Table 3. Average retail prices, volume index, and percent sold under featuring for beef, pork, poultry, lamb, and veal based on supermarket scanner data, most recent 2 months and most recent month a year earlier							Next update August 22, 2008
	Most recent month 06/2006			Previous month 05/2006			Year prior for most recent month 6/2005
Item¹	Feature-weighted average price ($/lb)²	Volume index (2001 = 100)³	Percent of volume sold under featuring⁴	Feature-weighted average price ($/lb)²	Volume index (2001 = 100)³	Percent of volume sold under featuring⁴	Feature-weighted average price ($/lb)²	Volume index (2001 = 100)³	Percent of volume sold under featuring⁴
Prices based on retail scanner data weighted by sales volume and accounting for featuring
Beef prices
Ground chuck	$2.12	73	57	$2.05	72	59	$2.18	78	47
Ground beef, 100-percent beef	$2.17	66	42	$2.13	68	45	$2.16	77	38
Lean and extra lean ground beef	$2.98	79	34	$2.93	83	36	$3.21	74	28
--All uncooked ground beef	$2.52	71	38	$2.48	74	41	$2.54	78	33
Chuck roast, USDA Choice, boneless	$2.33	81	10	$2.36	78	22	$2.55	64	37
Chuck roast, graded and ungraded but not choice or prime	$2.15	44	17	$2.42	38	26	$2.17	54	44
Round roast, USDA Choice, boneless	$2.46	65	53	$2.59	70	42	$2.66	68	52
Round roast, graded and ungraded but not choice or prime	$2.95	27	15	$2.67	42	43	$2.82	35	27
--All uncooked beef roasts	$2.66	61	22	$2.81	64	30	$2.78	59	39
Steak, T-bone, USDA Choice, bone-in	$6.49	195	46	$6.63	157	50	$7.82	121	34
Steak, rib eye, USDA Choice, boneless	$7.78	194	23	$7.75	175	23	$9.21	141	15
Steak, round, USDA choice	$2.56	128	53	$3.11	83	22	$3.21	98	33
Steak, round, graded and ungraded but not choice or prime	$3.07	41	38	$2.95	49	34	$2.63	67	50
Steak, sirloin, USDA Choice, boneless	$4.99	160	30	$5.02	143	19	$5.98	119	29
Steak, sirloin, graded and ungraded but not choice or prime	$3.81	49	40	$4.73	30	27	$5.47	29	15
--All uncooked beef steaks	$4.82	94	37	$5.04	89	34	$5.26	87	32
Beef for stew, boneless	$3.36	50	15	$3.39	58	19	$3.39	54	19
All uncooked other beef not veal	$3.69	51	13	$3.15	64	34	$3.58	61	10
--All beef	$3.49	75	34	$3.49	76	36	$3.61	76	32
Pork prices
Bacon, sliced⁵	$2.37	80	38	$2.56	57	17	$2.59	52	19
Chops, center cut, bone-in	$3.10	38	27	$2.62	51	42	$3.25	55	35
Chops, boneless	$3.09	105	35	$3.00	110	40	$3.54	92	27
--All pork chops	$2.63	85	26	$2.66	86	25	$2.92	84	32
Ham, boneless not canned	$2.93	36	16	$2.56	47	22	$3.12	38	10
--All ham (not canned or sliced)	$2.33	22	14	$2.21	29	22	$2.32	27	15
Sausage, fresh, loose⁵	$2.38	73	48	$2.44	68	37	$2.34	75	40
All other pork excluding canned and sliced	$1.88	66	29	$2.10	59	18	$2.22	54	14
--All pork	$2.37	83	30	$2.32	89	34	$2.66	78	28
Poultry prices
Chicken, fresh whole	$0.84	65	55	$0.91	66	55	$0.91	65	50
Chicken, breast, bone-in	$1.46	36	41	$1.40	43	50	$1.54	52	49
Chicken, legs, bone-in	$1.04	92	49	$1.00	94	53	$1.06	96	52
--All chicken	$1.50	82	53	$1.58	78	51	$1.65	82	48
Turkey, frozen whole	$1.25	2	0	$1.18	2	0	$1.18	2	0
--All turkey	$1.85	11	20	$1.86	12	17	$1.80	13	24
Other meat prices
--All lamb	$5.81	54	16	$5.67	58	16	$5.60	56	20
--All veal	$6.68	45	13	$5.78	63	20	$6.15	59	10


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¹Random-weight items only. ²Average monthly price, weighted by sales volume, and accounting for featuring (discounts given to customers from regular shelf price). ³An index comparing the month's volume of sales to the average monthly volume for calendar year 2001. ⁴Featuring (discounts given to customers from regular shelf price) likely has an effect on the quantity of meat sold. ⁵Random-weight items only; does not include prepackaged items. Source: Compiled for USDA-ERS from retail supermarket scanner data.