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August 2026

Butter and margarine price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for butter and margarine. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

263.581index level, August 2026
-5.67%change over 12 months
+0.42%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024280.395-1.21%
September 2024285.767+1.92%
October 2024283.613-0.75%
November 2024278.628-1.76%
December 2024275.740-1.04%
January 2025282.977+2.62%
February 2025283.885+0.32%
March 2025283.080-0.28%
April 2025279.215-1.37%
May 2025280.220+0.36%
June 2025279.194-0.37%
July 2025278.599-0.21%
August 2025279.411+0.29%
September 2025280.004+0.21%
November 2025268.401not available
December 2025269.794+0.52%
January 2026272.077+0.85%
February 2026265.035-2.59%
March 2026262.978-0.78%
April 2026264.227+0.47%
May 2026260.432-1.44%
June 2026259.990-0.17%
July 2026262.483+0.96%
August 2026263.581+0.42%

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 -5.67% over 12 months means the index stood at 279.411 in August 2025 and moved to 263.581 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 CUUR0000SEFS01, item code SEFS01.