US Cannabis Price Index: Weekly Pricing Data Across 20,000+ Products

The CannabisDealsUS Price Index tracks weekly pricing movements across more than 15,000 cannabis products in the United States, covering both CBD and THC categories across multiple online retailers.

The index is designed to support journalists, analysts, and researchers seeking independent, data driven insight into cannabis pricing trends, discount behavior, and category level volatility.

This is a research resource. No promotional intent.

What the Cannabis Price Index Covers

• 20,000+ actively listed cannabis products
• CBD and THC categories
• Subcategories including flower, vapes, edibles, oils, capsules, topicals, vaporizers and headshop items.
• 50+ US retailers
• Weekly snapshots and historical comparisons

The dataset reflects listed prices and promotional activity at the time of capture.

Attribution

If referencing this data, please attribute as:

CannabisDealsUS Price Index

Founder and data source:
Theo Valmis
Founder, CannabisDealsUS
https://cannabisdealsus.com

Historical Price Trends: What the Data Shows

Historical Price Trends: What the Data Shows

Since launching systematic tracking in early 2024, several clear market patterns have emerged.

CBD Market Stabilization

CBD pricing has largely stabilized.
1000mg CBD oil products now average $35–$45 per bottle, with limited month-over-month variance.

This reflects:

• Mature supply chains
• Optimized production and distribution
• Reduced speculative pricing

Premium CBD products, including full-spectrum and nano-emulsion formulations, continue to command 40–60% price premiums, indicating sustained willingness to pay for perceived quality.

THC Pricing Volatility

THC categories remain more volatile.

• Vape cartridges and disposables show the highest weekly swings, often 12–25%
• Flower pricing is more stable in mature markets and less predictable in newer ones
• Edibles sit between value and premium tiers, with gradual price compression

Overall, THC markets appear 2–3 years behind CBD in terms of pricing maturity.

Discount Patterns and Promotions

A key shift observed in late 2024 and 2025:

• Fewer promotions overall
• Deeper discounting when promotions occur

Average discount depth has increased to 25–35%, up from 15–20% earlier in the year. Flash sales and event-based promotions now dominate over constant discounting.

Seasonal events such as 4/20 and Green Wednesday generate 3–4× normal promotional activity, with discounts reaching 40–50% in select categories.

Category-Specific Insights

Vaporizers and Devices

Dry herb vaporizers have declined 20–30% year-over-year, driven by manufacturing efficiencies and competition. Premium devices remain price-stable.

Concentrates

Wax, shatter, and live resin show extreme regional variance, reflecting differences in regulation and market maturity.

Topicals

CBD and THC topicals maintain the highest estimated margins, with stable pricing despite increased competition.

What This Means for the Market

The data reflects an industry transitioning from early growth to normalization.

• CBD pricing has commoditized
• THC markets are following, but remain uneven
• Retailers face margin pressure, leading to strategic promotions
• Consolidation pressure is likely to increase

For consumers, this creates timing-based savings opportunities.
For analysts and investors, the data suggests continued compression and brand-driven differentiation.

What We Analyze

Using weekly snapshots, we monitor:

• Price dispersion between CBD and THC
• Discount depth versus frequency
• Category-level volatility
• Short-term reactions to regulatory or market signals
• Early indicators of stabilization or oversupply

Insights are aggregated at category and subcategory level to reduce retailer-specific bias.

Recent Market Signals

Recent weekly data highlights:

• Widening divergence between CBD and THC pricing
• Deeper but less frequent discounts
• Higher volatility in vapes and edibles than flower
• Early stabilization in select CBD subcategories

Signals evolve weekly as new data is captured.

Methodology (Summary)

• Prices captured weekly from public product pages
• Products normalized into consistent CBD and THC categories
• Obvious pricing errors and outliers excluded
• Analysis focuses on directional movement, not prediction

This index reflects market behavior, not inventory or sales volume.

Data Collection and Analysis Methodology

Data Collection

• Automated capture every Monday at 6:00 AM EST
• 50+ nationwide online retailers
• Product-level attributes including price, category, potency, and timestamp

Products out of stock for four consecutive weeks are removed from active tracking but retained historically.

Normalization and Quality Control

• Price per milligram normalization where applicable
• Standardized volume and unit conversion
• Manual category verification
• Statistical and sequential outlier detection

Approximately 2–3% of data points are excluded weekly.

Index Calculation

• Overall index (base period January 2024 = 100)
• Category-specific indices
• Volatility score
• Discount activity metrics

Limitations

• Online-only pricing
• Listed prices, not transaction prices
• No direct sales volume data
• Regional dispensary pricing not fully represented

Transparency about these constraints is essential for accurate interpretation.

Use Cases

The CannabisDealsUS Price Index is used to support reporting on:

• Cannabis market pricing trends
• Retail margin pressure
• Consumer price sensitivity
• Post-legalization normalization
• Category-specific volatility

Category-level insights are available on request.

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