US average price for a pound of white bread: $1.83/lb for September 2026 (BLS, the public shelf-price survey behind the official CPI, published monthly with the CPI), -2.0% vs a year ago. Next BLS update: November 10, 2026, with the October 2026 CPI.
Retail bread prices fell 2.0% over the past year to $1.83/lb (September 2026), and the price is +16% versus five years ago, and 10% below the record high of $2.03/lb set in January 2024. Upstream, the price farmers receive for wheat is +28.7% year over year ($6.23/bu, August 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.
| Region | Price | As of | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | $1.92/lb | April 2026 | -3.6% |
| Midwest | $1.66/lb | May 2026 | -9.8% |
| South | $1.75/lb | September 2026 | -2.0% |
| West | $2.12/lb | September 2026 | +1.8% |
This page charts the full history of the BLS price back to 2007; the regional averages the BLS publishes (Northeast, Midwest, South and West); and upstream, the price farmers receive for wheat and the wheat 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 $1.83/lb for September 2026, from the BLS Average Price survey — the shelf prices behind the CPI — -2.0% from a year earlier. The BLS figure is monthly, so "today" on this page means the latest published month, not this morning.
Retail bread prices fell 2.0% over the past year to $1.83/lb (September 2026), and the price is +16% versus five years ago, and 10% below the record high of $2.03/lb set in January 2024. Upstream, the price farmers receive for wheat is +28.7% year over year ($6.23/bu, August 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.
BLS average prices for October 2026 publish with the CPI on November 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM Eastern. This page republishes every morning with whatever is newest.
BLS; USDA NASS for the price farmers receive for wheat. 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.