How Thanksgiving Prices in Texas Have Changed: 1960 vs. 2025

Lubbock, Texas, often strikes me as a typical town for Thanksgiving. The kind of place where families are from that you see gathered around the dinner table on stuffing tins and Hallmark movies.

Unfortunately, making a full Thanksgiving meal for the family is getting more and more difficult with grocery prices going through the roof. So, let's go over how turkey day prices have changed over the past 65 years.

Change in Thanksgiving Prices Since 1960

According to Self.inc., a typical family gathering of, say, 10, in Lubbock back in the good ol' day of 1960 used to run you about $15.63, on average.

That's right, for $16 you can feed yourself and nine others with turkey, cranberry sauce, and all the fixin's.

Want to know how much that would run you in today's economy? Well, the average host on Thanksgiving when feeding 10 people in 2025 will spend a whopping $167.

Thanksgiving Sides Prices in Texas

Speaking of fixings, here are the price differences over the past 65 years for common Thanksgiving sides, 10 servings each:

• Mashed potatoes
  • 1960: $1.06, 2025: $13.27
• Stuffing
  • 1960: $.78, 2025: $12.45
• Cranberry sauce
  • 1960: $.25, 2025: $5.30
• Green bean casserole
  • 1960: $1.20, 2025: $8.83
• Pecan pie
  • 1960: $.75, 2025: $13.86

How Have Turkey Prices Changed Over the Years?

Turkey prices skyrocketed over the years. Get this, a typical Thanksgiving turkey in 1960 ran you about $3.83. Not bad, right? Wanna know the average price 65 years later in 2025? $57.

From four bucks to nearly 60? Maybe it's a good idea to collect tips from your family on Thanksgiving...

This is an odd one, but I'm fascinated with the increase in cranberry sauce prices. The fact that the cost of cranberries per pound increased from $1.54 in 2023 to $4.15 in 2025 is shocking. Why are cranberries such a hot commodity today?

Forget the gold standard, when can we move to the cranberry standard in the U.S.?