PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTHS AND SEASON AVERAGE FOR SELECTED FIELD CROPS, 1995-1999 Corn(dollars per bushel) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 2.69 1998 2.89 2.87 2.85 2.72 2.67 2.60 2.52 2.27 2.12 2.30 2.41 2.36 2.24 1999 2.35 2.37 2.42 2.40 2.42 2.23 2.13 2.09 2.11 2.09 2.11 2.14 2.10 Wheat (dollars per bushel) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 5.3 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 1998 3.08 3.19 3.19 3.10 3.00 2.63 2.37 2.23 2.04 2.35 2.53 2.41 2.41 1999 2.46 2.22 2.29 2.23 2.20 2.16 1.93 1.92 1.88 1.90 1.90 1.93 2.00 Barley (dollars per bushel) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 2.13 2.01 2.04 1.85 1.85 1.43 1.30 1.43 1.19 1.33 1.36 1.50 1.40 1999 1.48 1.32 1.29 1.31 1.24 1.31 1.27 1.26 1.21 1.31 1.29 1.31 1.30 Soybeans (dollars per bushel) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 7.4 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 6.20 1998 6.17 6.11 6.11 5.93 5.95 6.16 5.88 5.34 5.27 5.40 5.85 5.54 5.30 1999 5.17 4.74 4.41 4.70 4.44 4.42 3.98 3.93 4.15 4.30 4.38 4.32 4.50 Potatoes, Summer (dollars per hundred pounds) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 1995 - - - - - 11.00 8.90 7.95 9.00 - - - 8.90 1996 - - - - - 10.50 10.30 8.00 8.20 - - - 10.10 1997 - - - - - 12.80 11.40 10.50 13.50 - - - 11.50 1998 - - - - - 11.00 8.20 7.90 5.90 - - - 8.10 1999 - - - - - 8.35 7.85 5.80 - - - - 7.60 Peanuts (cents per pound) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 - - - - - - - 29.5 29.4 25.0 26.2 30.1 1998 29.2 - - - - - - 31.9 29.0 29.3 35.0 27.3 1999 - - - - - - - - 27.9 28.5 23.8 24.1 27.5 PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTHS AND SEASON AVERAGE FOR SELECTED FIELD CROPS, 1995-1999, continued Apples for Fresh Market(cents per pound) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 19.0 18.1 18.0 18.0 --- --- --- --- 21.9 20.0 19.1 18.9 18.9 1999 18.3 18.2 18.5 --- --- --- --- 23.0 20.5 20.5 18.0 17.0 18.3 Hay, All Baled(dollars per ton) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 82.50 77.50 82.00 82.00 81.50 80.00 73.50 78.50 81.00 96.00 83.50 75.50 81.50 1999 76.00 83.00 86.00 87.50 85.00 78.50 85.00 85.50 94.50 90.50 87.50 87.50 85.00 Hay, Alfalfa Baled(dollars per ton) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 102.00 108.00 105.00 105.00 113.00 113.00 102.00 99.00 140.50 145.00 155.00 107.00 117.00 1999 96.00 116.00 116.00 110.00 112.00 110.00 111.00 111.00 111.00 125.00 130.00 130.00 116.00 Flue-Cured Tobacco Type 11(dollars per hundred pounds) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 - - - - - - - 169.00 178.00 189.00 182.50 179.20 1999 - - - - - - - 171.50 171.00 185.50 183.00 - 176.60 Fire-Cured TobaccoType 21(dollars per hundred pounds) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 1995 153.50 - - - - - - - - - - 163.50 164.00 1996 156.00 - - - - - - - - - - 179.50 179.00 1997 173.00 - - - - - - - - - - 212.00 212.50 1998 214.00 - - - - - - - - - - 196.00 193.60 1999 184.00 - - - - - - - - - 190.50 184.00 181.90 Sun-Cured Tobacco, Type 37 (dollars per hundred pounds) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 1995 153.00 - - - - - - - - - - 157.00 155.50 1996 149.00 - - - - - - - - - - 179.00 178.20 1997 150.00 - - - - - - - - - - 190.00 190.80 1998 196.00 - - - - - - - - - - 172.50 170.90 1999 167.50 - - - - - - - - - - 158.50 159.00 Burley Tobacco, Type 31 (dollars per hundred pounds) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 184.50 - - - - - - - - - 191.00 189.50 189.20 1999 185.00 - - - - - - - - - 190.00 190.50 189.60 Calves (dollars per hundred Pounds Live weight) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 74.10 79.40 82.30 82.90 84.70 75.40 64.20 64.60 62.80 64.50 63.20 66.20 73.30 1999 72.30 76.10 76.80 76.40 75.30 75.60 75.90 78.50 78.60 80.90 79.30 82.60 77.50 All Milk, Wholesale(dollars per hundred pounds) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 1995 14.30 13.60 13.50 13.30 13.50 13.00 13.10 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 16.20 1997 14.20 14.10 14.30 14.20 14.10 13.60 12.70 12.80 13.10 14.40 14.90 15.00 14.00 1998 15.90 16.60 15.80 15.90 15.40 15.20 14.30 16.20 16.90 18.60 18.70 15.80 16.20 1999 19.20 18.00 17.40 12.80 13.70 14.20 14.30 14.40 16.10 17.10 17.20 13.80 15.70 Hogs(dollars per hundred Pounds Live weight) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 41.30 51.60 1998 35.30 34.30 34.40 36.40 44.40 41.60 35.90 34.60 29.20 28.00 18.30 14.40 34.60 1999 28.20 26.90 25.30 27.90 35.50 33.20 30.30 35.60 33.40 33.80 33.30 35.30 29.20 Milk Cows(dollars per head) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 1,160 - - 1,180 - - 1,140 - - 1,170 - - 1,160 1999 1,180 - - 1,220 - - 1,210 - - 1,290 - - 1,230 Fluid Milk(dollars per hundred pounds) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 15.90 16.60 15.80 15.90 15.40 15.20 14.30 16.20 16.90 18.60 18.70 18.90 16.20 1999 19.20 18.00 17.40 12.80 13.70 14.20 14.30 14.40 16.10 17.10 17.20 13.80 15.70 Milk for Manufacture(dollars per hundred pounds) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 10.70 1998 14.50 14.90 14.70 14.70 14.20 13.40 12.20 14.40 16.10 16.00 15.80 15.00 14.50 1999 14.50 12.50 11.10 11.40 10.60 11.90 12.70 12.70 13.10 12.30 9.60 10.20 13.30 Broilers(cents per pound live weight Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 31.0 36.5 1998 33.0 34.0 35.0 36.0 37.0 40.0 43.0 47.0 44.0 43.0 40.0 38.0 38.5 1999 36.0 35.0 34.0 34.0 37.0 37.0 37.0 36.0 35.0 33.0 38.0 35.0 36.0 PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTHS AND SEASON AVERAGE FOR LIVESTOCK, 1995-1999 continued Turkeys(cents per pound live weight) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 34.0 31.0 33.0 34.0 34.0 35.0 38.0 40.0 42.0 46.0 48.0 41.0 39.0 1999 33.0 35.0 37.0 39.0 40.0 43.0 45.0 46.0 47.0 49.0 49.0 43.0 42.0 All Eggs(cents per dozen) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 86.9 86.6 85.8 77.4 84.9 91.4 100.1 87.9 93.5 90.1 101.1 99.7 95.1 1998 93.6 87.4 96.8 94.1 89.7 88.7 88.7 95.4 96.5 97.6 91.4 96.0 93.3 1999 98.0 87.2 90.1 85.3 83.7 83.0 90.5 97.0 87.0 79.6 84.6 91.0 88.5 Beef Cattle(dollars per hundred pounds live weight) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 52.00 54.70 57.00 62.10 57.80 55.20 49.40 52.20 51.00 52.10 49.20 45.00 57.00 1999 49.60 52.70 53.10 51.90 54.10 55.30 56.60 58.40 61.20 62.40 60.30 55.70 56.40 Market Eggs(cents per dozen) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 64.5 1998 64.0 51.0 67.0 55.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 59.0 60.0 66.0 56.0 59.0 57.7 1999 62.0 43.0 49.0 35.0 27.0 32.0 50.0 57.0 40.0 32.0 43.0 46.0 44.1 Steers and Heifers(dollars per hundred pounds live weight) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 67.00 67.80 66.30 70.60 71.90 67.50 58.40 61.10 57.10 58.60 57.30 57.90 63.00 1999 64.00 65.50 65.30 64.80 66.80 68.90 69.90 70.60 69.80 70.80 70.70 74.50 68.20 Cows for Slaughter(dollars per hundred pounds live weight) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. 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 1998 32.10 32.40 32.00 33.70 34.90 35.00 32.60 32.30 29.20 27.80 26.30 27.90 31.00 1999 30.60 31.00 32.30 30.00 33.40 33.10 32.00 31.20 30.60 31.00 30.70 30.80 31.30 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.