U.S. Meat Price Spreads

Monthly historical series, cents per pound of retail equivalent, May 2021-May 2026

Period	Choice beef farm to retail price spread	Pork farm to retail price spread	Retail-wholesale spread for broiler composite
May 2026	459.3	378.8	150.0
Apr 2026	492.0	374.2	149.5
Mar 2026	473.4	370.8	155.9
Feb 2026	458.6	378.1	150.2
Jan 2026	462.3	388.2	155.2
Dec 2025	493.0	379.5	158.9
Nov 2025	500.4	383.5	164.5
Oct 2025	476.2	382.2	160.7
Sep 2025	450.5	376.6	141.2
Aug 2025	447.2	365.2	135.6
Jul 2025	452.9	364.3	131.4
Jun 2025	406.8	358.8	131.6
May 2025	383.6	372.3	128.9
Apr 2025	394.4	381.7	127.8
Mar 2025	415.4	383.0	137.5
Feb 2025	413.8	372.8	121.4
Jan 2025	402.3	392.0	131.7
Dec 2024	409.5	383.5	132.7
Nov 2024	413.0	384.9	121.0
Oct 2024	389.5	385.7	134.7
Sep 2024	432.1	389.8	132.8
Aug 2024	436.5	377.7	129.0
Jul 2024	420.7	379.9	123.6
Jun 2024	390.7	374.4	124.0
May 2024	395.9	377.0	131.0
Apr 2024	408.3	368.9
Mar 2024	396.0	375.5
Feb 2024	408.0	380.5
Jan 2024	421.0	392.8
Dec 2023	421.3	399.0
Nov 2023	409.4	397.2
Oct 2023	413.1	405.6
Sep 2023	418.3	390.7
Aug 2023	428.0	360.0
Jul 2023	435.1	342.6
Jun 2023	414.0	361.4
May 2023	430.9	379.9
Apr 2023	401.3	386.6
Mar 2023	403.2	381.0
Feb 2023	405.3	386.0
Jan 2023	417.7	388.8
Dec 2022	410.2	384.0
Nov 2022	411.3	386.9
Oct 2022	429.6	389.6
Sep 2022	457.1	379.5
Aug 2022	455.2	347.3
Jul 2022	467.4	350.0
Jun 2022	469.5	357.7
May 2022	453.0	362.2
Apr 2022	471.6	362.6
Mar 2022	469.8	357.3
Feb 2022	455.2	361.4
Jan 2022	464.3	379.8
Dec 2021	466.4	386.2
Nov 2021	497.4	389.7
Oct 2021	521.5	373.8
Sep 2021	516.2	353.6
Aug 2021	497.5	329.3
Jul 2021	493.8	319.9
Jun 2021	479.4	305.4
May 2021	432.9	297.9

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