August 2026

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

205.938index level, August 2026
-2.29%change over 12 months
-0.02%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024200.067-1.23%
September 2024204.238+2.08%
October 2024203.272-0.47%
November 2024199.040-2.08%
December 2024200.657+0.81%
January 2025204.359+1.84%
February 2025200.445-1.92%
March 2025204.173+1.86%
April 2025202.464-0.84%
May 2025204.468+0.99%
June 2025206.433+0.96%
July 2025208.508+1.01%
August 2025210.774+1.09%
September 2025211.301+0.25%
November 2025203.980not available
December 2025200.172-1.87%
January 2026205.643+2.73%
February 2026206.303+0.32%
March 2026204.677-0.79%
April 2026205.503+0.40%
May 2026206.546+0.51%
June 2026204.514-0.98%
July 2026205.989+0.72%
August 2026205.938-0.02%

What an index is

Each index is a price level for one kind of food, scaled so that the average for 1982–84 equals 100. Because the starting point is arbitrary, read an index by its change over time, not by comparing the level of one item against another.

A change of -2.29% over 12 months means the index stood at 210.774 in August 2025 and moved to 205.938 in August 2026. Where a month has no value, the table says not available; no figure here is estimated.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. Data month: August 2026. Record: series CUUR0000SEFD01, item code SEFD01.