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Soybeans: price received, marketing-year average: West Virginia
The average price farmers received per bushel for soybeans over each marketing year, from USDA's agricultural prices survey.
Up to dateYearly (marketing-year average). Last published Sep 29, 2026. Next expected April 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
West Virginia, 2018
$8.50 a bushel
Down 9.6% from $9.40 in 2017
United States, 2025
$10.50 a bushel
Up 5.0% from $10 in 2024
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What the numbers say
- In 2018, West Virginia's price received was the same as the US average.
- From 1924 to 2018 it rose 146.4%, from $3.45 to $8.50 a bushel.
- Gaps are years with no West Virginia figure: NASS had no figure available in 2019 and 2020. Nothing is filled in.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No figure | $10.50 |
| 2024 | No figure | $10 |
| 2023 | No figure | $12.40 |
| 2022 | No figure | $14.20 |
| 2021 | No figure | $13.30 |
| 2020 | Not available | $10.80 |
| 2019 | Not available | $8.57 |
| 2018 | $8.50 | $8.48 |
| 2017 | $9.40 | $9.33 |
| 2016 | $9.40 | $9.47 |
| 2015 | $8.80 | $8.95 |
| 2014 | $10 | $10.10 |
| 2013 | $12.90 | $13 |
| 2012 | $14.30 | $14.40 |
| 2011 | $12.40 | $12.50 |
| 2010 | $12 | $11.30 |
| 2009 | $9.60 | $9.59 |
| 2008 | $9.75 | $9.97 |
| 2007 | $11.30 | $10.10 |
| 2006 | $6.40 | $6.43 |
| 2005 | $5.49 | $5.66 |
| 2004 | $5.34 | $5.74 |
| 2003 | $7.54 | $7.34 |
| 2002 | $5.64 | $5.53 |
| 2001 | $4.33 | $4.38 |
| 2000 | $4.66 | $4.54 |
| 1999 | No figure | $4.63 |
| 1998 | No figure | $4.93 |
| 1997 | No figure | $6.47 |
| 1996 | No figure | $7.35 |
| 1995 | No figure | $6.72 |
| 1994 | No figure | $5.48 |
| 1993 | No figure | $6.40 |
| 1992 | No figure | $5.56 |
| 1991 | No figure | $5.58 |
| 1990 | No figure | $5.74 |
| 1989 | No figure | $5.69 |
| 1988 | No figure | $7.42 |
| 1987 | No figure | $5.88 |
| 1986 | No figure | $4.78 |
| 1985 | No figure | $5.05 |
| 1984 | No figure | $5.84 |
| 1983 | No figure | $7.83 |
| 1982 | No figure | $5.71 |
| 1981 | No figure | $6.07 |
| 1980 | No figure | $7.60 |
| 1979 | No figure | $6.29 |
| 1978 | No figure | $6.66 |
| 1977 | No figure | $5.88 |
| 1976 | No figure | $6.81 |
| 1975 | No figure | $4.92 |
| 1974 | No figure | $6.64 |
| 1973 | No figure | $5.68 |
| 1972 | No figure | $4.37 |
| 1971 | No figure | $3.03 |
| 1970 | No figure | $2.85 |
| 1969 | No figure | $2.35 |
| 1968 | No figure | $2.43 |
| 1967 | No figure | $2.49 |
| 1966 | No figure | $2.75 |
| 1965 | No figure | $2.54 |
| 1964 | No figure | $2.62 |
| 1963 | No figure | $2.51 |
| 1962 | No figure | $2.34 |
| 1961 | No figure | $2.28 |
| 1960 | No figure | $2.13 |
| 1959 | No figure | $1.96 |
| 1958 | No figure | $2 |
| 1957 | No figure | $2.07 |
| 1956 | No figure | $2.18 |
| 1955 | No figure | $2.22 |
| 1954 | No figure | $2.46 |
| 1953 | No figure | $2.72 |
| 1952 | $2.89 | $2.72 |
| 1951 | $2.74 | $2.73 |
| 1950 | $2.77 | $2.47 |
| 1949 | $2.74 | $2.16 |
| 1948 | $2.55 | $2.27 |
| 1947 | $3.11 | $3.33 |
| 1946 | $3.14 | $2.57 |
| 1945 | $2.46 | $2.08 |
| 1944 | $2.51 | $2.05 |
| 1943 | $2.16 | $1.81 |
| 1942 | $1.89 | $1.60 |
| 1941 | $1.78 | $1.55 |
| 1940 | $1.50 | $0.89 |
| 1939 | $1.34 | $0.80 |
| 1938 | $1.25 | $0.66 |
| 1937 | $1.53 | $0.84 |
| 1936 | $1.56 | $1.25 |
| 1935 | $1.69 | $0.71 |
| 1934 | $2.03 | $0.96 |
| 1933 | $1.75 | $0.92 |
| 1932 | $1.29 | $0.53 |
| 1931 | $1.82 | $0.48 |
| 1930 | $2.80 | $1.34 |
| 1929 | $2.82 | $1.86 |
| 1928 | $2.75 | $1.86 |
| 1927 | $2.64 | $1.80 |
| 1926 | $2.80 | $2 |
| 1925 | $3.10 | $2.34 |
| 1924 | $3.45 | $2.50 |
| 1923 | No figure | $2.28 |
| 1922 | No figure | $2.01 |
| 1921 | No figure | $2.16 |
| 1920 | No figure | $2.67 |
| 1919 | No figure | $3.53 |
| 1918 | No figure | $3.19 |
| 1917 | No figure | $3.17 |
| 1916 | No figure | $2.19 |
| 1915 | No figure | $2.15 |
| 1914 | No figure | $2.21 |
| 1913 | No figure | $1.79 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State and US estimates released Sep 29, 2026. Quick Stats item "SOYBEANS - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / BU". 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.