Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs priced at $20 in 2019 $25.66 in 2025

Other Pork Including Roasts, Steaks, And Ribs Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Other Pork Including Roasts, Steaks, And Ribs, 2019-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs are 28.32% higher in 2025 versus 2019 (a $5.66 difference in value).

Between 2019 and 2025: Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs experienced an average inflation rate of 4.24% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs costing $20 in the year 2019 would cost $25.66 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.75% during this same period, inflation for other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs was higher.

In the year 2019: Pricing changed by 0.31%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs during the 2019-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2019 (1.81%), inflation for other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs was lower.

Price Inflation for Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2014 (12.94%), 2021 (11.87%), and 2020 (9.27%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2019

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs, over time, for $20 beginning in 2019. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2019$20.000.31%
2020$21.859.27%
2021$24.4511.87%
2022$25.976.21%
2023$25.00-3.74%
2024$25.823.29%
2025$25.66-0.60%*

* 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 pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs:

Year19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.00096.68593.53897.862101.86999.19299.162107.300111.477111.454113.155117.852112.591120.031130.343128.557126.146142.465137.591128.797126.564125.406125.790137.449153.769163.315157.211162.387161.416

Adjust other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2019 * 2019 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs was 125.790 in the year 2019 and 161.416 in 2025:

161.416 / 125.790 * $20 = $25.66

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2019 has the same "purchasing power" as $25.66 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs in 1997. In addition to other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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