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Chicken, whole · per lb · 1970 Estimated

$0.33in June 1970 — about $2.85 in today's money.

Price history

$1.00$2.0019801990200020102020
19802026 · price per lb · no observations before 1980

Record & method

No price was recorded for 1970. 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 10 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 1970
Coverage
January 1980June 2026
Adjusted by
CPIAUCNS · 38.8333.952 (June 2026)
Category curve
CUUR0000SAF11
Back-cast
10 years before the first record · reasonable confidence
License
Public domain

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