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Potatoes: price received, marketing-year average: Michigan
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
Michigan, 2025
$14.30 a hundredweight
Down 13.3% from $16.50 in 2024
United States, 2025
$10.80 a hundredweight
Down 7.7% from $11.70 in 2024
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What the numbers say
- Michigan's price received is 1.3 times the US average.
- Since 1866 it has risen 1,454.3%, from $0.92 to $14.30 a hundredweight.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Michigan | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14.30 | $10.80 |
| 2024 | $16.50 | $11.70 |
| 2023 | $13.30 | $12.30 |
| 2022 | $13.90 | $12.90 |
| 2021 | $13.10 | $10.20 |
| 2020 | $10.80 | $9.30 |
| 2019 | $9.84 | $9.93 |
| 2018 | $10.50 | $8.90 |
| 2017 | $11.10 | $9.17 |
| 2016 | $10.20 | $9.08 |
| 2015 | $10.40 | $8.79 |
| 2014 | $11.60 | $8.97 |
| 2013 | $11.90 | $9.88 |
| 2012 | $11.60 | $8.63 |
| 2011 | $11.60 | $9.41 |
| 2010 | $11 | $9.20 |
| 2009 | $10.50 | $8.25 |
| 2008 | $10.10 | $9.09 |
| 2007 | $8.45 | $7.51 |
| 2006 | $8.35 | $7.31 |
| 2005 | $7.95 | $7.04 |
| 2004 | $6.95 | $5.65 |
| 2003 | $7.05 | $5.88 |
| 2002 | $7.80 | $6.67 |
| 2001 | $7.65 | $6.99 |
| 2000 | $6.70 | $5.08 |
| 1999 | $6.80 | $5.76 |
| 1998 | $6.70 | $5.56 |
| 1997 | $6.45 | $5.64 |
| 1996 | $5.80 | $4.91 |
| 1995 | $6.90 | $6.75 |
| 1994 | $6.70 | $5.56 |
| 1993 | $7.45 | $6.16 |
| 1992 | $6.40 | $5.52 |
| 1991 | $6.15 | $4.96 |
| 1990 | $6.60 | $6.08 |
| 1989 | $8.20 | $7.35 |
| 1988 | $7.30 | $6 |
| 1987 | $5.10 | $4.38 |
| 1986 | $6 | $5.03 |
| 1985 | $4.40 | $3.92 |
| 1984 | $5.70 | $5.69 |
| 1983 | $6.60 | $5.82 |
| 1982 | $4.65 | $4.45 |
| 1981 | $6.30 | $5.42 |
| 1980 | $6.65 | $6.55 |
| 1979 | $4.44 | $3.44 |
| 1978 | $4.57 | $3.38 |
| 1977 | $4.14 | $3.55 |
| 1976 | $4.17 | $3.59 |
| 1975 | $5.56 | $4.48 |
| 1974 | $4.15 | $4.01 |
| 1973 | $6.13 | $4.90 |
| 1972 | $3.66 | $3.02 |
| 1971 | $2.47 | $1.90 |
| 1970 | $2.72 | $2.21 |
| 1969 | $2.73 | $2.24 |
| 1968 | $2.21 | $2.23 |
| 1967 | $1.97 | $1.87 |
| 1966 | $2.42 | $2.04 |
| 1965 | $2.49 | $2.53 |
| 1964 | $3.63 | $3.50 |
| 1963 | $2 | $1.78 |
| 1962 | $1.89 | $1.67 |
| 1961 | $1.48 | $1.36 |
| 1960 | $2.22 | $2 |
| 1959 | $2.26 | $2.27 |
| 1958 | $1.51 | $1.31 |
| 1957 | $2.38 | $1.91 |
| 1956 | $1.46 | $2.02 |
| 1955 | $1.67 | $1.77 |
| 1954 | $2.23 | $2.15 |
| 1953 | $1.25 | $1.31 |
| 1952 | $2.96 | $3.21 |
| 1951 | $3.18 | $2.68 |
| 1950 | $1.47 | $1.50 |
| 1949 | $1.90 | $2.10 |
| 1948 | $2.33 | $2.53 |
| 1947 | $2.87 | $2.67 |
| 1946 | $2.03 | $2.02 |
| 1945 | $2.28 | $2.30 |
| 1944 | $2.65 | $2.40 |
| 1943 | $2.22 | $2.10 |
| 1942 | $2.08 | $1.90 |
| 1941 | $1.38 | $1.31 |
| 1940 | $0.95 | $0.85 |
| 1939 | $1.12 | $1.16 |
| 1938 | $0.80 | $0.90 |
| 1937 | $0.80 | $0.84 |
| 1936 | $1.70 | $1.87 |
| 1935 | $0.92 | $0.98 |
| 1934 | $0.48 | $0.71 |
| 1933 | $1.25 | $1.34 |
| 1932 | $0.45 | $0.63 |
| 1931 | $0.53 | $0.75 |
| 1930 | $1.48 | $1.47 |
| 1929 | $2.23 | $2.17 |
| 1928 | $0.60 | $0.88 |
| 1927 | $1.52 | $1.66 |
| 1926 | $1.85 | $2.15 |
| 1925 | $2.73 | $2.83 |
| 1924 | $0.75 | $1.14 |
| 1923 | $0.98 | $1.56 |
| 1922 | $0.73 | $1.11 |
| 1921 | $1.73 | $1.83 |
| 1920 | $1.10 | $2.10 |
| 1919 | $3.33 | $3.18 |
| 1918 | $1.70 | $1.95 |
| 1917 | $1.47 | $2.12 |
| 1916 | $3.23 | $2.50 |
| 1915 | $1.17 | $1.14 |
| 1914 | $0.57 | $0.91 |
| 1913 | $0.93 | $1.11 |
| 1912 | $0.67 | $0.92 |
| 1911 | $1.40 | $1.55 |
| 1910 | $0.62 | $0.97 |
| 1909 | $0.53 | $0.95 |
| 1908 | $0.97 | $1.16 |
| 1907 | $0.75 | $1.01 |
| 1906 | $0.57 | $0.85 |
| 1905 | $0.93 | $1.02 |
| 1904 | $0.48 | $0.76 |
| 1903 | $0.82 | $1.02 |
| 1902 | $0.68 | $0.79 |
| 1901 | $1.13 | $1.28 |
| 1900 | $0.43 | $0.72 |
| 1899 | $0.53 | $0.67 |
| 1898 | $0.45 | $0.70 |
| 1897 | $0.72 | $0.92 |
| 1896 | $0.32 | $0.48 |
| 1895 | $0.27 | $0.44 |
| 1894 | $0.72 | $0.89 |
| 1893 | $0.75 | $0.98 |
| 1892 | $0.88 | $1.10 |
| 1891 | $0.40 | $0.60 |
| 1890 | $1.07 | $1.26 |
| 1889 | $0.55 | $0.60 |
| 1888 | $0.55 | $0.65 |
| 1887 | $1.20 | $1.15 |
| 1886 | $0.65 | $0.76 |
| 1885 | $0.57 | $0.73 |
| 1884 | $0.42 | $0.64 |
| 1883 | $0.68 | $0.69 |
| 1882 | $0.72 | $0.91 |
| 1881 | $1.33 | $1.52 |
| 1880 | $0.68 | $0.80 |
| 1879 | $0.68 | $0.72 |
| 1878 | $0.80 | $0.98 |
| 1877 | $0.60 | $0.74 |
| 1876 | $1.18 | $1.10 |
| 1875 | $0.52 | $0.64 |
| 1874 | $1.05 | $1.12 |
| 1873 | $1.27 | $1.16 |
| 1872 | $1.05 | $1.00 |
| 1871 | $1.37 | $0.96 |
| 1870 | $0.97 | $1.18 |
| 1869 | $0.60 | $0.85 |
| 1868 | $0.95 | $1.31 |
| 1867 | $1.18 | $1.51 |
| 1866 | $0.92 | $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.