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 | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Fresh apples | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Fresh grapefruit | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Fresh grapes | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Fresh lemons | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Fresh oranges | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Fresh peaches | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Fresh pears | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Fresh strawberries | | 3/20/2013 | |
| 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 | | 3/20/2013 | |
| Margarine, stick, per pound | | 11/14/2012 | |
| Sugar, white, per pound | | 11/14/2012 | |