Ground beef · per lb · 1979 Estimated
$1.04in June 1979 — about $4.81 in today's money.
- Price in 1979$1.04
- Same money today$4.81
- Actual price now · June 2026$6.83
- Change since 1979+556%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1979. 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 5 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 1979
- Coverage
- January 1984 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 72.3 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 5 years before the first record · reasonable confidence
- License
- Public domain