I am not in the US, but I was very much at home in March 2020, homeschooling kids, and very much out and about in Feb 2022, taking them to birthday parties. I am in the "lockdown king" country of Australia, maybe only second to New Zealand in the zealousness of lockdowns.
Demand (and prices) went down in March 2020, but had significantly risen in line with increased economic activity by February 2022.
Consequently, it shouldn't be surprising that there was a large price increase over the period bookended by those months.