Thursday, June 4, 2020

Truffle Price Tracker

I am tired of markets.
Energy ennui, live cattle lassitude, board-feet boredom, gruntled and disgruntled at the same time.
What to do?
From Truffle.farm:

Truffle Prices in 2019 (Retail)

Truffle Species Common Name Avg price per oz Avg price per lb Avg price per kg
Tuber Mangnatum Italian White Truffle $218.30 $3492.80 $7684.16
Tuber Melanosporum Winter Black Truffle $94.05 $1504.80 $3310.56
Tuber Uncinatum Burgundy Black Truffle $38.40 $614.40 $1351.68
Tuber Aestivum Summer Black Truffle 22.55 373.76 168
Tuber Indicum Chinese Black Truffle $5.38 $86.08 $189.38
Prices updated: 2020/06/04
  
White Truffle Prices (Tuber Magnatum)
When people think of pricey truffles, they are thinking of the Italian white winter truffle. White truffle season starts mid-September and runs through December/January. The most expensive white truffle ever sold went for $484,000 USD per lb while the largest truffle ever sold went for $66,000 per lb. More typically however, white truffles sell for $1500-$4000 USD per lb. We started tracking retail white truffle prices in mid 2019. The chart below shows the average retail price (e.g. price the regular consumer can buy them for) for white truffles. Currently, the cheapest white truffles are being sold by Gourmet Food Store for $3199.20 per lb while the most expensive truffles are being sold for $3840.00 per lb by Urbani....
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