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Cottage cheese prices this week
−$0.84 vs last week +9.3% vs a year ago
16 oz tub · USDA-reported store count 467 · ads for the week of Oct 26, 2026
What this number means: the average advertised sale price in grocery-store weekly ads across the US, not the price at any one store, and not the everyday shelf price. Cottage cheese, 16 oz tub, per 16 oz tub; 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 label: “COTTAGE CHEESE”.
- 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 467, 8 of 8 regions. 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 Dairy Feature Activity” (report 2995). How we check the data.
Cottage cheese prices by region
Week of Oct 26, 2026, cheapest first. Bar: price relative to the priciest region. Chip: last 4 weeks vs the same weeks a year earlier.
The US figure reflects both prices and which stores and regions advertised, so it can move differently from every region.
The last 52 weeks
52-week low $1.96, high $3.60.
Cottage cheese prices since 2014
We left out 13 USDA ad lines here that can't be per-unit prices. What we removed.
Good time to buy?
Low line this season: $2.84 per 16 oz tub (US). The latest average ad price, $2.76, is at or below it. In past weeks at or below the line, the ad price fell more than 2% further within 4 weeks 37.4% of the time, compared with 73.5% of all weeks (131 weeks over 10 years). That isn't rare enough to call it a good price outright.
The line is set each week from the same season in the previous 3 years, scaled to recent prices; both results come from tests that only use data available at the time. Check a store price · How these are tested.
Best time of year to buy
We haven't found a calendar pattern strong enough to plan around for cottage cheese: the months that looked lowest-priced in earlier years came in below the trend in 3 of 8 later years, by 0.4% on average.
Descriptive pattern, all years: each month's average advertised sale price compared with the item's average over the 13 months around it (so inflation and price spikes don't tilt it), 2014 through April 2026. Below zero = lower than the trend. Months less than 6 months old aren't measured yet. A month is named only if this method, picking from earlier years alone, came in below the trend in at least 80% of at least 8 later years, by at least 2% on average, with no more than 4 months picked (claims policy v1).Every year's picks and results.
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Monthly data table
| Month | Ad price |
|---|---|
| 2026-10 | $3.12 |
| 2026-09 | $2.98 |
| 2026-08 | $2.91 |
| 2026-07 | $2.85 |
| 2026-06 | $2.77 |
| 2026-05 | $2.91 |
| 2026-04 | $2.47 |
| 2026-03 | $2.62 |
| 2026-02 | $2.44 |
| 2026-01 | $2.56 |
| 2025-12 | $2.78 |
| 2025-11 | $2.44 |
| 2025-10 | $2.86 |
| 2025-09 | $2.55 |
| 2025-08 | $2.56 |
| 2025-07 | $2.55 |
| 2025-06 | $2.53 |
| 2025-05 | $2.68 |
| 2025-04 | $2.64 |
| 2025-03 | $2.51 |
| 2025-02 | $2.49 |
| 2025-01 | $2.27 |
| 2024-12 | $2.43 |
| 2024-11 | $2.59 |
| 2024-10 | $2.36 |
| 2024-09 | $2.58 |
| 2024-08 | $2.43 |
| 2024-07 | $2.59 |
| 2024-06 | $2.63 |
| 2024-05 | $2.40 |
| 2024-04 | $2.43 |
| 2024-03 | $2.43 |
| 2024-02 | $2.38 |
| 2024-01 | $2.41 |
| 2023-12 | $2.73 |
| 2023-11 | $2.59 |
| 2023-10 | $2.40 |
| 2023-09 | $2.46 |
| 2023-08 | $2.38 |
| 2023-07 | $2.40 |
| 2023-06 | $2.35 |
| 2023-05 | $2.34 |
| 2023-04 | $2.29 |
| 2023-03 | $2.39 |
| 2023-02 | $2.50 |
| 2023-01 | $2.50 |
| 2022-12 | $2.40 |
| 2022-11 | $2.47 |
| 2022-10 | $2.37 |
| 2022-09 | $2.54 |
| 2022-08 | $2.36 |
| 2022-07 | $2.36 |
| 2022-06 | $2.39 |
| 2022-05 | $2.28 |
| 2022-04 | $2.14 |
| 2022-03 | $2.19 |
| 2022-02 | $2.24 |
| 2022-01 | $2.23 |
| 2021-12 | $2.27 |
| 2021-11 | $2.04 |
| 2021-10 | $1.97 |
| 2021-09 | $2.08 |
| 2021-08 | $1.96 |
| 2021-07 | $2.10 |
| 2021-06 | $2.08 |
| 2021-05 | $2.03 |
| 2021-04 | $2.18 |
| 2021-03 | $2.21 |
| 2021-02 | $1.94 |
| 2021-01 | $2.14 |
| 2020-12 | $2.14 |
| 2020-11 | $1.97 |
| 2020-10 | $2.00 |
| 2020-09 | $1.98 |
| 2020-08 | $2.12 |
| 2020-07 | $1.86 |
| 2020-06 | $1.84 |
| 2020-05 | $2.07 |
| 2020-04 | $2.01 |
| 2020-03 | $2.08 |
| 2020-02 | $1.93 |
| 2020-01 | $1.97 |
| 2019-12 | $1.94 |
| 2019-11 | $1.91 |
| 2019-10 | $1.99 |
| 2019-09 | $1.83 |
| 2019-08 | $1.92 |
| 2019-07 | $1.93 |
| 2019-06 | $1.97 |
| 2019-05 | $2.04 |
| 2019-04 | $2.03 |
| 2019-03 | $2.07 |
| 2019-02 | $1.87 |
| 2019-01 | $2.00 |
| 2018-12 | $2.00 |
| 2018-11 | $2.01 |
| 2018-10 | $1.96 |
| 2018-09 | $2.03 |
| 2018-08 | $1.96 |
| 2018-07 | $1.92 |
| 2018-06 | $2.01 |
| 2018-05 | $1.93 |
| 2018-04 | $1.92 |
| 2018-03 | $1.84 |
| 2018-02 | $1.90 |
| 2018-01 | $1.93 |
| 2017-12 | $1.97 |
| 2017-11 | $2.09 |
| 2017-10 | $1.95 |
| 2017-09 | $2.12 |
| 2017-08 | $1.90 |
| 2017-07 | $1.96 |
| 2017-06 | $1.94 |
| 2017-05 | $1.92 |
| 2017-04 | $1.88 |
| 2017-03 | $1.94 |
| 2017-02 | $1.84 |
| 2017-01 | $1.82 |
| 2016-12 | $1.84 |
| 2016-11 | $1.77 |
| 2016-10 | $1.86 |
| 2016-09 | $1.89 |
| 2016-08 | $2.00 |
| 2016-07 | $1.88 |
| 2016-06 | $1.97 |
| 2016-05 | $1.85 |
| 2016-04 | $2.01 |
| 2016-03 | $1.93 |
| 2016-02 | $1.88 |
| 2016-01 | $1.94 |
| 2015-12 | $1.88 |
| 2015-11 | $1.82 |
| 2015-10 | $1.95 |
| 2015-09 | $1.85 |
| 2015-08 | $2.01 |
| 2015-07 | $2.09 |
| 2015-06 | $2.10 |
| 2015-05 | $2.08 |
| 2015-04 | $2.08 |
| 2015-03 | $2.12 |
| 2015-02 | $2.02 |
| 2015-01 | $2.10 |
| 2014-12 | $2.10 |
| 2014-11 | $2.16 |
| 2014-10 | $2.05 |
| 2014-09 | $2.04 |
| 2014-08 | $1.93 |
| 2014-07 | $2.23 |
| 2014-06 | $2.46 |
| 2014-05 | $1.98 |
| 2014-04 | $2.28 |
| 2014-03 | $1.98 |
| 2014-02 | $2.01 |
| 2014-01 | $2.07 |