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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEFS01

Butter and margarine

Prices for butter and margarine fell 5.7% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.4% in the month.

12 months−5.7%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.4%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+4.3%seasonally adjusted
Index263.61982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%20%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2002252502752017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026263.6+0.4%−5.7%
July 2026262.5+0.8%−5.8%
June 2026260.0−0.2%−6.9%
May 2026260.4−2.2%−7.1%
April 2026264.2+1.2%−5.4%
March 2026263.0−0.3%−7.1%
February 2026265.0−2.5%−6.6%
January 2026272.1−1.7%−3.9%
December 2025269.8+0.4%−2.2%
November 2025268.4—−3.7%
September 2025280.0−0.2%−2.0%
August 2025279.4+0.3%−0.4%
July 2025278.6−0.4%−1.8%
June 2025279.2−0.4%−1.3%
May 2025280.2−0.4%+0.7%
April 2025279.2−0.7%+0.4%
March 2025283.1+0.2%+3.7%
February 2025283.9+0.4%+1.3%
January 2025283.0+0.1%+0.3%
December 2024275.7−1.2%+0.1%
November 2024278.6+0.7%+0.9%
October 2024283.6−0.4%+2.1%
September 2024285.8+1.7%+4.5%
August 2024280.4−1.3%+2.7%
July 2024283.8+0.2%+3.4%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEFS01 and CUSR0000SEFS01). 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.