Farm & food prices

Where the numbers come from. We collect each series on its release date, so your visit never sends a request to USDA and BLS.

• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS): Prices, land values, rents and yields from NASS surveys, read from its Quick Stats service. 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.
• USDA Economic Research Service (ERS): Farm income and food price figures from ERS data files. Last checked Oct 23, 2026. Nothing is late.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): 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. Last checked Oct 23, 2026. Nothing is late.
• 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.