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Chicken tender prices in the South central
Breast tenders, fresh · USDA-reported store count 240 · week of October 26, 2026
Average advertised sale price, South central
$3.36/lb
$3.12 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
−11.8%
Oct 5–Oct 26, 2026 vs Oct 6–Oct 27, 2025
vs US average this week
−0.3%
US average $3.37
What this number means: the average advertised sale price in grocery-store weekly ads across the South central, not the price at any one store, and not the everyday shelf price. Chicken tenders, breast tenders, 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: “BREAST TENDERS” / “BREAST TENDERS, REGULAR PACK” / “BREAST TENDERS, 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 240. 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
South central average ad price
South central vs US since 2014
South centralUS average
Other regions this week
Northeast $3.13 · Southeast $3.15 · Midwest $3.57 · Southwest $5.99
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 South central · Download weekly prices (CSV) · Report a correction.