US food price monitor

Daily US food prices from USDA, from the farm gate to the supermarket ad.

Latest report 18 Sep 2026. Updated every business day.

Benchmark prices

Year to 18 Sep 2026, sorted by change. All commodities
OnionsIdaho Falls shipping point
+100%past year
$15.00 to $18.00per 50 lb sack
$18$5.50
PotatoesIdaho Falls shipping point
+68%past year
$17.00 to $20.00per 50 lb carton
$20$5
TomatoesNew York wholesale
+48%past year
$22.00 to $24.00per 5 kg/11 lb flat
$30$6
StrawberriesFresno shipping point
+27%past year
$10.00 to $18.00per flats 8 1-lb containers with lid
$36$4
AvocadosFresno shipping point
+4.1%past year
$23.25 to $27.25per cartons 2 layer
$68.25$20.25
EggsNew York wholesale
-64%past year
$0.82per dozen
$8.50$0.56

Biggest moves this week

Wholesale benchmarks, compared with a week earlier.

CommodityLast weekThis weekChange
Longan$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 prices

What US supermarkets advertised this week, averaged across stores.

All items and regions
ItemAd priceA year earlierChange, 1 yearStores
AvocadosHass$0.94$1.10-15%3,893
EggsLarge Brown, Shell Egg, 12, Pasture Raised$6.83$6.44+6.1%3,159
OnionsYellow$2.47$2.43+1.6%2,135
PotatoesRusset$3.18$2.65+20%3,807
Strawberries$2.97$3.16-6.0%1,714
TomatoesPlum Type (Roma)$1.20$1.12+7.1%2,318

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