Chicken, whole · per lb · 1953 Estimated
$0.25in June 1953 — about $3.16 in today's money.
- Price in 1953$0.25
- Same money today$3.16
- Actual price now · June 2026$2.04
- Change since 1953+705%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1953. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (January 1980) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 27 years. The further back it reaches, the less it should be trusted. Treat it as an approximation, not a historical fact.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000706111
- Estimated for
- June 1953
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 26.8 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 27 years before the first record · low confidence
- License
- Public domain