Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Oats: price received, marketing-year average: New Jersey
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
New Jersey, 1989
$1.80 a bushel
Down 2.7% from $1.85 in 1988
United States, 2025
$3.23 a bushel
Down 3.6% from $3.35 in 2024
New JerseyUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 1989, New Jersey's price received was 1.2 times the US average.
- From 1949 to 1989 it rose 133.8%, from $0.77 to $1.80 a bushel.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | New Jersey | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No figure | $3.23 |
| 2024 | No figure | $3.35 |
| 2023 | No figure | $3.92 |
| 2022 | No figure | $4.57 |
| 2021 | No figure | $4.55 |
| 2020 | No figure | $2.77 |
| 2019 | No figure | $2.82 |
| 2018 | No figure | $2.66 |
| 2017 | No figure | $2.59 |
| 2016 | No figure | $2.06 |
| 2015 | No figure | $2.12 |
| 2014 | No figure | $3.21 |
| 2013 | No figure | $3.75 |
| 2012 | No figure | $3.89 |
| 2011 | No figure | $3.49 |
| 2010 | No figure | $2.52 |
| 2009 | No figure | $2.02 |
| 2008 | No figure | $3.15 |
| 2007 | No figure | $2.63 |
| 2006 | No figure | $1.87 |
| 2005 | No figure | $1.63 |
| 2004 | No figure | $1.48 |
| 2003 | No figure | $1.48 |
| 2002 | No figure | $1.81 |
| 2001 | No figure | $1.59 |
| 2000 | No figure | $1.10 |
| 1999 | No figure | $1.12 |
| 1998 | No figure | $1.10 |
| 1997 | No figure | $1.60 |
| 1996 | No figure | $1.96 |
| 1995 | No figure | $1.67 |
| 1994 | No figure | $1.22 |
| 1993 | No figure | $1.36 |
| 1992 | No figure | $1.32 |
| 1991 | No figure | $1.21 |
| 1990 | No figure | $1.14 |
| 1989 | $1.80 | $1.49 |
| 1988 | $1.85 | $2.61 |
| 1987 | $1.70 | $1.56 |
| 1986 | $1.55 | $1.21 |
| 1985 | $1.60 | $1.23 |
| 1984 | $2.10 | $1.67 |
| 1983 | $2.28 | $1.62 |
| 1982 | $2.04 | $1.49 |
| 1981 | $2.24 | $1.88 |
| 1980 | $2.22 | $1.72 |
| 1979 | $1.50 | $1.33 |
| 1978 | $1.45 | $1.20 |
| 1977 | $1.35 | $1.09 |
| 1976 | $1.65 | $1.56 |
| 1975 | $1.55 | $1.45 |
| 1974 | $1.60 | $1.53 |
| 1973 | $1.38 | $1.18 |
| 1972 | $0.92 | $0.72 |
| 1971 | $0.85 | $0.60 |
| 1970 | $0.87 | $0.62 |
| 1969 | $0.77 | $0.58 |
| 1968 | $0.77 | $0.60 |
| 1967 | $0.86 | $0.66 |
| 1966 | $0.82 | $0.67 |
| 1965 | $0.76 | $0.62 |
| 1964 | $0.71 | $0.63 |
| 1963 | $0.72 | $0.62 |
| 1962 | $0.77 | $0.62 |
| 1961 | $0.72 | $0.64 |
| 1960 | $0.74 | $0.60 |
| 1959 | $0.76 | $0.65 |
| 1958 | $0.76 | $0.58 |
| 1957 | $0.80 | $0.61 |
| 1956 | $0.79 | $0.69 |
| 1955 | $0.76 | $0.60 |
| 1954 | $0.86 | $0.71 |
| 1953 | $0.83 | $0.74 |
| 1952 | $0.90 | $0.79 |
| 1951 | $0.93 | $0.82 |
| 1950 | $0.90 | $0.79 |
| 1949 | $0.77 | $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 | No figure | $0.47 |
| 1915 | No figure | $0.37 |
| 1914 | No figure | $0.43 |
| 1913 | No figure | $0.37 |
| 1912 | No figure | $0.33 |
| 1911 | No figure | $0.44 |
| 1910 | No figure | $0.34 |
| 1909 | No figure | $0.42 |
| 1908 | No figure | $0.49 |
| 1907 | No figure | $0.44 |
| 1906 | No figure | $0.32 |
| 1905 | No figure | $0.29 |
| 1904 | No figure | $0.31 |
| 1903 | No figure | $0.34 |
| 1902 | No figure | $0.31 |
| 1901 | No figure | $0.40 |
| 1900 | No figure | $0.25 |
| 1899 | No figure | $0.25 |
| 1898 | No figure | $0.25 |
| 1897 | No figure | $0.21 |
| 1896 | No figure | $0.18 |
| 1895 | No figure | $0.19 |
| 1894 | No figure | $0.32 |
| 1893 | No figure | $0.29 |
| 1892 | No figure | $0.32 |
| 1891 | No figure | $0.31 |
| 1890 | No figure | $0.42 |
| 1889 | No figure | $0.22 |
| 1888 | No figure | $0.27 |
| 1887 | No figure | $0.30 |
| 1886 | No figure | $0.29 |
| 1885 | No figure | $0.28 |
| 1884 | No figure | $0.27 |
| 1883 | No figure | $0.32 |
| 1882 | No figure | $0.37 |
| 1881 | No figure | $0.46 |
| 1880 | No figure | $0.35 |
| 1879 | No figure | $0.33 |
| 1878 | No figure | $0.24 |
| 1877 | No figure | $0.29 |
| 1876 | No figure | $0.35 |
| 1875 | No figure | $0.37 |
| 1874 | No figure | $0.52 |
| 1873 | No figure | $0.37 |
| 1872 | No figure | $0.32 |
| 1871 | No figure | $0.39 |
| 1870 | No figure | $0.43 |
| 1869 | No figure | $0.46 |
| 1868 | No figure | $0.54 |
| 1867 | No figure | $0.59 |
| 1866 | No figure | $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.