Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Oats: price received, marketing-year average: West Virginia
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
West Virginia, 1999
$1.80 a bushel
Up 37.4% from $1.31 in 1998
United States, 2025
$3.23 a bushel
Down 3.6% from $3.35 in 2024
West VirginiaUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 1999, West Virginia's price received was 1.6 times the US average.
- From 1995 to 1999 it fell 18.2%, from $2.20 to $1.80 a bushel.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | West Virginia | 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 | $1.80 | $1.12 |
| 1998 | $1.31 | $1.10 |
| 1997 | $2.07 | $1.60 |
| 1996 | $2.30 | $1.96 |
| 1995 | $2.20 | $1.67 |
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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.