Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Other hay: price received, marketing-year average: Alabama
The average price farmers received per ton for hay other than alfalfa 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
Alabama, 2025
$117 a ton
Unchanged from $117 in 2024
United States, 2025
$137 a ton
Down 8.7% from $150 in 2024
AlabamaUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Alabama's price received is 0.9 times the US average.
- Since 1972 it has risen 290.0%, from $30 to $117 a ton.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Alabama | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $117 | $137 |
| 2024 | $117 | $150 |
| 2023 | $112 | $172 |
| 2022 | $127 | $177 |
| 2021 | $98 | $153 |
| 2020 | $96 | $132 |
| 2019 | $87 | $135 |
| 2018 | $95 | $139 |
| 2017 | $98 | $120 |
| 2016 | $110 | $118 |
| 2015 | $110 | $121 |
| 2014 | $106 | $130 |
| 2013 | $88 | $139 |
| 2012 | $82 | $144 |
| 2011 | $81 | $132 |
| 2010 | $85 | $97 |
| 2009 | $74 | $97.30 |
| 2008 | $98 | $118 |
| 2007 | $97 | $110 |
| 2006 | $68 | $102 |
| 2005 | $57 | $81.40 |
| 2004 | $57 | $74.60 |
| 2003 | $58 | $70.90 |
| 2002 | $57 | $73.80 |
| 2001 | $55 | $73.30 |
| 2000 | $56 | $70.90 |
| 1999 | $55 | $66.80 |
| 1998 | $53 | $71.80 |
| 1997 | $47 | $75.70 |
| 1996 | $49 | $76.50 |
| 1995 | $50 | $65.40 |
| 1994 | $47 | $67.90 |
| 1993 | $79 | $67.40 |
| 1992 | $51 | $62.20 |
| 1991 | $48.50 | $60.50 |
| 1990 | $61 | $65.10 |
| 1989 | $60 | $65.50 |
| 1988 | $63.50 | No figure |
| 1987 | $63.50 | No figure |
| 1986 | $65.50 | No figure |
| 1985 | $63 | No figure |
| 1984 | $63.50 | No figure |
| 1983 | $63.50 | No figure |
| 1982 | $59 | No figure |
| 1981 | $60.50 | No figure |
| 1980 | $56 | No figure |
| 1979 | $55 | No figure |
| 1978 | $54.50 | No figure |
| 1977 | $56.50 | No figure |
| 1976 | $41 | No figure |
| 1975 | $41 | No figure |
| 1974 | $40.50 | No figure |
| 1973 | $33.50 | No figure |
| 1972 | $30 | No figure |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State and US estimates released Aug 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / TON". 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.