# Bacon, Chicken Retail Prices Up
						 | The Poultry Site

> The American Farm Bureau's fall marketbasket survey found the cost of 16 food items rose about 3% from a year earlier. Bacon rose on lower inventories and higher pork belly prices, and chicken breast prices rose on tight supply. Egg prices fell slightly as supplies rebuilt.

- Date: 2017-09-26 · published 2017-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69102-bacon-chicken-retail-prices-up-the-poultry-site
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Tight pork belly and chicken breast supply is supporting wholesale pork and chicken prices, which are feeding through to retail.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2024-03-01 | [Increased demand raises US hog prices
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31352-increased-demand-raises-us-hog-prices-the-pig-site.md) | -0.8% | +1.7% |
| HOGS | 2022-10-24 | [Chinese farmers reduce breeding herds
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39129-chinese-farmers-reduce-breeding-herds-the-pig-site.md) | -1.9% | -5.7% |
| HOGS | 2024-05-13 | [2025 Red Meat, Poultry Production Seen Lower Than 2024 - Zia Commodities, LLC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30411-2025-red-meat-poultry-production-seen-lower-than-2024-zia-commodities-llc.md) | +3.4% | +0.5% |
| HOGS | 2020-08-26 | [CME update: US hog futures rise as pork supplies contract
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51760-cme-update-us-hog-futures-rise-as-pork-supplies-contract-the-pig-site.md) | -0.9% | +22.7% |
| HOGS | 2025-09-29 | [US hog futures hit records on tighter herd supplies - CME
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23028-us-hog-futures-hit-records-on-tighter-herd-supplies-cme-the-pig-site.md) | -2.4% | -15.1% |

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2017/09/bacon-chicken-retail-prices-up

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