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Bacon prices right now

A pound of sliced bacon averages $6.58 right now — cheaper than it usually runs.

That's the U.S. city average from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average price survey, through July 2026 — your own store can sit above or below it.

Bacon, sliced

$6.58

per pound

below normal

2¢ more than June

July 2026 average, U.S. cities

The last twelve months

One egg per month, shaded by where that month's price sat against the previous five years — shell-white when low, yolk-gold when high, the deep orange only for spike territory. Gray-green means cheaper than usual. The ringed egg is the latest month. There's no egg for October 2025 — the federal shutdown paused the survey and no price was published.

Is this high? Five years of context

Over the last five years, a pound of sliced bacon has averaged as little as $6.22 (June 2023) and as much as $7.61 (October 2022). Ranked against those five years, $6.58 in July 2026 is below normal.

Cheap is worth saying out loud too: bacon costs less right now than it usually has over that stretch, and this site says so in the quiet months as readily as it flags the loud ones.

How that compares with eggs

Bacon and eggs land in the same skillet, so it helps to know what both cost. A dozen large eggs averaged $2.19 in July 2026 — the full egg picture, retail and wholesale and region by region, is on the egg page. Ground beef is the other meat-counter number on this site.

Common questions

How much is a pound of sliced bacon right now?

A pound of sliced bacon averages $6.58 right now — cheaper than it usually runs. That's the July 2026 national average from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' price survey; your store can sit above or below it.

Is that high?

No — the opposite, actually. $6.58 per pound in July 2026 is cheaper than it usually runs.

When do these numbers update?

Once a month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes its average price survey in the middle of each month, covering the month before, and this page picks up the new number the same day. The weekly wholesale report that moves faster covers shell eggs only — it's on the egg pages.