Colorado hashish cultivators hold going out of enterprise, however flower costs hold falling.
The common market charge (AMR) for wholesale marijuana flower fell to $649 per pound, tying an all-time report low, in accordance with the Colorado Division of Income.
That’s regardless of a 25% discount within the variety of licensed cultivators from Sept. 2023 to Sept. 2025, in accordance with Westword.
The common value for harvested flower has steadily declined since 2021, when costs exceeded $1,700 per pound.
Other than flower, the common costs for every product class are:
- Trim: $204 per pound.
- Bud allotted for extraction: $354 per pound.
- Trim allotted for extraction: $75 per pound.
- Immature crops: $14 per plant.
- Moist complete crops: $71 per pound.
- Seeds: $9 per seed.
Officers used Metrc knowledge from June 1 by way of Aug. 31 to calculate the charges, which then decide the state’s excise tax on retail marijuana.
Hashish is taxed at 15% based mostly on the AMR “when marijuana is bought or moved between a cultivation facility and an affiliated retail marijuana retailer or manufacturing facility,” in accordance with the Division of Income.
Colorado wholesale hashish costs briefly spiked in 2024, when the AMR for a pound of hashish hit $750.
Declining costs amid a basic oversupply is one motive for a steep decline in licensed cultivators.
In the meantime, hashish gross sales have been on a gentle decline, dropping from over $2.2 billion in 2021 to simply over $1.4 billion in 2024 – a 36% lower and the bottom determine in seven years.
A number of distinguished marijuana manufacturers have exited Colorado or shut down in 2024 and 2025 amid the downturn, Westword reported.
Notable closures embrace A Lower Above, L’Eagle, Verde, Dablogic, Maggies Farm and the unique possession of Terrapin Care Station.
Main dispensary chains like Lightshade and Good Chemistry have shuttered or bought areas amid declining gross sales.
