As part of our annual commitment to update the cheap, average, and expensive prices in the United States online jerky industry, we introduce our tenth annual 2026 jerky price ranges update. In 2026, the price ranges of twenty jerky types were updated. Only python, salmon, and turtle had a lower price per ounce of jerky in 2026.
When I first started this jerky review website in 2014, I established what I thought were reasonable cheap, average, and expensive price ranges per ounce of beef jerky. As each year passed, fewer and fewer beef jerky bags were classified under the cheap price range, and more and more jerky bags were classified as expensive. From 2014 to 2016, I based the jerky price ranges solely on jerky bags that we had reviewed. Starting in 2017, I expanded to include other jerky brands, which I tracked in an Excel spreadsheet. Each year, I added more and more jerky brands to those Excel spreadsheets, including those for other jerky types, such as bacon, pork, bison, turkey, etc.
Using beef jerky prices per ounce updates as an example, the 2022 and 2023 beef jerky price updates tracked 300 jerky brands. The 2024 beef jerky price update tracked 310 brands of jerky, and 410 jerky brands in 2025. Keep in mind that every year, jerky makers go out of business, no longer sell their jerky online, only sell jerky in sizes over 4 ounces, or are temporarily out of stock. In 2026, 426 beef jerky brands were tracked.
Here is a summary of how jerky prices changed in 2026.
- Beef jerky increased by 20 cents per ounce, and the average price range decreased by 20 cents.
- Beef jerky per pound increased by $2.00, and the average price per pound of jerky range decreased by $1.00.
- Grass fed beef jerky per ounce increased by 27 cents, and the average price per ounce increased by 22 cents.
- Meat sticks increased by 15 cents, and the average price range was expanded by 7 cents.
- Biltong increased by 27 cents per ounce, and the cheap price range decreased by 5 cents.
- Pork jerky increased by 39 cents, and the average price range increased by 6 cents.
- Bacon jerky increased by 18 cents, and the average price range increased by 12 cents.
- Bison jerky increased by 46 cents per ounce, and the average price range increased by 35 cents.
- Elk jerky increased by 19 cents per ounce, and the average price range increased by 17 cents.
- Venison jerky increased by 3 cents, the cheap price range decreased by 14 cents per ounce, and the average price range increased by 56 cents.
- Kangaroo jerky remained unchanged, the cheap price range decreased by 79 cents per ounce, and the average price range increased by 57 cents.
- Wild boar jerky increased by 9 cents, the cheap price range expanded by 63 cents per ounce, and the average price range increased by $1.19.
- Turkey jerky increased by 7 cents, and the average price range increased by 6 cents per ounce.
- Chicken jerky per ounce increased by 34 cents, the cheap price range expanded by 17 cents, and the average price range expanded by 34 cents.
- Salmon jerky per ounce decreased by 14 cents, and the average price range of salmon jerky decreased by 27 cents per ounce.
- Tuna jerky per ounce increased by 74 cents, and the cheap price range expanded by 50 cents.
- Alligator jerky per ounce increased by 58 cents, the cheap price range expanded by 83 cents, and the expensive price range decreased by 25 cents.
- Python jerky per ounce decreased by $1.00, the cheap price range decreased by $2.00, and the average price range increased by $2.00.
- Turtle jerky per ounce decreased by 20 cents.
- Mushroom jerky per ounce increased by 11 cents, and the cheap price range increased by 22 cents.
| MAMMAL JERKY REVIEWS |
Beef Jerky price ranges as of July 12/2026
| Cheap Price | $3.20 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $3.21 – $4.00 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $4.01 per ounce and over |
One Pound Beef Jerky price ranges as of July 18/2026
| Cheap Price | $36.00 per 16 ounces and under |
| Average Price | $36.01 – $47.00 per 16 ounces |
| Expensive Price | $47.01 per 16 ounces and over |
Grass Fed Beef Jerky price ranges as of July 22/2026
| Cheap Price | $3.33 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $3.34 – $4.30 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $4.31 per ounce and over |
Biltong price ranges as of July 25/2026
| Cheap Price | $3.75 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $3.76 – $4.25 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $4.26 per ounce and over |
Meat Stick price ranges as of July 24/2026
| Cheap Price | $1.88 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $1.89 – $2.63 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $2.64 per ounce and over |
Pork Jerky price ranges as of July 26/2026
| Cheap Price | $3.14 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $3.15 – $3.73 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $3.74 per ounce and over |
Bacon Jerky price ranges as of July 28/2026
| Cheap Price | $4.15 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $4.16 – $5.00 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $5.01 per ounce and over |
| GAME JERKY REVIEWS |
Bison Jerky price ranges as of July 30/2026
| Cheap Price | $4.50 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $4.51 – $6.14 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $6.15 per ounce and over |
Elk Jerky price ranges as of July 26/2026
| Cheap Price | $4.66 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $4.67 – $5.83 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $5.84 per ounce and over |
Kangaroo Jerky price ranges as of August 02/2026
| Cheap Price | $7.26 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $7.76 – $9.14 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $9.15 per ounce and over |
Wild Boar Jerky price ranges as of August 02/2026
| Cheap Price | $5.13 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $5.14 – $6.56 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $6.57 per ounce and over |
Venison Jerky price ranges as of August 01/2026
| Cheap Price | $4.76 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $4.77 – $6.14 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $6.15 per ounce and over |
| BIRD JERKY REVIEWS |
Chicken Jerky Price ranges as of August 08/2026
| Cheap Price | $3.00 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $3.01 – $3.61 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $3.62 per ounce and over |
Turkey Jerky price ranges as of August 03/2026
| Cheap Price | $3.18 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $3.19 – $3.84 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $3.85 per ounce and over |
| FISH JERKY REVIEWS |
Salmon Jerky price ranges as of August 09/2026
| Cheap Price | $4.71 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $4.72 – $6.09 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $6.10 per ounce and over |
Tuna Jerky price ranges as of August 09/2026
| Cheap Price | $4.00 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $4.01 – $5.00 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $5.01 per ounce and over |
White Fish Jerky price ranges as of May 27/2022
| Cheap Price | $3.75 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $3.76 – $4.75 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $4.76 per ounce and over |
| EXOTIC JERKY REVIEWS |
Alligator Jerky price ranges as of August 21/2026
| Cheap Price | $8.00 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $8.01 – $8.50 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $8.51 per ounce and over |
Python Jerky price ranges as of August 21/2026
| Cheap Price | $15.99 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $16.00 – $19.00 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $19.01 per ounce and over |
Turtle Jerky price ranges as of August 22/2026
| Cheap Price | $10.67 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $10.68 – $13.33 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $13.34 per ounce and over |
| MUSHROOM JERKY REVIEWS |
Mushroom Jerky price ranges as of August 22/2026
| Cheap Price | $4.38 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $4.39 – $6.67 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $6.68 per ounce and over |
| OTHER JERKY REVIEWS |
Vegan Jerky price ranges as of August 17/2025
| Cheap Price | $2.50 per ounce and under |
| Average Price | $2.51 – $3.50 per ounce |
| Expensive Price | $3.51 per ounce and over |
JERKY PRICE UPDATES
Jerky Shrine Bags: 1935 (August 24/2026 – 1935)
Jerky Shrine Brands: 538 (August 24/2026 – 538)
Jerky Shrine Brands On Display: 123 (August 24/2026 – 123)
Jerky Brands reviewed: 445 (August 24/2026 – 445)
Jerky Reviews Published: 1311 (August 24/2026 – 1310)
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