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August 2026

Meats, poultry, and fish price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for meats, poultry, and fish. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

359.301index level, August 2026
+3.46%change over 12 months
+0.06%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024329.577+0.31%
September 2024330.560+0.30%
October 2024328.411-0.65%
November 2024329.723+0.40%
December 2024329.015-0.21%
January 2025329.717+0.21%
February 2025330.355+0.19%
March 2025333.503+0.95%
April 2025335.180+0.50%
May 2025336.538+0.41%
June 2025339.958+1.02%
July 2025343.534+1.05%
August 2025347.287+1.09%
September 2025350.465+0.92%
November 2025352.116not available
December 2025351.653-0.13%
January 2026352.771+0.32%
February 2026352.668-0.03%
March 2026352.253-0.12%
April 2026357.801+1.58%
May 2026357.447-0.10%
June 2026359.398+0.55%
July 2026359.097-0.08%
August 2026359.301+0.06%

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 +3.46% over 12 months means the index stood at 347.287 in August 2025 and moved to 359.301 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 CUUR0000SAF1121, item code SAF1121.