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Pork chops prices in the South central

Boneless center-cut loin · USDA-reported store count 459 · week of October 19, 2026

Average advertised sale price, South central
$4.04/lb
$3.73 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
+5.9%
Sep 28–Oct 19, 2026 vs Sep 29–Oct 20, 2025
vs US average this week
+1.8%
US average $3.97

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. Pork chops, boneless center-cut loin, per lb; 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 labels: “CC LOIN CHOPS, BONELESS” / “CC CHOPS BNLS”.
  • 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 459. History since 2014.
  • Possible comparability break: ad prices shifted about 5% down around USDA's September 2024 reporting redesign. We observed the shift; its cause and exact size can't be isolated.
  • BLS comparison: a close match. BLS: boneless pork chops, per lb. BLS averages include both sale and regular prices.
  • Sources: USDA AMS “Weekly Grocery Store Pork Feature Activity” (report 2868); BLS series APU0000704212. How we check the data.

The last 52 weeks

South central average ad price
$3 $4 10-2012-0801-2603-1605-0406-2208-1009-28

South central vs US since 2014

South centralUS average
$2.50 $3 $3.50 $4 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

Southwest $3.28 · Northwest $3.76 · Midwest $3.98 · Northeast $4.01 · Southeast $4.04

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.