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Oats: price received, marketing-year average: Iowa
The average price farmers received per bushel for oats 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
Iowa, 2025
$3.55 a bushel
Down 1.4% from $3.60 in 2024
United States, 2025
$3.23 a bushel
Down 3.6% from $3.35 in 2024
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What the numbers say
- Iowa's price received is 1.1 times the US average.
- Since 1866 it has risen 834.2%, from $0.38 to $3.55 a bushel.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.55 | $3.23 |
| 2024 | $3.60 | $3.35 |
| 2023 | $4.49 | $3.92 |
| 2022 | $5.41 | $4.57 |
| 2021 | $4.25 | $4.55 |
| 2020 | $3.19 | $2.77 |
| 2019 | $3.53 | $2.82 |
| 2018 | $2.93 | $2.66 |
| 2017 | $2.54 | $2.59 |
| 2016 | $2.52 | $2.06 |
| 2015 | $2.57 | $2.12 |
| 2014 | $3.60 | $3.21 |
| 2013 | $3.93 | $3.75 |
| 2012 | $4.04 | $3.89 |
| 2011 | $3.33 | $3.49 |
| 2010 | $2.43 | $2.52 |
| 2009 | $2.01 | $2.02 |
| 2008 | $3.27 | $3.15 |
| 2007 | $2.74 | $2.63 |
| 2006 | $1.94 | $1.87 |
| 2005 | $1.69 | $1.63 |
| 2004 | $1.49 | $1.48 |
| 2003 | $1.54 | $1.48 |
| 2002 | $1.78 | $1.81 |
| 2001 | $1.54 | $1.59 |
| 2000 | $1.19 | $1.10 |
| 1999 | $1.12 | $1.12 |
| 1998 | $1.24 | $1.10 |
| 1997 | $1.63 | $1.60 |
| 1996 | $2.16 | $1.96 |
| 1995 | $1.76 | $1.67 |
| 1994 | $1.30 | $1.22 |
| 1993 | $1.45 | $1.36 |
| 1992 | $1.38 | $1.32 |
| 1991 | $1.23 | $1.21 |
| 1990 | $1.14 | $1.14 |
| 1989 | $1.51 | $1.49 |
| 1988 | $2.85 | $2.61 |
| 1987 | $1.68 | $1.56 |
| 1986 | $1.17 | $1.21 |
| 1985 | $1.27 | $1.23 |
| 1984 | $1.78 | $1.67 |
| 1983 | $1.80 | $1.62 |
| 1982 | $1.59 | $1.49 |
| 1981 | $1.88 | $1.88 |
| 1980 | $1.71 | $1.72 |
| 1979 | $1.41 | $1.33 |
| 1978 | $1.19 | $1.20 |
| 1977 | $1.11 | $1.09 |
| 1976 | $1.56 | $1.56 |
| 1975 | $1.44 | $1.45 |
| 1974 | $1.49 | $1.53 |
| 1973 | $1.14 | $1.18 |
| 1972 | $0.75 | $0.72 |
| 1971 | $0.66 | $0.60 |
| 1970 | $0.64 | $0.62 |
| 1969 | $0.59 | $0.58 |
| 1968 | $0.63 | $0.60 |
| 1967 | $0.68 | $0.66 |
| 1966 | $0.69 | $0.67 |
| 1965 | $0.65 | $0.62 |
| 1964 | $0.65 | $0.63 |
| 1963 | $0.65 | $0.62 |
| 1962 | $0.65 | $0.62 |
| 1961 | $0.66 | $0.64 |
| 1960 | $0.60 | $0.60 |
| 1959 | $0.63 | $0.65 |
| 1958 | $0.56 | $0.58 |
| 1957 | $0.59 | $0.61 |
| 1956 | $0.72 | $0.69 |
| 1955 | $0.58 | $0.60 |
| 1954 | $0.69 | $0.71 |
| 1953 | $0.75 | $0.74 |
| 1952 | $0.76 | $0.79 |
| 1951 | $0.86 | $0.82 |
| 1950 | $0.79 | $0.79 |
| 1949 | $0.64 | $0.66 |
| 1948 | No figure | $0.72 |
| 1947 | No figure | $1.04 |
| 1946 | No figure | $0.81 |
| 1945 | No figure | $0.65 |
| 1944 | No figure | $0.69 |
| 1943 | No figure | $0.71 |
| 1942 | No figure | $0.48 |
| 1941 | No figure | $0.41 |
| 1940 | No figure | $0.30 |
| 1939 | No figure | $0.31 |
| 1938 | No figure | $0.23 |
| 1937 | No figure | $0.30 |
| 1936 | No figure | $0.43 |
| 1935 | No figure | $0.26 |
| 1934 | No figure | $0.46 |
| 1933 | No figure | $0.33 |
| 1932 | No figure | $0.15 |
| 1931 | No figure | $0.20 |
| 1930 | No figure | $0.31 |
| 1929 | No figure | $0.40 |
| 1928 | No figure | $0.39 |
| 1927 | No figure | $0.46 |
| 1926 | No figure | $0.39 |
| 1925 | No figure | $0.37 |
| 1924 | No figure | $0.47 |
| 1923 | No figure | $0.39 |
| 1922 | No figure | $0.36 |
| 1921 | No figure | $0.30 |
| 1920 | No figure | $0.52 |
| 1919 | No figure | $0.75 |
| 1918 | No figure | $0.66 |
| 1917 | No figure | $0.68 |
| 1916 | $0.46 | $0.47 |
| 1915 | $0.36 | $0.37 |
| 1914 | $0.41 | $0.43 |
| 1913 | $0.35 | $0.37 |
| 1912 | $0.29 | $0.33 |
| 1911 | $0.41 | $0.44 |
| 1910 | $0.28 | $0.34 |
| 1909 | $0.37 | $0.42 |
| 1908 | $0.44 | $0.49 |
| 1907 | $0.38 | $0.44 |
| 1906 | $0.27 | $0.32 |
| 1905 | $0.24 | $0.29 |
| 1904 | $0.25 | $0.31 |
| 1903 | $0.29 | $0.34 |
| 1902 | $0.25 | $0.31 |
| 1901 | $0.36 | $0.40 |
| 1900 | $0.20 | $0.25 |
| 1899 | $0.19 | $0.25 |
| 1898 | $0.24 | $0.25 |
| 1897 | $0.16 | $0.21 |
| 1896 | $0.12 | $0.18 |
| 1895 | $0.14 | $0.19 |
| 1894 | $0.28 | $0.32 |
| 1893 | $0.23 | $0.29 |
| 1892 | $0.26 | $0.32 |
| 1891 | $0.26 | $0.31 |
| 1890 | $0.38 | $0.42 |
| 1889 | $0.16 | $0.22 |
| 1888 | $0.20 | $0.27 |
| 1887 | $0.24 | $0.30 |
| 1886 | $0.23 | $0.29 |
| 1885 | $0.22 | $0.28 |
| 1884 | $0.20 | $0.27 |
| 1883 | $0.26 | $0.32 |
| 1882 | $0.28 | $0.37 |
| 1881 | $0.34 | $0.46 |
| 1880 | $0.23 | $0.35 |
| 1879 | $0.23 | $0.33 |
| 1878 | $0.13 | $0.24 |
| 1877 | $0.20 | $0.29 |
| 1876 | $0.23 | $0.35 |
| 1875 | $0.24 | $0.37 |
| 1874 | $0.38 | $0.52 |
| 1873 | $0.27 | $0.37 |
| 1872 | $0.16 | $0.32 |
| 1871 | $0.21 | $0.39 |
| 1870 | $0.30 | $0.43 |
| 1869 | $0.35 | $0.46 |
| 1868 | $0.35 | $0.54 |
| 1867 | $0.42 | $0.59 |
| 1866 | $0.38 | $0.47 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State estimates released Aug 31, 2026; US estimates released Jun 29, 2026. Quick Stats item "OATS - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / BU". Retrieved Oct 25, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-25.1. 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.