Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Other hay: price received, marketing-year average: Massachusetts
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
Massachusetts, 2025
$180 a ton
Unchanged from $180 in 2024
United States, 2025
$137 a ton
Down 8.7% from $150 in 2024
MassachusettsUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Massachusetts's price received is 1.3 times the US average.
- Since 2021 it has risen 20.0%, from $150 to $180 a ton.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Massachusetts | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $180 | $137 |
| 2024 | $180 | $150 |
| 2023 | $171 | $172 |
| 2022 | $160 | $177 |
| 2021 | $150 | $153 |
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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.