THOMASVILLE Shipping Point Prices as of October 27, 2020.
Provided by: Fruit and Vegetable AMS Specialty Crops Division
             Federal-State Market News Service, USDA.

Phone:  (404) 361-1376    Fax: (404) 363-2523 (via: Forest Park-Atlanta, GA )

Recorder: (404) 366-0360 

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GEORGIA (via: Forest Park-Atlanta GA) 


Tropical storm Zeta could bring devastating news for growers in Louisiana. The gulf coast areas are 
under warnings for the next two days with heavy winds and rain expected. Georgia is expecting plenty 
of wind, rain and tornado warnings for Wednesday and into Thursday and flash flood watches are in 
effect for those days. Temperatures for this week are expected to be rather mild with lows in the 
50s and highs in the 70s slightly cooler on Friday and getting about ten degrees cooler in the North 
areas of the state through the weekend. 

Growers are busy trying to stay ahead of the weather and getting pecans off the trees and into storage 
until they can clean and prepare them for sale. With prices being lower than expected or wanted, many 
growers that have facilities are putting their pecans in warehouses and may put them up in cold storage 
until the price settles and they can come to an agreement of getting the pecans moved and sold. Some 
buyers are not putting price quotes on offerings and some no sales have occurred creating a wait and 
see approach to the season so far. The season got off to an early start and growers are not ready to 
push the panic buttons just yet, hoping to see the export market open things up a bit. Retail and gift 
pack buyers are slowly finding their way onto the marketplace to purchase pecans. Shellers and domestic 
buyers are out grading samples offered but purchases are slow at this time. Moneymakers, Stuarts, 
Schley, Elliott and Desirables are hitting the markets this week.

Prices paid to growers (late afternoon Tuesday, October 20, 2020 through late afternoon Tuesday, 
October 27, 2020) at buyers delivery point or F.O.B. the orchard including direct sales to end users, 
cents per pound in-shell of generally good quality in lots of 20,000 pounds or less unless otherwise 
stated.

Byrd (offering very light) (nut count 49-60) meat yield 61-62% 142-170
Cunard (offerings very light) (nut count 49-64) meat yield 62-63% 147-170
Caddo (offerings insufficient to establish market)
Creek (offerings very light) meat yield 53% 135
Desirables (deliveries light) (nut count 55-60) meat yield 53-54% 135-140
Elliott (offerings very light) (nut count 66-70) meat yield 49-52% 120-145 yard tree lots 90-100 
Native/Seedlings yard tree lots 40-50
Moneymakers yard tree lots 40-50
Schley (offerings light) yard tree lots 80-100
Stuarts yard tree lots 50-80 mostly 70-75 few high as 90

Lots over 20,000 pounds including truckloads

Cape Fear (nut count 48-53) meat yield 51-52% 123-130
Creek (deliveries light) (nut count 51-60) meat yield 51-53% 132-140 mostly 135-140
Desirables (deliveries light) (export quality nut count 44-49) meat yield 50-52% 165-175 (nut count 44-50) 
meat yield 46-50% 134-163 meat yield 46-48% 111-120
Elliott (deliveries very light) (nut count 67-74) meat yield 50-52% 120-151 mostly 125-145
Excel (deliveries insufficient to establish market)
Moneymakers (deliveries very light) (nut count 60-66) meat yield 43-46% 60-70 
Oconee (deliveries insufficient to establish market) 
Schley (deliveries very light) (nut count 60-70) meat yield 55-57% 132-143
Stuarts (deliveries light) (nut count 50-60) meat yield 46-50% 111-125 few high as 135

THE NEXT GEORGIA REPORT IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 03, 2020.