Retail value of pork rose from 81.4 cents for pound in January 1970 to $4.12 per pound in December 2020. The light blue retail value line depicts monthly price data for pork. The dark-blue line, closer to the bottom of the graph, is the steadily decreasing cents per pound paid to farmers, from 48 to 78.3 for the corresponding time periods.
Consumers spent $4.03 per pound of pork at the grocery store in 2020. Only 74.5 cents per pound went to farmers that year.