Around here I have seen 10# box go for as low as $1-$3, but they seem to do more like $5-8 or so. Cherries seem to be about $1-2/pint, but sometimes as low as a quarter.
Now peppers can be $6-8 a peck (about 8-16 peppers depending on size) for colored ones. Superhots get up there even for just a single pint.
I haven't been yet this year but I checked the market report and this is what they have been up to recently:
peck bells 2.00- 6.00
bushel bells 1.00-8.50
peck hots 2.00- 8.00
10# tomato- 1.25- 17.00
10# green (unripe) tomato- 2.00- 9.00
10# yellow tomato- 7.00- 17.00
pint cherries .25- 1.70
˝ bushel canners 1- 10.00
That's from the past week (four auctions). I am sure some of the variation was sellers bringing different quality and some was buyers.
What kind of buyers do you usually get? The auction here seems to have a mix of locals getting stuff to put up, and commercial buyers who can be split into the ones who will make things (like salsa) and ones who just go and resale at parking lot 'farmers' stands and a few from grocery stores.
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