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August 2026

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs price index

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

351.501index level, August 2026
+1.15%change over 12 months
+0.25%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024329.108+0.64%
September 2024332.525+1.04%
October 2024328.743-1.14%
November 2024331.976+0.98%
December 2024333.659+0.51%
January 2025339.169+1.65%
February 2025344.781+1.65%
March 2025348.179+0.99%
April 2025344.883-0.95%
May 2025343.032-0.54%
June 2025342.058-0.28%
July 2025344.155+0.61%
August 2025347.509+0.97%
September 2025349.716+0.64%
November 2025347.565not available
December 2025346.815-0.22%
January 2026346.613-0.06%
February 2026346.309-0.09%
March 2026345.203-0.32%
April 2026349.965+1.38%
May 2026349.340-0.18%
June 2026350.974+0.47%
July 2026350.612-0.10%
August 2026351.501+0.25%

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 +1.15% over 12 months means the index stood at 347.509 in August 2025 and moved to 351.501 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 CUUR0000SAF112, item code SAF112.