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🥛 Gallon of whole milk by Year (1950–2025)

In 1950 it cost 77¢ (per gallon). In 2025 it was $4.07, and the latest figure (Sep 2026) is $4.11. Adjusted for inflation, it was cheapest in 2018 and most expensive in 1960.

0¢$3.04$6.08$9.12$12.16195019601970200020102020
Price at the timeIn today's money
YearPrice thenIn today's money
2025$4.07$4.26
2024$3.98$4.28
2023$4.03$4.45
2022$4.09$4.71
2021$3.54$4.41
2020$3.32$4.32
2019$3.04$4.00
2018$2.90$3.89
2017$3.23$4.43
2016$3.20$4.50
2015$3.42$4.86
2014$3.69$5.26
2013$3.46$5.01
2012$3.49$5.13
2011$3.57$5.35
2010$3.26$5.03
2009$3.11$4.88
2008$3.79$5.94
2007$3.50$5.69
2006$3.08$5.15
2005$3.19$5.50
2004$3.16$5.63
2003$2.76$5.06
2002$2.76$5.16
2001$2.88$5.49
2000$2.78$5.44
1999$2.84$5.75
1998$2.70$5.59
1997$2.61$5.49
1996$2.62$5.63
1995$2.48$5.49
1979$1.92$8.91
1978$1.72$8.89
1977$1.68$9.33
1976$1.65$9.79
1975$1.57$9.83
1974$1.57$10.71
1973$1.31$9.93
1972$1.20$9.64
1971$1.18$9.80
1970$1.15$9.96
1969$1.10$10.12
1968$1.07$10.40
1967$1.03$10.44
1966100¢$10.34
196595¢$10.12
196495¢$10.36
196397¢$10.69
196298¢$10.87
196198¢$11.09
196099¢$11.26
195588¢$11.02
195077¢$10.81

How to read this

“Price then” is the average for that year. “In today's money” converts it to Sep 2026 dollars with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), so you can see whether milk really got pricier or the dollar just shrank.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (U.S. city average) (from 1980); Before 1980: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics retail food prices as published by the U.S. Census Bureau (Historical Statistics of the United States, Series E 187–202, and the Statistical Abstract of the United States) (series APU0000709112). Yearly figures are averages of the monthly or quarterly data.

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