WA_LO101 Washington, DC Tue Mar 23, 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 03/19 thru 03/25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRUIT / VEGETABLES LIVESTOCK POULTRY DAIRY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outlets 29,200 29,200 29,200 23,100 Total Ads 304,163 201,710 151,208 78,181 Organic Items in Ads (2/) 48,160 ( 15.83%) 620 ( 0.31%) 3,996 ( 2.64%) 4,648 ( 5.95%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AMS Weekly Retail Organic Price Comparison Report ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FRUITS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY VARIETY UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPLES FUJI 3 lb bag 53 5.99 1462 2.98 3.01 101 APPLES FUJI per pound 485 1.61 4394 1.37 0.25 18 APPLES GALA 3 lb bag 1616 3.65 836 3.02 0.63 21 APPLES GALA per pound 364 1.75 2693 1.26 0.49 39 APPLES GRANNY SMITH 2 lb bag 278 4.91 24 4.99 -0.08 -2 APPLES GRANNY SMITH per pound 375 1.99 1044 1.40 0.60 43 APPLES HONEYCRISP per pound 508 3.46 3286 2.32 1.14 49 APPLES PINK LADY/CRIPPS PINK per pound 279 1.99 837 1.29 0.70 54 APPLES, PROCESSED JUICE 64 oz (1/2 gallon) 285 2.65 4249 2.03 0.62 31 AVOCADOS HASS each 2699 1.43 10416 1.06 0.37 35 BANANAS per pound 632 0.78 693 0.51 0.28 55 BLUEBERRIES 1 pint package 123 4.02 1465 2.63 1.39 53 BLUEBERRIES 6 oz package 414 3.95 1282 2.78 1.18 42 CLEMENTINES 2 lb bag 321 4.79 280 3.32 1.48 44 CLEMENTINES 3 lb bag 231 4.10 2497 4.67 -0.57 -12 GRAPEFRUIT RED each 65 1.81 772 0.98 0.83 85 GRAPEFRUIT RED per pound 53 1.99 53 1.39 0.60 43 GRAPES WHITE SEEDLESS TYPE per pound 8 4.99 960 3.05 1.94 64 KIWIFRUIT HAYWARD 1 lb bag 526 3.79 390 2.00 1.79 90 KIWIFRUIT HAYWARD each 59 0.79 327 0.46 0.33 71 LEMONS 2 lb bag 1629 3.99 1144 3.46 0.53 15 LEMONS each 103 0.73 2166 0.65 0.08 12 MANGOES each 388 1.61 5769 0.94 0.66 70 MISC BERRIES BLACKBERRIES 5.6 - 6 oz package 399 3.93 2277 2.40 1.53 64 ORANGES NAVEL 3 lb bag 1199 4.97 1211 3.61 1.36 38 ORANGES NAVEL 4 lb bag 1752 4.03 2885 3.06 0.97 32 ORANGES NAVEL each 452 1.35 2881 0.82 0.53 65 ORANGES NAVEL per pound 933 1.60 1867 1.06 0.55 52 ORANGES VALENCIA 4 lb bag 99 2.50 110 3.86 -1.36 -35 PAPAYA MARADOL/TAINUNG TYPES per pound 53 2.24 1313 0.90 1.34 149 PEARS BARTLETT per pound 494 1.85 1717 1.42 0.43 30 PEARS D'ANJOU per pound 68 2.07 1066 1.48 0.59 39 PINEAPPLES each 72 5.99 3763 2.33 3.66 157 PINEAPPLES per pound 42 0.99 360 0.63 0.36 56 RASPBERRIES RED 6 oz package 743 4.16 2334 2.76 1.39 50 STRAWBERRIES 1 lb package 1678 4.17 8209 2.53 1.65 65 STRAWBERRIES 2 lb package 615 4.01 1123 4.84 -0.83 -17 TANGELOS per pound 212 1.49 354 0.96 0.53 55 TANGERINES 2 lb bag 2960 4.49 1690 2.88 1.61 56 TANGERINES 3 lb bag 279 3.99 4868 4.25 -0.26 -6 TANGERINES per pound 206 1.49 1398 2.87 -1.38 -48 VEGETABLES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY VARIETY UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASPARAGUS GREEN per pound 575 3.27 8115 1.89 1.38 73 BEANS ROUND GREEN TYPE per pound 8 1.99 1990 1.71 0.28 17 BEETS per bunch 131 3.46 48 2.50 0.96 38 BROCCOLI per bunch 645 2.72 183 2.23 0.49 22 BROCCOLI per pound 40 2.20 127 2.31 -0.11 -5 BROCCOLI CROWN CUT per pound 60 2.56 2992 1.58 0.97 61 BRUSSELS SPROUTS per pound 114 3.10 756 1.60 1.50 94 CABBAGE ROUND GREEN TYPE per pound 9 0.98 3067 0.54 0.44 82 CARROTS 1 lb bag 48 1.27 64 1.07 0.20 19 CARROTS 2 lb bag 352 2.77 490 1.19 1.58 132 CARROTS per bunch 113 2.06 6 1.50 0.56 38 CARROTS per pound 111 1.29 269 0.58 0.71 124 CARROTS BABY PEELED 1 lb bag 2685 1.63 4712 1.19 0.44 37 CAULIFLOWER each 426 2.71 1407 2.83 -0.13 -4 CELERY each 639 2.13 867 1.30 0.83 64 CELERY HEARTS each 231 2.95 521 2.48 0.47 19 CILANTRO per bunch 27 1.11 712 0.53 0.58 110 CUCUMBERS each 75 1.67 1903 0.74 0.93 125 GREENS KALE per bunch 892 1.97 92 0.91 1.06 118 LETTUCE, ICEBERG each 72 2.50 1880 1.14 1.36 119 LETTUCE, OTHER BOSTON each 26 2.00 9 0.99 1.01 102 LETTUCE, ROMAINE HEARTS 3 count package 832 3.49 2101 3.05 0.44 14 MUSHROOMS PORTOBELLA 8 oz package 217 2.96 1521 2.07 0.89 43 MUSHROOMS WHITE 8 oz package 662 2.60 3158 1.82 0.79 43 ONIONS GREEN per bunch 298 1.02 1109 0.66 0.37 56 PEPPERS, BELL TYPE GREEN each 9 0.79 2116 0.78 0.01 1 PEPPERS, BELL TYPE ORANGE each 177 1.67 3643 1.16 0.51 44 PEPPERS, BELL TYPE ORANGE per pound 15 4.59 445 1.29 3.30 255 PEPPERS, BELL TYPE RED each 195 1.75 4076 1.15 0.60 52 PEPPERS, BELL TYPE RED per pound 34 4.25 782 1.61 2.64 164 PEPPERS, BELL TYPE YELLOW each 177 1.67 3643 1.16 0.51 44 PEPPERS, BELL TYPE YELLOW per pound 23 4.38 445 1.29 3.09 239 PEPPERS, OTHER MIXED MINI SWEET TYPES 1 lb package 177 3.00 511 3.06 -0.06 -2 RADISHES per bunch 7 2.00 762 0.64 1.36 214 SALAD MIXED TYPES 1 lb bag 543 5.02 7 1.99 3.03 152 SALAD MIXED TYPES 10 - 12 oz package 154 4.58 2781 2.56 2.02 79 SALAD MIXED TYPES 5 - 9 oz package 2086 3.17 4846 2.34 0.82 35 SPINACH per bunch 1 1.67 87 0.89 0.78 87 SPINACH FLAT, BABY TYPE 10 oz package 56 4.45 18 2.27 2.17 96 SPINACH FLAT, BABY TYPE 5 - 6 oz package 46 2.95 259 2.01 0.94 47 SQUASH BUTTERNUT per pound 80 0.99 403 0.94 0.05 6 SQUASH YELLOW CROOKNECK/STRAIGHTNECK per pound 841 1.78 2646 1.30 0.48 37 SQUASH ZUCCHINI per pound 1845 1.97 4071 1.37 0.60 44 SWEET POTATOES per pound 158 1.60 1532 0.96 0.64 66 TOMATOES per pound 1 3.48 2007 1.19 2.29 192 TOMATOES VINE RIPES, ON THE VINE-GREENHOUSE per pound 283 3.86 4156 1.74 2.12 121 TOMATOES, CHERRY 1 pint package 41 1.45 71 2.27 -0.83 -36 TOMATOES, GRAPE TYPE 1 pint package 2108 2.82 3505 1.85 0.97 52 TOMATOES, GRAPE TYPE 10 oz package 212 3.26 867 2.85 0.42 15 ONIONS AND POTATOES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY VARIETY UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ONIONS, DRY RED 2 lb bag 221 2.72 12 1.50 1.22 81 ONIONS, DRY RED per pound 8 1.69 1043 0.90 0.79 87 ONIONS, DRY WHITE per pound 29 1.45 1223 0.75 0.70 94 ONIONS, DRY YELLOW 3 lb bag 358 4.57 3455 2.38 2.20 92 ONIONS, DRY YELLOW per pound 9 1.60 567 0.71 0.90 127 ONIONS, DRY YELLOW MARKED SWEET 2 lb bag 116 3.49 191 0.99 2.50 253 POTATOES ROUND RED 3 lb bag 666 3.30 635 2.60 0.70 27 POTATOES ROUND RED per pound 1 0.89 1023 1.03 -0.14 -13 POTATOES RUSSET 3 lb bag 473 3.46 137 1.56 1.90 122 POTATOES RUSSET 5 lb bag 188 3.00 2411 2.22 0.79 36 POTATOES YELLOW TYPE 3 lb bag 411 3.49 322 4.99 -1.50 -30 POTATOES YELLOW TYPE per pound 111 1.49 412 1.01 0.48 48 MEAT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY PRODUCT UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BEEF BNLS RIBEYE ROAST per pound 12 20.99 21 2.99 18.00 602 BEEF GROUND BEEF 80-89% per pound 468 7.44 6564 3.80 3.64 96 BEEF GROUND BEEF 90% OR MORE per pound 91 7.54 3040 5.15 2.39 46 PORK CANADIAN BACON per pound 12 18.26 56 9.57 8.69 91 PORK DELI HAM per pound 12 17.31 10065 6.03 11.28 187 PORK PKG/SLCD HAM, 1 LB/LESS per pound 21 5.69 16433 6.04 -0.35 -6 PORK SLICED BACON, 1 LB PKG per pound 12 13.32 15398 4.80 8.52 178 POULTRY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY PRODUCT UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHICKEN BAGGED FRYER per pound 909 2.85 793 1.19 1.66 139 CHICKEN BNLS/SKNLS BREAST per pound 1903 7.47 3589 2.46 5.01 204 CHICKEN BNLS/SKNLS THIGHS per pound 170 5.99 1252 2.29 3.70 162 CHICKEN BREAST TENDERS per pound 119 7.99 145 3.04 4.95 163 CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS per pound 31 2.99 1146 1.00 1.99 199 CHICKEN THIGHS per pound 77 5.29 954 1.01 4.28 424 EGGS GRADE A BROWN LARGE 1 DOZEN 787 3.84 103 1.99 1.85 93 DAIRY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIC CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC COMMODITY PRODUCT UNIT STORES WTD AV STORES WTD AV $PREMIUM %PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BUTTER 1 # 214 4.77 5958 2.78 1.99 72 CHEESE NATURAL 8 oz shred 599 3.40 14782 2.48 0.92 37 COTTAGE CHEESE 16 oz 335 3.93 1288 2.11 1.82 86 CREAM CHEESE 8 oz 214 2.50 4178 1.79 0.71 40 ICE CREAM 48-64oz 189 5.99 14580 2.95 3.04 103 MILK ALL half gallon 1836 3.15 800 1.11 2.04 184 MILK ALL gallon 375 5.72 439 2.14 3.58 167 SOUR CREAM 16 oz 335 2.38 3098 1.75 0.63 36 YOGURT GREEK 32 oz 62 3.99 1043 4.20 -0.21 -5 YOGURT YOGURT 32 oz 489 3.42 1266 2.62 0.80 31 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