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Ag stats: September 2021 USDA mountain states agricultural price report

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September Prices Received Index Down 0.7 Percent 

The September Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 108.6, decreased 0.7 percent from August but increased 22 percent from September 2020.

At 108.2, the Crop Production Index was down 1.5 percent from last month but up 16 percent from the previous year. The Livestock Production Index, at 109.0, was unchanged from August, but increased 30 percent from September last year.

Producers received higher prices during September for lettuce, milk, wheat, and broccoli but lower prices for corn, hogs, soybeans, and strawberries. In addition to prices, the volume change of commodities marketed also influences the indexes.

In September, there was increased monthly movement for soybeans, corn, apples, and dry beans and decreased marketing of cattle, wheat, cotton, and peaches. 

September Prices Paid Index Up 0.3 Percent 

The September Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 116.7, is up 0.3 percent from August 2021 and 7.5 percent from September 2020.

Higher prices in September for feeder pigs, other machinery, LP gas, and other services more than offset lower prices for feed grains, feeder cattle, concentrates, and hay and forages.

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

State

September 2020

August 2021

September 2021

Barley, All 

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

Colorado 

4.85 

4.92 

4.72 

Montana 

4.35 

(D) 

5.38 

Wyoming 

(D) 

(D) 

(D) 

United States 

4.76 

5.04 

5.19 

Corn 

   

Colorado 

3.55 

6.66 

6.14 

United States 

3.41 

6.32 

5.45 

Wheat, All 

   

Arizona 

(D) 

(D) 

(D) 

Colorado 

4.16 

6.47 

6.60 

Montana 

4.77 

7.06 

7.73 

United States 

4.73 

7.13 

7.75 

Hay, Alfalfa 

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

Arizona 

170.00 

200.00 

205.00 

Colorado 

190.00 

230.00 

230.00 

Montana 

125.00 

200.00 

225.00 

New Mexico 

225.00 

240.00 

230.00 

Utah 

190.00 

225.00 

235.00 

Wyoming 

165.00 

195.00 

200.00 

United States 

168.00 

206.00 

209.00 

Hay, Other 

   

Arizona 

185.00 

190.00 

190.00 

Colorado 

210.00 

240.00 

240.00 

Montana 

130.00 

195.00 

215.00 

New Mexico 

170.00 

210.00 

210.00 

Utah 

115.00 

175.00 

185.00 

Wyoming 

160.00 

185.00 

190.00 

United States 

124.00 

152.00 

145.00 

Milk, All 

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

Arizona 

16.30 

17.60 

17.90 

Colorado 

17.80 

17.90 

18.60 

New Mexico 

15.60 

15.50 

16.10 

Utah 

18.30 

17.50 

18.10 

United States 

17.70 

17.70 

18.40 

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

 (S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate