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Eggs, Ground Beef, Coffee and Butter Since January 2020
Average U.S. retail price, % change since January 2020
2 of 4 series are above their level a year earlier
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index average prices, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. BLS published no October 2025 prices (the 2025 lapse in appropriations): the line breaks there.
Four of the prices people noticed most, on one scale: the change in each since January 2020. Egg prices move with bird-flu outbreaks, beef with the cattle cycle, coffee with harvests.
What this chart reads
- Average Price: Eggs, Grade A Large (U.S.)as “Eggs”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Ground Beef, 100% Beef (U.S.)as “Ground beef”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Coffee, 100% Ground Roast (U.S.)as “Coffee”latest 2026-09-01
- Average Price: Butter, Stick (U.S.)as “Butter”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
Average Price: Eggs, Grade A Large (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000708111), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Ground Beef, 100% Beef (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000703112), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Coffee, 100% Ground Roast (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000717311), via FRED. Public domain.
Average Price: Butter, Stick (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (APU0000FS1101), via FRED. Public domain.
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