How Much Does Beef Mince Cost in Australia?
Short answer: on October 19, 2026, Coles No Added Hormones Beef Regular Mince cost $15.00 for the 1kg pack on coles.com.au, which is $15.00 a kilo. The 500g pack is on special at $7.70, which is $15.40 a kilo.
Mince is the staple where Australian food inflation actually lives: the ABS puts beef and veal up 9.4% in the year to August 2026, triple the overall food rate.
The prices we verified
Coles No Added Hormones Beef Regular Mince 1kg: $15.00 ($15.00/kg), regular price, checked directly on coles.com.au on October 19, 2026. The 500g pack of the same mince is $7.70 on special ($15.40/kg).
The latest tracker readings (Savings.com.au, September 2026) put the 500g regular mince pack (17 to 18% fat class) at $7.70 at both Coles and Woolworths. A third-party comparison in early October put Aldi mince 500g at $6.99 against $8.00 at the majors, unverified at Aldi by us.
Note the format trap in this week's own numbers: the Coles special pack (500g at $15.40/kg) costs more per kilo than the regular 1kg pack ($15.00/kg). A special ticket does not guarantee the best per-kilo price on the same shelf.
What is a good deal on mince?
Our guidance: at or below $13.00/kg is a deal on regular mince in 2026, and at or below $12.00/kg it is a freezer stock-up. At $15.00/kg you are paying the full current rate, which the ABS trend says is a historically high one.
Lean and premium mince lines price above the regular rate per kilo. Compare like with like on fat percentage before comparing across packs.
Why mince prices move
Beef and veal rose 9.4% in the year to August 2026 (ABS data), and lamb and goat matched it at 9.4%. Herd rebuilding after the drought years tightened cattle supply, and mince, as the volume beef product, carries the increase directly.
There is a small near-term relief signal: beef and veal fell 1.1% in August itself. One soft month is not a trend, but it is the first break in the run, and our tracker will show whether shelf prices follow.
How to pay less for mince
Buy the 1kg pack over the 500g pack when the per-kilo maths says so, as it does this week at Coles, and freeze in portions.
Stretch mince with the calm proteins: chicken (up 0.7% on the year) and eggs (down 1.9%) are the budget swaps the ABS data points to in 2026.
Check mince against our weekly tracker. We reprice it every week, per kilo, specials separated from regular prices.
Mince is where the food inflation headline becomes your receipt total. Scan your receipts free (5 scans a month, no credit card) and build your own per-kilo history.