Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Alfalfa hay: price received, marketing-year average: South Dakota
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
South Dakota, 2025
$97 a ton
Down 10.2% from $108 in 2024
United States, 2025
$172 a ton
Down 1.7% from $175 in 2024
South DakotaUnited States
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What the numbers say
- South Dakota's price received is 0.6 times the US average.
- Since 1989 it has risen 26.0%, from $77 to $97 a ton.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | South Dakota | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $97 | $172 |
| 2024 | $108 | $175 |
| 2023 | $162 | $225 |
| 2022 | $185 | $273 |
| 2021 | $172 | $216 |
| 2020 | $113 | $171 |
| 2019 | $108 | $179 |
| 2018 | $107 | $180 |
| 2017 | $115 | $154 |
| 2016 | $89 | $136 |
| 2015 | $105 | $158 |
| 2014 | $117 | $196 |
| 2013 | $151 | $199 |
| 2012 | $221 | $211 |
| 2011 | $127 | $196 |
| 2010 | $81 | $123 |
| 2009 | $82 | $113 |
| 2008 | $97 | $165 |
| 2007 | $100 | $137 |
| 2006 | $82 | $113 |
| 2005 | $65 | $104 |
| 2004 | $65 | $98.60 |
| 2003 | $63.50 | $90.80 |
| 2002 | $82 | $100 |
| 2001 | $69.50 | $104 |
| 2000 | $67 | $88.90 |
| 1999 | $45.50 | $80.20 |
| 1998 | $55 | $88.10 |
| 1997 | $81.50 | $107 |
| 1996 | $84.50 | $101.80 |
| 1995 | $60 | $87.20 |
| 1994 | $62 | $92.10 |
| 1993 | $65 | $89.30 |
| 1992 | $65 | $78.20 |
| 1991 | $45 | $74.60 |
| 1990 | $62 | $86.60 |
| 1989 | $77 | $93.80 |
| 1971 | No figure | $27.10 |
| 1970 | No figure | $24.70 |
| 1969 | No figure | $23.90 |
| 1968 | No figure | $23 |
| 1967 | No figure | $23.60 |
| 1966 | No figure | $24.70 |
| 1965 | No figure | $24 |
| 1964 | No figure | $24 |
| 1963 | No figure | $23.50 |
| 1962 | No figure | $21.40 |
| 1961 | No figure | $21 |
| 1960 | No figure | $21 |
| 1959 | No figure | $21.70 |
| 1958 | No figure | $18.60 |
| 1957 | No figure | $18.60 |
| 1956 | No figure | $21.90 |
| 1955 | No figure | $22 |
| 1954 | No figure | $23 |
| 1953 | No figure | $22.70 |
| 1952 | No figure | $26 |
| 1951 | No figure | $25.50 |
| 1950 | No figure | $23.10 |
| 1949 | No figure | $22.70 |
| 1948 | No figure | $26.40 |
| 1947 | No figure | $25.50 |
| 1946 | No figure | $25.40 |
| 1945 | No figure | $21.90 |
| 1944 | No figure | $22.60 |
| 1943 | No figure | $21.40 |
| 1942 | No figure | $15.80 |
| 1941 | No figure | $13.50 |
| 1940 | No figure | $10.70 |
| 1939 | No figure | $11 |
| 1938 | No figure | $7.86 |
| 1937 | No figure | $10.30 |
| 1936 | No figure | $12.40 |
| 1935 | No figure | $8.53 |
| 1934 | No figure | $14.40 |
| 1933 | No figure | $8.42 |
| 1932 | No figure | $6.99 |
| 1931 | No figure | $10 |
| 1930 | No figure | $12.10 |
| 1929 | No figure | $13.70 |
| 1928 | No figure | $13.70 |
| 1927 | No figure | $11.90 |
| 1926 | No figure | $13.60 |
| 1925 | No figure | $13 |
| 1924 | No figure | $13.80 |
| 1923 | No figure | $13.50 |
| 1922 | No figure | $12.90 |
| 1921 | No figure | $10.80 |
| 1920 | No figure | $15.80 |
| 1919 | No figure | $22.80 |
| 1918 | No figure | $20.80 |
| 1917 | No figure | $20.70 |
| 1916 | No figure | $12.80 |
| 1915 | No figure | $9.31 |
| 1914 | No figure | $9.06 |
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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.