Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Corn for grain: price received, marketing-year average: United States
The average price farmers received per bushel for corn for grain over each marketing year, from USDA's agricultural prices survey.
Up to dateYearly (marketing-year average). Last published Sep 29, 2026. Next expected April 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
United States, 2025
$4.16 a bushel
Down 1.9% from $4.24 in 2024
United States
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What the numbers say
- Since 2016 it has risen 23.8%, from $3.36 to $4.16 a bushel.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | United States |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.16 |
| 2024 | $4.24 |
| 2023 | $4.55 |
| 2022 | $6.54 |
| 2021 | $6 |
| 2020 | $4.53 |
| 2019 | $3.56 |
| 2018 | $3.61 |
| 2017 | $3.36 |
| 2016 | $3.36 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. US estimates released Sep 29, 2026. Quick Stats item "CORN, GRAIN - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / BU". 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.