Price guide · Agriculture Garden
Beans: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.08 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.27 at volume, on a typical 14-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point, not a binding quote. Your spec and quantity set the final price.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $1.08 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $1.06 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $1.04 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $1.02 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.30 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.27 |
What moves the price
For beans, the drivers are blend recipe, cut format, organic status, pack size, private label print, cut size, caffeine free, bulk pack size — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Real U.S.-facing wholesale quotations for dried beans cluster around about $0.90–$1.36/lb from foodservice suppliers such as WebstaurantStore and Nutstop, with packaged specialty/organic retail-bulk offerings running higher; USDA grower bids for food-grade 100 lb beans show much lower raw commodity values around $28–$30/cwt, which equates to roughly $0.28–$0.30/lb before cleaning, handling, bagging, freight, and margin. The most realistic routes for a custom-manufactured, mid-range configuration are foodservice wholesalers for small-to-mid MOQ and direct commodity or import/packer channels for 25k+ units. Price moves mainly with bean variety, organic or specialty certification, and packaging/handling format; custom printing and compliance documentation add cost, while lower-moisture, standard commodity beans in plain bulk bags are cheapest
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