Food prices

Dairy & Related Products: food price index

The consumer price index for dairy & related products (CPI-U, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84 = 100) was 272.1 in August 2026, 0.3% lower than a year earlier (BLS series CUSR0000SEFJ).

Dairy & Related Products: the price index since 2019

Monthly, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84 = 100. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U, series CUSR0000SEFJ, through August 2026.

Year by year

Year	Average index	Highest month	Lowest month
2026 (January to August)	270.3	272.1	268.0
2025 (BLS published no October figure)	270.9	272.8	266.5
2024	268.9	271.7	266.3
2023	269.5	272.3	267.6
2022	259.2	271.4	238.7
2021	231.4	235.4	229.2
2020	228.3	231.7	223.0
2019	218.7	222.0	216.5

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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