I picked up a bushel this morning and was in shock at the price
But I need them for jam for my property owners and friends and family

What are they in your area?

$65 a bushel. Bought some that were getting a little soft for $24 a bushel. They made some awesome jam.

Buy number 2. ‘s

Today, peaches at Mt. Hope in Ohio were $20.00 to $28.00 a bushel, with an average of $24.00 a bushel. The prices you guys paid are nuts. Go further down the supply chain.

Just go to a produce auction. Don't pay retail.

Keith

Keith I bought mine at the orchard.

Don't. Go to the produce auctions instead. You paid high retail at a high end orchard. Maybe they had a bad year, but not everyone else did.

Keith

Thoughts like these are why farmers are having a tough time selling anything any more !!

That just happens to be exactly where I was on Saturday and they had no problem paying 35.00 a HALF bushel.

Plant ya some peach trees if you think you’re paying too much. Everything’s high, including the costs to grow good food.

Wait until these beef prices settle out at the retail level

I guess I won't be eating a lot of peaches.

If I had to sell the peaches off my trees, they would be closer to $600 a bushel

Don't go on weekends. You will pay much more. Here's today's report. Pecks are 1/4 of a bushel.



As you can see pecks of peaches all sold between $5.00 and $7.00 each, that's $20.00 to $28.00 a bushel as I correctly stated.

Auctions are mostly supply and demand driven. Ego of the bidders does play some part, especially if the auctioneer is good at pitting bidders against them. At the peak harvest, prices typically drop to their lowest. I make a fair portion of my living from auction purchases.

Also there wasn't a produce auction at Mt. Hope proper on Saturday. What were you at instead? All their results are posted on their website for the world to see.

Keith

$3-$5 a lb at the farmers markets around here. I'm selling quart baskets that weigh 2 lbs at $8

Wetdog makes some awesome jam.

50 at the high end huckster.
I quickly passed.
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It was an Amish food/produce auction before the main event. Prices could just as likely rise as fall at the next one. I didnt really want a half bushel and cut out of the bidding early. It also didnt help that there was only a few half bushels there. We dont have many local auctions of any sort anymore, and you have to put on some miles to go when they do.

how many peaches in a bushel? I bought a box 84 peaches for $40.00.

That sounds like a bushel Beav.

If they were decent size more like a bushel and a half
I buy #1 because I don't like messing with the bruised ones
I make peach jelly and a glazing sauce with the skins

Keith! Quit sending people to my territory!