Grocery Prices
Dairy & Egg prices
U.S. city average · Reporting month: September 2026
Dairy & Eggs price snapshot
The dairy & egg group covers american cheese, butter, cheddar cheese, eggs, ice cream, milk and yogurt — 7 products tracked at the U.S. city average from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. 7 of 7 items have September 2026 observations, ranging from yogurt at $1.58 per 8-ounce container to cheddar cheese at $6.13 per pound. Package units differ, so this is a source-unit price range rather than a serving-cost comparison. Among September 2026 observations with a prior-month comparison, 2 rose, 4 fell and 1 were unchanged.
The biggest available September 2026 monthly increase came from cheddar cheese, up 2.5%. The biggest available September 2026 monthly decline came from milk, down 2.9%. Among September 2026 observations, eggs has the largest available absolute annual change: down 34.9% from a year earlier.
These are unadjusted BLS shelf averages. Basket members feed the fixed-weight Grocery Basket Price Index; tracked reference products are separate. Eggs carries the longest record, charted monthly back to January 1980. Open any row for its history and series ID. The table's changes compare periods relative to each row's source month.
| Item | Unit | Price | MoM | YoY | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Cheese
Source: | pound | $4.74 | ▼ 0.2% | ▼ 3.8% | |
| Butter, salted, grade AA
Source: | pound | $3.96 | ▼ 1.5% | ▼ 17.3% | |
| Cheddar cheese, natural
Source: | pound | $6.13 | ▲ 2.5% | ▲ 1.4% | |
| Eggs, grade A, large
Source: | dozen | $2.27 | — | ▼ 34.9% | |
| Ice Cream
Source: | half gallon | $5.93 | ▲ 1.3% | ▼ 7.3% | |
| Milk, whole, fortified
Source: | gallon | $4.11 | ▼ 2.9% | ▼ 0.6% | |
| Yogurt
Source: | 8-ounce container | $1.58 | ▼ 0.4% | ▲ 2.9% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data, series listed on each item page. Retrieved October 14, 2026 via the BLS Public Data API. Download the full directory as CSV or JSON. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.