As the 2025 harvest dries and cures across the country, smaller volumes of biomass saw an uptick in prices this month. Aggregate categories for both CBD & CBG biomass rose by 3% as manufacturers eagerly waited for this year’s crop.
For the first time in seven months, the smokable CBD flower prices dipped, losing 3%. Despite indoor grown flower holding value and greenhouse grown flower prices rising 1.3%, the total volume of fresh outdoor grown flower traded increased, pushing the aggregate product category average price down due to the lower average price point of sungrown flower. Even with this month’s decline in the average price, the average price per pound for CBD smokable flower is up 27% over this time last year.
To no surprise, the popularity and demand for THCa flower grown by hemp licensees, and distributed across the country with ease as online ordering options are plentiful, continue to increase. The price per pound of the intoxicating product also continues to rise along with the heightened demand. The aggregate THCa flower price assessment jumped up by this month, fueled by both indoor and greenhouse grown flower priced in the upper-quartile being transacted with regularity.
As interest from areas in the Southern Hemisphere for hemp grains and fiber continues to grow, U.S. genetics producers continue to make inroads with new customer bases and work to refine their genetic stock to suit the climates of these global customers. As a result, industrial hemp seeds for grain & fiber varieties are experiencing a jolt in the average price per pound of seed this month. Feminized CBD seeds also saw price assessment increase, mostly due to a reduction in average deal size and an absence of the heavy discounting typically seen with large volume orders.
CBD Isolate prices declined for the second month in a row, with the October price assessment down 3% per kilogram from last month. As with several other product categories that saw declines this month, the price for CBD Isolate remains significantly elevated compared to this time last year. CBG Isolate prices rose for the sixth straight month, albeit marginally; prices for CBG Isolate are now even with the per kilogram price assessment from this time last year.
Delta-10 THC Distillate prices held firm in October, while Delta-8 THC Distillate prices continued to rise. This marks the 5th straight month of price increases for Delta-8 THC distillate, pushing the price assessment over 27% higher than this time last year.
Wholesale prices for CBN Isolate and THCv Isolate both fell this month, by 0.7% and 3.1% per kilogram, respectively. CBC Distillate prices continue to slide as well, falling 4.4% below last month’s price per kilogram.
