The read behind these numbers
Each figure below is the median listed sale price for one product size on the Denver and Colorado menus our scraper read on the morning of 17 October 2026, mostly around 14:00 UTC, which is 8 am in Denver. The count ran at 23:41 UTC and kept only products read in the previous 36 hours. Sizes are fixed, an eighth against eighths, a 100mg edible against 100mg edibles, and a median appears only when 20 or more products sit behind it.
They are pre-tax prices as listed, for one day, not what anyone paid. The 1g vape line combines cartridges and disposables. Denver's ounce had only 18 listings, so this piece prints no Denver ounce figure.
Denver against the rest of the state
The median Denver eighth was $16, on 43 listings from 9 stores, against $24 across Colorado on 133 listings from 28 stores, the widest gap in the table. The other sizes were close to the state but never above it: a 1g vape at $19.72 against $23.39, a 1g concentrate at $23.67 against $25, a 100mg edible at $13.42 against $13.93 and a 1g pre-roll at $9.60 against $10.
Boulder had enough listings for two sizes. Its 100mg edible median was $16, on 29 listings from 5 stores, above both Denver and the state, and its 1g vape was $20.06 on 138 listings from 4 stores, close to Denver's.
| Size | Denver | All of Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Eighth (3.5g) | $16.00 (43 / 9) | $24.00 (133 / 28) |
| Pre-roll (1g) | $9.60 (235 / 15) | $10.00 (443 / 31) |
| Vape (0.5g) | $30.00 (40 / 9) | $31.55 (75 / 15) |
| Vape (1g) | $19.72 (557 / 19) | $23.39 (1,010 / 49) |
| Edible (100mg) | $13.42 (109 / 20) | $13.93 (313 / 55) |
| Concentrate (1g) | $23.67 (84 / 10) | $25.00 (212 / 29) |
Level with Michigan on the shelf, not at the register
Michigan had the lowest statewide median eighth of the four states we read, and on this night Denver matched it: both came to $16. The register is where they part. Denver's combined rate on adult-use cannabis is 26.75%, the state's 15% plus the city's own taxes, while Michigan charges 16.6% everywhere, so a $16 eighth comes to about $20.28 in Denver and $18.66 in Michigan.
Edibles told the same story as in every other market we read: a 100mg package was listed at $13.42 in Denver and $12 across Michigan, a small gap beside the flower and vape differences between the other states.