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Pumpkin prices in the Midwest

Carving pumpkin, each · USDA-reported store count 1,118 · week of October 17, 2026

Average advertised sale price, Midwest
$5.06/pumpkin
$5.65 the week before
Last 4 weeks vs a year earlier
−0.7%
Sep 26–Oct 17, 2026 vs Sep 27–Oct 18, 2025
vs US average this week
−13.5%
US average $5.85

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. Pumpkins, carving pumpkin, each, per pumpkin; ads for the week of October 17, 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: “PUMPKINS” / “MARKED LARGE”.
  • Data week: ads for the week of October 17, 2026, published by USDA on October 23, 2026. USDA publishes these weekly, on Fridays; this site checks for new reports every 30 minutes.
  • Coverage: USDA-reported store count 1,118. 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
$4.50 $5 $5.50 10-1809-0509-1910-0310-17

Midwest vs US since 2014

MidwestUS average
$3 $4 $5 $6 $7 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other regions this week

South central $4.51 · Southwest $5.33 · Northeast $6.06 · Northwest $6.36 · Southeast $6.54

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.