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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SS06021

Fresh and frozen chicken parts

Prices for fresh and frozen chicken parts fell 2.3% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.3% in the month.

12 months−2.3%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−4.6%seasonally adjusted
Index297.01982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

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Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2252502753002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026297.0+0.3%−2.3%
July 2026295.1−0.3%−2.5%
June 2026296.7−1.1%−2.2%
May 2026298.9+0.3%−0.2%
April 2026296.0−0.9%−0.1%
March 2026296.8+0.3%+0.4%
February 2026294.9−0.8%+0.8%
January 2026297.5+0.3%+2.1%
December 2025300.1+0.1%+2.0%
November 2025299.5—+2.4%
September 2025300.5−1.0%+2.2%
August 2025304.0+0.1%+4.2%
July 2025302.6−0.1%+4.1%
June 2025303.4+1.0%+4.7%
May 2025299.5+0.3%+2.9%
April 2025296.4−0.3%+2.8%
March 2025295.5+0.6%+1.4%
February 2025292.7+0.5%+2.0%
January 2025291.4+0.1%+0.8%
December 2024294.2+0.6%+1.2%
November 2024292.6+0.2%+1.0%
October 2024294.1+0.3%+0.5%
September 2024294.0+0.9%+0.7%
August 2024291.8+0.1%+0.6%
July 2024290.6+0.4%+1.2%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SS06021 and CUSR0000SS06021). 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.