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Beef & Veal: food price index The consumer price index for beef & veal (CPI-U, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84 = 100) was 511.8 in August 2026, 5.9% higher than a year earlier (BLS series CUSR0000SEFC).
Beef & Veal: the price index since 2019
Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 512 Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 512 Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 512 Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 512 Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 512 Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 512 Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 512 Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2021 2023 2025 512 Consumer price index, Beef & Veal 300 400 500 600 2019 2021 2023 2025 512 Monthly, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84 = 100. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U, series CUSR0000SEFC, through August 2026.
Year by year Year Average index Highest month Lowest month 2026 (January to August) 514.5 523.4 505.3 2025 (BLS published no October figure) 470.4 507.1 439.3 2024 423.4 435.9 416.3 2023 401.7 416.1 386.3 2022 387.8 396.7 381.0 2021 368.2 402.9 337.0 2020 336.8 381.5 317.3 2019 307.3 317.0 304.1
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Sources for this page U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data U.S. city average prices per unit, monthly. bls.gov U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index the food price indexes (CPI-U), monthly. bls.gov