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Feed Grains Database: Yearbook Tables

Note. Data are reported on a marketing-year basis: corn and sorghum, September-August; barley and oats, June-May; hay, May-April; and processed feed products, October-September.

Missing values indicate unreported values, discontinued series, or not yet released data.

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Table 11--Hay: Average prices received by farmers, United States
Mkt yr 1/	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Avg
All hay ($ per ton) 2/
1997	117.00	105.00	98.80	99.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	95.20	94.70	96.10	95.30	98.30	100.00
1998	96.60	91.10	88.50	88.00	85.00	83.80	81.40	77.50	78.50	79.90	79.00	82.50	84.60
1999	87.00	79.80	78.90	78.90	76.60	76.10	74.70	72.00	72.90	74.30	74.80	78.20	76.90
2000	84.50	82.20	79.90	80.80	83.00	84.90	84.00	84.90	85.20	86.90	90.10	99.00	84.60
2001	103.00	96.60	95.80	97.40	99.00	98.00	95.90	95.60	91.70	91.70	92.30	98.30	96.50
2002	103.00	93.70	91.70	92.40	93.00	93.80	93.20	91.10	91.40	91.40	92.80	94.50	92.40
2003	96.50	95.50	88.10	85.00	84.40	83.70	81.50	80.60	80.10	81.20	81.80	89.60	85.50
2004	102.00	95.60	92.20	92.20	91.40	92.80	88.70	86.00	87.80	88.20	92.60	99.40	92.00
2005	108.00	100.00	99.70	99.70	99.00	97.70	91.70	91.30	91.00	95.80	97.50	105.00	98.20
2006	111.00	108.00	107.00	106.00	108.00	109.00	109.00	110.00	109.00	113.00	119.00	124.00	110.00
2007	138.00	131.00	131.00	124.00	132.00	133.00	131.00	133.00	129.00	133.00	139.00	152.00	133.00
2008	166.00	161.00	164.00	165.00
Alfalfa hay ($ per ton) 3/
1997	125.30	114.00	107.00	105.00	106.00	106.00	107.00	102.00	102.00	105.00	102.00	105.00	107.00
1998	102.00	95.00	92.10	90.20	87.10	86.90	84.40	79.70	81.40	83.70	83.20	86.40	88.10
1999	91.00	82.80	83.40	84.90	79.80	79.40	77.00	74.10	76.00	77.00	77.70	81.90	80.20
2000	87.90	85.10	83.30	84.70	86.00	89.20	88.00	89.70	91.00	92.90	95.00	105.00	88.90
2001	109.00	104.00	104.00	105.00	108.00	106.00	104.00	105.00	101.00	100.00	99.60	103.00	104.00
2002	108.00	101.00	100.00	101.00	101.00	102.00	101.00	98.00	98.50	96.20	96.70	96.20	100.00
2003	101.00	101.00	93.80	91.90	90.10	89.10	86.80	87.00	83.60	84.70	85.90	92.70	90.80
2004	108.00	102.00	98.70	99.30	97.50	100.00	95.20	92.10	94.50	94.00	98.60	105.00	98.60
2005	114.00	106.00	105.00	108.00	106.00	105.00	97.60	96.60	95.10	98.40	100.00	108.00	104.00
2006	114.00	112.00	111.00	109.00	111.00	113.00	110.00	111.00	112.00	115.00	121.00	127.00	113.00
2007	145.00	137.00	137.00	135.00	135.00	137.00	135.00	136.00	135.00	138.00	143.00	157.00	138.00
2008	177.00	172.00	177.00	180.00
Other hay ($ per ton) 3/
1997	83.40	76.00	73.20	75.40	74.80	76.20	75.80	76.10	76.40	76.80	76.30	72.20	75.70
1998	74.10	74.80	75.40	76.40	74.90	70.40	72.00	71.10	70.60	70.10	67.40	65.70	71.80
1999	72.00	69.30	66.00	62.40	66.00	65.10	67.50	66.30	66.10	68.40	68.90	67.40	66.80
2000	70.70	72.40	70.80	67.70	69.60	68.10	71.10	69.40	68.90	71.80	75.10	75.60	70.90
2001	80.00	72.80	71.70	74.30	71.90	71.70	74.90	73.40	72.70	71.90	72.70	79.50	73.30
2002	75.60	74.70	71.40	71.30	71.40	74.50	73.90	76.30	78.10	81.70	77.90	86.60	73.80
2003	77.90	76.10	71.10	66.70	67.30	69.20	67.50	66.50	70.20	72.10	72.00	76.20	70.90
2004	79.70	75.90	74.80	71.90	74.30	73.80	73.50	72.40	73.30	74.20	77.80	81.80	74.60
2005	83.10	76.10	77.90	77.00	78.90	79.00	75.80	78.30	79.70	88.60	90.10	94.90	81.40
2006	101.00	95.80	94.90	96.20	99.50	101.00	106.00	107.00	104.00	108.00	115.00	115.00	103.00
2007	115.00	111.00	113.00	105.00	124.00	122.00	123.00	126.00	118.00	122.00	128.00	140.00	120.00
2008	134.00	130.00	130.00	126.00
1/ May-April. 2/ U.S. season-average price based on monthly prices weighted by monthly marketings. 3/ U.S. season-average price is a simple average of monthly prices for the marketing year. Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Prices.

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Updated date: September 02, 2008