PlateCost

Breakfast index

The breakfast index blends 4 tracked wholesale series into one weighted number: $1.20 this week. Use it as a single gauge of where breakfast input costs are heading.

Basket members

SeriesWeightLatest average
Eggs, Grade A, Large, White, Caged0.5$0.72940 USD/dozen
Butter, Grade AA0.2$1.68 USD/lb
Cheese, 40 pound Block0.2$1.43 USD/lb
Cream, All Classes0.1$2.17 USD/lb

Member series

Source: USDA AMS Market News, retrieved 2026-07-10.