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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 1866 it has risen 533.2%, from $0.66 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 |
| 2015 | $3.61 |
| 2014 | $3.70 |
| 2013 | $4.46 |
| 2012 | $6.89 |
| 2011 | $6.22 |
| 2010 | $5.18 |
| 2009 | $3.55 |
| 2008 | $4.06 |
| 2007 | $4.20 |
| 2006 | $3.04 |
| 2005 | $2 |
| 2004 | $2.06 |
| 2003 | $2.42 |
| 2002 | $2.32 |
| 2001 | $1.97 |
| 2000 | $1.85 |
| 1999 | $1.82 |
| 1998 | $1.94 |
| 1997 | $2.43 |
| 1996 | $2.71 |
| 1995 | $3.24 |
| 1994 | $2.26 |
| 1993 | $2.50 |
| 1992 | $2.07 |
| 1991 | $2.37 |
| 1990 | $2.28 |
| 1989 | $2.36 |
| 1988 | $2.54 |
| 1987 | $1.94 |
| 1986 | $1.50 |
| 1985 | $2.23 |
| 1984 | $2.63 |
| 1983 | $3.21 |
| 1982 | $2.55 |
| 1981 | $2.50 |
| 1980 | $3.11 |
| 1979 | $2.52 |
| 1978 | $2.25 |
| 1977 | $2.02 |
| 1976 | $2.15 |
| 1975 | $2.54 |
| 1974 | $3.02 |
| 1973 | $2.55 |
| 1972 | $1.57 |
| 1971 | $1.08 |
| 1970 | $1.33 |
| 1969 | $1.16 |
| 1968 | $1.08 |
| 1967 | $1.03 |
| 1966 | $1.24 |
| 1965 | $1.16 |
| 1964 | $1.17 |
| 1963 | $1.11 |
| 1962 | $1.12 |
| 1961 | $1.10 |
| 1960 | $1 |
| 1959 | $1.05 |
| 1958 | $1.12 |
| 1957 | $1.11 |
| 1956 | $1.29 |
| 1955 | $1.35 |
| 1954 | $1.43 |
| 1953 | $1.48 |
| 1952 | $1.52 |
| 1951 | $1.66 |
| 1950 | $1.52 |
| 1949 | $1.24 |
| 1948 | $1.28 |
| 1947 | $2.16 |
| 1946 | $1.53 |
| 1945 | $1.23 |
| 1944 | $1.03 |
| 1943 | $1.08 |
| 1942 | $0.89 |
| 1941 | $0.74 |
| 1940 | $0.60 |
| 1939 | $0.54 |
| 1938 | $0.47 |
| 1937 | $0.49 |
| 1936 | $1.03 |
| 1935 | $0.63 |
| 1934 | $0.80 |
| 1933 | $0.49 |
| 1932 | $0.29 |
| 1931 | $0.29 |
| 1930 | $0.55 |
| 1929 | $0.76 |
| 1928 | $0.80 |
| 1927 | $0.80 |
| 1926 | $0.72 |
| 1925 | $0.65 |
| 1924 | $1.02 |
| 1923 | $0.76 |
| 1922 | $0.69 |
| 1921 | $0.46 |
| 1920 | $0.54 |
| 1919 | $1.44 |
| 1918 | $1.45 |
| 1917 | $1.39 |
| 1916 | $1.13 |
| 1915 | $0.65 |
| 1914 | $0.67 |
| 1913 | $0.66 |
| 1912 | $0.51 |
| 1911 | $0.65 |
| 1910 | $0.48 |
| 1909 | $0.58 |
| 1908 | $0.65 |
| 1907 | $0.51 |
| 1906 | $0.39 |
| 1905 | $0.41 |
| 1904 | $0.44 |
| 1903 | $0.42 |
| 1902 | $0.40 |
| 1901 | $0.60 |
| 1900 | $0.35 |
| 1899 | $0.30 |
| 1898 | $0.29 |
| 1897 | $0.26 |
| 1896 | $0.21 |
| 1895 | $0.25 |
| 1894 | $0.45 |
| 1893 | $0.36 |
| 1892 | $0.39 |
| 1891 | $0.40 |
| 1890 | $0.50 |
| 1889 | $0.28 |
| 1888 | $0.33 |
| 1887 | $0.43 |
| 1886 | $0.36 |
| 1885 | $0.32 |
| 1884 | $0.35 |
| 1883 | $0.42 |
| 1882 | $0.48 |
| 1881 | $0.63 |
| 1880 | $0.39 |
| 1879 | $0.36 |
| 1878 | $0.31 |
| 1877 | $0.36 |
| 1876 | $0.36 |
| 1875 | $0.42 |
| 1874 | $0.64 |
| 1873 | $0.48 |
| 1872 | $0.38 |
| 1871 | $0.46 |
| 1870 | $0.52 |
| 1869 | $0.73 |
| 1868 | $0.62 |
| 1867 | $0.78 |
| 1866 | $0.66 |
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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.