In this blog post, we will see the faster way to get minimum product price in category
Add this code to your category page where you want to display it.
$layer = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer'); $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($this->getCategoryId()); if ($category->getId()) { $origCategory = $layer->getCurrentCategory(); $layer->setCurrentCategory($category); } $collection = $layer->getProductCollection(); $collection->getSelect()->reset('order'); $collection->getSelect()->order('minimal_price','asc'); $collection->getSelect()->limit(1); echo $collection->getFirstItem()->getMinimalPrice();