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Milk prices in the South central
Gallon, conventional · USDA-reported store count 160 · week of October 19, 2026
Average advertised sale price, South central
$4.89/gallon
$3.37 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
+5.6%
Sep 28–Oct 19, 2026 vs Sep 29–Oct 13, 2025
vs US average this week
+39.3%
US average $3.51
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. 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 160. 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
South central average ad price
South central vs US since 2014
South centralUS average
Other regions this week
Southwest $2.72 · Northwest $3.13 · Midwest $3.49
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 South central · Download weekly prices (CSV) · Report a correction.