Overview
ERS compares prices paid by consumers for food with prices
received by farmers for corresponding commodities. This data set
reports these comparisons for a variety of foods sold through
retail foodstores such as supermarkets and supercenters.
Comparisons are made for individual foods and groupings of
individual foods--market baskets--that represent what a typical
U.S. household buys at retail in a year. The retail costs of these
baskets are compared with the money received by farmers for a
corresponding basket of agricultural commodities.
ERS data on price spreads for meat, pork, poultry, and eggs can
be found in the Meat Price Spreads data product. A
different method is used to calculate monthly price spreads for
beef, pork, broilers, turkeys, and eggs.
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Dairy | Back to top |
Milk and dairy basket | | 11/14/2012 | |
Butter, one pound | | 11/14/2012 | |
Cheddar cheese, one pound | | 11/14/2012 | |
Ice cream, regular, one-half gallon | | 11/14/2012 | |
Whole milk, one gallon | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh fruit | Back to top |
Fresh fruit basket | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh apples | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh grapefruit | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh grapes | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh lemons | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh oranges | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh peaches | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh pears | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh strawberries | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh vegetables | Back to top |
Fresh vegetables basket | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh broccoli | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh lettuce, iceberg | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh potatoes | | 11/14/2012 | |
Fresh tomatoes, field grown | | 11/14/2012 | |
Processed fruit and vegetables | Back to top |
Processed fruits and vegetables | | 3/29/2011 | |
Orange juice, not from concentrate, one gallon | | 11/14/2012 | |
Orange juice, frozen concentrate, one reconstituted gallon | | 11/14/2012 | |
Field crops | Back to top |
Cereals and bakery products | | 4/1/2011 | |
Fats and oils | | 4/1/2011 | |
Flour, white, all purpose, per pound | | 11/14/2012 | |
Margarine, stick, per pound | | 11/14/2012 | |
Sugar, white, per pound | | 11/14/2012 | |