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Chicken breast prices in the Northwest

Boneless, skinless · USDA-reported store count 233 · week of October 19, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Northwest
$2.66/lb
$2.56 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
−8.6%
Sep 28–Oct 19, 2026 vs Sep 29–Oct 20, 2025
vs US average this week
−1.8%
US average $2.71

What this number means: the average advertised sale price in grocery-store weekly ads across the Northwest, not the price at any one store, and not the everyday shelf price. Chicken breast, boneless, skinless, per lb; ads for the week of October 19, 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 labels: “BREAST, BONELESS/SKINLESS” / “BREAST, BONELESS/SKINLESS, REGULAR PACK” / “BREAST, BONELESS/SKINLESS, VALUE PACK”.
  • Data week: ads for the week of October 19, 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 233. History since 2014.
  • Possible comparability break: ad prices shifted about 7% up around USDA's September 2024 reporting redesign. We observed the shift; its cause and exact size can't be isolated.
  • BLS comparison: a close match. BLS: boneless chicken breast, per lb. BLS averages include both sale and regular prices.
  • Sources: USDA AMS “Weekly Grocery Store Chicken Feature Activity” (report 2756); BLS series APU0000FF1101. How we check the data.

The last 52 weeks

Northwest average ad price
$2 $2.50 $3 $3.50 $4 10-2012-0801-2603-1605-0406-2208-1009-28

Northwest vs US since 2014

NorthwestUS average
$2 $3 $4 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

South central $2.31 · Southwest $2.72 · Midwest $2.76 · Southeast $2.82 · Northeast $3.01

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 Northwest · Download weekly prices (CSV) · Report a correction.