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Wheat: price received, marketing-year average: Delaware
The average price farmers received per bushel for wheat 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
Delaware, 2025
$4.70 a bushel
Down 6.0% from $5 in 2024
United States, 2025
$5.06 a bushel
Down 8.3% from $5.52 in 2024
DelawareUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Delaware's price received is 0.9 times the US average.
- Since 2016 it has risen 16.3%, from $4.04 to $4.70 a bushel.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Delaware | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.70 | $5.06 |
| 2024 | $5 | $5.52 |
| 2023 | $6 | $6.96 |
| 2022 | $7.40 | $8.83 |
| 2021 | $7.35 | $7.63 |
| 2020 | $5.80 | $5.05 |
| 2019 | $4.95 | $4.58 |
| 2018 | $4.90 | $5.16 |
| 2017 | $4.63 | $4.72 |
| 2016 | $4.04 | $3.89 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State estimates released Aug 31, 2026; US estimates released Jun 29, 2026. Quick Stats item "WHEAT - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / BU". 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.