US average price for a pound of sliced bacon: $6.76/lb for September 2026 (BLS, the public shelf-price survey behind the official CPI, published monthly with the CPI), -7.3% vs a year ago. The freshest public line is Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for pork (the whole category, not bacon alone): 117.8 for September 2026, a monthly index built from USDA's weekly grocery feature reports (-3.8% year over year). Next BLS update: November 10, 2026, with the October 2026 CPI.
Retail bacon prices fell 7.3% over the past year to $6.76/lb (September 2026), and the price is -6% versus five years ago, and 11% below the record high of $7.61/lb set in October 2022. Upstream, the lean hog futures price is -19.0% year over year (66.93¢/lb, October 16, 2026) — when the farm-gate or futures price moves, the shelf follows with a lag of weeks to months, and the spread between them is the middle of the supply chain. The freshest read, Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for pork (the whole category, not bacon alone), rose 1.9% from August 2026 to September 2026 and is -3.8% on the year.
| Region | Price | As of | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | $7.93/lb | September 2026 | -8.1% |
| Midwest | $6.50/lb | September 2026 | -13.7% |
| South | $6.19/lb | September 2026 | -4.6% |
| West | $7.01/lb | September 2026 | — |
This page charts the full history of the BLS price back to 2007; the regional averages the BLS publishes (Northeast, Midwest, South and West); Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for pork (the whole category, not bacon alone); and upstream, the lean hog futures price. The Build-Your-Cart tool combines these staples into your personal basket, the farm-to-shelf page shows where the retail dollar goes, and the full price history is downloadable as JSON and CSV from the series page.
The US city average is $6.76/lb for September 2026, from the BLS Average Price survey — the shelf prices behind the CPI — -7.3% from a year earlier. The fresher line is Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for pork (the whole category, not bacon alone): 117.8 for September 2026, a monthly index built from USDA's weekly grocery feature reports (-3.8% year over year). The BLS figure is monthly, so "today" on this page means the latest published month, not this morning.
Retail bacon prices fell 7.3% over the past year to $6.76/lb (September 2026), and the price is -6% versus five years ago, and 11% below the record high of $7.61/lb set in October 2022. Upstream, the lean hog futures price is -19.0% year over year (66.93¢/lb, October 16, 2026) — when the farm-gate or futures price moves, the shelf follows with a lag of weeks to months, and the spread between them is the middle of the supply chain. The freshest read, Nowflation's index of USDA-reported advertised prices for pork (the whole category, not bacon alone), rose 1.9% from August 2026 to September 2026 and is -3.8% on the year.
BLS average prices for October 2026 publish with the CPI on November 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM Eastern. The advertised-price index adds a month once the month has ended and USDA's weekly feature reports for it are in; this page republishes every morning with whatever is newest.
BLS; FMP for the lean hog futures price; USDA AMS weekly grocery feature reports (MyMarketNews), from which Nowflation builds the advertised-price index. Every series is charted with its full history on this page and listed with its source in the open data directory; the public-data series also download there.