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August 2026

Meats price index

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

376.938index level, August 2026
+3.58%change over 12 months
-0.09%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024339.010+0.18%
September 2024340.716+0.50%
October 2024337.952-0.81%
November 2024340.323+0.70%
December 2024338.901-0.42%
January 2025339.581+0.20%
February 2025340.777+0.35%
March 2025346.005+1.53%
April 2025346.530+0.15%
May 2025347.384+0.25%
June 2025351.703+1.24%
July 2025357.909+1.76%
August 2025363.913+1.68%
September 2025369.662+1.58%
November 2025370.740not available
December 2025370.221-0.14%
January 2026370.662+0.12%
February 2026370.031-0.17%
March 2026369.423-0.16%
April 2026377.121+2.08%
May 2026373.867-0.86%
June 2026377.668+1.02%
July 2026377.292-0.10%
August 2026376.938-0.09%

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 +3.58% over 12 months means the index stood at 363.913 in August 2025 and moved to 376.938 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 CUUR0000SAF11211, item code SAF11211.