PRICES RECEIVED

Prices Received by Farmers for Specified Products
by Months and Season Average, 1993 - 1997
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Season
Average 1/

CORN (Dollars per Bushel)
1993 2.29 2.31 2.36 2.46 2.44 2.42 2.49 2.51 2.46 2.57 2.84 3.02 2.65
1994 3.11 3.03 2.99 2.93 2.84 2.78 2.49 2.40 2.32 2.25 2.25 2.36 2.40
1995 2.46 2.44 2.61 2.58 2.64 2.72 2.84 2.91 2.99 3.09 3.18 3.31 3.35
1996 3.54 3.64 3.63 4.11 4.46 4.27 4.35 4.07 3.70 3.07 2.89 2.89 3.20
1997 2.93 2.89 2.90 3.08 2.93 2.70 2.61 2.68 2.68 2.79 2.79 2.64 2.70

WHEAT (Dollars per Bushel)
1993 3.20 3.20 3.02 2.93 2.71 2.61 2.63 2.76 2.74 2.86 3.05 3.20 2.70
1994 3.45 3.36 3.13 3.07 2.99 3.00 2.63 2.94 3.27 3.33 3.18 3.27 2.85
1995 3.30 3.31 3.23 3.22 3.22 3.36 3.65 3.73 3.85 3.95 3.83 4.32 3.70
1996 4.33 4.42 4.06     4.99 5.30 4.47 4.14 4.15 3.90 3.91 3.99 3.59 4.15
1997 3.79 3.52 3.69 3.82 3.21 3.15 2.95 3.07 3.12 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.05

BARLEY (Dollars per Bushel)
1993 1.82 1.81 1.82 1.82 1.83 1.77 1.73 1.82 1.82 1.83 1.93 2.00 1.80
1994 2.07 2.12 2.15 2.10 1.90 1.81 1.81 1.78 1.87 1.68 1.69 1.74 1.80
1995 1.77 1.75 1.79 1.70 1.67 1.68 1.65 1.77 1.80 1.85 1.90 2.13 1.75
1996 2.26 2.22 2.59 2.72 2.81 2.92 3.03 3.09 2.98 2.71 2.73 2.60 2.90
1997 2.65 2.48 2.25 2.22 2.10 2.07 1.90 2.19 2.29 2.25 2.32 2.29 2.10

SOYBEANS (Dollars per Bushel)
1993 5.60 5.59 5.69 5.76 5.85 5.76 6.93 6.42 6.16 5.98 6.53 6.60 6.45
1994 6.77 6.65 6.57 6.31 6.52 6.51 5.64 5.43 5.41 5.14 5.21 5.40 5.35
1995 5.42 5.44 5.64 5.67 5.61 5.63 5.86 5.81 5.92 6.30 6.50 6.87 6.85
1996 7.21 7.13 7.02 7.62 7.67 7.17 7.40 7.54 7.25 6.81 6.66 6.77 6.80
1997 6.96 7.18 7.18 7.52 7.06 6.55 5.94 6.29 6.21 6.23 6.23 6.17 6.25

PEANUTS (Cents per Pound)
1993 34.7 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 32.9 29.7 27.9 27.7 30.4
1994 39.1 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 34.0 31.5 20.7 22.6 27.5
1995 28.0 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 30.8 30.6 29.5 26.3 30.0
1996 30.2 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 29.4 28.7 20.0 22.6 28.5
1997 24.0 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 28.2 28.4 30.2 25.6

HAY, ALL-BALED (Dollars per Ton)
1993 87.00 83.00 85.00 86.50 87.00 87.50 85.00 85.00 89.50 90.00 89.50 88.00 89.50
1994 90.00 92.00 95.00 91.50 91.00 93.50 89.50 87.50 87.50 89.00 90.00 87.50 90.50
1995 82.00 91.50 100.00 95.50 95.50 90.50 91.50 84.50 85.50 84.50 85.50 79.00 86.50
1996 84.50 84.00 85.50 88.50 84.00 81.50 80.50 79.50 80.00 80.50 77.50 87.50 78.00
1997 78.50 73.50 72.50 92.00 85.00 86.50 84.00 83.00 83.00 84.00 80.50 83.50 83.00

HAY, ALFALFA-BALED (Dollars per Ton)
1993 116.00 113.00 114.00 115.00 120.00 122.00 114.00 114.00 119.00 121.00 122.00 122.00 122.00
1994 124.00 129.00 125.00 130.00 127.00 127.00 117.00 115.00 117.00 125.00 122.00 120.00 117.00
1995 111.00 108.00 111.00 115.00 115.00 112.00 115.00 120.00 116.00 114.00 115.00 108.00 115.00
1996 114.00 115.00 116.00 120.00 115.00 110.00 109.00 109.00 111.00 110.00 109.00 109.00 110.00
1997 128.00 125.00 124.00 133.00 115.00 114.00 113.00 113.00 113.00 113.00 100.00 112.00 110.00

APPLES FOR FRESH MARKET (Cents per Pound)
1993 14.5 15.7 14.5 14.3 13.7 --- --- 19.0 19.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.2
1994 14.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 16.0 --- --- 16.0 15.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 15.8
1995 15.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 17.0 --- --- 16.0 16.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 14.9
1996 14.5 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 --- --- 16.0 16.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0
1997 15.0 13.8 13.7 13.6 --- --- --- --- 20.0 22.0 21.5 20.0 20.4
PEACHES FOR FRESH MARKET (Cents per Pound)
1993 --- --- --- --- --- 20.5 19.5 14.5 18.0 --- --- --- 16.5
1994 --- --- --- --- --- --- 22.0 24.0 20.0 --- --- --- 22.6
1995 --- --- --- --- --- --- 20.0 23.0 26.0 --- --- --- 23.0
1996 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 34.0
1997 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 28.0
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Season
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POTATOES, SUMMER (Dollars per Hundred Pounds)
1993 --- --- --- --- --- 13.40 11.30 11.90 --- --- --- --- 11.50
1994 --- --- --- --- --- 16.30 14.00 13.30 13.00 --- --- --- 14.10
1995 --- --- --- --- --- 11.00 11.00 11.00 9.00 --- --- --- 10.80
1996 --- --- --- --- --- 12.80 8.85 7.40 8.20 --- --- --- 9.10
1997 --- --- --- --- --- 12.80 10.60 9.95 10.70 --- --- --- 10.80

BROILERS (Cents per Pound Live Weight)
1993 31.0 31.5 32.5 33.0 35.0 33.0 33.5 35.0 35.0 33.5 33.5 31.5 33.0
1994 31.5 35.5 35.0 35.0 38.0 37.0 35.0 33.0 33.5 32.0 29.5 30.0 33.5
1995 30.0 31.0 30.5 30.5 32.0 34.0 35.5 38.0 38.0 36.0 38.0 36.0 33.5
1996 36.0 33.0 33.0 34.0 38.5 41.5 40.0 40.0 39.5 39.0 40.0 41.0 37.5
1997 38.0 36.0 36.0 37.0 35.0 36.0 39.0 39.0 36.0 33.0 33.0 30.0 36.5

TURKEYS (Cents per Pound Live Weight)
1993 37.0 35.0 41.0 36.0 37.0 37.0 40.0 40.0 43.0 46.0 46.0 44.0 40.0
1994 36.0 36.0 37.0 38.0 40.0 41.0 41.0 49.0 46.0 49.0 47.0 43.0 42.0
1995 42.0 41.0 42.0 42.0 43.0 44.0 44.0 46.0 48.0 50.0 51.0 43.0 45.0
1996 41.0 41.0 42.0 42.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.0 45.0 46.0 41.0 43.0
1997 36.0 34.0 36.0 38.0 41.0 42.0 41.0 40.0 40.0 41.0 43.0 40.0 39.0
1993 64.20 66.20 67.50 70.30 67.70 68.00 67.00 68.00 70.00 68.90 64.70 59.70 66.60
1994 58.40 61.30 66.70 67.60 61.80 60.00 61.10 61.50 58.90 57.10 55.00 50.70 59.70
1995 52.70 55.80 55.40 55.20 50.80 53.20 50.30 50.40 50.50 49.90 45.80 41.30 50.90
1996 40.70 40.90 41.90 41.00 39.70 43.40 42.30 44.10 46.90 43.70 43.10 40.00 42.60
1997 42.00 48.00 56.00 60.00 63.10 64.10 66.30 66.20 63.60 62.80 60.30 61.00 59.20
1993 75.50 75.30 77.10 78.20 80.40 80.90 78.70 78.50 77.70 76.10 73.40 73.70 76.70
1994 71.30 72.40 75.30 75.10 73.00 67.80 69.80 71.10 64.70 62.70 63.60 61.30 69.10
1995 64.30 64.80 61.80 60.90 59.40 62.70 59.00 58.00 56.00 55.00 52.00 51.50 58.80
1996 49.50 47.40 46.70 45.10 45.30 49.50 49.90 51.00 52.20 48.10 49.20 49.80 49.20
1997 52.80 59.00 65.00 68.50 70.20 71.30 71.90 71.10 67.60 67.40 63.90 64.60 65.50
1993 44.10 45.00 45.10 44.10 46.50 47.00 45.10 44.60 42.80 41.60 39.70 41.10 43.80
1994 41.40 42.40 43.40 42.40 43.80 41.80 40.80 40.20 38.40 36.10 35.60 36.70 40.10
1995 37.40 40.50 38.00 36.30 36.80 37.60 34.00 33.50 31.20 30.70 28.00 27.80 34.20
1996 29.10 29.90 29.00 27.30 29.20 29.30 28.10 28.60 28.30 27.20 25.70 27.00 28.10
1997 27.70 29.10 31.50 31.80 34.50 35.20 34.30 33.00 31.10 29.30 28.30 28.40 31.00

CALVES (Dollars per Hundred Pounds Live Weight)
1993 83.70 84.40 87.00 91.20 93.50 90.80 87.40 87.30 85.50 84.30 82.00 81.60 86.60
1994 83.50 85.50 90.60 90.80 87.70 74.70 77.00 78.00 73.40 69.20 70.40 68.90 79.10
1995 72.80 75.40 73.50 70.10 67.00 68.10 62.00 58.30 56.20 55.50 51.60 50.10 62.90
1996 48.00 46.60 45.80 45.50 45.80 45.10 43.30 46.80 47.00 44.50 45.40 47.00 45.90
1997 52.10 61.90 71.00 74.20 74.60 74.70 78.80 77.90 75.70 71.40 68.80 72.30 70.30

HOGS (Dollars per Hundred Pounds Live Weight)
1993 41.10 44.00 46.10 44.50 46.50 47.40 46.10 47.70 47.00 46.00 42.20 40.60 44.80
1994 43.50 48.90 45.00 43.00 43.20 44.00 42.90 42.70 36.30 32.90 28.80 31.20 41.00
1995 37.80 39.80 39.10 36.90 38.00 42.80 47.40 48.70 48.50 46.60 40.20 44.20 41.20
1996 43.60 46.20 48.70 50.10 56.60 56.20 58.40 60.50 54.60 55.10 53.00 54.60 52.20
1997 51.90 50.60 48.50 52.20 56.10 55.60 57.10 54.70 49.40 46.20 43.10 413.0 51.60

ALL EGGS (Cents per Dozen)
1993 83.8 82.5 92.9 91.4 79.6 88.1 82.0 86.3 79.5 86.9 86.1 88.7 84.8
1994 90.2 90.7 92.9 86.2 87.1 87.9 87.8 88.7 91.7 83.2 87.3 86.9 88.5
1995 88.9 89.3 85.1 87.1 84.0 86.4 91.3 90.1 89.9 91.7 100.4 99.7 89.5
1996 100.7 90.6 95.4 93.4 94.2 85.9 100.2 97.3 97.6 93.5 92.8 92.0 95.3
1997 82.0 81.0 80.0 73.0 73.0 70.0 87.0 70.0 79.0 75.0 92.0 89.0 90.1
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Season
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MARKET EGGS (Cents per Dozen)
1993 55.5 54.0 67.0 64.0 41.0 57.0 45.0 53.5 41.0 55.5 53.0 59.7 52.6
1994 52.5 56.0 65.0 51.3 49.5 51.0 51.0 52.0 62.3 49.0 54.3 55.7 54.5
1995 54.0 54.0 47.0 53.0 45.0 48.0 59.0 59.0 61.0 63.0 80.0 79.0 56.7
1996 81.0 61.0 68.0 64.0 64.0 48.0 78.0 72.0 76.0 72.0 69.0 71.0 69.8
1997 68.0 67.0 65.0 56.0 55.0 51.0 75.0 52.0 63.0 58.0 81.0 77.0 64.8
FLUID MILK (Dollars per Hundred Pounds)
1993 13.80 13.60 13.30 13.30 13.60 14.30 14.60 14.00 13.90 14.10 14.80 14.80 14.00
1994 15.10 14.70 14.60 14.40 14.60 14.70 13.40 13.60 14.00 14.20 14.50 14.30 14.40
1995 14.30 13.60 13.60 13.30 13.60 13.10 13.20 13.60 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.20 13.80
1996 14.50 14.60 14.20 14.00 14.40 15.00 15.70 15.90 16.20 16.80 16.70 15.10 16.30
1997 14.20 14.10 14.30 14.20 14.10 13.60 12.80 12.90 13.20 14.50 15.00 15.00 14.00

MILK FOR MANUFACTURE (Dollars per Hundred Pounds)
1993 10.50 10.30 10.00 10.30 10.70 11.00 10.80 10.50 10.20 10.70 11.20 11.70 10.60
1994 11.50 11.30 11.20 11.40 11.40 10.50 10.20 10.30 10.60 11.00 11.10 10.80 10.90
1995 10.40 10.30 10.50 10.70 10.10 10.10 10.40 10.30 10.60 11.00 10.90 11.10 10.60
1996 11.00 11.10 10.90 10.70 11.10 11.50 12.20 12.50 13.70 13.60 13.50 11.00 11.90
1997 10.70 10.70 10.70 10.50 10.40 10.20 10.00 10.10 10.20 11.40 11.90 12.00 11.70

MILK COWS (Dollars per Head)
1993 1,110 --- --- 1,110 --- --- 1,130 --- --- 1,150 --- --- 1,130
1994 1,190 --- --- 1,180 --- --- 1,170 --- --- 1,130 --- --- 1,170
1995 1,180 --- --- 1,170 --- --- 1,200 --- --- 1,140 --- --- 1,170
1996 1,130 --- --- 1,130 --- --- 1,160 --- --- 1,220 --- --- 1,160
1997 1,180 --- --- 1,200 --- --- 1,200 --- --- 1,160 --- --- 1,190

FLUE-CURED TOBACCO, TYPE 11 (Dollars per Hundred Pounds)
1993 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 166.50 167.00 176.00 168.00 --- 169.80
1994 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 158.00 171.00 181.50 182.50 --- 170.60
1995 --- --- --- --- --- --- 183.50 177.50 183.50 181.50 --- --- 180.70
1996 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 174.50 188.50 192.00 --- --- 187.10
1997 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 160.00 169.00 179.50 178.00 --- 172.70

FIRE-CURED TOBACCO, TYPE 21 (Dollars per Hundred Pounds)
1993 156.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 171.50 172.00 171.90
1994 167.50 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 162.50 161.50 161.20
1995 153.50 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 163.50 164.00
1996 156.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 179.50 179.00
1997 173.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 212.00 212.50

BURLEY TOBACCO, TYPE 31 (Dollars per Hundred Pounds)
1993 175.50 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 178.00 176.00 176.60
1994 174.50 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 184.00 182.50 183.20
1995 182.50 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 184.00 184.50 184.30
1996 185.50 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 192.00 192.00 192.00
1997 192.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 191.00 191.50 190.30

SUN-CURED TOBACCO, TYPE 37 (Dollars per Hundred Pounds)
1993 126.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 152.50 152.10
1994 139.50 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 147.00 147.60
1995 153.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 157.00 155.50
1996 149.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 179.00 178.20
1997 150.00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 190.00 190.80
1/ Marketing seasons: Corn, September 1 through August 31; Wheat, June 1 through May 31; Barley, June 1 through May 31; Soybeans, September 1 through August 31; Peanuts, September 1 through August 31; Hay, May 1 through April 30; and Apples, July 1 through June 30. Hogs Marketing Year Average December through November.

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