Average Prices Received by Texas Farmers and Ranchers

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September 16, 2008.

Texas Average Prices Received by Texas Farmers and Ranchers
Group	Commodity	Unit	August 2007 ^1/	July 2008 ^1/	August 2008 ^2/	U.S. parity prices August 2008 ^3/
Crops	Barley	Dollars per bushel	–	–	–	9.53
	Corn	Dollars per bushel	3.75	6.60	5.66	8.73
	Cotton, Upland	Cents per pound	49.40	65.20	65.20	238.00
	Cottonseed	Dollars per ton	–	–	–	373.00
	Grapefruit, all, 80-lb	Dollars per box ^4/	–	–	–	16.30
	Hay, alfalfa, baled	Dollars per ton	165.00	185.00	185.00	–
	Hay, other, baled	Dollars per ton	135.00	110.00	110.00	–
	Hay, all, baled	Dollars per ton	141.00	133.00	133.00	–
	Oats	Dollars per bushel	–	–	–	5.67
	Oranges, all, 85-lb	Dollars per box ^4/	–	–	–	16.90
	Peanuts	Cents per pound	19.3	22.5	19.6	90.7
	Potatoes	Dollars per cwt	13.90	18.90	18.70	21.40
	Rice	Dollars per cwt	–	–	–	33.40
	Sorghum grain	Dollars per cwt	5.96	8.94	8.34	15.60
	Soybeans	Dollars per bushel	–	–	–	21.60
	Sweet potatoes	Dollars per cwt	–	–	–	60.60
	Wheat	Dollars per bushel	5.84	7.68	8.04	13.80
Livestock and Products	Beef cattle	Dollars per cwt ^5/	93.70	95.70	97.20	264.00
	Cows	Dollars per cwt ^6/	51.80	52.60	53.20	–
	Steers and heifers	Dollars per cwt	96.80	99.40	101.00	–
	Calves	Dollars per cwt	130.00	111.00	113.00	383.00
	Milk cows	Dollars per head ^7/	–	2,100.00	–	–
	Hogs	Dollars per cwt	–	–	–	145.00
	Lambs	Dollars per cwt ^8/	90.50	90.00	–	301.00
	Sheep	Dollars per cwt ^8/	31.90	30.50	–	121.00
	Broilers	Cents per pound ^9/	–	–	–	–
	Eggs	Cents per dozen ^10/	71.0	68.0	84.0	231.0
	Turkeys, live	Cents per pound	–	–	–	145.0
	All milk sold to plants	Dollars per cwt ^11/	22.50	20.00	19.90	50.50
1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ 1910-1914 Base. 4/ Equivalent on-tree price for all methods of sale. 5/ Cows, steers and heifers combined. 6/ Beef cows sold for slaughter and herd replacement and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 7/ Milk cow (replacement) price published quarterly. 8/ Mid-month prices not estimated. 9/ Live weight equivalent price to producers, includes growers and contractors combined. 10/ Market (table) eggs, including eggs sold retail by producers. 11/ Fat test percent: July all milk, Texas 3.59, US 3.56; August all milk, Texas 3.61, US 3.56.