Chicken, whole · per lb · 1959 Estimated
$0.26in June 1959 — about $2.98 in today's money.
- Price in 1959$0.26
- Same money today$2.98
- Actual price now · June 2026$2.04
- Change since 1959+684%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1959. 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 21 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 1959
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 29.1 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 21 years before the first record · moderate confidence
- License
- Public domain