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Cantaloupe prices in the Midwest

Each · USDA-reported store count 126 · week of October 24, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Midwest
$3.65/melon
no report for the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
+16.4%
Oct 3–Oct 24, 2026 vs Oct 4–Oct 25, 2025
vs US average this week
+13.4%
US average $3.22

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. Cantaloupes, each, per melon; 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: “CANTALOUPES”.
  • 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 126. 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
$3 $4 10-2512-2702-1404-0405-2307-1108-2910-24

Midwest vs US since 2014

MidwestUS average
$2 $3 $4 2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

Southeast $3.12 · Northeast $3.50

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.