Boneless Ham
Pork in the Midwest · steady this week
Per a typical 140g serving, scaled from the per-100g figures in USDA FoodData Central (Pork, cured, ham -- water added, whole, boneless, separable lean only, unheated).
Buying boneless ham in the Midwest saves about 0% versus the Southeast this week.
- How to pick a good one
- Almost all supermarket ham is already fully cooked and cured, so you are reheating rather than cooking. Check the label for water added, since that is a direct measure of value — ham with natural juices is meatier than ham and water product.
- What a good price looks like
- Usually $2.50 to $5 a pound, dropping sharply around Easter and Christmas when whole hams are used as loss leaders. Under $3 is a good price. The USDA does not report ham in every weekly cycle, so a missing price on this page usually means it was absent from the report rather than from the shops.
- What you actually get
- A boneless ham is nearly all edible, around 90%, and a pound serves three to four since it is dense and salty. A bone-in ham yields closer to 70% but the bone is worth a pot of split-pea soup, which changes the arithmetic considerably.
- How to store it
- Unopened, until the printed date, which is often weeks away. Once opened, five to seven days refrigerated, or one to two months frozen.
- In the kitchen
- It is already fully cooked, so the only goal is heating it through without drying it out — 130°C until the centre reaches about 60°C, tented with foil, and glazed only for the last twenty minutes so the sugar does not burn. Scoring the surface in a diamond pattern gives the glaze somewhere to sit. Overcooking a ham is the standard way to ruin one.
- Getting the most out of it
- Because it is already cooked, all you need is gentle reheating; a hot oven only dries it out. Ham is heavily discounted around the holidays and freezes well, so buying then and portioning it is a genuinely good move. Diced ham stretches eggs, soups, and pasta cheaply.
- Ham and Cheese Breakfast CroissantRecipe by The Recipe Critic~$0.52 / serving 0 in-season
- Mexican Macaroni SaladRecipe by The Recipe Critic~$0.61 / serving 7 in-season
- Ham & Potato FrittataRecipe by Budget Bytes~$0.66 / serving 1 in-season
- Egg, Ham and Cheese Crepe PocketsRecipe by Natasha's Kitchen~$0.72 / serving 0 in-season
- Cheesy Ham and Potato SoupRecipe by Two Peas & Their Pod~$0.73 / serving 2 in-season
- Make Ahead Microwave Breakfast ScramblesRecipe by Budget Bytes~$0.75 / serving 2 in-season
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Price from the USDA weekly retail meat report (conventional, per lb). Nutrition per typical serving, computed from USDA FoodData Central.
Boneless Ham — FAQ
What's the price of boneless ham this week?
As of the week of October 2, 2026, the price of boneless ham in the Midwest is $3.13/lb, unchanged from last week. Prices come from the USDA's weekly retail meat report.
Which region has the cheapest boneless ham right now?
The Midwest has the cheapest boneless ham this week at $3.13/lb — about 0% less than the Southeast, where it runs $3.13/lb.
How much protein is in boneless ham?
A typical 140g serving of boneless ham has about 24.2g protein and 154 calories (5.6g fat), per USDA FoodData Central.
What can I cook with boneless ham?
SeasonSort indexes 172 recipes using boneless ham, each priced per serving from this week's data — starting from about $0.05 a serving. The cheapest are listed on this page, with a link to the full filtered list.