Butter: what a pound costs in US stores
The average price shoppers paid in urban stores each month, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
US city average. BLS publishes this price for the nation only.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Price of a pound, each month
Chart by TallyTill · tallytill.com
US city average: $3.96 a pound in September 2026.
What the numbers say
- Since October 2021 it has risen 8.4%, from $3.65 to $3.96 a pound.
- Gaps are months with no US figure: BLS never collected the figure in October 2025 (federal shutdown). Nothing is filled in.
The line breaks at October 2025: BLS collected no prices that month (the 2025 lapse in appropriations).
Butter: the figures
Dollars a pound, as BLS publishes them, newest first.
| Month | US city average |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | $3.959 |
| Aug 2026 | $4.021 |
| Jul 2026 | $3.922 |
| Jun 2026 | $3.816 |
| May 2026 | $3.929 |
| Apr 2026 | $4.216 |
| Mar 2026 | $4.258 |
| Feb 2026 | $4.314 |
| Jan 2026 | $4.383 |
| Dec 2025 | $4.408 |
| Nov 2025 | $4.310 |
| Oct 2025 | Not collected |
| Sep 2025 | $4.787 |
| Aug 2025 | $4.828 |
| Jul 2025 | $4.797 |
| Jun 2025 | $4.872 |
| May 2025 | $4.952 |
| Apr 2025 | $4.780 |
| Mar 2025 | $4.816 |
| Feb 2025 | $4.869 |
| Jan 2025 | $4.912 |
| Dec 2024 | $4.728 |
| Nov 2024 | $4.794 |
| Oct 2024 | $4.937 |
| Sep 2024 | $5.004 |
| Aug 2024 | $4.796 |
| Jul 2024 | $4.897 |
| Jun 2024 | $4.696 |
| May 2024 | $4.589 |
| Apr 2024 | $4.629 |
| Mar 2024 | $4.484 |
| Feb 2024 | $4.634 |
| Jan 2024 | $4.659 |
| Dec 2023 | $4.505 |
| Nov 2023 | $4.520 |
| Oct 2023 | $4.550 |
| Sep 2023 | $4.407 |
| Aug 2023 | $4.411 |
| Jul 2023 | $4.465 |
| Jun 2023 | $4.452 |
| May 2023 | $4.549 |
| Apr 2023 | $4.452 |
| Mar 2023 | $4.663 |
| Feb 2023 | $4.869 |
| Jan 2023 | $4.882 |
| Dec 2022 | $4.811 |
| Nov 2022 | $4.639 |
| Oct 2022 | $4.847 |
| Sep 2022 | $4.718 |
| Aug 2022 | $4.699 |
| Jul 2022 | $4.552 |
| Jun 2022 | $4.386 |
| May 2022 | $4.285 |
| Apr 2022 | $4.150 |
| Mar 2022 | $4.076 |
| Feb 2022 | $3.774 |
| Jan 2022 | $3.672 |
| Dec 2021 | $3.474 |
| Nov 2021 | $3.477 |
| Oct 2021 | $3.652 |
The line breaks at October 2025: BLS collected no prices that month (the 2025 lapse in appropriations). This table shows the last 10 years. The CSV holds every month.
By region
BLS publishes butter for the US city average only, so there is nothing regional to show.
BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. BLS series APU0000FS1101, average price in urban areas. BLS data are in the public domain.
What this measures
It is BLS's average of the prices its staff record in stores in urban areas, for one item of a set size. BLS says these averages are best for the price level in a month, not for price change over time.