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Lean ground beef prices in the South central
90% lean or more, fresh · USDA-reported store count 369 · week of October 26, 2026
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. Lean ground beef, 90% lean or more, 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 label: “GROUND BEEF 90% OR MORE”.
- 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 369. 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 Beef Feature Activity” (report 3228). How we check the data.
The last 52 weeks
South central vs US since 2014
Other regions this week
Midwest $6.83 · Northeast $7.32 · Southeast $7.75 · Southwest $7.99 · Northwest $7.99
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.