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Wheat: price received, marketing-year average: Kentucky
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
Kentucky, 2025
$5.60 a bushel
Up 0.9% from $5.55 in 2024
United States, 2025
$5.06 a bushel
Down 8.3% from $5.52 in 2024
KentuckyUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Kentucky's price received is 1.1 times the US average.
- Since 1949 it has risen 197.9%, from $1.88 to $5.60 a bushel.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Kentucky | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.60 | $5.06 |
| 2024 | $5.55 | $5.52 |
| 2023 | $6.70 | $6.96 |
| 2022 | $8.16 | $8.83 |
| 2021 | $6.40 | $7.63 |
| 2020 | $5.57 | $5.05 |
| 2019 | $5.33 | $4.58 |
| 2018 | $5.19 | $5.16 |
| 2017 | $4.68 | $4.72 |
| 2016 | $4.52 | $3.89 |
| 2015 | $5.32 | $4.89 |
| 2014 | $5.62 | $5.99 |
| 2013 | $6.57 | $6.87 |
| 2012 | $7.25 | $7.77 |
| 2011 | $6.77 | $7.24 |
| 2010 | $5.73 | $5.70 |
| 2009 | $4.60 | $4.87 |
| 2008 | $5.60 | $6.78 |
| 2007 | $5.28 | $6.48 |
| 2006 | $3.45 | $4.26 |
| 2005 | $3.31 | $3.42 |
| 2004 | $2.96 | $3.40 |
| 2003 | $3.17 | $3.40 |
| 2002 | $3.01 | $3.56 |
| 2001 | $2.50 | $2.78 |
| 2000 | $2.26 | $2.62 |
| 1999 | $2.19 | $2.48 |
| 1998 | $2.26 | $2.65 |
| 1997 | $3.24 | $3.38 |
| 1996 | $4.33 | $4.30 |
| 1995 | $3.84 | $4.55 |
| 1994 | $3.11 | $3.45 |
| 1993 | $2.83 | $3.26 |
| 1992 | $3.26 | $3.24 |
| 1991 | $2.51 | $3 |
| 1990 | $2.77 | $2.61 |
| 1989 | $3.64 | $3.72 |
| 1988 | $3.60 | $3.72 |
| 1987 | $2.50 | $2.57 |
| 1986 | $2.45 | $2.42 |
| 1985 | $2.90 | $3.08 |
| 1984 | $3.30 | $3.39 |
| 1983 | $3.34 | $3.51 |
| 1982 | $3.18 | $3.45 |
| 1981 | $3.45 | $3.66 |
| 1980 | $3.85 | $3.91 |
| 1979 | $4 | $3.78 |
| 1978 | $3.15 | $2.97 |
| 1977 | $2.10 | $2.33 |
| 1976 | $2.95 | $2.73 |
| 1975 | $2.96 | $3.55 |
| 1974 | $3.77 | $4.09 |
| 1973 | $3.28 | $3.95 |
| 1972 | $1.47 | $1.76 |
| 1971 | $1.47 | $1.34 |
| 1970 | $1.31 | $1.33 |
| 1969 | $1.22 | $1.25 |
| 1968 | $1.22 | $1.24 |
| 1967 | $1.38 | $1.39 |
| 1966 | $1.58 | $1.63 |
| 1965 | $1.33 | $1.35 |
| 1964 | $1.34 | $1.37 |
| 1963 | $1.82 | $1.85 |
| 1962 | $1.94 | $2.04 |
| 1961 | $1.74 | $1.83 |
| 1960 | $1.74 | $1.74 |
| 1959 | $1.75 | $1.76 |
| 1958 | $1.76 | $1.75 |
| 1957 | $1.95 | $1.93 |
| 1956 | $1.96 | $1.97 |
| 1955 | $1.95 | $1.98 |
| 1954 | $2 | $2.12 |
| 1953 | $1.90 | $2.04 |
| 1952 | $2.10 | $2.09 |
| 1951 | $2.18 | $2.11 |
| 1950 | $2.08 | $2 |
| 1949 | $1.88 | $1.88 |
| 1948 | No figure | $1.98 |
| 1947 | No figure | $2.29 |
| 1946 | No figure | $1.90 |
| 1945 | No figure | $1.49 |
| 1944 | No figure | $1.41 |
| 1943 | No figure | $1.35 |
| 1942 | No figure | $1.09 |
| 1941 | No figure | $0.94 |
| 1940 | No figure | $0.67 |
| 1939 | No figure | $0.69 |
| 1938 | No figure | $0.56 |
| 1937 | No figure | $0.96 |
| 1936 | No figure | $1.02 |
| 1935 | No figure | $0.83 |
| 1934 | No figure | $0.84 |
| 1933 | No figure | $0.74 |
| 1932 | No figure | $0.38 |
| 1931 | No figure | $0.38 |
| 1930 | No figure | $0.66 |
| 1929 | No figure | $1.03 |
| 1928 | No figure | $0.99 |
| 1927 | No figure | $1.18 |
| 1926 | No figure | $1.21 |
| 1925 | No figure | $1.43 |
| 1924 | No figure | $1.24 |
| 1923 | No figure | $0.92 |
| 1922 | No figure | $0.96 |
| 1921 | No figure | $1.03 |
| 1920 | No figure | $1.82 |
| 1919 | No figure | $2.16 |
| 1918 | No figure | $2.05 |
| 1917 | No figure | $2.04 |
| 1916 | No figure | $1.43 |
| 1915 | No figure | $0.96 |
| 1914 | No figure | $0.97 |
| 1913 | No figure | $0.79 |
| 1912 | No figure | $0.80 |
| 1911 | No figure | $0.87 |
| 1910 | No figure | $0.91 |
| 1909 | No figure | $0.99 |
| 1908 | No figure | $0.97 |
| 1907 | No figure | $0.87 |
| 1906 | No figure | $0.66 |
| 1905 | No figure | $0.75 |
| 1904 | No figure | $0.93 |
| 1903 | No figure | $0.69 |
| 1902 | No figure | $0.63 |
| 1901 | No figure | $0.63 |
| 1900 | No figure | $0.62 |
| 1899 | No figure | $0.59 |
| 1898 | No figure | $0.58 |
| 1897 | No figure | $0.81 |
| 1896 | No figure | $0.72 |
| 1895 | No figure | $0.51 |
| 1894 | No figure | $0.49 |
| 1893 | No figure | $0.53 |
| 1892 | No figure | $0.62 |
| 1891 | No figure | $0.83 |
| 1890 | No figure | $0.84 |
| 1889 | No figure | $0.70 |
| 1888 | No figure | $0.93 |
| 1887 | No figure | $0.68 |
| 1886 | No figure | $0.69 |
| 1885 | No figure | $0.77 |
| 1884 | No figure | $0.65 |
| 1883 | No figure | $0.91 |
| 1882 | No figure | $0.89 |
| 1881 | No figure | $1.20 |
| 1880 | No figure | $0.95 |
| 1879 | No figure | $1.11 |
| 1878 | No figure | $0.77 |
| 1877 | No figure | $1.09 |
| 1876 | No figure | $1.04 |
| 1875 | No figure | $1.01 |
| 1874 | No figure | $0.95 |
| 1873 | No figure | $1.17 |
| 1872 | No figure | $1.24 |
| 1871 | No figure | $1.25 |
| 1870 | No figure | $1.04 |
| 1869 | No figure | $0.92 |
| 1868 | No figure | $1.46 |
| 1867 | No figure | $2.01 |
| 1866 | No figure | $2.06 |
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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.