Farm & food prices · Sources

Where the numbers come from

Every series comes from a USDA and BLS publication. This page says what we take from each source, how its use is licensed and where each series stands today. The pages show what we collected on each release date: your visit never sends a request to USDA and BLS.

Farm & food prices

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

What we take: Prices, land values, rents and yields from NASS surveys, read from its Quick Stats service.

Reports: Crop Production SurveyCash Rents SurveyLand Values SurveyAgricultural Prices Survey

Licence: Public domain (US government work)

Notice: This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

Last checked Oct 23, 2026. Late: Calves: price received, marketing-year average, Cows: price received, marketing-year average, Steers and heifers, 500 lb and over: price received, marketing-year average. Next scheduled release: May 10, 2026.

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USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)

What we take: Farm income and food price figures from ERS data files.

Reports: Farm Income and Wealth StatisticsFood Price OutlookFood Dollar

Licence: Public domain (US government work)

Last checked Oct 23, 2026. Nothing is late. Next scheduled release: Oct 28, 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

What we take: Average prices shoppers paid in stores for 21 items, for the US city average and four regions, every month, from BLS's Average Price Data.

Reports: Average Price Data

Licence: Public domain (US government work)

Notice: BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

Cite as: Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data. Retrieved Oct 23, 2026. Not seasonally adjusted.

Last checked Oct 23, 2026. Nothing is late. Next scheduled release: Nov 10, 2026.

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USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

Not included yet USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service reports prices by market, such as hay auction barns. They are not in this release; we plan to add them once we can show which reports are still published.

This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. Data from USDA and BLS is shown as published. Not financial advice.

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