Price benchmarks

Lettuce, Romaine prices

Spot prices reported by USDA Market News: FOB shipping point for packed produce, and direct (farm-to-buyer) trades for hay.

7 quotes shown. Low–high is the reported range; "mostly" is where most sales traded (for hay: weighted average).

CommodityType / gradePackage / sizeDistrict / originLow–highMostly / avgUnitReport date
Lettuce, Romaine cartons
24s
Salinas-Watsonville California $30.50–$40.75 $30.50–$33.75 per package Oct 6, 2026
Lettuce, Romaine Hearts cartons 12 3-count packages Salinas-Watsonville California $32.50–$42.75 $32.50–$36.90 per package Oct 6, 2026
Lettuce, Romaine Hearts cartons film lined
48s
Salinas-Watsonville California $35.50–$47.75 $39.55–$42.90 per package Oct 6, 2026
Lettuce, Romaine cartons
24s
Santa Maria California $18.55–$31.85 $22.55–$26.85 per package Oct 6, 2026
Lettuce, Romaine Hearts cartons 12 3-count packages Santa Maria California $22.55–$35.85 $25.85–$28.45 per package Oct 6, 2026
Lettuce, Romaine Organic Organic cartons
24s
South And Central District California $26–$36 $26–$30 per package Oct 6, 2026
Lettuce, Romaine Hearts cartons 12 3-count packages South And Central District California $27–$37 $28–$36 per package Oct 6, 2026

Source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Market News: Specialty Crops shipping-point price reports and Livestock, Poultry & Grain direct hay reports (public PDFs, no API key). Retrieved Oct 7, 2026 12:29 am EDT.

Report index: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/fruit-and-vegetable-shipping-point-market-price-reports. Prices are first-handler spot sales on product of generally good quality as described by USDA; freight is excluded for FOB quotes. For reference only.

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