 How much on average will it cost to make one of those burgers? One analyst says... Just a slight increase from last year. Just a slight increase. Megan Schweitzer tracks food prices for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and each year at this time, one of her jobs is to track the cost of your standard homemade cheeseburger and compare it to years past. So here are the ingredients. First, a quarter pound of ground beef, of course.