Tomatoes (Field Grown)

The most recent national average price of tomatoes (field grown) tracked by Basket Index is $2.49 per lb. This figure is sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and updated monthly.

Over the past 12 months, the price of tomatoes (field grown) is 38.8% more than it was a year ago, and it moved 7.4% down from the previous month.

In the time period Basket Index tracks, the historical high was $2.69 per lb in April 2026, and the historical low was $1.71 per lb in May 2025.

Tomatoes (field grown) price data comes directly from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. We publish the source series ID on the Methodology page so every figure can be reproduced from the original government dataset.

A scheduled job pulls the latest observation from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics once per day. Monthly observations are published with a short publication lag from the source. See /item/tomatoes for the most recent figure.