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Cheese prices in the Midwest
1 lb block, conventional · USDA-reported store count 105 · week of October 12, 2026
No cheese ads were reported in the Midwest for the week of October 19, 2026. The figures below are from the week of October 12, 2026.
What this number means: the average advertised sale price in grocery-store weekly ads across the Midwest, not the price at any one store, and not the everyday shelf price. Cheese, 1 lb block, conventional, per lb; ads for the week of October 12, 2026. The BLS comparison is national only.
Definition and sources
- How it's averaged: each advertised price is weighted by the number of stores USDA reports running it. That store count is summed across qualifying ads, so a store running two qualifying ads may count twice.
- USDA label: “CHEESE”.
- Data week: ads for the week of October 12, 2026, published by USDA on October 23, 2026. USDA publishes these weekly, on Fridays; this site checks for new reports every 30 minutes.
- Coverage: USDA-reported store count 105. History since 2014.
- BLS comparison: an approximate match. BLS tracks natural cheddar per lb; ads here are 1 lb blocks of any natural variety. BLS averages include both sale and regular prices.
- Sources: USDA AMS “Weekly Grocery Store Dairy Feature Activity” (report 2995); BLS series APU0000710212. How we check the data.
The last 52 weeks
Midwest vs US since 2014
Other regions this week
Southeast $4.47 · Northeast $5.07 · Northwest $6.99
Ad prices are advertised sale prices, averaged across stores by how many stores USDA reports running each price. Store counts aren't independent observations: many stores can share one chain's ad. All groceries in the Midwest · Download weekly prices (CSV) · Report a correction.