Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 26.1 cents per pound for the week ending October 8, up 2.5 cents from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending October 8 totaled 90.6 million pounds, up 10.8 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 25.4 cents per pound for the week ending October 8, up 1.8 cents from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 76.6 million pounds, down 1.77 million pounds from the previous week. Peanut Prices and Marketings by Type - United States: September 10, 2011-October 8, 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week ending Item and type:-------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 10, :September 17, :September 24, : October 1, : October 8, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : dollars per pound : Average price : Runners ......: 0.228 0.232 0.221 0.236 0.254 Spanish ......: (X) (X) (X) (X) 0.445 Valencias ....: (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Virginias ....: 0.250 0.250 0.268 0.240 0.301 : All ..........: 0.234 0.234 0.226 0.236 0.261 : : 1,000 pounds : Marketings 1/ : Runners ......: 18,030 27,818 38,217 78,370 76,599 Spanish ......: - - - - 11 Valencias ....: - - - - - Virginias ....: 7,323 3,974 4,042 1,438 13,962 : All ..........: 25,353 31,792 42,259 79,808 90,572 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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