Avocado Prices in Texas — Wholesale & Retail Data
Texas is where the US avocado supply chain begins. The overwhelming majority of Mexican avocados — the base of the entire US market — cross at Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley, making Texas wholesale levels the cheapest and freshest in the country. Everything quoted elsewhere in the US starts from a Texas crossing price plus freight.
This page tracks Texas's live wholesale and retail averages in USD per kilogram, the retail ladder across the state's major chains, and the recent trend — the origin-side benchmark for the whole US market.
Market snapshot — at the latest verified benchmarks: the average wholesale price in Texas stands at $2.90/kg, the wholesale average at $2.90/kg and the retail average at $4.60/kg. All figures are recomputed daily from scanned market data.
The trend series is an indicative benchmark-anchored series around current verified levels, not daily observed quotes.
Texas trades exclusively in commercial Hass from Michoacán and neighboring Mexican states, quoted on the US size ladder (36–84 count per ≈11.3-kg lug). The state's own Rio Grande Valley avocado acreage remains marginal next to import volumes.
Projected 7-day average — linear trend fit over the recent series, aligned with the CIRAD-style weekly read.
The border price
The spot quote that moves the US market — Mexican Hass by size, in dollars per lug — is set at the Texas crossings. From there, fruit trucks north and east, adding freight day by day: the West Coast adds a little, the Midwest more, and the Northeast the most. Texas levels are therefore the input, not the output, of the national price ladder.
Crossing dynamics matter more than anywhere else: inspection pauses, holiday schedules in Mexico and border congestion show up in Texas quotes days before they appear at the terminals. Buyers watch the crossing as the market's early-warning system.
Retail in a supply-side state
Texas retail is fiercely competitive — H-E-B, Walmart and Fiesta run some of the country's most aggressive avocado features, and the state's large Latino consumer base treats avocados as a weekly staple. Shelf prices run near or below the national average despite the state's size.
The combination — lowest wholesale floor, promotion-heavy retail — makes Texas the best-margin avocado market in the US for efficient operators, and the natural location for ripening and distribution capacity serving the central US.
Data sources & methodology
How these prices are collected
Wholesale benchmarks are midpoints of the observed low–high bands at Texas's markets (Houston, Dallas), in USD per kilogram, anchored by the Laredo crossing spot quotes converted from $ per 11.3-kg lug. Retail benchmarks blend HAB retail-data, Circana/NielsenIQ scan data and published shelf observations from the major chains active in the state.
The trend series is an indicative benchmark-anchored series around the current verified levels, not a record of daily observed quotes.
Prices are informational market intelligence in USD, not financial or trading advice. Averages are recomputed regularly from the latest scanned market data and are quoted per kilogram.
Frequently asked questions
What is the current avocado price in Texas?
The live Texas wholesale and retail averages are shown in the statistics section above, in USD per kilogram — the lowest wholesale levels in the country, anchored by the Laredo crossing.
Why are avocados cheapest in Texas?
Because the fruit crosses the border there. Mexican avocados enter at Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley, so Texas carries zero long-haul freight — every other US market is Texas pricing plus transport.
How do Texas avocado prices affect the rest of the US?
Directly: the crossing spot quote is the input for the entire national ladder. When Texas quotes move, terminal markets from LA to New York follow within days as the freight-adjusted spread re-prices.