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Ag stats: January 2021 agricultural prices received report – USDA mountain states

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January Prices Received Index Down 1.4 Percent 

The January Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 90.0, decreased 1.4 percent from December but increased 1.2 percent from January 2020. 

At 88.8, the Crop Production Index was down 3.1 percent from last month but up 7.6 percent from the previous year. 

The Livestock Production Index, at 91.7, increased 0.9 percent from December, but decreased 6.9 percent from January 2020. 

Producers received lower prices during January for milk, broilers, cauliflower, and broccoli, but higher prices for corn, market eggs, celery, and soybeans. In addition to prices, the volume change of commodities marketed also influences the indexes. 

In January, there was decreased marketing of broilers, greenhouse & nursery, apples, and market eggs and increased monthly movement for soybeans, corn, strawberries, and lettuce. 

January Prices Paid Index Up 0.8 Percent 

The January Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 113.1, is up 0.8 percent from December 2020 and 2.0 percent from January 2020. 

Higher prices in January for LP gas, complete feeds, feeder pigs, and feed grains more than offset lower prices for feeder cattle, share rent, cash rent, and wage rates.

Prices Received – Mountain Region States and United States: January 2021 with Comparisons

State

January 2020

December 2020

January 2021

Barley, All 

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

Colorado 

(D) 

4.75 

4.89 

Montana 

4.54 

4.35 

4.30 

Wyoming 

(D) 

(D) 

(D) 

United States 

4.67 

4.79 

4.67 

Corn 

   

Colorado 

3.89 

4.16 

4.54 

United States 

3.79 

3.97 

4.24 

Wheat, All 

   

Arizona 

(D) 

(S) 

(S) 

Colorado 

4.21 

5.21 

4.85 

Montana 

4.90 

5.24 

5.31 

United States 

4.88 

5.43 

5.48 

Hay, Alfalfa 

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

Arizona 

195.00 

180.00 

185.00 

Colorado 

225.00 

205.00 

205.00 

Montana 

140.00 

130.00 

135.00 

New Mexico 

220.00 

225.00 

225.00 

Utah 

185.00 

190.00 

195.00 

Wyoming 

180.00 

175.00 

175.00 

United States 

169.00 

169.00 

171.00 

Hay, Other 

   

Arizona 

200.00 

190.00 

190.00 

Colorado 

225.00 

215.00 

225.00 

Montana 

145.00 

125.00 

120.00 

New Mexico 

190.00 

170.00 

180.00 

Utah 

140.00 

130.00 

135.00 

Wyoming 

150.00 

170.00 

175.00 

United States 

137.00 

134.00 

137.00 

Milk, All 

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

Arizona 

18.80 

16.90 

15.40 

Colorado 

20.00 

19.00 

17.00 

New Mexico 

18.00 

16.30 

15.20 

Utah 

19.20 

18.90 

17.60 

United States 

19.60 

18.50 

17.50 

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