Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Alfalfa hay: price received, marketing-year average: Montana
The average price farmers received per ton for alfalfa hay over each marketing year, from USDA's agricultural prices survey.
Up to dateYearly (marketing-year average). Last published Aug 31, 2026. Next expected April 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Montana, 2025
$150 a ton
Up 8.7% from $138 in 2024
United States, 2025
$172 a ton
Down 1.7% from $175 in 2024
MontanaUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Montana's price received is 0.9 times the US average.
- Since 2021 it has fallen 34.2%, from $228 to $150 a ton.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Montana | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $150 | $172 |
| 2024 | $138 | $175 |
| 2023 | $181 | $225 |
| 2022 | $242 | $273 |
| 2021 | $228 | $216 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State and US estimates released Aug 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "HAY, ALFALFA - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / TON". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
What this measures
It is USDA's average for a whole marketing year, weighted by how much of it sold in each month of the marketing year, so it is not the average of the monthly prices.