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Ag stats: USDA mountain states region agriculture prices – December 2019

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UNITED STATES 

December Prices Received Index Up 0.8 Percent 

The December Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 89.5, increased 0.8 percent from November but decreased 0.8 percent from December 2018.

At 83.3, the Crop Production Index was up 0.8 percent from last month but down 5.0 percent from the previous year.

The Livestock Production Index, at 97.0, was unchanged from November, but increased 5.0 percent from December last year.

Producers received higher prices during December for broilers, cattle, tomatoes, and strawberries but lower prices for market eggs, lettuce, oranges, and milk.

In addition to prices, the indexes are influenced by the volume change of commodities that producers market. In December, there was increased monthly movement for oranges, milk, broilers, and cotton and decreased marketing of corn, grapes, soybeans, and calves. 

December Prices Paid Index Up 0.1 Percent 

The December Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 110.5, is up 0.1 percent from November 2019 and 0.4 percent from December 2018.

Higher prices for self-propelled machinery, feeder pigs, complete feeds, and concentrates more than offset lower prices in December for nitrogen, feeder cattle, LP gas, and other services.

AGRICULTURAL PRICES RECEIVED

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

State

December 2018

November 2019

December 2019

Barley, All 

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

Colorado 

4.67

(D)

(D)

Montana 

4.62

4.38

4.26

Wyoming 

(D)

(D)

(D)

United States 

4.64

4.74

4.51

Corn 

   

Colorado 

3.51

3.84

3.79

United States 

3.54

3.68

3.71

Wheat, All 

   

Arizona 

(D)

(D)

(D)

Colorado 

4.74

3.65

3.98

Montana 

5.36

4.56

4.75

United States 

5.28

4.39

4.64

Hay, Alfalfa 

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

Arizona 

200.00

190.00

190.00

Colorado 

235.00

235.00

230.00

Montana 

145.00

140.00

145.00

New Mexico 

255.00

220.00

220.00

Utah 

180.00

185.00

190.00

Wyoming 

175.00

185.00

180.00

United States 

179.00

173.00

175.00

Hay, Other 

   

Arizona 

200.00

200.00

200.00

Colorado 

235.00

230.00

220.00

Montana 

130.00

150.00

145.00

New Mexico 

160.00

190.00

190.00

Utah 

135.00

145.00

150.00

Wyoming 

145.00

160.00

150.00

United States 

146.00

137.00

133.00

Milk, All 

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

Arizona 

16.00

19.40

19.70

Colorado 

17.10

20.30

20.60

New Mexico 

14.70

19.90

19.80

Utah 

16.30

21.70

21.30

United States 

16.60

21.00

20.70

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

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