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Lettuce, Baby Red Romaine Wholesale Prices

Not in this week's USDA report. Lettuce, Baby Red Romaine isn't currently being reported by USDA Market News — usually a seasonal gap rather than a data problem. The figures below are from the last report that included it, August 21, 2026. See what's reporting now →

USDA Market News · Last reported: August 21, 2026

Average
$21.00
per 2.2 lb carton
Range
$21.00
lowest to highest quote
Quotes
1

When last reported on August 21, 2026, the average for lettuce, baby red romaine (2.2 lb cartons) was $21.00 per 2.2 lb carton across 1 quote. Leading origins: California. Other packs and sizes are priced separately below.

How this price is calculated

The headline is the average of USDA terminal market quotes for lettuce, baby red romaine in the most commonly quoted pack, 2.2 lb cartons (conventional): 1 quote 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 204Lettuce, Baby Red Romaine is on the FDA Food Traceability List under Leafy greens (fresh). Leafy greens are the largest category on the Food Traceability List by volume, and the one most often tied to multistate outbreaks. Receiving these requires capturing the traceability lot code and its source. 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
2.2 lb cartons1 quote · avg $21.00Headline price
— — California $21.00

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avg $31.28/carton · $21.00–$59.00 Lettuce, Red Leaf
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