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Chicken thigh prices in the Midwest

Bone-in · USDA-reported store count 684 · week of October 19, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Midwest
$1.35/lb
$1.71 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
−5.6%
Sep 28–Oct 19, 2026 vs Sep 29–Oct 20, 2025
vs US average this week
+12.5%
US average $1.20

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 thighs, bone-in, per lb; ads for the week of October 19, 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: “THIGHS” / “THIGHS, VALUE PACK” / “THIGHS, REGULAR 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 684. History since 2014.
  • Possible comparability break: ad prices shifted about 9% up around USDA's September 2024 reporting redesign. We observed the shift; its cause and exact size can't be isolated.
  • 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
$1.25 $1.50 $1.75 $2 10-2012-0801-2603-1605-0406-2208-1009-28

Midwest vs US since 2014

MidwestUS average
$1 $1.20 $1.40 $1.60 $1.80 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

Southeast $1.06 · Northeast $1.12 · South central $1.22 · Hawaii $1.29 · Southwest $1.32 · Northwest $1.35

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.