Other meats priced at $20 in 2018 $25.79 in 2025

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Prices for Other Meats, 2018-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for other meats are 28.93% higher in 2025 versus 2018 (a $5.79 difference in value).

Between 2018 and 2025: Other meats experienced an average inflation rate of 3.70% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, other meats costing $20 in the year 2018 would cost $25.79 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.51% during this same period, inflation for other meats was higher.

In the year 2018: Pricing changed by -0.41%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for other meats during the 2018-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2018 (2.44%), inflation for other meats was lower.

Price Inflation for Other meats since 1953

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1973 (24.53%), 1978 (17.74%), and 1979 (14.73%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2018

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Other meats, over time, for $20 beginning in 2018. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2018$20.00-0.41%
2019$20.180.89%
2020$21.074.40%
2021$21.672.85%
2022$24.7414.16%
2023$25.854.49%
2024$25.930.31%
2025$25.79-0.54%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.


Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Other meats:

Year1953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI30.37729.63127.76227.12329.40033.13832.93132.20832.33832.60032.42332.52334.27737.80037.50038.00040.63843.47743.33146.47757.87759.66963.17766.90066.47778.26989.80093.20897.192100.12399.746100.131100.785103.377109.892112.831115.962126.823131.523131.662133.754136.977139.038144.038148.062146.762148.185152.000156.385161.862166.031173.377177.454180.677184.822190.588194.901194.787207.310210.862210.701218.966227.961225.807223.781222.867224.860234.749241.450275.647288.016288.894287.346

Adjust other meats prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2018 * 2018 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Other meats was 222.867 in the year 2018 and 287.346 in 2025:

287.346 / 222.867 * $20 = $25.79

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2018 has the same "purchasing power" as $25.79 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Other meats).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Other meats in 1953. In addition to other meats, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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