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Ice cream prices in the Northwest

48–64 oz carton · USDA-reported store count 754 · week of October 19, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Northwest
$3.81/carton
$3.99 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
+17.7%
Sep 28–Oct 19, 2026 vs Sep 29–Oct 20, 2025
vs US average this week
−5.2%
US average $4.02

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. Ice cream, 48–64 oz carton, per carton; 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 label: “ICE CREAM”.
  • 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 754. 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

Northwest average ad price
$3 $3.50 $4 $4.50 $5 10-2012-1502-0203-2305-1106-2908-1710-05

Northwest vs US since 2014

NorthwestUS average
$2.50 $3 $3.50 $4 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

Midwest $3.68 · Southeast $3.69 · Northeast $3.71 · Southwest $4.48 · South central $4.83 · Alaska $5.22 · Hawaii $6.22

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.