 are 1.7 percent lower than they were a year ago, fresh vegetables are down by 0.3 percent, and dairy products are down just a smidge by 0.1 percent. On the flip side, several products are selling for higher prices than this time a year ago, such as fats and oils, that includes butter. Those fats and oil products are 4 percent higher, beef is over 5 percent higher, and eggs are still costing 10 percent more than they did this time last year.