WA_LO101 Washington, DC Mon Dec 20, 2021 USDA Market News AMS Weekly Retail Organic Price Comparison Advertised Prices for all regions to Consumers at Major Retail Supermarkets ending during the period of 12/17 thru 12/23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRUIT / VEGETABLES LIVESTOCK POULTRY DAIRY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outlets 29,200 29,200 29,200 23,100 Total Ads 327,736 244,540 136,818 131,802 Organic Items in Ads (2/) 37,054 ( 11.31%) 4,540 ( 1.86%) 6,230 ( 4.55%) 8,040 ( 6.10%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AMS Weekly Retail Organic Price Comparison Report ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FRUITS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY VARIETY UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPLES FUJI 2 lb bag 1 3.29 8 2.50 0.79 32 APPLES FUJI 3 lb bag 16 7.99 402 3.35 4.64 139 APPLES FUJI per pound 1031 2.24 1929 1.51 0.73 48 APPLES GALA 2 lb bag 317 4.09 16 2.75 1.34 49 APPLES GALA 3 lb bag 16 7.99 796 3.43 4.56 133 APPLES GALA per pound 795 2.06 2362 1.64 0.42 26 APPLES GOLDEN DELICIOUS per pound 67 2.04 418 1.42 0.62 44 APPLES GRANNY SMITH 3 lb bag 25 6.37 414 2.51 3.87 154 APPLES GRANNY SMITH 5 lb bag 242 4.99 110 4.99 0.00 0 APPLES GRANNY SMITH per pound 1365 2.08 4333 1.56 0.52 33 APPLES HONEYCRISP 3 lb bag 16 3.99 116 5.99 -2.00 -33 APPLES HONEYCRISP per pound 367 3.63 6635 2.27 1.36 60 APPLES, PROCESSED JUICE 64 oz (1/2 gallon) 220 2.79 4091 2.17 0.62 29 AVOCADOS HASS each 597 2.01 7291 1.35 0.65 48 BANANAS per pound 552 0.78 764 0.47 0.31 66 BLUEBERRIES 1 pint package 123 3.77 6927 2.79 0.98 35 BLUEBERRIES 18 oz package 552 4.79 1179 4.31 0.48 11 BLUEBERRIES 6 oz package 3467 3.19 2477 2.97 0.22 7 CLEMENTINES 2 lb bag 1675 4.83 690 3.85 0.97 25 GRAPES WHITE SEEDLESS TYPE per pound 6 3.99 4818 2.52 1.47 58 LEMONS 2 lb bag 19 2.99 1927 3.70 -0.71 -19 LEMONS each 414 0.89 2343 0.52 0.37 70 LEMONS per pound 70 4.79 76 1.39 3.40 245 MANGOES each 28 1.50 3459 1.05 0.45 43 MISC BERRIES BLACKBERRIES 5.6 - 6 oz package 472 3.42 7547 2.94 0.47 16 ORANGES NAVEL 3 lb bag 74 3.99 721 3.59 0.40 11 ORANGES NAVEL 4 lb bag 55 6.99 3879 4.10 2.89 71 ORANGES NAVEL each 70 1.29 2106 0.99 0.30 30 ORANGES NAVEL per pound 757 1.68 4276 1.21 0.47 38 ORANGES VALENCIA 4 lb bag 276 3.98 2 3.99 -0.01 -0 PEARS BARTLETT per pound 255 2.49 2041 1.63 0.86 52 PEARS BOSC per pound 330 2.43 1317 1.56 0.86 55 PEARS D'ANJOU per pound 100 2.00 2354 1.72 0.28 16 PERSIMMONS each 43 1.86 589 0.99 0.87 87 PINEAPPLES each 1 2.79 10502 1.99 0.80 40 POMEGRANATES each 47 3.19 1170 2.56 0.63 25 RASPBERRIES RED 6 oz package 287 3.82 9190 2.86 0.96 34 TANGERINES 2 lb bag 1318 4.88 765 2.92 1.96 67 TANGERINES 3 lb bag 107 3.99 3215 3.75 0.24 6 TANGERINES per pound 8 2.99 168 1.08 1.91 178 VEGETABLES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY VARIETY UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASPARAGUS GREEN per pound 21 4.99 8412 2.81 2.18 78 BEANS ROUND GREEN TYPE per pound 22 3.76 5525 1.54 2.22 144 BEETS per bunch 89 2.93 12 1.99 0.94 47 BROCCOLI per bunch 256 3.02 2168 2.41 0.61 25 BROCCOLI per pound 414 1.96 415 1.28 0.68 53 BROCCOLI BABY HYBRID TYPE per bunch 238 2.64 16 2.99 -0.35 -12 BROCCOLI CROWN CUT per pound 30 3.26 2791 1.69 1.58 94 BRUSSELS SPROUTS per pound 16 4.12 4125 2.40 1.71 71 CABBAGE ROUND GREEN TYPE per pound 8 0.79 841 0.63 0.16 25 CARROTS 1 lb bag 6 1.29 91 0.75 0.54 71 CARROTS 2 lb bag 140 1.99 410 1.26 0.73 58 CARROTS per bunch 53 2.72 96 0.79 1.93 244 CARROTS per pound 130 1.39 471 0.56 0.83 149 CARROTS BABY PEELED 1 lb bag 1179 2.19 3467 1.20 0.99 83 CARROTS BABY PEELED 2 lb bag 214 1.99 2415 2.31 -0.32 -14 CAULIFLOWER each 103 4.37 2427 2.49 1.88 76 CAULIFLOWER per pound 412 1.75 1663 1.31 0.44 33 CELERY each 601 2.08 7084 1.27 0.81 64 CELERY per pound 11 1.49 294 1.21 0.28 23 CELERY HEARTS each 654 2.92 1219 2.55 0.37 15 CILANTRO per bunch 386 1.26 565 0.42 0.84 200 CUCUMBERS LONG SEEDLESS-GREENHOUSE each 242 2.00 1395 1.42 0.58 41 EGGPLANT each 19 2.00 276 0.98 1.02 104 EGGPLANT per pound 15 1.06 332 1.45 -0.39 -27 GREENS COLLARD per bunch 477 1.73 1524 1.64 0.09 6 GREENS COLLARD per pound 43 1.29 144 0.86 0.43 50 GREENS KALE per bunch 398 2.96 597 1.20 1.76 146 GREENS KALE per pound 43 1.29 126 1.05 0.24 22 LETTUCE, OTHER GREEN LEAF each 26 2.00 150 1.69 0.31 18 LETTUCE, OTHER RED LEAF each 26 2.00 150 1.69 0.31 18 LETTUCE, ROMAINE each 16 1.99 42 1.67 0.32 19 LETTUCE, ROMAINE HEARTS 3 count package 700 3.66 1085 3.00 0.65 22 MUSHROOMS PORTOBELLA 8 oz package 8 3.99 9 2.50 1.49 60 MUSHROOMS WHITE 8 oz package 561 2.77 591 1.83 0.95 52 ONIONS GREEN per bunch 654 0.84 1685 0.62 0.22 35 PEPPERS, BELL TYPE GREEN per pound 130 1.69 387 1.72 -0.03 -2 RADISHES per bunch 28 2.50 889 0.63 1.87 300 SALAD MIXED TYPES 1 lb bag 765 5.05 229 3.69 1.36 37 SALAD MIXED TYPES 10 - 12 oz package 1190 5.37 3302 2.68 2.69 101 SALAD MIXED TYPES 5 - 9 oz package 1327 3.22 4096 2.52 0.71 28 SPINACH per bunch 17 3.78 6 0.50 3.28 656 SPINACH FLAT, BABY TYPE 1 lb package 137 5.00 72 3.99 1.01 25 SPINACH FLAT, BABY TYPE 10 oz package 18 5.61 98 3.99 1.62 41 SQUASH ACORN per pound 190 1.40 539 0.95 0.45 47 SQUASH BUTTERNUT per pound 213 1.37 679 0.96 0.42 43 SQUASH SPAGHETTI per pound 190 1.40 472 0.95 0.45 48 SQUASH YELLOW CROOKNECK/STRAIGHTNECK per pound 24 1.55 1667 1.32 0.23 18 SQUASH ZUCCHINI per pound 541 2.13 3069 1.22 0.91 75 SWEET POTATOES per pound 659 1.53 9195 0.74 0.80 108 TOMATOES VINE RIPE - HEIRLOOM VARIETIES per pound 4 4.99 6 4.99 0.00 0 TOMATOES, CHERRY 1 pint package 77 3.02 306 3.63 -0.61 -17 TOMATOES, GRAPE TYPE 1 pint package 490 2.78 2385 2.55 0.23 9 TOMATOES, GRAPE TYPE 10 oz package 56 2.31 951 2.67 -0.36 -13 ONIONS AND POTATOES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY VARIETY UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ONIONS, DRY YELLOW 2 lb bag 171 2.49 267 1.54 0.95 62 ONIONS, DRY YELLOW 3 lb bag 503 4.10 4015 2.20 1.90 87 ONIONS, DRY YELLOW per pound 130 1.45 1373 0.93 0.52 56 ONIONS, DRY YELLOW MARKED SWEET 2 lb bag 84 2.56 52 2.19 0.37 17 POTATOES ROUND RED 3 lb bag 1616 3.22 12 2.00 1.22 61 POTATOES ROUND RED 5 lb bag 25 5.99 2771 3.07 2.92 95 POTATOES RUSSET 5 lb bag 212 2.72 4870 2.52 0.21 8 POTATOES RUSSET per pound 134 1.48 2058 0.95 0.53 56 POTATOES YELLOW TYPE 3 lb bag 662 3.79 276 5.52 -1.73 -31 POTATOES YELLOW TYPE 5 lb bag 25 5.99 2097 3.07 2.92 95 MEAT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY PRODUCT UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BEEF BNLS NEW YORK STRIP STEAK per pound 23 22.16 4122 9.16 13.00 142 BEEF BNLS TOP SIRLOIN STEAK per pound 12 32.00 544 6.81 25.19 370 BEEF BONE-IN RIBEYE ROAST per pound 1133 8.99 13296 8.53 0.46 5 BEEF GROUND BEEF 80-89% per pound 823 7.03 5734 4.07 2.97 73 BEEF GROUND BEEF 90% OR MORE per pound 11 9.99 2642 6.08 3.91 64 BEEF GROUND CHUCK per pound 1133 5.49 2570 4.07 1.42 35 BEEF TENDERLOIN per pound 1133 17.99 5959 16.52 1.47 9 PORK PKG/SLCD HAM, 1 LB/LESS per pound 54 14.39 7117 5.72 8.66 151 PORK SLICED BACON, 1 LB PKG per pound 236 10.44 27474 6.39 4.05 63 POULTRY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY PRODUCT UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHICKEN BAGGED FRYER per pound 246 3.13 2055 1.22 1.91 157 CHICKEN BNLS/SKNLS BREAST per pound 1478 7.94 405 2.48 5.46 220 CHICKEN BNLS/SKNLS THIGHS per pound 77 5.99 98 2.88 3.11 108 CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS per pound 89 2.79 1352 0.99 1.80 182 CHICKEN THIGHS per pound 77 5.29 1198 1.01 4.28 424 CHICKEN WHOLE WINGS per pound 77 4.99 202 4.01 0.98 24 DAIRY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY PRODUCT UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BUTTER 1 # 214 5.49 15330 3.09 2.40 78 COTTAGE CHEESE 16 oz 214 4.29 6278 2.18 2.11 97 CREAM CHEESE 8 oz 169 2.50 8234 1.63 0.87 53 ICE CREAM 48-64oz 117 5.99 19073 3.29 2.70 82 MILK ALL half gallon 3844 4.35 2558 1.99 2.36 119 MILK ALL gallon 2501 6.26 3225 3.61 2.65 73 SOUR CREAM 16 oz 316 3.41 9118 1.88 1.53 81 YOGURT GREEK 32 oz 446 3.97 7110 4.20 -0.23 -5 YOGURT YOGURT 4-6 oz 147 1.25 3608 0.55 0.70 127 YOGURT YOGURT 32 oz 72 3.99 3426 2.08 1.91 92 Links to Weekly Retail Reports by Commodity: Chicken - http://www.ams.usda.gov/PYMarketNewsReportsChickenRetail Beef - http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lswbfrtl.pdf Dairy - http://www.ams.usda.gov/DairyRetailReport Eggs - http://www.ams.usda.gov/PYMarketNewsReportsEggRetail Fruit/Vegetable - http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvwretail.pdf Lamb - http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lswlnvfeatures.pdf Pork - http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lswporkfeatures.pdf Turkey - http://www.ams.usda.gov/PYMarketNewsReportsTurkeyRetail Explanatory Notes: 1/ Stores/Wtd Avg: the number of advertising outlets and the weighted average 2/ Conventional: Advertised items identified as 'Conventional' 3/ Organic: Advertised items identified as 'Organic' Source: USDA Market News Service, Washington, DC 1200C