Cr Pr 4-1 (8-09) Peanut Prices National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 28, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Peanut Prices" call Anthony Prillaman at (202) 720-7688, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Peanut Price Highlights Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 23.0 cents per pound for the week ending August 22. The price per pound decreased 0.5 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending August 22 totaled 216 million pounds, down 50.3 million pounds from the previous week. The average price of Runner type peanuts was 22.9 cents per pound for the week ending August 22, up 1.0 cent from the previous week. Marketings of Runner type peanuts were 211 million pounds, up 17.1 million pounds from the previous week. Peanuts: Prices and Marketings by Type and Week, United States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : Week Ending and :--------------------------------------------------------------- Type : Aug 22, : Aug 15, : Aug 8, : Aug 1, : Jul 25, : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Pound : Average Price : : Runners : 0.229 0.219 0.213 0.231 0.214 Spanish : 0.164 0.170 * Valencias : * * Virginias : * 0.279 0.238 0.235 0.263 : All : 0.230 0.235 0.219 0.232 0.226 : : 1,000 Pounds : Marketings 1/ : : Runners : 210,634 193,502 28,796 268,744 69,992 Spanish : 1,748 725 0 0 * Valencias : * 0 0 0 * Virginias : * 71,617 7,569 8,686 22,349 : All : 215,509 265,844 36,365 277,430 92,594 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Quantity purchased from farmers. 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Peanuts: Prices and Marketings by Type and Week, United States, Marketing Year 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Average Price :----------------------------------------------------------- Week Ending : Runners : Spanish : Valencias : Virginias : All -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Pound : August 2, 2008 : 0.250 * * 0.242 0.244 August 9, 2008 : 0.183 * * 0.206 0.187 August 16, 2008 : * * 0.201 0.212 August 23, 2008 : 0.171 0.197 0.179 August 30, 2008 : 0.173 * * 0.177 : September 6, 2008 : 0.173 0.173 September 13, 2008 : 0.181 0.170 0.179 September 20, 2008 : 0.212 0.212 September 27, 2008 : 0.229 0.266 0.234 : October 4, 2008 : 0.203 0.177 0.189 0.201 October 11, 2008 : 0.187 0.174 0.195 0.189 October 18, 2008 : 0.206 * * 0.188 0.203 October 25, 2008 : 0.208 * * 0.218 0.211 : November 1, 2008 : 0.221 * * 0.208 0.214 November 8, 2008 : 0.197 * * 0.220 0.201 November 15, 2008 : 0.211 * * 0.240 0.220 November 22, 2008 : 0.209 * * 0.190 0.207 November 29, 2008 : 0.186 * * 0.240 0.189 : December 6, 2008 : 0.200 0.206 0.225 0.212 December 13, 2008 : 0.229 * * 0.219 0.227 December 20, 2008 : 0.203 * * 0.273 0.210 December 27, 2008 : 0.239 * * 0.271 0.245 : January 3, 2009 : 0.221 * * 0.243 0.240 January 10, 2009 : 0.234 * * 0.256 0.238 January 17, 2009 : 0.233 * * 0.279 0.242 January 24, 2009 : 0.232 * * 0.236 January 31, 2009 : 0.236 * * 0.289 0.247 : February 7, 2009 : 0.244 * * 0.280 0.252 February 14, 2009 : 0.237 * * 0.295 0.256 February 21, 2009 : 0.242 * * 0.302 0.254 February 28, 2009 : 0.241 * * 0.300 0.249 : March 7, 2009 : 0.246 * * 0.294 0.261 March 14, 2009 : 0.247 0.304 0.254 March 21, 2009 : 0.243 0.243 0.316 0.299 0.252 March 28, 2009 : 0.245 * * 0.295 0.257 : April 4, 2009 : 0.241 * * 0.303 0.249 April 11, 2009 : 0.242 * * 0.296 0.266 April 18, 2009 : 0.236 * * 0.289 0.250 April 25, 2009 : 0.242 * * 0.277 0.251 : May 2, 2009 : 0.236 * * 0.292 0.250 May 9, 2009 : 0.239 * * 0.288 0.243 May 16, 2009 : 0.245 * * 0.288 0.248 May 23, 2009 : 0.243 * * 0.301 0.247 May 30, 2009 : 0.248 * * 0.302 0.255 : June 6, 2009 : 0.241 * * 0.300 0.247 June 13, 2009 : 0.236 * * 0.298 0.247 June 20, 2009 : 0.246 * * 0.299 0.253 June 27, 2009 : 0.237 * * 0.292 0.246 : July 4, 2009 : 0.240 * * 0.290 0.244 July 11, 2009 : 0.242 * * 0.278 0.253 July 18, 2009 : 0.236 0.272 0.246 July 25, 2009 : 0.214 * * 0.263 0.226 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Peanuts: Prices and Marketings by Type and Week, United States, Marketing Year 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Marketings 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------- Week Ending : Runners : Spanish : Valencias : Virginias : All -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : August 2, 2008 : 26,032 * * 11,456 38,938 August 9, 2008 : 39,348 * * 10,553 52,377 August 16, 2008 : * * 0 2,667 9,450 August 23, 2008 : 24,572 0 0 11,556 36,128 August 30, 2008 : 47,054 * 0 * 50,380 : September 6, 2008 : 7,843 0 0 0 7,843 September 13, 2008 : 28,099 0 0 6,626 34,725 September 20, 2008 : 34,713 0 0 0 34,713 September 27, 2008 : 83,278 0 0 12,124 95,402 : October 4, 2008 : 86,337 2,523 0 11,404 100,264 October 11, 2008 : 47,658 395 0 14,709 62,762 October 18, 2008 : 46,099 * * 21,478 70,501 October 25, 2008 : 58,284 * * 33,279 92,727 : November 1, 2008 : 70,812 * * 24,538 106,265 November 8, 2008 : 94,694 * * 18,234 117,236 November 15, 2008 : 59,239 * * 20,411 86,207 November 22, 2008 : 86,955 * * 12,150 108,700 November 29, 2008 : 108,731 * * 6,572 118,515 : December 6, 2008 : 22,062 8,106 0 24,811 54,979 December 13, 2008 : 20,359 * * 4,652 25,195 December 20, 2008 : 60,396 * * 7,994 69,103 December 27, 2008 : 26,737 * * 6,162 32,928 : January 3, 2009 : 7,448 * * 8,231 17,531 January 10, 2009 : 37,046 * * 9,062 49,547 January 17, 2009 : 74,260 * * 18,964 96,599 January 24, 2009 : 35,870 * 0 * 38,309 January 31, 2009 : 75,672 * * 19,801 95,527 : February 7, 2009 : 63,801 * * 19,531 84,958 February 14, 2009 : 53,992 * * 20,377 78,163 February 21, 2009 : 58,092 * * 8,492 72,217 February 28, 2009 : 58,506 * * 9,555 68,174 : March 7, 2009 : 50,366 * * 23,064 74,598 March 14, 2009 : 93,568 0 0 12,774 106,342 March 21, 2009 : 44,686 26 3,061 4,051 51,824 March 28, 2009 : 39,567 * * 13,902 58,965 : April 4, 2009 : 61,837 * * 5,672 78,133 April 11, 2009 : 39,175 * * 31,543 75,811 April 18, 2009 : 29,727 * * 8,846 41,952 April 25, 2009 : 73,442 * * 24,996 99,858 : May 2, 2009 : 56,235 * * 18,034 76,072 May 9, 2009 : 64,172 * * 5,856 71,447 May 16, 2009 : 63,552 * * 6,678 73,465 May 23, 2009 : 73,270 * * 8,324 86,692 May 30, 2009 : 65,297 * * 5,788 75,346 : June 6, 2009 : 66,059 * * 3,748 76,216 June 13, 2009 : 58,132 * * 10,058 69,891 June 20, 2009 : 48,340 * * 5,520 59,410 June 27, 2009 : 47,425 * * 5,068 54,196 : July 4, 2009 : 57,698 * * 5,022 64,021 July 11, 2009 : 36,468 * * 15,455 52,198 July 18, 2009 : 62,227 0 0 23,648 85,875 July 25, 2009 : 69,992 * * 22,349 92,594 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Quantity purchased from farmers. 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