Abstract: Systems and methods for creating volume/market weighted average price benchmark indexes for perishable agricultural products. At least one user device constructed and configured in network-based communication with an analytics platform. The analytics platform collects, analyzes, validates and normalizes data elements for the perishable agricultural products in real time, thereby generating processed data. The analytics platform calculates a benchmark price for a perishable agricultural product weighted by traded volumes based on the processed data and location data. The at least one user device is operable to receive and display the benchmark price.