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Cottage cheese prices in the Midwest

16 oz tub · USDA-reported store count 96 · week of October 26, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Midwest
$2.69/16 oz tub
no report for the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
–
not enough weekly reports to compare
vs US average this week
−2.5%
US average $2.76

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. 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 96. 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.

The last 52 weeks

Midwest average ad price
$1 $2 $3 10-2712-1501-2603-1605-1106-2908-1710-26

Midwest vs US since 2014

MidwestUS average
$1.50 $2 $2.50 $3 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

Northeast $2.49

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.