The price of Thanksgiving dinner has increased by 20%: it is the most expensive here

(NEXSTAR) – Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Soon, families will gather to feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and more. But it will come at a pretty high price.

On Wednesday, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) reported a classic Thanksgiving feast for 10 people costs $64.05 this year, up 20% from last year’s average of $53.31. This is the highest average price for a Thanksgiving dinner in AFBF’s 37 years of conducting this survey.

It is partly driven by the turkey, of course. The holiday focal point is about 21% more expensive than last year, with Farm Bureau “voluntary buyers” finding the average price for a 16-pound bird is $28.96, or $1.81 per pound.

However, it may not be the price you see. Farm Bureau volunteer buyers fixed prices during the last two weeks of October. since then data The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service shows that turkey prices have fallen to $0.95 per pound over the past month.

To calculate the total cost of Thanksgiving dinner, AFBF looked at costs under 12 art: turkey, pumpkin pie mix, gallon of whole milk, veggie tray with carrots and celery, 12 rolls, two pie shells, green peas, fresh cranberries, whipping cream, sweet potatoes, diced stuffing, and other ingredients needed to make food Three additional items were counted separately: ham, hash browns, and green beans.

With the exception of cranberries (a 14% drop), each product grew by 8-69% year-over-year. Turkeys are nearly $5 more than last year, and cubed stuffing is up more than $1.50. In general, items other than the turkey cost less than $5 each. You can see a full breakdown of item costs here.

Where you live is also likely to affect how much you spend on your Thanksgiving feast. Regionally, AFBF estimated that a meal for 10 people would be cheapest in the South ($58.42) and most expensive in the West ($71.37). In states in the Northeast and Midwest, the cost of a meal is about average, at $64.02 and $64.26, respectively.

Residents in large metro areas also face higher Thanksgiving grocery bills than those in small and medium-sized cities, according to the data. analysis by MoneyGeek. They found that a full holiday dinner in Boston costs about twice as much as in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

There are only a few areas of the city included in the data set where you can prepare a full spread for less than $100, and many of them are in Texas.

According to MoneyGeek, the cities with the most expensive Thanksgiving meals this year are:

Metro areas with the cheapest prices for a Thanksgiving feast:

MoneyGeek’s estimate of the cost of the meal included a 10-pound turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, peas, corn, stuffing, pumpkin pie, drinks, and several other culinary items.

Higher prices for Thanksgiving menu items are due to several factors, e.g inflationthe war in Ukraine, supply chain issues and, for turkeys, a national outbreak of bird flu.