Ground beef · per lb · 1960 Estimated
$0.40in June 1960 — about $4.53 in today's money.
- Price in 1960$0.40
- Same money today$4.53
- Actual price now · June 2026$6.83
- Change since 1960+1602%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1960. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (January 1984) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 24 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
- APU0000703112
- Estimated for
- June 1960
- Coverage
- January 1984 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 29.6 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 24 years before the first record · moderate confidence
- License
- Public domain