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Watercress Wholesale Prices

USDA Market News · Report date: October 7, 2026

Average
$22.61
per carton bunched
Range
$12.00–$29.00
lowest to highest quote
Quotes
9
6 U.S. markets
Trend
→ steady
vs. Oct 6, same items
12-Week Trend
+1.7%

As of October 7, 2026, the average for watercress (cartons bunched) was $22.61 per carton bunched across 9 quotes from 6 U.S. markets, ranging $12.00 to $29.00. Leading origins: Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia. Other packs and sizes are priced separately below.

How this price is calculated

The headline is the average of USDA terminal market quotes for watercress in the most commonly quoted pack, cartons bunched (conventional): 9 quotes from 6 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 (9 items matched). Prices are per package as published by USDA AMS Market News.

FSMA 204Watercress 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
cartons bunched9 quotes · avg $22.61 · $12.00–$29.00Headline price
Atlanta 12s Alabama $12.00–$14.00
Atlanta 12s Florida $12.00–$14.00
Atlanta 24s Alabama $23.25–$25.25
Atlanta 24s Florida $23.25–$25.25
Chicago 24s Florida $24.00–$26.00
Los Angeles 24s Florida $29.00
Miami 24s — $23.00–$24.00
New York 24s Tennessee $25.00–$27.00
Philadelphia 24s West Virginia $25.00–$26.00

Price History

Weekly averages for cartons bunched from USDA reports · Jan 2025 to Oct 2026 · 11% above this week last year

Average Low to high range Same week last year
Watercress weekly wholesale price history $10.00 $20.00 $30.00 $40.00 Jan 2025 Jan 2026 Oct 2026

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