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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEFF01

Chicken

Prices for chicken fell 2.3% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.4% in the month.

12 months−2.3%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.4%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−4.4%seasonally adjusted
Index197.71982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1601802002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026197.7+0.4%−2.3%
July 2026196.7−0.7%−2.7%
June 2026198.2−0.8%−2.3%
May 2026199.2−0.1%−0.6%
April 2026197.7−1.1%−0.7%
March 2026198.4−0.0%+0.1%
February 2026197.3−0.3%+0.5%
January 2026198.5+0.2%+1.1%
December 2025199.8+0.4%+1.2%
November 2025199.5—+1.3%
September 2025200.2−0.5%+1.5%
August 2025202.4+0.1%+2.8%
July 2025202.1−0.3%+3.3%
June 2025202.9+0.9%+3.9%
May 2025200.4−0.2%+2.3%
April 2025199.2−0.3%+2.7%
March 2025198.2+0.4%+1.3%
February 2025196.2+0.3%+2.1%
January 2025196.4+0.2%+0.9%
December 2024197.4+0.6%+1.2%
November 2024196.8−0.1%+1.0%
October 2024197.6+0.4%+1.1%
September 2024197.3+0.9%+1.2%
August 2024196.9+0.7%+1.1%
July 2024195.5+0.1%+1.7%

What it is made of

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEFF01 and CUSR0000SEFF01). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.