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Milk prices in the Midwest

Gallon, conventional · USDA-reported store count 96 · week of October 19, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Midwest
$3.49/gallon
$2.97 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
+32.3%
Sep 28–Oct 19, 2026 vs Sep 29–Oct 13, 2025
vs US average this week
−0.6%
US average $3.51

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. Milk, gallon, conventional, per gallon; ads for the week of October 19, 2026. The BLS comparison is national only.

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: “MILK”.
  • 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 96. History since 2014.
  • BLS comparison: an approximate match. BLS tracks whole milk; ads here are any fat level, per gallon. BLS averages include both sale and regular prices.
  • Sources: USDA AMS “Weekly Grocery Store Dairy Feature Activity” (report 2995); BLS series APU0000709112. How we check the data.

The last 52 weeks

Midwest average ad price
$2 $2.50 $3 $3.50 10-2712-1502-0903-3005-1807-0608-3110-19

Midwest vs US since 2014

MidwestUS average
$2 $3 $4 $5 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

Southwest $2.72 · Northwest $3.13 · South central $4.89

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.