Beef Beat Eggs and Gas: The Grocery Price Race Since 2000 | Race Chart Ep 6

Описание: Race Chart Ep 6: Eggs got the headlines. Beef won the race. 🥩

U.S. average price, Jan 2000 → Sep 2026:
Ground beef: $1.48 → $6.79 a lb (+358%, 4.6×)
Gasoline: $1.30 → $4.48 a gallon (+245%)
Eggs: $0.98 → $2.27 a dozen (+133%)
All prices (CPI): +100%

Gas peaked at $5.06 a gallon in Jun 2022 (+289%). Eggs spiked to $6.23 a dozen in Mar 2025 (+539%), then fell back. Ground beef has led the race since Jun 2025, hit a record $6.92 a lb in Aug 2026, and has cost more per pound than a gallon of gas every month since Jul 2022.

What this leaves out: these are national average retail prices, not adjusted for inflation; your store and city will differ. Ground beef = 100% beef, per lb; gasoline = unleaded regular, per gallon; eggs = Grade A large, per dozen. Lines show % change from Jan 2000. October 2025 was never published (government shutdown), so that month (and Oct 2012 for ground beef, missing in the BLS series) is filled with the midpoint of the months around it.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data, U.S. city average: Ground beef, 100% beef, per lb (APU0000703112); Gasoline, unleaded regular, per gallon (APU000074714); Eggs, grade A, large, per doz. (APU0000708111); CPI-U all items, not seasonally adjusted (CUUR0000SA0). Data as of Sep 2026 (released Oct 2026).

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