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Alfalfa Sprouts Wholesale Prices

USDA Market News · Report date: October 7, 2026

Average
$18.75
per carton of 12 4-oz packages
Range
$17.00–$21.00
lowest to highest quote
Quotes
2
2 U.S. markets
Trend
→ steady
vs. Oct 6
12-Week Trend
+0.0%

As of October 7, 2026, the average for alfalfa sprouts (cartons 12 4-oz packages) was $18.75 per carton of 12 4-oz packages across 2 quotes from 2 U.S. markets, ranging $17.00 to $21.00. Leading origins: Tennessee, None, Florida. Other packs and sizes are priced separately below.

How this price is calculated

The headline is the average of USDA terminal market quotes for alfalfa sprouts in the most commonly quoted pack, cartons 12 4-oz packages (conventional): 2 quotes from 2 U.S. markets in this report. Each quote counts once, at the midpoint of USDA's “mostly” range where one is published, otherwise of its low–high range. The range shown is the lowest and highest price among those same quotes.

Other packs, sizes and organic lots are priced separately in the tables below; nothing is averaged across different packs. Quotes more than three times above or below the typical price for their pack are treated as likely errors, marked † and left out. Reports more than 10 days older than the newest are not used.

The trend compares the same items, meaning the same city, variety, pack, size and origin, with the previous report and takes the median change. Prices are per package as published by USDA AMS Market News.

FSMA 204Alfalfa Sprouts is on the FDA Food Traceability List under Sprouts (fresh). All sprouts are listed. The warm, humid germination conditions that produce them also favor pathogen growth, giving sprouts one of the densest outbreak records on the list. Every buyer, distributor, and receiver in the chain must record the traceability lot code and its source at receipt — compliance is required by July 20, 2028. What buyers need to record →

Terminal Market (Wholesale)

MarketSizeOriginPrice
cartons 12 4-oz packages2 quotes · avg $18.75 · $17.00–$21.00Headline price
Atlanta — Tennessee $19.00–$21.00mostly $20.00
New York — None $17.00–$18.00
cartons2 quotes · avg $19.13 · $18.50–$19.75
Atlanta — Tennessee $18.50–$19.50
Atlanta 12s Tennessee $18.75–$19.75
cartons 12 6-oz packages1 quote · avg $19.00 · $18.00–$20.00
Miami — Florida $18.00–$20.00

Price History

Weekly averages for cartons 12 4-oz packages from USDA reports · Jan 2025 to Oct 2026 · 7% above this week last year

Average Low to high range Same week last year
Alfalfa Sprouts weekly wholesale price history $18.00 $20.00 $22.00 Jan 2025 Jan 2026 Oct 2026

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