This year’s annual feast averages about $5.80 per person, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Thanksgiving dinner survey – or about $58 for a gathering of 10. That number is down 5% from 2023 and 4.5% from 2022 but still 19% higher than the cost of Thanksgiving dinner pre-pandemic in 2019.

Thanksgiving dinner is set to be the most affordable in decades. The cost of this year’s holiday feast is estimated at $58.08 for a 10-person gathering, which equates to $5.81 a head. That figure has dropped 5% since last year,

The American Farm Bureau Federation reports that Thanksgiving meal costs are down roughly $6 from 2022. Many Kansas City shoppers were out doing some last-minute preparing on Wednesday, buying supplies for their Thanksgiving meals.