
Ground beef 100% $5.79
Ground beef all $6.137
Beef steaks all $10.98
Eggs $6.227 per dozen
Coffee $7.385 per pound
White sugar $1.014
Beer $1.821 per pint
 

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Beef, breakfast, and bliss just went up again: A dozen basic foods posting new all time high average prices in February 2025 according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank

Choice chuck roast $8.104/lb
Ground chuck $5.744
All uncooked ground beef $5.96
All uncooked beef roasts $7.995
Round roast $7.49
Round steak $8.485
 
Eggs $5.897/dozen
Frozen orange juice $4.492/12oz
Coffee $7.246
White Sugar $1.011
 
Table wine $14.087/liter
Beer $1.819/pint