Butcher Economics Index: week of September 5, 2026

For the USDA week beginning September 5, 2026, 89.0 percent of sampled grocery outlets featured beef and 94.7 percent featured pork. The beef rate sits +16.2 points against the median for the same week in prior years. Promotion breadth is wider than the seasonal norm. The board below separates breadth from depth: how many outlets featured each species, and how many items each outlet advertised.

Signal board

Signal	Beef	Pork	Read
Feature rate, share of sampled outlets	89.0 percent	94.7 percent	Pork was featured more widely than beef this week.
Feature rate, change on the week	−0.2 points	+5.1 points	Beef was little changed and pork rose on the week.
Feature rate, change on fifty-two weeks	+1.3 points	+9.4 points	Both rates are above the same week last year.
Advertised features per thousand outlets	4,472	6,657	Advertised items per thousand sampled outlets, so the count is comparable across weeks and species.
Features per thousand outlets, change on thirteen weeks	+4.6 percent	+23.1 percent	Both species carry more items per outlet than thirteen weeks ago.
Sampled outlets	25,521	25,521	Same national panel for both reports.

The board reads the two USDA weekly feature reports side by side. The beef report and the pork report sample the same grocery outlets each week and record, for each, whether the species was featured and how many items were advertised. The feature rate is the share of sampled outlets featuring the species. The activity index counts advertised items across outlets, so it moves with the size of the sample; the board divides it by the outlet count before comparing weeks or species.

Where this week sits

For beef, the same week in prior complete years had a median feature rate of 72.9 percent, with the middle half of those years between 66.2 percent and 83.4 percent. This week is in the top quarter of that range. For pork, the same week in prior complete years had a median feature rate of 83.9 percent, with the middle half of those years between 78.7 percent and 86.2 percent. This week is in the top quarter of that range.

Beef minus pork: the beef feature rate is −5.7 points relative to pork this week. Thirteen weeks earlier the gap was +10.3 points. A positive gap means beef reached a larger share of outlets than pork; the gap says nothing about price or volume.

Across USDA's regions for beef, Alaska featured beef most widely relative to the national rate at +7.9 points, and Southcentral least at −6.2 points. Regional samples are small for Alaska and Hawaii, so their gaps move more week to week than the mainland regions.

Pre-registered test

The registered hypothesis (registered September 2, 2026) holds that the national beef feature rate is higher in weeks containing a federal holiday than in the adjacent weeks. Status: open. No holiday week inside the horizon has both adjacent weeks published yet, so nothing has been scored; 0 of 52 horizon weeks have elapsed and the horizon closes on September 4, 2027. It is supported when at least four holiday weeks in five are higher and refuted when fewer than three in five are, judged when the horizon closes; the thresholds were fixed at registration.

What to watch

USDA publishes the next pair of reports on the Friday that closes the following week. A feature rate that moves more than a few points in one week is usually a holiday promotion cycle, not a demand signal; the thirteen-week and seasonal comparisons on the board are the slower reads.

Method and limits

Every number on this page comes from one of two places. Observed values are USDA's published figures for the week, read from the machine-readable report and checked against the PDF. Derived values are arithmetic on those figures: the week-over-week and fifty-two-week changes use the observation exactly one week and exactly fifty-two weeks earlier, the thirteen-week change uses the observation exactly thirteen weeks earlier, and the seasonal comparison uses the same ISO week in prior complete years with at least three years present. A comparison whose earlier week USDA did not publish is reported as unavailable, never bridged. The series begins with the earliest week that both USDA's machine-readable report and its public PDF archive hold (the twenty-eighth of October two thousand seventeen); the earlier API-only years are held as raw inventory and are not used.

Feature activity describes major grocery promotion, not independent butcher shops. A high feature rate says many sampled supermarkets advertised the species, not that they sold more of it, and not what a neighborhood shop should charge. The reports carry no wholesale cost, yield, shrink, labor, or margin, so nothing here is a margin estimate. Correlation with a holiday calendar is a pattern, not a cause, and the pre-registered test above is scored by rules fixed before the data arrived.

Charts

Data table (463 rows)

period_start	beef_feature_rate_percent	pork_feature_rate_percent
2017-10-28	68.3	78.6
2017-11-04	76.4	74.1
2017-11-11	82.9	94.2
2017-11-18	58.7	78.9
2017-11-25	71.7	89.3
2017-12-02	78.6	88.2
2017-12-09	74.9	92.5
2017-12-16	73.5	91.3
2017-12-23	65.1	85
2017-12-30	68.8	82.3
2018-01-06	79	75.3
2018-01-13	73.7	74.7
2018-01-20	66.3	72.2
2018-01-27	76.8	78.8
2018-02-03	79.2	86.3
2018-02-10	75.1	86.3
2018-02-17	69.9	91.8
2018-02-24	69.2	86.9
2018-03-03	83.5	92
2018-03-10	77.8	77.5
2018-03-17	73.5	92
2018-03-24	73.2	92.4
2018-03-31	87.9	92.2
2018-04-07	88.3	92.1
2018-04-14	75	87.2
2018-04-21	69.4	92
2018-04-28	87.6	93.6
2018-05-05	93	93.6
2018-05-12	69.4	75.9
2018-05-19	75.4	75.3
2018-05-26	87.3	92.6
2018-06-02	86.6	70.3
2018-06-09	80	75.6
2018-06-16	73.9	79.7
2018-06-23	74.1	93.6
2018-06-30	86.1	87.5
2018-07-07	87.1	83.9
2018-07-14	75.4	80.5
2018-07-21	69.6	79.7
2018-07-28	75	93.7
2018-08-04	66.2	93.5
2018-08-11	79.7	84.4
2018-08-18	74.2	92.2
2018-08-25	79.8	87.7
2018-09-01	79.2	93.5
2018-09-08	75.9	88.8
2018-09-15	75.2	76.9
2018-09-22	73.6	74.5
2018-09-29	77.5	82.7
2018-10-06	81.9	88.7
2018-10-13	71.4	88.6
2018-10-20	69.1	87.4
2018-10-27	70.9	76
2018-11-03	82.1	89.1
2018-11-10	86.5	94
2018-11-17	51.7	64.5
2018-11-24	71.6	78.2
2018-12-01	83.2	86.7
2018-12-08	79.7	90.6
2018-12-15	72.8	78.9
2018-12-22	56.6	62.7
2018-12-29	66.3	88.9
2019-01-05	65.9	83
2019-01-12	82.1	81.6
2019-01-19	83.5	94.8
2019-01-26	84.4	94.1
2019-02-02	88.9	83.1
2019-02-09	81.4	83.9
2019-02-16	82.3	94.3
2019-02-23	64.7	95
2019-03-02	88	78.7
2019-03-09	82.5	87.8
2019-03-16	80.9	88.1
2019-03-23	82.1	87.3
2019-03-30	80.6	81.3
2019-04-06	86.7	93.5
2019-04-13	86	96.3
2019-04-20	87.6	95.8
2019-04-27	87.4	89.3
2019-05-04	82.6	89.6
2019-05-11	81.3	93.1
2019-05-18	81.4	87.1
2019-05-25	80.1	79.7
2019-06-01	86.6	88.6
2019-06-08	86.8	82
2019-06-15	86	71.5
2019-06-22	86.3	87.4
2019-06-29	81.9	88.4
2019-07-06	80.9	80.5
2019-07-13	81.5	82.2
2019-07-20	81.1	82.2
2019-07-27	81	86.8
2019-08-03	87.4	88.7
2019-08-10	81	88.2
2019-08-17	65.2	66.7
2019-08-24	92.8	90
2019-08-31	74.7	86
2019-09-07	93.2	81.5
2019-09-14	82.2	88.2
2019-09-21	92.9	87.6
2019-09-28	81.2	80.9
2019-10-05	82.8	88.6
2019-10-12	87.6	95.4
2019-10-19	72.2	82.8
2019-10-26	67.7	83.4
2019-11-02	88.3	95
2019-11-09	81.7	89.6
2019-11-16	82.7	88.9
2019-11-23	51.2	58.9
2019-11-30	80.6	88.4
2019-12-07	94.3	96.4
2019-12-14	71.9	79.3
2019-12-21	71.9	79.3
2019-12-28	83	90
2020-01-04	85.1	83.7
2020-01-11	79.8	87.5
2020-01-18	80.6	94.8
2020-01-25	71.7	78.8
2020-02-01	82.3	91.2
2020-02-08	80.8	87.9
2020-02-15	65.8	72.7
2020-02-22	66.2	66.3
2020-02-29	69.1	67.2
2020-03-07	71.5	66.7
2020-03-14	60.2	61.8
2020-03-21	47.2	51.4
2020-03-28	50	70.7
2020-04-04	53.1	63.2
2020-04-11	54	56.7
2020-04-18	56.4	64.6
2020-04-25	58.1	62
2020-05-02	80.4	76.2
2020-05-09	65.8	77.4
2020-05-16	68.9	82.7
2020-05-23	43.8	81.8
2020-05-30	38.9	72.6
2020-06-06	43.1	72.2
2020-06-13	54.2	75.7
2020-06-20	56.8	78.8
2020-06-27	59.3	64.5
2020-07-04	58.3	59.9
2020-07-11	60.7	63.4
2020-07-18	61	64.7
2020-07-25	81	82.2
2020-08-01	61.6	74.6
2020-08-08	62	66.8
2020-08-15	61.5	74.9
2020-08-22	71.7	71.2
2020-08-29	68.5	89.3
2020-09-05	62.5	83.7
2020-09-12	70.2	87.8
2020-09-19	71.5	86.7
2020-09-26	68.7	91.5
2020-10-03	70.6	69.9
2020-10-10	62.8	74.7
2020-10-17	72	70.1
2020-10-24	71.5	63.5
2020-10-31	61.7	70.4
2020-11-07	71.7	80.4
2020-11-14	63.1	92.4
2020-11-21	43.6	72.4
2020-11-28	63.7	76
2020-12-05	69.5	85.6
2020-12-12	70.7	93.5
2020-12-19	56.3	71.8
2020-12-26	74.3	70.7
2021-01-02	78.9	86.6
2021-01-09	80.7	87.2
2021-01-16	79	86.8
2021-01-23	80.2	79.8
2021-01-30	69.4	77.8
2021-02-06	64	65.1
2021-02-13	62.9	84.8
2021-02-20	63	77.8
2021-02-27	61.7	84.8
2021-03-06	84.4	73
2021-03-13	78.3	65.4
2021-03-20	79.3	69.9
2021-03-27	85.1	77.1
2021-04-03	78.7	85
2021-04-10	80.9	80.3
2021-04-17	79.8	86.3
2021-04-24	82.8	85.7
2021-05-01	62.3	87.2
2021-05-08	66.9	78.2
2021-05-15	60.8	87.9
2021-05-22	62.8	79.2
2021-05-29	78.7	84.6
2021-06-05	62.7	84.6
2021-06-12	68.9	86.3
2021-06-19	68.4	85.7
2021-06-26	68.7	85.6
2021-07-03	67.4	85.5
2021-07-10	66.5	85.1
2021-07-17	63.3	85.2
2021-07-24	60.1	84.8
2021-07-31	62.1	87.4
2021-08-07	68.8	92.7
2021-08-14	66.9	82.2
2021-08-21	57.5	82.3
2021-08-28	69.2	73.9
2021-09-04	68.7	92.4
2021-09-11	66.6	84
2021-09-18	63.6	71.8
2021-09-25	61	68.5
2021-10-02	65.4	69
2021-10-09	65.2	70.6
2021-10-16	64.9	67.6
2021-10-23	68.7	68.7
2021-10-30	61.1	63.2
2021-11-06	67.7	71.2
2021-11-13	66.6	68.6
2021-11-20	67.2	68.9
2021-11-27	62.7	70.3
2021-12-04	64.3	87.1
2021-12-11	65.1	63.8
2021-12-18	56.8	57.4
2021-12-25	60.9	54.6
2022-01-01	64.9	70.2
2022-01-08	58.8	61.9
2022-01-15	66.2	73
2022-01-22	64.2	64
2022-01-29	65.1	71
2022-02-05	66.1	69.1
2022-02-12	63.1	70
2022-02-19	71.8	70.1
2022-02-26	65.1	66.7
2022-03-05	63.6	68.2
2022-03-12	64.5	69.5
2022-03-19	69.6	73.8
2022-03-26	63.6	67.4
2022-04-02	72.9	90.3
2022-04-09	65.5	76.8
2022-04-16	64.3	71.3
2022-04-23	72	71.9
2022-04-30	71.2	64
2022-05-07	69.8	78.1
2022-05-14	69.2	68.3
2022-05-21	70.6	69
2022-05-28	77.6	65.3
2022-06-04	71.4	76.8
2022-06-11	70.7	72.5
2022-06-18	71.3	74.8
2022-06-25	65.7	75.7
2022-07-02	77.4	76.5
2022-07-09	70.6	71.4
2022-07-16	75	71.2
2022-07-23	66.9	77.6
2022-07-30	63.3	70.9
2022-08-06	69.5	71.1
2022-08-13	63.1	62.3
2022-08-20	69.8	68.4
2022-08-27	66.5	71.2
2022-09-03	64.6	74.4
2022-09-10	65	65.3
2022-09-17	64.1	63.3
2022-09-24	65.7	66.3
2022-10-01	65.7	74.7
2022-10-08	67.8	71.5
2022-10-15	63.5	69.9
2022-10-22	65.3	64
2022-10-29	66.1	75.8
2022-11-05	71.4	57.2
2022-11-12	71.1	78.2
2022-11-19	65	79.4
2022-11-26	65.3	76
2022-12-03	62.6	70
2022-12-10	68.9	69.9
2022-12-17	66.7	78.9
2022-12-24	70.6	72.3
2022-12-31	64.9	70.8
2023-01-07	64.7	63.5
2023-01-14	71.6	70.7
2023-01-21	60.1	62.8
2023-01-28	62.3	69.4
2023-02-04	71.8	74.3
2023-02-11	71.4	72.5
2023-02-18	67	66
2023-02-25	68.9	65.1
2023-03-04	64.3	74.2
2023-03-11	70.9	66.4
2023-03-18	62.7	74.6
2023-03-25	69.6	68.8
2023-04-01	62.1	75.8
2023-04-08	73.7	69.5
2023-04-15	64.6	64
2023-04-22	67.5	70.7
2023-04-29	63.7	66.2
2023-05-06	69.7	77.5
2023-05-13	62.8	69.9
2023-05-20	68.5	75.2
2023-05-27	71.7	69.6
2023-06-03	64.1	70.1
2023-06-10	68.6	65.1
2023-06-17	61.1	61.3
2023-06-24	63.2	71.3
2023-07-01	64.8	69.4
2023-07-08	70	69.4
2023-07-15	61.3	61.3
2023-07-22	72.6	65.4
2023-07-29	71.5	71.3
2023-08-05	68.3	70.2
2023-08-12	63.6	65.2
2023-08-19	61.2	68.8
2023-08-26	74.3	72.2
2023-09-02	70.1	64
2023-09-09	69.8	70.2
2023-09-16	74.2	78.8
2023-09-23	65.6	72.2
2023-09-30	68.5	73.4
2023-10-07	71.2	70.3
2023-10-14	63.2	71.7
2023-10-21	66.1	70
2023-10-28	65.1	63.7
2023-11-04	69.6	80.4
2023-11-11	65.5	74
2023-11-18	64.8	72.1
2023-11-25	72.9	72.7
2023-12-02	70.8	78.2
2023-12-09	71.5	80.1
2023-12-16	65	78.8
2023-12-23	76.3	82.1
2023-12-30	63.8	66.1
2024-01-06	64.4	64.8
2024-01-13	63	66.5
2024-01-20	65.8	67.1
2024-01-27	70.7	66.4
2024-02-03	70.9	73.2
2024-02-10	62.1	66.9
2024-02-17	59.7	71.9
2024-02-24	69.7	70.9
2024-03-02	66.4	71.1
2024-03-09	70.6	68
2024-03-16	71	71.8
2024-03-23	68.5	72.3
2024-03-30	65.3	71.6
2024-04-06	63.6	68
2024-04-13	65.1	71.2
2024-04-20	69.3	73.9
2024-04-27	64.9	66.4
2024-05-04	63	73
2024-05-11	71.2	71.6
2024-05-18	69.9	77.8
2024-05-25	66.1	64.6
2024-06-01	72	65.9
2024-06-08	66.7	71.2
2024-06-15	70.8	70.5
2024-06-22	67.2	71.2
2024-06-29	62.1	71.5
2024-07-06	71.8	72.8
2024-07-13	64.2	65.6
2024-07-20	68.8	76.9
2024-07-27	62.8	67.8
2024-08-03	65.6	78.6
2024-08-10	65.3	66.4
2024-08-17	68.9	69.9
2024-08-24	69.4	71.7
2024-08-31	78.5	86.8
2024-09-07	82	90.1
2024-09-14	92.5	88.2
2024-09-21	84.6	96
2024-09-28	75.9	78.5
2024-10-05	88.6	84.3
2024-10-12	74.8	94.1
2024-10-19	76.9	94.4
2024-10-26	89.3	79.8
2024-11-02	79.6	87.1
2024-11-09	81.7	74.3
2024-11-16	73	96.4
2024-11-23	82.4	87.2
2024-11-30	74.1	88.2
2024-12-07	90.3	97.8
2024-12-14	77	98.3
2024-12-21	77	97
2024-12-28	89.7	84.5
2025-01-04	81.8	77.1
2025-01-11	74.9	85.1
2025-01-18	77.3	84.7
2025-01-25	88.1	96.5
2025-02-01	85.4	87.5
2025-02-08	87.6	78.4
2025-02-15	84.5	84.2
2025-02-22	84.5	86.3
2025-03-01	85.3	86.8
2025-03-08	85.1	92.3
2025-03-15	85.4	77.2
2025-03-22	75.5	76.1
2025-03-29	77.4	85.4
2025-04-05	82.8	96.1
2025-04-12	74	93.7
2025-04-19	87.4	86.4
2025-04-26	84.6	95.5
2025-05-03	86.7	93.4
2025-05-10	95	93.4
2025-05-17	93.1	94.6
2025-05-24	77.2	83.3
2025-05-31	77.7	88.6
2025-06-07	83.8	94.7
2025-06-14	84.1	77.3
2025-06-21	92.3	94
2025-06-28	94.4	92.3
2025-07-05	86.6	86.6
2025-07-12	86.1	77.7
2025-07-19	95.7	93.8
2025-07-26	75.5	83.9
2025-08-02	94.3	91.9
2025-08-09	88.8	82.3
2025-08-16	86.8	86.4
2025-08-23	89.1	95.1
2025-08-30	77.6	85.2
2025-09-06	87.7	85.3
2025-09-13	88.7	87.6
2025-09-20	88.6	87.3
2025-09-27	85.3	88
2025-10-04	85.2	78
2025-10-11	84.9	87.5
2025-10-18	85.2	95.6
2025-10-25	85.8	89.6
2025-11-01	89.5	91.2
2025-11-08	86.5	77.8
2025-11-15	82.7	96.7
2025-11-22	82	96.4
2025-11-29	85.6	85.4
2025-12-06	84.9	97.4
2025-12-13	84.1	95.5
2025-12-20	86.6	96.9
2025-12-27	85.2	81.5
2026-01-03	82.2	76
2026-01-10	91.3	92.9
2026-01-17	98.2	90.8
2026-01-24	86.6	92.1
2026-01-31	87.8	85.2
2026-02-07	83.6	82.3
2026-02-14	92.6	86.7
2026-02-21	84.6	73.7
2026-02-28	87.2	79.5
2026-03-07	85.2	84.5
2026-03-14	82.4	88.8
2026-03-21	85.4	97.4
2026-03-28	82.4	98.5
2026-04-04	96.6	96.3
2026-04-11	94.4	91.9
2026-04-18	80.1	89.3
2026-04-25	96.3	75.5
2026-05-02	81.3	95.3
2026-05-09	89.7	90.4
2026-05-16	97.5	97.7
2026-05-23	89.1	91.1
2026-05-30	83.1	89.9
2026-06-06	88.7	78.4
2026-06-13	85.5	89.6
2026-06-20	90.8	91.2
2026-06-27	88	92.5
2026-07-04	87.7	86.2
2026-07-11	93.2	83
2026-07-18	95.6	96.3
2026-07-25	82.1	75.4
2026-08-01	80.2	85
2026-08-08	96	96.5
2026-08-15	82	93
2026-08-22	89.5	88.5
2026-08-29	89.2	89.6
2026-09-05	89	94.7

Sources: USDA AMS Weekly Grocery Store Beef Feature Activity (3228); USDA AMS Weekly Grocery Store Pork Feature Activity (2868)

Data table (36 rows)

period_start	iso_week	feature_rate_percent	prior_median_percent	prior_p25_percent	prior_p75_percent	prior_years_used	confidence_grade
2026-01-03	1	82.2	72.5	64.6	81	8	high
2026-01-10	2	91.3	74.3	70.3	79.2	8	high
2026-01-17	3	98.2	71.8	65.4	80.3	8	high
2026-01-24	4	86.6	71.2	68.3	78.7	8	high
2026-01-31	5	87.8	75.5	69.7	83.1	8	high
2026-02-07	6	83.6	73.3	63	81	8	high
2026-02-14	7	92.6	68.5	65.1	74.4	8	high
2026-02-21	8	84.6	67.5	65	69.3	8	high
2026-02-28	9	87.2	76.3	65.9	84.6	8	high
2026-03-07	10	85.2	74.7	70.8	79.3	8	high
2026-03-14	11	82.4	72.3	67.9	79.7	8	high
2026-03-21	12	85.4	71.4	67.3	77.1	8	high
2026-03-28	13	82.4	75.1	64.5	79.2	8	high
2026-04-04	14	96.6	77.3	65	83.8	8	high
2026-04-11	15	94.4	69.5	64.5	76.2	8	high
2026-04-18	16	80.1	70.7	68.8	84	8	high
2026-04-25	17	96.3	68	63.3	85.3	8	high
2026-05-02	18	81.3	75.1	69	83.6	8	high
2026-05-09	19	89.7	69.3	65	73.7	8	high
2026-05-16	20	97.5	70.3	68.8	76.9	8	high
2026-05-23	21	89.1	77.4	70.3	79	8	high
2026-05-30	22	83.1	71.7	63.7	79.9	8	high
2026-06-06	23	88.7	69.8	68.1	81	8	high
2026-06-13	24	85.5	71	66.6	76.4	8	high
2026-06-20	25	90.8	68	65.1	77.1	8	high
2026-06-27	26	88	72.4	64.1	83	8	high
2026-07-04	27	87.7	71.2	69.1	82.3	8	high
2026-07-11	28	93.2	69.6	62.8	76.9	8	high
2026-07-18	29	95.6	69.2	65.4	74.7	8	high
2026-07-25	30	82.1	73.3	63.2	76.9	8	high
2026-08-01	31	80.2	68.5	66	74	8	high
2026-08-08	32	96	66.1	63.5	80	8	high
2026-08-15	33	82	67	61.4	70.9	8	high
2026-08-22	34	89.5	73	69.3	82.1	8	high
2026-08-29	35	89.2	72.4	68.7	77.8	8	high
2026-09-05	36	89	72.9	66.2	83.4	8	high

Sources: USDA AMS Weekly Grocery Store Beef Feature Activity (3228)

Data table (53 rows)

period_start	beef_features_per_1000	beef_index	pork_features_per_1000	pork_index
2025-09-06	4303.9	100	6065.8	100
2025-09-13	3965.8	92.1	5456.1	89.9
2025-09-20	3880.4	90.2	5863.8	96.7
2025-09-27	3883.1	90.2	5631.8	92.8
2025-10-04	4321	100.4	6387	105.3
2025-10-11	3609	83.9	6050.7	99.8
2025-10-18	3958.8	92	5824.1	96
2025-10-25	4202.4	97.6	5833.7	96.2
2025-11-01	3359.6	78.1	4994.6	82.3
2025-11-08	3591	83.4	7140.6	117.7
2025-11-15	3914	90.9	7758.3	127.9
2025-11-22	3739.8	86.9	6701	110.5
2025-11-29	3916.6	91	5476.6	90.3
2025-12-06	3975.7	92.4	7775.3	128.2
2025-12-13	3703.4	86	7867.7	129.7
2025-12-20	3743.2	87	8142.7	134.2
2025-12-27	3412.2	79.3	5723.6	94.4
2026-01-03	3754.2	87.2	4538.8	74.8
2026-01-10	3861.1	89.7	5507.2	90.8
2026-01-17	4143.6	96.3	6617.3	109.1
2026-01-24	3884.2	90.2	5888.6	97.1
2026-01-31	4210.1	97.8	6114.5	100.8
2026-02-07	4133.1	96	5162.4	85.1
2026-02-14	3811.8	88.6	5590.4	92.2
2026-02-21	4081.7	94.8	5714.4	94.2
2026-02-28	4271.7	99.2	5118.1	84.4
2026-03-07	4637.7	107.8	5096.7	84
2026-03-14	3959.9	92	6380.7	105.2
2026-03-21	3671.8	85.3	8148	134.3
2026-03-28	3770.6	87.6	9558.2	157.6
2026-04-04	3664.3	85.1	5995	98.8
2026-04-11	4090.5	95	6311.7	104.1
2026-04-18	3687.2	85.7	5336.4	88
2026-04-25	4209.6	97.8	5865.6	96.7
2026-05-02	3972.5	92.3	6484.5	106.9
2026-05-09	4796.1	111.4	6301.8	103.9
2026-05-16	4646.8	108	7206.3	118.8
2026-05-23	4792.1	111.3	5968.1	98.4
2026-05-30	3819.8	88.8	6222.5	102.6
2026-06-06	4273.7	99.3	5406	89.1
2026-06-13	5735.2	133.3	6690.9	110.3
2026-06-20	4907.3	114	6327.8	104.3
2026-06-27	5266.4	122.4	6510	107.3
2026-07-04	4962.7	115.3	5486.7	90.5
2026-07-11	3863.2	89.8	5418.1	89.3
2026-07-18	3875.4	90	5546.5	91.4
2026-07-25	3604.5	83.7	5539.3	91.3
2026-08-01	3627.3	84.3	5483.8	90.4
2026-08-08	3727.5	86.6	6087.7	100.4
2026-08-15	4077.6	94.7	5467.9	90.1
2026-08-22	3794.2	88.2	5742.5	94.7
2026-08-29	4269.5	99.2	5941	97.9
2026-09-05	4471.9	103.9	6656.9	109.7

Sources: USDA AMS Weekly Grocery Store Beef Feature Activity (3228); USDA AMS Weekly Grocery Store Pork Feature Activity (2868)

Data table (157 rows)

period_start	feature_rate_spread_points	activity_per_1000_spread
2023-09-09	-0.4	-1913.7
2023-09-16	-4.6	-2206.2
2023-09-23	-6.6	-2676
2023-09-30	-4.9	-2768
2023-10-07	0.9	-2583.6
2023-10-14	-8.5	-2744.9
2023-10-21	-3.9	-2293.2
2023-10-28	1.4	-2649
2023-11-04	-10.8	-3087.3
2023-11-11	-8.5	-4851.7
2023-11-18	-7.3	-3941.8
2023-11-25	0.2	-2624
2023-12-02	-7.4	-4366.4
2023-12-09	-8.6	-3833.9
2023-12-16	-13.8	-5220.9
2023-12-23	-5.8	-3164.7
2023-12-30	-2.3	-2557.9
2024-01-06	-0.4	-2341.4
2024-01-13	-3.5	-3247.6
2024-01-20	-1.3	-2594.5
2024-01-27	4.3	-2149
2024-02-03	-2.3	-2740.2
2024-02-10	-4.8	-2352.4
2024-02-17	-12.2	-2042.3
2024-02-24	-1.2	-1777.7
2024-03-02	-4.7	-1633.6
2024-03-09	2.6	-1939.4
2024-03-16	-0.8	-3649
2024-03-23	-3.8	-4604.1
2024-03-30	-6.3	-2279.1
2024-04-06	-4.4	-2662.7
2024-04-13	-6.1	-2283.7
2024-04-20	-4.6	-2265.8
2024-04-27	-1.5	-3003.8
2024-05-04	-10	-2671.6
2024-05-11	-0.4	-1845.9
2024-05-18	-7.9	-2728.8
2024-05-25	1.5	-1747.9
2024-06-01	6.1	-1971.6
2024-06-08	-4.5	-3269.5
2024-06-15	0.3	-2455.5
2024-06-22	-4	-2893.7
2024-06-29	-9.4	-2634.9
2024-07-06	-1	-2143.8
2024-07-13	-1.4	-2570.9
2024-07-20	-8.1	-2126
2024-07-27	-5	-2465.2
2024-08-03	-13	-2333
2024-08-10	-1.1	-2243.2
2024-08-17	-1	-1953.8
2024-08-24	-2.3	-3296.6
2024-08-31	-8.3	-2791.4
2024-09-07	-8.1	-2257.1
2024-09-14	4.3	-2359.6
2024-09-21	-11.4	-2309.7
2024-09-28	-2.6	-1735.5
2024-10-05	4.3	-1748.4
2024-10-12	-19.3	-1660.2
2024-10-19	-17.5	-1957.3
2024-10-26	9.5	-1920.3
2024-11-02	-7.5	-2199.7
2024-11-09	7.4	-2160
2024-11-16	-23.4	-4209.8
2024-11-23	-4.8	-3522.5
2024-11-30	-14.1	-2200.1
2024-12-07	-7.5	-3906.2
2024-12-14	-21.3	-4989.3
2024-12-21	-20	-5113.2
2024-12-28	5.2	-1504.3
2025-01-04	4.7	-1788.3
2025-01-11	-10.2	-2344
2025-01-18	-7.4	-2126
2025-01-25	-8.4	-2056.3
2025-02-01	-2.1	-2185.5
2025-02-08	9.2	-1737.9
2025-02-15	0.3	-1029.2
2025-02-22	-1.8	-1211.2
2025-03-01	-1.5	-677.3
2025-03-08	-7.2	-560.4
2025-03-15	8.2	-1273.2
2025-03-22	-0.6	-856.8
2025-03-29	-8	-2021.7
2025-04-05	-13.3	-3718.3
2025-04-12	-19.7	-4492
2025-04-19	1	-1755.2
2025-04-26	-10.9	-1106.1
2025-05-03	-6.7	-1936.5
2025-05-10	1.6	-1739.2
2025-05-17	-1.5	-1550
2025-05-24	-6.1	-1374
2025-05-31	-10.9	-1573
2025-06-07	-10.9	-2032.8
2025-06-14	6.8	-707.5
2025-06-21	-1.7	-1300.4
2025-06-28	2.1	-1657.6
2025-07-05	0	-1640.5
2025-07-12	8.4	-1361.6
2025-07-19	1.9	-1828.7
2025-07-26	-8.4	-1488.4
2025-08-02	2.4	-1770.5
2025-08-09	6.5	-1651.5
2025-08-16	0.4	-1121.4
2025-08-23	-6	-2192.3
2025-08-30	-7.6	-2029.5
2025-09-06	2.4	-1761.9
2025-09-13	1.1	-1490.3
2025-09-20	1.3	-1983.3
2025-09-27	-2.7	-1748.7
2025-10-04	7.2	-2066
2025-10-11	-2.6	-2441.6
2025-10-18	-10.4	-1865.3
2025-10-25	-3.8	-1631.3
2025-11-01	-1.7	-1635
2025-11-08	8.7	-3549.7
2025-11-15	-14	-3844.3
2025-11-22	-14.4	-2961.2
2025-11-29	0.2	-1559.9
2025-12-06	-12.5	-3799.6
2025-12-13	-11.4	-4164.4
2025-12-20	-10.3	-4399.5
2025-12-27	3.7	-2311.4
2026-01-03	6.2	-784.6
2026-01-10	-1.6	-1646.1
2026-01-17	7.4	-2473.6
2026-01-24	-5.5	-2004.5
2026-01-31	2.6	-1904.4
2026-02-07	1.3	-1029.3
2026-02-14	5.9	-1778.5
2026-02-21	10.9	-1632.8
2026-02-28	7.7	-846.4
2026-03-07	0.7	-459
2026-03-14	-6.4	-2420.8
2026-03-21	-12	-4476.2
2026-03-28	-16.1	-5787.7
2026-04-04	0.3	-2330.7
2026-04-11	2.5	-2221.2
2026-04-18	-9.2	-1649.2
2026-04-25	20.8	-1656
2026-05-02	-14	-2512
2026-05-09	-0.7	-1505.7
2026-05-16	-0.2	-2559.5
2026-05-23	-2	-1176
2026-05-30	-6.8	-2402.7
2026-06-06	10.3	-1132.3
2026-06-13	-4.1	-955.7
2026-06-20	-0.4	-1420.5
2026-06-27	-4.5	-1243.6
2026-07-04	1.5	-523.9
2026-07-11	10.2	-1554.8
2026-07-18	-0.7	-1671.1
2026-07-25	6.7	-1934.8
2026-08-01	-4.8	-1856.5
2026-08-08	-0.5	-2360.2
2026-08-15	-11	-1390.2
2026-08-22	1	-1948.3
2026-08-29	-0.4	-1671.4
2026-09-05	-5.7	-2185

Sources: USDA AMS Weekly Grocery Store Beef Feature Activity (3228); USDA AMS Weekly Grocery Store Pork Feature Activity (2868)

Source links

• https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/filerepo/sites/default/files/3228/2026-09-05/1350813/ams_3228_00342.pdf
• https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/filerepo/sites/default/files/2868/2026-09-05/1350812/ams_2868_00342.pdf
• https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3228
• https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/2868
• https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/AMS_3228.pdf
• https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/AMS_2868.pdf

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