Grocery Prices
Dairy & Egg prices
U.S. city average · July 2026
Dairy & Eggs price snapshot
The dairy & egg group covers american cheese, butter, cheddar cheese, eggs, ice cream, milk and yogurt — 7 staples Basket Report prices each month at the U.S. city average from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In July 2026 they ran from yogurt at $1.55 per 8-ounce container up to ice cream at $5.84 per half gallon, with 3 items costing more than a month earlier and 4 items costing less.
The biggest monthly increase came from butter, up 2.8%. Going the other way, cheddar cheese fell 3.7%. Over the past year eggs stands out, down 39.2% from twelve months ago.
These are unadjusted BLS shelf averages — never estimates — and each one feeds the fixed-weight Grocery Basket Price Index. Eggs carries the longest record, charted monthly back to January 1980; open any row for its history, or check the latest dairy & egg move on the Receipt.
| Item | Unit | Price | MoM | YoY | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Cheese | pound | $4.75 | ▲ 2.6% | ▼ 3.3% | |
| Butter, salted, grade AA | pound | $3.92 | ▲ 2.8% | ▼ 18.2% | |
| Cheddar cheese, natural | pound | $5.74 | ▼ 3.7% | ▼ 5.0% | |
| Eggs, grade A, large | dozen | $2.19 | ▲ 2.2% | ▼ 39.2% | |
| Ice Cream | half gallon | $5.84 | ▼ 2.0% | ▼ 8.4% | |
| Milk, whole, fortified | gallon | $4.31 | ▼ 0.1% | ▲ 3.6% | |
| Yogurt | 8-ounce container | $1.55 | ▼ 2.1% | ▼ 0.2% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data, series listed on each item page. Retrieved August 13, 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.