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Ag stats: Mountain region agricultural prices in received – July 2020

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UNITED STATES 

July Prices Received Index Down 2.0 Percent 

The July Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 87.4, decreased 2.0 percent from June and 4.3 percent from July 2019. At 90.0, the Crop Production Index was down 2.0 percent from last month but up 0.9 percent from the previous year. 

The Livestock Production Index, at 84.5, decreased 2.5 percent from June, and 9.8 percent from July last year. 

Producers received higher prices during July for milk, market eggs, potatoes, and corn but lower prices for cattle, broilers, hogs, and oranges. In addition to prices, the indexes are influenced by the volume change of commodities producers market. 

In July, there was increased monthly movement for grapes, wheat, hay, and tomatoes and decreased marketing of milk, oranges, cattle, and strawberries. 

July Prices Paid Index Up 0.5 Percent 

The July Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 109.7, is up 0.5 percent from June 2020 but down 0.8 percent from July 2019. Higher prices in July for feeder cattle, other services, herbicides, and milk cows more than offset lower prices for nitrogen, potash and phosphate, concentrates, and LP gas.

Prices Received – Mountain Region States and United States: July 2020 with Comparisons

State

July 2019

June 2020

July 2020

Barley, All 

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

Colorado 

(D) 

5.21 

5.29 

Montana 

3.55 

3.71 

3.90 

Wyoming 

(D) 

(S) 

(D) 

United States 

4.69 

4.57 

4.66 

Corn 

   

Colorado 

4.18 

3.08 

3.46 

United States 

4.16 

3.16 

3.21 

Wheat, All 

   

Arizona 

(D) 

(D) 

(D) 

Colorado 

4.27 

4.35 

4.23 

Montana 

4.71 

4.66 

4.64 

United States 

4.52 

4.56 

4.54 

Hay, Alfalfa 

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

Arizona 

190.00 

185.00 

175.00 

Colorado 

230.00 

225.00 

225.00 

Montana 

150.00 

125.00 

125.00 

New Mexico 

235.00 

220.00 

215.00 

Utah. 

180.00 

175.00 

185.00 

Wyoming 

170.00 

180.00 

170.00 

United States 

183.00 

179.00 

174.00 

Hay, Other 

   

Arizona 

200.00 

185.00 

185.00 

Colorado 

230.00 

230.00 

230.00 

Montana 

145.00 

130.00 

130.00 

New Mexico 

180.00 

170.00 

170.00 

Utah. 

145.00 

115.00 

115.00 

Wyoming 

140.00 

145.00 

145.00 

United States 

134.00 

128.00 

137.00 

Milk, All 

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

Arizona 

18.40 

15.60 

16.30 

Colorado 

18.80 

15.10 

17.00 

New Mexico 

17.20 

16.50 

19.10 

Utah. 

18.20 

17.10 

19.70 

United States 

18.70 

18.10 

20.50 

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

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