Uncooked beef roasts priced at $20 in 2022 $23.34 in 2025

Uncooked Beef Roasts Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Uncooked Beef Roasts, 2022-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for uncooked beef roasts are 16.72% higher in 2025 versus 2022 (a $3.34 difference in value).

Between 2022 and 2025: Uncooked beef roasts experienced an average inflation rate of 5.29% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, uncooked beef roasts costing $20 in the year 2022 would cost $23.34 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.90% during this same period, inflation for uncooked beef roasts was higher.

In the year 2022: Pricing changed by 5.25%, which is below the average yearly change for uncooked beef roasts during the 2022-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2022 (8%), inflation for uncooked beef roasts was lower.

Price Inflation for Uncooked beef roasts since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2014 (13.72%), 2020 (12.23%), and 2021 (11.35%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2022

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Uncooked beef roasts, over time, for $20 beginning in 2022. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2022$20.005.25%
2023$20.663.28%
2024$22.137.15%
2025$23.345.46%*

* 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 Uncooked beef roasts:

Year19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.00099.538101.100108.115118.692117.554129.315142.308146.500145.554154.365160.700158.000163.334180.798190.902196.722223.718238.607224.511221.426226.849235.252264.031294.007309.455319.614342.478361.194

Adjust uncooked beef roasts prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2022 * 2022 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Uncooked beef roasts was 309.455 in the year 2022 and 361.194 in 2025:

361.194 / 309.455 * $20 = $23.34

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2022 has the same "purchasing power" as $23.34 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Uncooked beef roasts).


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

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