Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Oats: price received, marketing-year average: United States
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 Jun 29, 2026. Next expected April 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
United States, 2025
$3.23 a bushel
Down 3.6% from $3.35 in 2024
United States
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What the numbers say
- Since 2021 it has fallen 29.0%, from $4.55 to $3.23 a bushel.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | United States |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.23 |
| 2024 | $3.35 |
| 2023 | $3.92 |
| 2022 | $4.57 |
| 2021 | $4.55 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. US estimates released Jun 29, 2026. Quick Stats item "OATS - 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.