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Potatoes: price received, marketing-year average: Massachusetts
The average price farmers received per hundredweight for potatoes over each marketing year, from USDA's agricultural prices survey.
Up to dateYearly (marketing-year average). Last published Sep 25, 2026. Next expected April 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Massachusetts, 2015
$10.40 a hundredweight
Unchanged from $10.40 in 2014
United States, 2025
$10.80 a hundredweight
Down 7.7% from $11.70 in 2024
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What the numbers say
- In 2015, Massachusetts's price received was 1.2 times the US average.
- From 1866 to 2015 it rose 828.6%, from $1.12 to $10.40 a hundredweight.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Massachusetts | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No figure | $10.80 |
| 2024 | No figure | $11.70 |
| 2023 | No figure | $12.30 |
| 2022 | No figure | $12.90 |
| 2021 | No figure | $10.20 |
| 2020 | No figure | $9.30 |
| 2019 | No figure | $9.93 |
| 2018 | No figure | $8.90 |
| 2017 | No figure | $9.17 |
| 2016 | No figure | $9.08 |
| 2015 | $10.40 | $8.79 |
| 2014 | $10.40 | $8.97 |
| 2013 | $11.10 | $9.88 |
| 2012 | $10.80 | $8.63 |
| 2011 | $11.10 | $9.41 |
| 2010 | $9.65 | $9.20 |
| 2009 | $9.25 | $8.25 |
| 2008 | $14.20 | $9.09 |
| 2007 | $7.50 | $7.51 |
| 2006 | $10.10 | $7.31 |
| 2005 | $8.80 | $7.04 |
| 2004 | $6.60 | $5.65 |
| 2003 | $6 | $5.88 |
| 2002 | $7.30 | $6.67 |
| 2001 | $6.90 | $6.99 |
| 2000 | $5.40 | $5.08 |
| 1999 | $6.35 | $5.76 |
| 1998 | $6.25 | $5.56 |
| 1997 | $7.70 | $5.64 |
| 1996 | $5.65 | $4.91 |
| 1995 | $6.40 | $6.75 |
| 1994 | $7.30 | $5.56 |
| 1993 | $7.50 | $6.16 |
| 1992 | $5.90 | $5.52 |
| 1991 | $6.55 | $4.96 |
| 1990 | $7.20 | $6.08 |
| 1989 | $8.35 | $7.35 |
| 1988 | $7.70 | $6 |
| 1987 | $6.50 | $4.38 |
| 1986 | $6.70 | $5.03 |
| 1985 | $3.40 | $3.92 |
| 1984 | $5.40 | $5.69 |
| 1983 | $7.20 | $5.82 |
| 1982 | $3.90 | $4.45 |
| 1981 | $5.40 | $5.42 |
| 1980 | $7.50 | $6.55 |
| 1979 | $5.60 | $3.44 |
| 1978 | $6.30 | $3.38 |
| 1977 | $5.40 | $3.55 |
| 1976 | $5.80 | $3.59 |
| 1975 | $5 | $4.48 |
| 1974 | $3.50 | $4.01 |
| 1973 | $4.90 | $4.90 |
| 1972 | $3.90 | $3.02 |
| 1971 | $2.50 | $1.90 |
| 1970 | $2.69 | $2.21 |
| 1969 | $2.70 | $2.24 |
| 1968 | $2.40 | $2.23 |
| 1967 | $2.15 | $1.87 |
| 1966 | $2.12 | $2.04 |
| 1965 | $3 | $2.53 |
| 1964 | $3.97 | $3.50 |
| 1963 | $2.36 | $1.78 |
| 1962 | $2.12 | $1.67 |
| 1961 | $1.94 | $1.36 |
| 1960 | $2.19 | $2 |
| 1959 | $2.76 | $2.27 |
| 1958 | $1.85 | $1.31 |
| 1957 | $2.68 | $1.91 |
| 1956 | $2.68 | $2.02 |
| 1955 | $1.98 | $1.77 |
| 1954 | $2.65 | $2.15 |
| 1953 | $1.83 | $1.31 |
| 1952 | $4.40 | $3.21 |
| 1951 | $2.96 | $2.68 |
| 1950 | $2.05 | $1.50 |
| 1949 | $2.81 | $2.10 |
| 1948 | $3.12 | $2.53 |
| 1947 | $3.25 | $2.67 |
| 1946 | $2.82 | $2.02 |
| 1945 | $3.10 | $2.30 |
| 1944 | $3.42 | $2.40 |
| 1943 | $2.82 | $2.10 |
| 1942 | $2.23 | $1.90 |
| 1941 | $1.72 | $1.31 |
| 1940 | $1.27 | $0.85 |
| 1939 | $1.73 | $1.16 |
| 1938 | $1.30 | $0.90 |
| 1937 | $1.18 | $0.84 |
| 1936 | $2.20 | $1.87 |
| 1935 | $1.30 | $0.98 |
| 1934 | $1.12 | $0.71 |
| 1933 | $2.13 | $1.34 |
| 1932 | $1.08 | $0.63 |
| 1931 | $1.37 | $0.75 |
| 1930 | $1.95 | $1.47 |
| 1929 | $2.87 | $2.17 |
| 1928 | $1.50 | $0.88 |
| 1927 | $2.38 | $1.66 |
| 1926 | $2.73 | $2.15 |
| 1925 | $3.42 | $2.83 |
| 1924 | $1.78 | $1.14 |
| 1923 | $2.43 | $1.56 |
| 1922 | $1.77 | $1.11 |
| 1921 | $2.48 | $1.83 |
| 1920 | $3.70 | $2.10 |
| 1919 | $3.60 | $3.18 |
| 1918 | $2.73 | $1.95 |
| 1917 | $3.03 | $2.12 |
| 1916 | $2.47 | $2.50 |
| 1915 | $1.38 | $1.14 |
| 1914 | $1.40 | $0.91 |
| 1913 | $1.47 | $1.11 |
| 1912 | $1.47 | $0.92 |
| 1911 | $1.78 | $1.55 |
| 1910 | $1.20 | $0.97 |
| 1909 | $1.45 | $0.95 |
| 1908 | $1.42 | $1.16 |
| 1907 | $1.40 | $1.01 |
| 1906 | $1.08 | $0.85 |
| 1905 | $1.40 | $1.02 |
| 1904 | $1.18 | $0.76 |
| 1903 | $1.18 | $1.02 |
| 1902 | $1.35 | $0.79 |
| 1901 | $1.50 | $1.28 |
| 1900 | $1.10 | $0.72 |
| 1899 | $0.95 | $0.67 |
| 1898 | $1.05 | $0.70 |
| 1897 | $1.50 | $0.92 |
| 1896 | $0.95 | $0.48 |
| 1895 | $0.80 | $0.44 |
| 1894 | $1.08 | $0.89 |
| 1893 | $1.27 | $0.98 |
| 1892 | $1.38 | $1.10 |
| 1891 | $0.90 | $0.60 |
| 1890 | $1.40 | $1.26 |
| 1889 | $1.17 | $0.60 |
| 1888 | $0.92 | $0.65 |
| 1887 | $1.53 | $1.15 |
| 1886 | $1.03 | $0.76 |
| 1885 | $0.95 | $0.73 |
| 1884 | $1.08 | $0.64 |
| 1883 | $0.93 | $0.69 |
| 1882 | $1.42 | $0.91 |
| 1881 | $1.67 | $1.52 |
| 1880 | $0.85 | $0.80 |
| 1879 | $0.93 | $0.72 |
| 1878 | $1.55 | $0.98 |
| 1877 | $1 | $0.74 |
| 1876 | $1.37 | $1.10 |
| 1875 | $0.85 | $0.64 |
| 1874 | $1.15 | $1.12 |
| 1873 | $1.17 | $1.16 |
| 1872 | $1.45 | $1.00 |
| 1871 | $1.12 | $0.96 |
| 1870 | $1.58 | $1.18 |
| 1869 | $1.12 | $0.85 |
| 1868 | $1.55 | $1.31 |
| 1867 | $1.83 | $1.51 |
| 1866 | $1.12 | $1.11 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State and US estimates released Sep 25, 2026. Quick Stats item "POTATOES - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / CWT". Retrieved Oct 23, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-23.1. 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.