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Food Prices Today: US Produce Price Charts from USDA Data

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US food price monitorDaily US food prices from USDA, from the farm gate to the supermarket ad.Latest report 18 Sep 2026. Updated every business day.Benchmark pricesOnionsIdaho Falls shipping point+100%past year$15.00 to $18.00per 50 lb sack$18$5.50PotatoesIdaho Falls shipping point+68%past year$17.00 to $20.00per 50 lb carton$20$5+48%past year$22.00 to $24.00per 5 kg/11 lb flat$30$6+27%past year$10.00 to $18.00per flats 8 1-lb containers with lid$36$4+4.1%past year$23.25 to $27.25per cartons 2 layer$68.25$20.25EggsNew York wholesale-64%past year$0.82per dozen$8.50$0.56Biggest moves this weekWholesale benchmarks, compared with a week earlier.CommodityLast weekThis weekChangeLongan$45.00$88.00+96%Limes$28.00 to $30.00$42.00 to $44.00+48%Greens, Huauzontle$32.00 low only$45.00 low only+41%Cucumbers$5.00$7.00+40%Corn, Sweet$30.00 to $32.00$38.00 to $40.00+26%Tomatoes$26.00 to $28.00$22.00 to $24.00-15%Beans, Pole Type$49.00 to $50.00$40.50 to $42.50-16%Pineapples$20.00 to $23.00$16.00 to $20.00-16%Escarole$40.00 to $41.00$31.00 to $31.50-23%Beans, Kentucky Wonder Type$60.00 to $62.00$40.00 to $42.00-33%Retail pricesWhat US supermarkets advertised this week, averaged across stores.ItemAd priceA year earlierChange, 1 yearStoresAvocadosHass$0.94$1.10-15%3,893EggsLarge Brown, Shell Egg, 12, Pasture Raised$6.83$6.44+6.1%3,159OnionsYellow$2.47$2.43+1.6%2,135PotatoesRusset$3.18$2.65+20%3,807Strawberries$2.97$3.16-6.0%1,714TomatoesPlum Type (Roma)$1.20$1.12+7.1%2,318Market news