Peanut Prices (Weekly) Publication

Peanut Prices
ISSN: 1949-1891

Released January 29, 2016, 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 20.4 cents per pound for the week ending
January 23, up 1.3 cents from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending January 23
totaled 56.0 million pounds, up 15.7 million pounds from the previous week.
Runner-type peanut prices averaged 20.2 cents per pound for the week ending January 23, up 1.1 cents from the previous
week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 50.9 million pounds, up 11.1 million pounds from the previous week.

All Peanut Prices – United States
Dollars per pound
0.310

0.270

0.230

0.190
2014-2015
2015-2016

0.150

Week ending

Peanut Prices and Marketings by Type – United States: December 26, 2015-January 23, 2016
Week ending
Item and type

December 26,
2015

January 2,
2016

January 9,
2016

January 16,
2016

January 23,
2016

(dollars per pound)

(dollars per pound)

(dollars per pound)

(dollars per pound)

(dollars per pound)

Average price
Runner ......................
Spanish .....................
Valencia ....................
Virginia ......................

0.192
0.222
(X)
0.192

0.178
(X)
(X)
0.065

0.174
(X)
(X)
0.193

0.191
0.075
(X)
0.209

0.202
(X)
(X)
0.220

All .............................

0.193

0.176

0.175

0.191

0.204

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

Marketings 1
Runner ......................
Spanish .....................
Valencia ....................
Virginia ......................

40,821
819
420

10,392
222

13,634
1,342

39,787
5
458

50,875
5,083

All .............................

42,060

10,614

14,976

40,250

55,958

- Represents zero.
(X) Not applicable.
1
Quantity purchased from farmers.

Runner-Type Peanut Prices – United States
Dollars per pound

0.340
0.300
0.260
0.220
0.180
2014-2015
2015-2016

0.140

Week ending

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Peanut Prices (January 2016)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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.
Reliability: The peanut price survey is subject to non-sampling errors such as omission, duplication, imputation for
missing data, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors cannot be measured directly, but
are minimized through rigid quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for
consistency and reasonableness.

Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact
for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch ....................................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Anthony Prillaman, Head, Field Crops Section .................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Angie Considine – Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum ................................................................... (202) 720-5944
Tony Dahlman – Oats, Soybeans ..................................................................................................... (202) 690-3234
Chris Hawthorn – Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet .............................................................................. (202) 720-9526
James Johanson – County Estimates, Hay ....................................................................................... (202) 690-8533
Scott Matthews – Crop Weather, Barley.......................................................................................... (202) 720-7621
Jean Porter – Rye, Wheat ................................................................................................................. (202) 720-8068
Bianca Pruneda – Peanuts, Rice ....................................................................................................... (202) 720-7688
Travis Thorson – Sunflower, Other Oilseeds ................................................................................... (202) 720-7369

Peanut Prices (January 2016)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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