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Whole chickens: what a pound costs in the Northeast

Name: Whole chickens: what a pound costs in the Northeast
Creator: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The average price shoppers paid in urban stores each month, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Up to dateMonthly, with the consumer price index, about the middle of the following month Last published Oct 14, 2026. Next expected November 2026.

The latest figures and how they have changed

Northeast · September 2026

$2.15 a pound,down 0.9% in a year

Against $2.17 in September 2025, the same month a year earlier.

Price of a pound, each month

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Northeast: $2.15 a pound in September 2026.

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What the numbers say

Northeast's average retail price is the same as the US average.
Since January 1980 it has risen 199.6%, from $0.72 to $2.15 a pound.
Gaps are months with no Northeast figure: BLS had no figure available in May 2018, February 2019, March 2019, April 2019, May 2019, June 2019, July 2019, November 2019, December 2019, January 2020, February 2020, March 2020, April 2020, May 2020, June 2020, July 2020, August 2020, September 2020, October 2020, November 2020, December 2020, January 2021, February 2021, March 2021, April 2021, May 2021, June 2021, July 2021, August 2021 and September 2021, and BLS never collected the figure in October 2025 (federal shutdown). Nothing is filled in.

The line breaks at May 2021, June 2021, July 2021, August 2021, September 2021, October 2025: BLS collected no prices in those months.

Whole chickens: the figures

Dollars a pound, as BLS publishes them, newest first.

The average price shoppers paid for whole chickens in US cities each month, as recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted. Average price, Jan 1980 to Sep 2026. Not seasonally adjusted.
Month	Northeast
Sep 2026	$2.148
Aug 2026	$2.121
Jul 2026	$2.187
Jun 2026	$2.151
May 2026	$2.181
Apr 2026	$2.025
Mar 2026	$2.087
Feb 2026	$2.197
Jan 2026	$2.197
Dec 2025	$2.166
Nov 2025	$2.153
Oct 2025	Not collected
Sep 2025	$2.168
Aug 2025	$2.189
Jul 2025	$2.162
Jun 2025	$2.147
May 2025	$2.176
Apr 2025	$2.158
Mar 2025	$2.160
Feb 2025	$2.031
Jan 2025	$2.150
Dec 2024	$2.164
Nov 2024	$2.175
Oct 2024	$2.150
Sep 2024	$2.170
Aug 2024	$2.177
Jul 2024	$2.061
Jun 2024	$2.143
May 2024	$2.174
Apr 2024	$2.175
Mar 2024	$2.196
Feb 2024	$2.243
Jan 2024	$2.256
Dec 2023	$2.224
Nov 2023	$2.153
Oct 2023	$2.132
Sep 2023	$2.084
Aug 2023	$2.261
Jul 2023	$2.109
Jun 2023	$2.223
May 2023	$2.172
Apr 2023	$2.121
Mar 2023	$2.038
Feb 2023	$2.108
Jan 2023	$2.031
Dec 2022	$1.873
Nov 2022	$1.918
Oct 2022	$1.948
Sep 2022	$1.868
Aug 2022	$1.827
Jul 2022	$1.845
Jun 2022	$1.912
May 2022	$2.027
Apr 2022	$1.914
Mar 2022	$1.897
Feb 2022	$1.862
Jan 2022	$1.839
Dec 2021	$1.874
Nov 2021	$1.874
Oct 2021	$1.744
Sep 2021	Not collected
Aug 2021	Not collected
Jul 2021	Not collected
Jun 2021	Not collected
May 2021	Not collected
Apr 2021	Not collected
Mar 2021	Not collected
Feb 2021	Not collected
Jan 2021	Not collected
Dec 2020	Not collected
Nov 2020	Not collected
Oct 2020	Not collected
Sep 2020	Not collected
Aug 2020	Not collected
Jul 2020	Not collected
Jun 2020	Not collected
May 2020	Not collected
Apr 2020	Not collected
Mar 2020	Not collected
Feb 2020	Not collected
Jan 2020	Not collected
Dec 2019	Not collected
Nov 2019	Not collected
Oct 2019	$1.888
Sep 2019	$1.751
Aug 2019	$1.782
Jul 2019	Not collected
Jun 2019	Not collected
May 2019	Not collected
Apr 2019	Not collected
Mar 2019	Not collected
Feb 2019	Not collected
Jan 2019	$1.791
Dec 2018	$1.516
Nov 2018	$1.655
Oct 2018	$1.558
Sep 2018	$1.637
Aug 2018	$1.692
Jul 2018	$1.808
Jun 2018	$1.778
May 2018	Not collected
Apr 2018	$1.901
Mar 2018	$1.853
Feb 2018	$1.861
Jan 2018	$1.946
Dec 2017	$2.002
Nov 2017	$1.875
Oct 2017	$1.880
Sep 2017	$1.839
Aug 2017	$1.805
Jul 2017	$1.860
Jun 2017	$1.857
May 2017	$1.757
Apr 2017	$1.792
Mar 2017	$1.792
Feb 2017	$1.852
Jan 2017	$1.831
Dec 2016	$1.735
Nov 2016	$1.696
Oct 2016	$1.809

The line breaks at May 2021, June 2021, July 2021, August 2021, September 2021, October 2025: BLS collected no prices in those months. This table shows the last 10 years. The CSV holds every month.

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By region

The four Census regions, urban areas, last 5 years. Every panel uses the same scale, so heights compare directly.

The region US city average

$2.15 down 0.9%

$2.15 down 3.1%

$1.95 up 2.1%

$2.18 up 0.8%

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September 2026: Northeast $2.15, Midwest $2.15, South $1.95, West $2.18, a pound.

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Whole chickens: the regional figures

Dollars a pound, as BLS publishes them, newest first.

The average price shoppers paid for whole chickens in US cities each month, as recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted. Average price, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026. Not seasonally adjusted.
Month	US city average	Northeast	Midwest	South	West
Sep 2026	$2.064	$2.148	$2.149	$1.947	$2.177
Aug 2026	$2.012	$2.121	$2.128	$1.930	$2.004
Jul 2026	$2.005	$2.187	$2.095	$1.898	$2.012
Jun 2026	$2.044	$2.151	$2.091	$1.955	$2.102
May 2026	$2.036	$2.181	$2.169	$1.899	$2.093
Apr 2026	$2.026	$2.025	$2.152	$1.903	$2.139
Mar 2026	$2.033	$2.087	$2.190	$1.894	$2.115
Feb 2026	$2.049	$2.197	$2.176	$1.894	$2.119
Jan 2026	$2.041	$2.197	$2.145	$1.876	$2.136
Dec 2025	$2.020	$2.166	$2.162	$1.909	$2.011
Nov 2025	$2.044	$2.153	$2.097	$1.905	$2.167
Oct 2025	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected	Not collected
Sep 2025	$2.061	$2.168	$2.218	$1.907	$2.160
Aug 2025	$2.076	$2.189	$2.199	$1.928	$2.183
Jul 2025	$2.078	$2.162	$2.207	$1.939	$2.187
Jun 2025	$2.086	$2.147	$2.230	$1.929	$2.234
May 2025	$2.061	$2.176	$2.154	$1.943	$2.134
Apr 2025	$2.059	$2.158	$2.099	$1.900	$2.245
Mar 2025	$2.064	$2.160	$2.154	$1.929	$2.180
Feb 2025	$2.051	$2.031	$2.167	$1.919	$2.224
Jan 2025	$2.061	$2.150	$2.162	$1.912	$2.204
Dec 2024	$2.061	$2.164	$2.144	$1.942	$2.152
Nov 2024	$2.076	$2.175	$2.156	$1.967	$2.144
Oct 2024	$1.987	$2.150	$2.147	$1.847	$2.146
Sep 2024	$1.979	$2.170	$2.115	$1.837	$2.135
Aug 2024	$1.988	$2.177	$2.095	$1.849	$2.152
Jul 2024	$1.988	$2.061	$2.140	$1.866	$2.158
Jun 2024	$2.007	$2.143	$2.072	$1.849	$2.286
May 2024	$2.013	$2.174	$2.019	$1.872	$2.242
Apr 2024	$1.953	$2.175	$1.930	$1.777	$2.186
Mar 2024	$1.991	$2.196	$1.946	$1.850	$2.166
Feb 2024	$1.951	$2.243	$1.917	$1.776	$2.133
Jan 2024	$1.987	$2.256	$1.984	$1.808	$2.167
Dec 2023	$1.955	$2.224	$1.971	$1.788	$2.104
Nov 2023	$1.976	$2.153	$1.925	$1.808	$2.206
Oct 2023	$1.926	$2.132	$1.877	$1.785	$2.096
Sep 2023	$1.901	$2.084	$1.869	$1.769	$2.063
Aug 2023	$1.958	$2.261	$1.852	$1.834	$2.068
Jul 2023	$1.891	$2.109	$1.844	$1.756	$2.040
Jun 2023	$1.953	$2.223	$1.792	$1.823	$2.127
May 2023	$1.920	$2.172	$1.718	$1.792	$2.126
Apr 2023	$1.873	$2.121	$1.789	$1.760	$1.997
Mar 2023	$1.868	$2.038	$1.831	$1.746	$2.036
Feb 2023	$1.894	$2.108	$1.896	$1.763	$2.025
Jan 2023	$1.855	$2.031	$1.835	$1.725	$2.021
Dec 2022	$1.830	$1.873	$1.866	$1.737	$1.973
Nov 2022	$1.843	$1.918	$1.868	$1.751	$1.968
Oct 2022	$1.863	$1.948	$1.807	$1.764	$2.025
Sep 2022	$1.891	$1.868	$1.882	$1.786	$2.116
Aug 2022	$1.879	$1.827	$1.873	$1.778	$2.107
Jul 2022	$1.880	$1.845	$1.935	$1.732	$2.143
Jun 2022	$1.826	$1.912	$1.886	$1.684	$2.025
May 2022	$1.824	$2.027	$1.920	$1.632	$2.026
Apr 2022	$1.794	$1.914	$1.903	$1.596	$2.036
Mar 2022	$1.724	$1.897	$1.697	$1.543	$2.004
Feb 2022	$1.632	$1.862	$1.648	$1.460	$1.846
Jan 2022	$1.622	$1.839	$1.680	$1.436	$1.828
Dec 2021	$1.606	$1.874	$1.644	$1.440	$1.756
Nov 2021	$1.583	$1.874	$1.619	$1.454	$1.661
Oct 2021	$1.523	$1.744	$1.542	$1.386	$1.664
Sep 2021	$1.504	Not collected	$1.482	$1.349	$1.677
Aug 2021	$1.472	Not collected	$1.518	$1.319	$1.552
Jul 2021	$1.435	Not collected	$1.494	$1.293	$1.535
Jun 2021	$1.474	Not collected	$1.488	$1.335	$1.576
May 2021	$1.486	Not collected	$1.453	$1.351	$1.630
Apr 2021	$1.515	Not collected	$1.429	$1.395	$1.656
Mar 2021	$1.543	Not collected	$1.519	$1.411	$1.681
Feb 2021	$1.583	Not collected	$1.740	$1.427	$1.662
Jan 2021	$1.595	Not collected	$1.756	$1.471	$1.624
Dec 2020	$1.621	Not collected	$1.781	$1.446	$1.680
Nov 2020	$1.639	Not collected	$1.753	$1.509	$1.674
Oct 2020	$1.580	Not collected	$1.733	$1.455	$1.574
Sep 2020	$1.542	Not collected	$1.640	$1.464	$1.538
Aug 2020	$1.609	Not collected	$1.740	$1.454	$1.678
Jul 2020	$1.712	Not collected	$2.300	$1.389	$1.665
Jun 2020	$1.747	Not collected	$2.371	$1.436	$1.619
May 2020	Not collected	Not collected	$2.348	Not collected	$1.651
Apr 2020	$1.571	Not collected	$1.777	Not collected	$1.689
Mar 2020	$1.400	Not collected	$1.405	$1.221	$1.561
Feb 2020	$1.362	Not collected	$1.387	$1.240	$1.495
Jan 2020	$1.409	Not collected	$1.399	$1.251	$1.617
Dec 2019	$1.450	Not collected	$1.538	$1.255	$1.676
Nov 2019	$1.430	Not collected	$1.712	$1.177	$1.606
Oct 2019	$1.538	$1.888	$1.702	$1.295	$1.587
Sep 2019	$1.487	$1.751	$1.661	$1.304	$1.488
Aug 2019	$1.514	$1.782	$1.703	$1.319	$1.525
Jul 2019	$1.562	Not collected	$1.664	$1.364	$1.573
Jun 2019	$1.590	Not collected	$1.706	$1.340	$1.658
May 2019	$1.479	Not collected	$1.491	$1.255	$1.659
Apr 2019	$1.463	Not collected	$1.605	$1.245	$1.530
Mar 2019	$1.468	Not collected	$1.585	$1.299	$1.437
Feb 2019	$1.486	Not collected	$1.565	$1.299	$1.565
Jan 2019	$1.473	$1.791	$1.544	$1.290	$1.496
Dec 2018	$1.466	$1.516	$1.610	$1.300	$1.598
Nov 2018	$1.501	$1.655	$1.617	$1.306	$1.630
Oct 2018	$1.444	$1.558	$1.557	$1.301	$1.539
Sep 2018	$1.487	$1.637	$1.630	$1.310	$1.607
Aug 2018	$1.511	$1.692	$1.631	$1.329	$1.636
Jul 2018	$1.519	$1.808	$1.640	$1.313	$1.607
Jun 2018	$1.514	$1.778	$1.653	$1.322	$1.586
May 2018	$1.523	Not collected	$1.639	$1.328	$1.629
Apr 2018	$1.511	$1.901	$1.596	$1.299	$1.648
Mar 2018	$1.502	$1.853	$1.535	$1.323	$1.644
Feb 2018	$1.478	$1.861	$1.539	$1.271	$1.631
Jan 2018	$1.509	$1.946	$1.550	$1.312	$1.624
Dec 2017	$1.470	$2.002	$1.363	$1.320	$1.536
Nov 2017	$1.451	$1.875	$1.368	$1.315	$1.546
Oct 2017	$1.484	$1.880	$1.364	$1.316	$1.650
Sep 2017	$1.480	$1.839	$1.314	$1.310	$1.729
Aug 2017	$1.489	$1.805	$1.323	$1.324	$1.757
Jul 2017	$1.496	$1.860	$1.317	$1.311	$1.798
Jun 2017	$1.497	$1.857	$1.333	$1.313	$1.775
May 2017	$1.499	$1.757	$1.350	$1.373	$1.756
Apr 2017	$1.444	$1.792	$1.320	$1.304	$1.602
Mar 2017	$1.462	$1.792	$1.311	$1.304	$1.675
Feb 2017	$1.473	$1.852	$1.338	$1.320	$1.640
Jan 2017	$1.418	$1.831	$1.266	$1.316	$1.501
Dec 2016	$1.463	$1.735	$1.329	$1.300	$1.700
Nov 2016	$1.478	$1.696	$1.239	$1.311	$1.819
Oct 2016	$1.502	$1.809	$1.335	$1.282	$1.813

This table shows the last 10 years. The CSV holds every month.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data. Retrieved October 23, 2026. Not seasonally adjusted.
BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. BLS series APU0000706111, APU0100706111, APU0200706111, APU0300706111, APU0400706111, 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.