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Chicken drumstick prices in the Midwest

Fresh · USDA-reported store count 1,098 · week of October 26, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Midwest
$1.13/lb
$1.22 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
−18.6%
Oct 5–Oct 26, 2026 vs Oct 6–Oct 27, 2025
vs US average this week
+0.9%
US average $1.12

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. Chicken drumsticks, fresh, per lb; ads for the week of October 26, 2026.

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 labels: “DRUMSTICKS” / “DRUMSTICKS, REGULAR PACK” / “DRUMSTICKS, VALUE PACK”.
  • Data week: ads for the week of October 26, 2026, published by USDA on October 30, 2026. USDA publishes these weekly, on Fridays; this site checks for new reports every 30 minutes.
  • Coverage: USDA-reported store count 1,098. History since 2014.
  • BLS comparison: we don’t show a closely matching BLS average-price series for this item.
  • Sources: USDA AMS “Weekly Grocery Store Chicken Feature Activity” (report 2756). How we check the data.

The last 52 weeks

Midwest average ad price
$1 $1.25 $1.50 $1.75 10-2712-1502-0203-2305-1106-2908-1710-05

Midwest vs US since 2014

MidwestUS average
$0.80 $1 $1.20 $1.40 $1.60 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

Southeast $1.08 · Northeast $1.10 · South central $1.14 · Southwest $1.14 · Northwest $1.30

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.