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December 2024 National Average Wholesale Growers' Prices Received by Farmers for Crops: Fruits and Vegetables

December 2024 National Average Wholesale Growers' Prices Received by Farmers for Crops: Fruits and Vegetables

The USDA Agriculture Department (USDA) produces its report of the average national (and regional) prices that farmers receive for their crops.  These reports are generally released on the last day of each month.  The most recent report will be from 2 month's prior. This is a snapshot in time, periodically updated. Obviously, this is NOT the retail price (see this page for average retail prices) but this does show trends and baselines. This comes from the USDA Agricultural reports; look for the "Agriculture Report that is typically released on the last day of the month.  The most current Ag price report will be from 3 months ago. For example, in May, the report for February is released.

We have excerpted fruits and vegetables.  Most of the report is about field crops, livestock and agricultural commodities which are not directly available to consumers. However, the fruit and vegetable prices received by growers provides an direct insight into the minimum price (without markups) at retail and trends. So if the grower's prices have gone up by 50% in the past 3 months, you would expect consumer's retail prices to increase by at least the same percentage very soon!

The most recent prices are shown in the table below. Yes, they are always a few years behind - this comes from the government.  Did you seriously expect them to be efficient and up to date?

Fruit	Form	Retail Price (2020)	Retail Price Unit	Yield	Cup Equivalent Size	Cup Equivalent Unit	Cup Equivalent Price (2020)
Apples	Fresh	$1.52	per pound	0.9	0.24	pounds	$0.41
Apples, applesauce	Canned	$1.07	per pound	1	0.54	pounds	$0.58
Apples, ready-to-drink	Juice	$0.78	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.39
Apples, frozen concentrate	Juice	$0.59	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.29
Apricots	Fresh	$2.97	per pound	0.93	0.36	pounds	$1.16
Apricots, packed in juice	Canned	$1.69	per pound	1	0.54	pounds	$0.91
Apricots, packed in syrup or water	Canned	$2.06	per pound	0.65	0.44	pounds	$1.40
Apricots	Dried	$6.62	per pound	1	0.14	pounds	$0.95
Bananas	Fresh	$0.52	per pound	0.64	0.33	pounds	$0.27
Berries, mixed	Frozen	$3.56	per pound	1	0.33	pounds	$1.18
Blackberries	Fresh	$6.02	per pound	0.96	0.32	pounds	$2.00
Blackberries	Frozen	$3.64	per pound	1	0.33	pounds	$1.20
Blueberries	Fresh	$4.17	per pound	0.95	0.32	pounds	$1.40
Blueberries	Frozen	$3.39	per pound	1	0.33	pounds	$1.12
Cantaloupe	Fresh	$0.58	per pound	0.51	0.37	pounds	$0.42
Cherries	Fresh	$3.43	per pound	0.92	0.34	pounds	$1.27
Cherries, packed in syrup or water	Canned	$4.53	per pound	0.65	0.44	pounds	$3.07
Clementines	Fresh	$1.38	per pound	0.77	0.46	pounds	$0.83
Cranberries	Dried	$4.65	per pound	1	0.12	pounds	$0.57
Dates	Dried	$5.57	per pound	1	0.17	pounds	$0.92
Figs	Dried	$6.84	per pound	0.96	0.17	pounds	$1.18
Fruit cocktail, packed in juice	Canned	$1.72	per pound	1	0.54	pounds	$0.93
Fruit cocktail, packed in syrup or water	Canned	$1.59	per pound	0.65	0.44	pounds	$1.08
Grapefruit	Fresh	$1.17	per pound	0.49	0.46	pounds	$1.11
Grapefruit, ready-to-drink	Juice	$1.04	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.52
Grapes	Fresh	$1.84	per pound	0.96	0.33	pounds	$0.63
Grapes (raisins)	Dried	$3.78	per pound	1	0.17	pounds	$0.63
Grapes, ready-to-drink	Juice	$0.92	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.46
Grapes, frozen concentrate	Juice	$0.71	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.36
Honeydew	Fresh	$0.91	per pound	0.46	0.37	pounds	$0.74
Kiwi	Fresh	$2.18	per pound	0.76	0.39	pounds	$1.11
Mangoes	Fresh	$1.15	per pound	0.71	0.36	pounds	$0.59
Mangoes	Dried	$10.55	per pound	1	0.13	pounds	$1.32
Nectarines	Fresh	$1.91	per pound	0.91	0.32	pounds	$0.67
Oranges	Fresh	$1.21	per pound	0.68	0.41	pounds	$0.73
Oranges, ready-to-drink	Juice	$0.98	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.49
Oranges, frozen concentrate	Juice	$0.77	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.38
Papaya	Fresh	$1.29	per pound	0.62	0.31	pounds	$0.64
Papaya	Dried	$5.51	per pound	1	0.15	pounds	$0.85
Peaches	Fresh	$1.72	per pound	0.96	0.34	pounds	$0.61
Peaches, packed in juice	Canned	$2.02	per pound	1	0.54	pounds	$1.09
Peaches, packed in syrup or water	Canned	$1.81	per pound	0.65	0.44	pounds	$1.23
Peaches	Frozen	$3.39	per pound	1	0.33	pounds	$1.12
Pears	Fresh	$1.59	per pound	0.9	0.36	pounds	$0.64
Pears, packed in juice	Canned	$1.95	per pound	1	0.54	pounds	$1.06
Pears, packed in syrup or water	Canned	$1.90	per pound	0.65	0.44	pounds	$1.29
Pineapple	Fresh	$0.57	per pound	0.51	0.36	pounds	$0.41
Pineapple, packed in juice	Canned	$1.43	per pound	1	0.54	pounds	$0.77
Pineapple, packed in syrup or water	Canned	$1.41	per pound	0.65	0.44	pounds	$0.95
Pineapple	Dried	$6.65	per pound	1	0.15	pounds	$1.03
Pineapple, ready-to-drink	Juice	$1.03	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.51
Pineapple, frozen concentrate	Juice	$0.70	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.35
Plum	Fresh	$2.03	per pound	0.94	0.36	pounds	$0.79
Plum (prunes)	Dried	$5.70	per pound	1	0.19	pounds	$1.07
Plum (prune), ready-to-drink	Juice	$1.55	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$0.78
Pomegranate	Fresh	$2.24	per pound	0.56	0.34	pounds	$1.36
Pomegranate, ready-to-drink	Juice	$3.12	per pint	1	8.00	fluid ounces	$1.56
Raspberries	Fresh	$6.64	per pound	0.96	0.32	pounds	$2.21
Raspberries	Frozen	$4.19	per pound	1	0.33	pounds	$1.38
Strawberries	Fresh	$2.58	per pound	0.94	0.32	pounds	$0.88
Strawberries	Frozen	$2.82	per pound	1	0.33	pounds	$0.93
Watermelon	Fresh	$0.36	per pound	0.52	0.33	pounds	$0.23