Every month, as data becomes available, RCBJ updates it “Price Tracker” enabling readers to see the effects on prices for various commodities from January 2024 through June 2025.
Egg prices have returned to a relative normal, down to $3.597 per dozen. In the last year, we saw a high of $6.223 in March. early 2024 pricing was in the $2.75 per dozen range.
Beef prices continued to rise, month after month, standing in August at $6.626 per pound. The sky seems to be the limit as the climb has been steady and relentless, going from about $5.00 per pound in January of 2024 to a recent record high.
Milk is having a slow, but steady increase in pricing, up in August to an average of $4.171 per gallon.
Electricity prices breached a recent high and came in at $0.190/kwh. National unemployment ticked up to retreated down to 4.3% for August.
A bright spot was in the 30-year mortgage rate which saw another monthly dip, down to an average of 6.56%. This is the number to watch.
How the impact of tariffs or threatened tariffs, the war in the Mideast and in Ukraine, and civil unrest at home will affect prices in September and beyond will be the subject of future reports with many producers and utilities announcing price increases.
The categories we are tracking are:
- Whole Milk
- Grade A Large Eggs
- Navel Oranges
- Tomatoes, Field Grown
- Ground Chuck, 100% Beef
- Chicken, Fresh, Whole
- Electricity Per KWH
- Gasoline, Regular Unleaded
- Unemployment Rate
- 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate (Average)
Scroll down to view the data.
