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Tomato prices in the Midwest
On the vine, per lb · USDA-reported store count 20 · week of October 17, 2026
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. Tomatoes, on the vine, per lb, per lb; ads for the week of October 17, 2026. Only 20 store ads reported, so it can swing.
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: “TOMATOES” / “VINE RIPES - ON THE VINE”.
- 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 20. 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 vs US since 2014
Other regions this week
Southeast $1.52 · Northwest $1.71 · South central $1.91 · Southwest $1.99 · Northeast $2.10
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.