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August 2026

Milk price index

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

187.468index level, August 2026
+4.10%change over 12 months
-1.20%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024177.126+0.68%
September 2024175.953-0.66%
October 2024177.754+1.02%
November 2024179.622+1.05%
December 2024180.093+0.26%
January 2025178.401-0.94%
February 2025177.380-0.57%
March 2025179.240+1.05%
April 2025180.510+0.71%
May 2025178.574-1.07%
June 2025177.239-0.75%
July 2025180.534+1.86%
August 2025180.088-0.25%
September 2025179.651-0.24%
November 2025178.184not available
December 2025178.349+0.09%
January 2026178.997+0.36%
February 2026178.288-0.40%
March 2026178.561+0.15%
April 2026181.345+1.56%
May 2026185.260+2.16%
June 2026188.883+1.96%
July 2026189.744+0.46%
August 2026187.468-1.20%

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 +4.10% over 12 months means the index stood at 180.088 in August 2025 and moved to 187.468 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 CUUR0000SEFJ01, item code SEFJ01.