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Ag stats: Agricultural prices receive for August 2019 – USDA mountain stats region

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UNITED STATES 

August Prices Received Index Up 0.8 Percent 

The August Prices Received Index (Agricultural Production), at 90.5, increased 0.8 percent from July 2019. At 87.4, the Crop Production Index increased 0.8 percent.

The Livestock Production Index, at 93.7, increased 0.2 percent. Producers received higher prices for market eggs, hogs, sweet corn, and milk but lower prices for broilers, lettuce, corn, and cotton. Compared with a year earlier, the Prices Received Index is up 0.9 percent.

The Crop Production Index decreased 2.6 percent and the Livestock Production Index increased 4.5 percent. The indexes are calculated using commodity prices and volumes of commodities that producers market. Increased monthly movement of cattle, grapes, tobacco, and sweet corn offset the decreased marketing of wheat, corn, soybeans, and strawberries.

The Food Commodities Index, at 93.5, increased 1.5 percent from the previous month and 1.5 percent from August 2018. 

August Prices Paid Index Down 0.5 Percent 

The August Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 109.9, is down 0.5 percent from July 2019 but up 0.6 percent from August 2018.

Lower prices in August for feeder pigs, feed grains, feeder cattle, and hay and forages more than offset higher prices for concentrates, complete feeds, self-propelled machinery, and wage rates.

AGRICULTURAL PRICES RECEIVED

Prices Received – Mountain Region States and United States: August 2019 with Comparisons

State

August 2018

July 2019

August 2019

Barley, All 

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

Colorado 

4.25

(D)

4.65

Montana 

4.53

3.55

4.78

Wyoming 

4.70

(D)

4.94

United States 

4.54

4.69

4.74

Corn 

   

Arizona 

4.72

(D)

(D)

Colorado 

3.41

4.18

4.04

Montana 

(D)

(S)

(D)

New Mexico 

(S)

(D)

(D)

Utah 

(S)

(S)

(D)

Wyoming 

(S)

(S)

(D)

United States 

3.36

4.16

3.93

Wheat, All 

   

Arizona 

(D)

(D)

(D)

Colorado 

5.07

4.27

3.71

Montana 

5.34

4.71

4.53

United States 

5.31

4.52

4.35

Hay, Alfalfa 

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

Arizona 

220.00

190.00

190.00

Colorado 

215.00

230.00

225.00

Montana 

150.00

150.00

145.00

New Mexico 

240.00

235.00

230.00

Utah 

170.00

180.00

180.00

Wyoming 

170.00

170.00

180.00

United States 

177.00

183.00

179.00

Hay, Other 

   

Arizona 

200.00

200.00

200.00

Colorado 

215.00

230.00

225.00

Montana 

135.00

145.00

150.00

New Mexico 

175.00

180.00

185.00

Utah 

130.00

145.00

145.00

Wyoming 

140.00

140.00

150.00

United States 

133.00

136.00

127.00

Milk, All 

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

Arizona 

15.50

18.40

18.60

Colorado 

16.40

18.80

19.10

New Mexico 

14.40

17.20

17.20

Utah 

15.80

18.20

18.60

United States 

16.10

18.70

18.90

 (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 

 (S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate.