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Alfalfa hay: price received, marketing-year average: United States
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
United States, 2025
$172 a ton
Down 1.7% from $175 in 2024
United States
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What the numbers say
- Since 1914 it has risen 1,798.5%, from $9.06 to $172 a ton.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | United States |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $172 |
| 2024 | $175 |
| 2023 | $225 |
| 2022 | $273 |
| 2021 | $216 |
| 2020 | $171 |
| 2019 | $179 |
| 2018 | $180 |
| 2017 | $154 |
| 2016 | $136 |
| 2015 | $158 |
| 2014 | $196 |
| 2013 | $199 |
| 2012 | $211 |
| 2011 | $196 |
| 2010 | $123 |
| 2009 | $113 |
| 2008 | $165 |
| 2007 | $137 |
| 2006 | $113 |
| 2005 | $104 |
| 2004 | $98.60 |
| 2003 | $90.80 |
| 2002 | $100 |
| 2001 | $104 |
| 2000 | $88.90 |
| 1999 | $80.20 |
| 1998 | $88.10 |
| 1997 | $107 |
| 1996 | $101.80 |
| 1995 | $87.20 |
| 1994 | $92.10 |
| 1993 | $89.30 |
| 1992 | $78.20 |
| 1991 | $74.60 |
| 1990 | $86.60 |
| 1989 | $93.80 |
| 1971 | $27.10 |
| 1970 | $24.70 |
| 1969 | $23.90 |
| 1968 | $23 |
| 1967 | $23.60 |
| 1966 | $24.70 |
| 1965 | $24 |
| 1964 | $24 |
| 1963 | $23.50 |
| 1962 | $21.40 |
| 1961 | $21 |
| 1960 | $21 |
| 1959 | $21.70 |
| 1958 | $18.60 |
| 1957 | $18.60 |
| 1956 | $21.90 |
| 1955 | $22 |
| 1954 | $23 |
| 1953 | $22.70 |
| 1952 | $26 |
| 1951 | $25.50 |
| 1950 | $23.10 |
| 1949 | $22.70 |
| 1948 | $26.40 |
| 1947 | $25.50 |
| 1946 | $25.40 |
| 1945 | $21.90 |
| 1944 | $22.60 |
| 1943 | $21.40 |
| 1942 | $15.80 |
| 1941 | $13.50 |
| 1940 | $10.70 |
| 1939 | $11 |
| 1938 | $7.86 |
| 1937 | $10.30 |
| 1936 | $12.40 |
| 1935 | $8.53 |
| 1934 | $14.40 |
| 1933 | $8.42 |
| 1932 | $6.99 |
| 1931 | $10 |
| 1930 | $12.10 |
| 1929 | $13.70 |
| 1928 | $13.70 |
| 1927 | $11.90 |
| 1926 | $13.60 |
| 1925 | $13 |
| 1924 | $13.80 |
| 1923 | $13.50 |
| 1922 | $12.90 |
| 1921 | $10.80 |
| 1920 | $15.80 |
| 1919 | $22.80 |
| 1918 | $20.80 |
| 1917 | $20.70 |
| 1916 | $12.80 |
| 1915 | $9.31 |
| 1914 | $9.06 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. 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.