Beef nears $7 a pound: See latest grocery trends (Syracuse.com price tracker)

Beef prices continued their relentless climb in February, increasing from where they were the previous month and the year before, according to federal data.

The price for a pound of ground beef in the Northeast was $6.81 in February, up 2.98% from January and up more than 23% from the same month last year.

Beef prices surged throughout 2025. The Northeast average for a pound of ground beef has gone up every month but one since February of last year…

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