Ice cream US average price · per half-gal · Aug 2026
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national average price for ice cream (series APU0000710411), collected for the CPI. Part of the grocery basket.
Average price
$5.85
Aug 2026
Year over year
−10.0%
vs the same month last year
Month over month
+0.3%
not seasonally adjusted
Five years ago
$4.94
+18.4% since
Price history
Ice cream−10.0%
$5.85
2026-08-01
Monthly, Jan 2018 – Aug 2026. YoY colour: −10.0%. Data: grocery_basket.json.