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Butter prices in the US — average vs. this week's best deals

The official BLS average, and the best advertised butter deals Lowtein found this week across 103 cities. Updated 2026-09-18.

BLS average

$3.92

per lb · July 2026

Best advertised this week

$1.49

per lb · Grocery Outlet

Median city-best

$2.99

per lb · across 93 cities

87 of 93 cities with offers have a deal below that benchmark this week. Over the last 12 months the BLS average ranged $3.82–$4.83 per lb.

Weekly trend — median city-best butter price, the US

Each point: the median across every city's best advertised price that week (deal prices, not shelf averages). Tracking since May 18 2026 — from the Basket Tracker.

week of May 18 — $2.99May 18$2.99week of May 25 — $2.47week of Jun 1 — $2.99Jun 1week of Jun 8 — $2.99week of Jun 15 — $3.59$3.59week of Jun 22 — $2.99Jun 22week of Jun 29 — $2.99week of Jul 6 — $2.99week of Jul 13 — $2.99Jul 13week of Jul 20 — $2.99week of Jul 27 — $2.99week of Aug 3 — $2.99Aug 3week of Aug 10 — $2.99week of Aug 17 — $3.49week of Aug 24 — $2.99Aug 24week of Aug 31 — $2.99week of Sep 7 — $2.37$2.37week of Sep 14 — $2.37Sep 14$2.37

This week's best advertised butter deals

Cheapest first, after unit checks and plausibility bounds. Regional flyers repeat across cities — links go to the city pages that carry the deal.

Grocery Outlet — multigrain garlic & butter bagSpokane · Boise$1.49/lb
Randalls — challenge butterHouston$1.97/lb
Albertsons — challenge butterDallas$1.97/lb
Tom Thumb — challenge butterDallas$1.97/lb
Grocery Outlet — butter spread tubColumbus · Cleveland · Dayton · Philadelphia$1.99/lb
Jewel-Osco — lucerne butter sweet cream unsalted quarters or lucerne butter sweet cream quartersChicago$1.99/lb
Strack & Van Til — dutch farms butterChicago$1.99/lb
Giant Food — président butterPhiladelphia · York · Martinsburg · Baltimore$1.99/lb
Tops Friendly Markets — tastes like butterErie · Syracuse · Buffalo$1.99/lb
Safeway — lucerne butterDenver · Cheyenne$1.99/lb

What this measures — read before quoting

The average is the official BLS series — real shelf prices, published monthly. The deals are the best advertised prices Lowtein observed in store flyers this week — deal prices, not average shelf prices. The gap between them measures how good this week's deals are, not how prices are moving. Full method: how we check.

What is the average price of butter in the US right now?

The official BLS average is $3.92 per lb (July 2026, the latest published month).

What is a good butter price this week?

The best advertised deal Lowtein found this week across 103 US cities is $1.49 per lb (multigrain garlic & butter bag at Grocery Outlet). 87 of 93 cities with offers have a deal below that benchmark.

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