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Red bell pepper prices in the Midwest

Each · USDA-reported store count 120 · week of October 24, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Midwest
$1.50/pepper
$1.35 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
−6.5%
Oct 3–Oct 24, 2026 vs Oct 4–Oct 25, 2025
vs US average this week
+9.5%
US average $1.37

What this number means: the average advertised sale price in grocery-store weekly ads across the Midwest, not the price at any one store, and not the everyday shelf price. Red bell peppers, each, per pepper; ads for the week of October 24, 2026.

Definition and sources
  • How it's averaged: each advertised price is weighted by the number of stores USDA reports running it. That store count is summed across qualifying ads, so a store running two qualifying ads may count twice.
  • USDA label: “PEPPERS (BELL TYPE)” / “RED”.
  • Data week: ads for the week of October 24, 2026, published by USDA on October 30, 2026. USDA publishes these weekly, on Fridays; this site checks for new reports every 30 minutes.
  • Coverage: USDA-reported store count 120. History since 2014.
  • BLS comparison: we don’t show a closely matching BLS average-price series for this item.
  • Sources: USDA AMS “Weekly Grocery Store Specialty Crops Feature Activity” (report 3324). How we check the data.

The last 52 weeks

Midwest average ad price
$1 $1.25 $1.50 $1.75 $2 10-2512-2702-2104-1105-3007-1809-0510-24

Midwest vs US since 2014

MidwestUS average
$1.20 $1.40 $1.60 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

South central $1.13 · Southeast $1.19 · Northwest $1.23 · Southwest $1.46 · Northeast $1.59

Ad prices are advertised sale prices, averaged across stores by how many stores USDA reports running each price. Store counts aren't independent observations: many stores can share one chain's ad. All groceries in the Midwest · Download weekly prices (CSV) · Report a correction.