Peanut Prices ISSN: 1949-1891 Released August 26, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Peanut Price Highlights Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 23.6 cents per pound for the week ending August 20, up 0.5 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending August 20 totaled 45.0 million pounds, down 23.9 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 22.7 cents per pound for the week ending August 20, down 0.1 cent from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 33.5 million pounds, down 25.8 million pounds from the previous week. Peanut Prices and Marketings by Type - United States: July 23, 2011-August 20, 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week ending Item and type:-------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 23, : July 30, : August 6, : August 13, : August 20, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : dollars per pound : Average price : Runners ......: 0.241 0.233 0.223 0.228 0.227 Spanish ......: (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Valencias ....: (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Virginias ....: 0.262 0.255 0.283 0.253 0.261 : All ..........: 0.246 0.236 0.229 0.231 0.236 : : 1,000 pounds : Marketings 1/ : Runners ......: 58,054 52,864 50,642 59,229 33,470 Spanish ......: - - - - - Valencias ....: - - - - - Virginias ....: 20,519 8,790 5,036 9,712 11,533 : All ..........: 78,573 61,654 55,678 68,941 45,003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 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Peanut Prices by Type and Week - United States: 2010-2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Average price :----------------------------------------------------------- Week ending : Runners : Spanish : Valencias : Virginias : All -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : dollars per pound : August 7, 2010 .....: 0.196 (D) (D) 0.222 0.203 August 14, 2010 ....: 0.200 (X) (X) 0.256 0.216 August 21, 2010 ....: 0.200 (X) (X) 0.241 0.204 August 28, 2010 ....: 0.204 (X) (X) 0.229 0.209 : September 4, 2010 ..: 0.202 0.239 (X) 0.247 0.205 September 11, 2010 .: (D) 0.249 (X) (D) 0.194 September 18, 2010 .: 0.190 0.249 (X) 0.224 0.208 September 25, 2010 .: 0.193 0.239 (X) 0.220 0.196 : October 2, 2010 ....: 0.195 (D) (D) 0.231 0.197 October 9, 2010 ....: 0.183 0.268 0.444 0.260 0.229 October 16, 2010 ...: 0.185 0.270 0.471 0.258 0.218 October 23, 2010 ...: 0.196 (D) (D) 0.251 0.215 October 30, 2010 ...: 0.209 0.251 (X) 0.221 0.212 : November 6, 2010 ...: 0.205 (D) (D) 0.254 0.227 November 13, 2010 ..: 0.205 (D) (D) 0.253 0.224 November 20, 2010 ..: 0.200 0.255 (X) 0.263 0.219 November 27, 2010 ..: 0.215 (D) (D) 0.269 0.225 : December 4, 2010 ...: 0.217 0.248 (X) 0.262 0.223 December 11, 2010 ..: 0.213 (D) (D) 0.253 0.226 December 18, 2010 ..: 0.207 (D) (D) 0.254 0.263 December 25, 2010 ..: 0.230 (D) (D) 0.253 0.232 : January 1, 2011 ....: 0.243 (D) (D) 0.261 0.244 January 8, 2011 ....: 0.214 0.240 (X) 0.254 0.228 January 15, 2011 ...: 0.233 (D) (D) 0.244 0.235 January 22, 2011 ...: 0.216 0.355 (D) (D) 0.229 January 29, 2011 ...: 0.218 0.269 (D) (D) 0.226 : February 5, 2011 ...: 0.226 (X) (D) (D) 0.236 February 12, 2011 ..: 0.226 0.245 (X) 0.259 0.229 February 19, 2011 ..: 0.238 (D) (D) 0.260 0.243 February 26, 2011 ..: 0.229 (D) (D) 0.265 0.232 : March 5, 2011 ......: 0.222 (D) (D) 0.259 0.231 March 12, 2011 .....: 0.226 (D) (D) 0.270 0.240 March 19, 2011 .....: 0.223 (D) (D) 0.260 0.231 March 26, 2011 .....: 0.226 (D) (D) 0.257 0.234 : April 2, 2011 ......: 0.233 (X) (X) 0.257 0.237 April 9, 2011 ......: 0.226 0.251 (X) 0.267 0.231 April 16, 2011 .....: 0.207 (D) (D) 0.251 0.223 April 23, 2011 .....: 0.226 (D) (D) 0.248 0.242 : April 30, 2011 .....: 0.226 (X) (X) 0.256 0.229 May 7, 2011 ........: 0.217 (X) (X) 0.257 0.222 May 14, 2011 .......: 0.224 (X) (X) 0.252 0.227 May 21, 2011 .......: 0.226 (X) (X) 0.270 0.232 May 28, 2011 .......: 0.231 (D) (D) 0.245 0.234 : June 4, 2011 .......: 0.225 (D) (D) 0.256 0.228 June 11, 2011 ......: 0.230 0.248 (X) 0.257 0.237 June 18, 2011 ......: 0.222 0.297 (X) 0.254 0.223 June 25, 2011 ......: 0.226 (X) (X) 0.258 0.235 : July 2, 2011 .......: 0.235 (D) (D) 0.266 0.241 July 9, 2011 .......: 0.226 0.321 (X) 0.256 0.233 July 16, 2011 ......: 0.233 0.270 (X) 0.259 0.241 July 23, 2011 ......: 0.241 (X) (X) 0.262 0.246 July 30, 2011 ......: 0.233 (X) (X) 0.255 0.236 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. Peanut Marketings by Type and Week - United States: 2010-2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Marketings 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------- Week ending : Runners : Spanish : Valencias : Virginias : All -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : August 7, 2010 .....: 45,669 (D) (D) 7,453 54,609 August 14, 2010 ....: 41,359 - - 16,406 57,765 August 21, 2010 ....: 69,622 - - 7,238 76,860 August 28, 2010 ....: 60,637 - - 15,169 75,806 : September 4, 2010 ..: 200,722 730 - 14,087 215,539 September 11, 2010 .: (D) 933 - (D) 11,251 September 18, 2010 .: 7,103 501 - 6,606 14,210 September 25, 2010 .: 56,015 406 - 5,484 61,905 : October 2, 2010 ....: 209,488 (D) (D) 9,846 221,485 October 9, 2010 ....: 28,561 8,600 3,037 11,227 51,425 October 16, 2010 ...: 60,799 9,387 3,600 15,915 89,701 October 23, 2010 ...: 57,866 (D) (D) 14,131 80,182 October 30, 2010 ...: 64,721 4,365 - 5,443 74,529 : November 6, 2010 ...: 37,515 (D) (D) 18,133 59,687 November 13, 2010 ..: 58,492 (D) (D) 29,185 90,072 November 20, 2010 ..: 43,785 311 - 18,396 62,492 November 27, 2010 ..: 31,397 (D) (D) 6,555 38,692 : December 4, 2010 ...: 54,072 1,498 - 7,228 62,798 December 11, 2010 ..: 47,460 (D) (D) 21,710 70,978 December 18, 2010 ..: 37,967 (D) (D) 28,817 79,379 December 25, 2010 ..: 37,565 (D) (D) 2,976 40,656 : January 1, 2011 ....: 24,684 (D) (D) 1,804 26,530 January 8, 2011 ....: 32,651 198 - 16,777 49,626 January 15, 2011 ...: 40,535 (D) (D) 2,727 45,399 January 22, 2011 ...: 48,551 1,978 (D) (D) 55,724 January 29, 2011 ...: 56,586 3,094 (D) (D) 65,113 : February 5, 2011 ...: 37,003 - (D) (D) 46,276 February 12, 2011 ..: 79,065 3,479 - 5,415 87,959 February 19, 2011 ..: 81,514 (D) (D) 13,526 101,005 February 26, 2011 ..: 71,264 (D) (D) 5,195 77,471 : March 5, 2011 ......: 76,092 (D) (D) 21,881 100,009 March 12, 2011 .....: 72,938 (D) (D) 11,093 86,637 March 19, 2011 .....: 100,915 (D) (D) 16,222 118,836 March 26, 2011 .....: 57,695 (D) (D) 17,257 76,457 : April 2, 2011 ......: 71,246 - - 13,086 84,332 April 9, 2011 ......: 156,561 12,125 - 15,056 183,742 April 16, 2011 .....: 28,208 (D) (D) 6,228 38,728 April 23, 2011 .....: 15,779 (D) (D) 4,498 22,295 : April 30, 2011 .....: 86,855 - - 11,332 98,187 May 7, 2011 ........: 44,139 - - 6,804 50,943 May 14, 2011 .......: 104,737 - - 12,081 116,818 May 21, 2011 .......: 50,949 - - 7,640 58,589 May 28, 2011 .......: 37,741 (D) (D) 1,742 44,102 : June 4, 2011 .......: 80,490 (D) (D) 6,352 87,650 June 11, 2011 ......: 33,595 2,907 - 10,682 47,184 June 18, 2011 ......: 73,408 32 - 3,375 76,815 June 25, 2011 ......: 77,388 - - 29,998 107,386 : July 2, 2011 .......: 57,697 (D) (D) 12,765 71,602 July 9, 2011 .......: 102,862 6,015 - 10,215 119,092 July 16, 2011 ......: 30,747 3,051 - 9,077 42,875 July 23, 2011 ......: 58,054 - - 20,519 78,573 July 30, 2011 ......: 52,864 - - 8,790 61,654 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ Quantity purchased from farmers. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Price and marketing information included in this report is provided the beginning of each week by first buyers of farmer stock peanuts. Each week, respondents are asked to report total pounds purchased (marketings) from farmers and total dollars paid, by type (Runners, Spanish, Valencias, and Virginias), for the previous week. The reported data are to include all qualities and grades and exclude peanuts used for seed. Data are collected by telephone, fax, and internet each week for the previous week. The peanut price survey is an enumeration of all known first buyers of farmer stock peanuts from growers. Every effort is made to obtain a report from all buyers. Estimating Procedures: Since a complete report is not received from all buyers each week, the reported quantities purchased and total dollars paid for each type are expanded to account for non-response. These expanded data are then used to calculate the weighted average price for each type. Estimates of price and marketings are prepared by the Agricultural Statistics Board and reviewed for reasonableness with recent historic estimates and between the different peanut types. Revision Policy: Price and marketing estimates for the prior three weeks are subject to revision based on late reports. At the end of the marketing year, all buyers will have an opportunity to update or provide any late data for any week during the marketing year. After this data is incorporated with previously reported data, revised weekly estimates will be published for the entire marketing year. 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