Chicken price history, 1960 to 2026

US Gulf ports, broiler cuts averaged $1.81/kg in September 2026, +4% over twelve months and +6% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $2.72/kg in June 2018; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $3.9/kg in July 1973. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.

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US Gulf ports, broiler cuts

Dashed lines: OPEC oil embargo (Oct 1973); Iranian Revolution (Jan 1979); Iraq invades Kuwait (Aug 1990); Asian financial crisis begins (Jul 1997); September 11 attacks (Sep 2001); Lehman Brothers collapse (Sep 2008); Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident (Mar 2011); OPEC holds output steady amid oversupply (Nov 2014); COVID-19 declared a pandemic (Mar 2020); Russia invades Ukraine (Feb 2022); Israel-Hamas war begins (Oct 2023). Hover a line for the source of its date.

Derived price statistics per series
Series	Latest	1 month	12 months	5 years	10 years	20 years	All-time high (nominal)	All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
US Gulf ports, broiler cuts $/kg, since 1960	1.81 September 2026	+7%	+4%	-1%	+6%	+16%	2.72 June 2018	3.9 July 1973

Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.

Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026-10-02, fetched 6 October 2026 (CC BY 4.0).

Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how chicken is priced.

Monthly chicken prices by decade

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US Gulf ports, broiler cuts ($/kg)

US Gulf ports, broiler cuts monthly prices, 1960s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1960	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
1961	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.32	0.32	0.312
1962	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32
1963	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.328
1964	0.33	0.33	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.338
1965	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.351
1966	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.365
1967	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.38	0.372
1968	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.384
1969	0.39	0.39	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.401

US Gulf ports, broiler cuts monthly prices, 1970s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.42
1971	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.439
1972	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.46	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.48	0.49	0.5	0.473
1973	0.5	0.51	0.51	0.52	0.53	0.54	0.55	0.54	0.53	0.54	0.54	0.55	0.53
1974	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.56	0.56	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.558
1975	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.582
1976	0.59	0.59	0.6	0.6	0.61	0.61	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.63	0.611
1977	0.63	0.64	0.64	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.66	0.67	0.67	0.651
1978	0.67	0.68	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.69	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.71	0.71	0.72	0.695
1979	0.72	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.75	0.76	0.76	0.739

US Gulf ports, broiler cuts monthly prices, 1980s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	0.75	0.72	0.7	0.68	0.68	0.69	0.76	0.8	0.84	0.85	0.82	0.81	0.758
1981	0.79	0.81	0.79	0.77	0.74	0.76	0.81	0.79	0.77	0.76	0.75	0.74	0.773
1982	0.76	0.77	0.76	0.76	0.77	0.78	0.79	0.76	0.76	0.75	0.74	0.72	0.76
1983	0.73	0.74	0.75	0.72	0.73	0.75	0.78	0.79	0.82	0.78	0.81	0.86	0.772
1984	0.89	0.92	0.91	0.9	0.87	0.87	0.89	0.85	0.86	0.84	0.84	0.82	0.872
1985	0.84	0.85	0.84	0.84	0.82	0.84	0.83	0.83	0.84	0.82	0.85	0.87	0.839
1986	0.84	0.85	0.85	0.83	0.85	0.88	0.98	1.06	1.01	1	0.99	0.97	0.926
1987	0.96	0.95	0.92	0.91	0.91	0.89	0.88	0.91	0.92	0.91	0.88	0.86	0.908
1988	0.87	0.88	0.88	0.89	0.94	1.01	1.1	1.12	1.14	1.09	1.06	1.05	1
1989	1.07	1.07	1.09	1.11	1.15	1.16	1.14	1.13	1.12	1.08	1.05	1.05	1.1

US Gulf ports, broiler cuts monthly prices, 1990s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	1.05	1.07	1.11	1.08	1.08	1.11	1.1	1.1	1.09	1.07	1.07	1.05	1.08
1991	1.05	1.08	1.07	1.06	1.06	1.05	1.07	1.05	1.05	1.06	1.04	1.04	1.06
1992	1.05	1.03	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.05	1.06	1.08	1.08	1.06	1.09	1.09	1.06
1993	1.11	1.13	1.15	1.18	1.24	1.23	1.25	1.28	1.27	1.23	1.21	1.18	1.21
1994	1.16	1.18	1.22	1.23	1.3	1.31	1.28	1.23	1.24	1.2	1.14	1.13	1.22
1995	1.13	1.13	1.14	1.13	1.15	1.19	1.24	1.31	1.34	1.29	1.32	1.29	1.22
1996	1.29	1.25	1.22	1.24	1.33	1.43	1.46	1.47	1.47	1.45	1.45	1.44	1.38
1997	1.42	1.38	1.36	1.35	1.34	1.34	1.35	1.38	1.39	1.31	1.27	1.23	1.34
1998	1.22	1.23	1.25	1.27	1.3	1.38	1.48	1.56	1.57	1.52	1.48	1.43	1.39
1999	1.39	1.35	1.3	1.27	1.31	1.34	1.35	1.33	1.34	1.29	1.29	1.29	1.32

US Gulf ports, broiler cuts monthly prices, 2000s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	1.28	1.27	1.26	1.26	1.27	1.3	1.32	1.33	1.36	1.36	1.36	1.36	1.31
2001	1.36	1.36	1.37	1.37	1.39	1.4	1.42	1.45	1.47	1.45	1.42	1.39	1.4
2002	1.39	1.39	1.38	1.38	1.4	1.41	1.42	1.41	1.41	1.39	1.36	1.36	1.39
2003	1.37	1.39	1.41	1.4	1.42	1.45	1.49	1.51	1.53	1.51	1.51	1.52	1.46
2004	1.53	1.58	1.61	1.65	1.69	1.76	1.78	1.77	1.72	1.68	1.65	1.62	1.67
2005	1.62	1.63	1.63	1.63	1.64	1.64	1.65	1.65	1.66	1.64	1.6	1.57	1.63
2006	1.54	1.53	1.51	1.49	1.5	1.52	1.54	1.55	1.56	1.54	1.52	1.53	1.53
2007	1.57	1.63	1.68	1.72	1.75	1.78	1.79	1.79	1.8	1.76	1.71	1.69	1.72
2008	1.7	1.74	1.79	1.81	1.84	1.89	1.95	1.95	1.95	1.93	1.92	1.92	1.87
2009	1.92	1.91	1.89	1.88	1.92	1.94	1.95	1.91	1.87	1.83	1.81	1.81	1.89

US Gulf ports, broiler cuts monthly prices, 2010s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	1.83	1.84	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.92	1.94	1.94	1.93	1.91	1.88	1.88	1.89
2011	1.87	1.88	1.9	1.9	1.91	1.92	1.93	1.94	1.96	1.96	1.97	1.98	1.93
2012	1.99	2.01	2.05	2.06	2.07	2.08	2.09	2.09	2.11	2.11	2.13	2.15	2.08
2013	2.22	2.19	2.31	2.29	2.38	2.4	2.22	2.04	1.98	1.96	2.03	2.07	2.17
2014	2.11	2.02	2.26	2.38	2.56	2.55	2.45	2.27	2.36	2.36	2.31	2.22	2.32
2015	2.22	2.03	2.15	2.31	2.35	2.28	2.07	1.82	1.69	1.61	1.62	1.74	1.99
2016	1.85	1.77	1.85	1.93	2.06	2.15	1.96	1.74	1.7	1.59	1.76	1.86	1.85
2017	1.94	1.94	2.13	2.16	2.33	2.43	2.35	2.19	2.11	1.98	1.96	1.97	2.12
2018	2.07	1.98	2.2	2.36	2.65	2.72	2.53	2.22	2.03	2.03	2.03	2.09	2.24
2019	2.15	2.09	2.07	2.09	2.09	2.07	1.99	1.9	1.85	1.85	1.85	1.98	2

US Gulf ports, broiler cuts monthly prices, 2020s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	2.07	1.88	1.78	1.27	1.52	1.57	1.52	1.5	1.47	1.5	1.7	1.81	1.63
2021	1.81	1.81	1.89	2.26	2.37	2.38	2.38	2.38	1.83	1.76	1.55	1.47	1.99
2022	1.36	1.45	1.76	1.87	1.9	1.85	1.72	1.84	1.75	1.63	1.54	1.55	1.68
2023	1.54	1.53	1.52	1.57	1.54	1.47	1.37	1.42	1.54	1.58	1.67	1.63	1.53
2024	1.57	1.52	1.53	1.44	1.51	1.4	1.33	1.38	1.45	1.48	1.52	1.42	1.46
2025	1.54	1.63	1.63	1.74	1.78	1.78	1.78	1.67	1.74	1.72	1.77	1.78	1.71
2026	1.75	1.79	1.66	1.75	1.86	1.77	1.73	1.69	1.81				1.76

Method

Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.

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Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Chicken price history (1960–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/chicken/, data 2026-10-02. Data updated 22 October 2026.