Almost all thefts are quantified in dollars unless the numbers on the thing stolen are also newsworthy. For instance, the Quebec Maple Syrup Heist is reported

Almost all thefts are quantified in dollars unless the numbers on the thing stolen are also newsworthy. For instance, the Quebec Maple Syrup Heist is reported as both "3,000 tons of maple syrup" because, wow, that's a shit ton of maple syrup AND that the value of the heist was an "estimated $18.7 million".