Market- Year- Average Prices Received by Montana Farmers 1/ 



COMMODIIY 



1980 



985 



1990 



1993 



1994 



1995 



1996: 



1997 3/ 



-Dollars- 



Winter Wheat 

 Spring Wheat Other 

 Than Durum 

 Durum Wheat 

 All Wheat 

 Oats 

 Barley 



All Hay Baled (ton) 

 Hogs 



Beef Cattle 

 Steers & Heifers 

 Calves 

 Beef Cows 

 Lambs 

 Sheep 

 Chickens 

 Eggs 

 Wool 

 All Milk 



3.90 



4.15 



5.75 



4.14 



1.96 



2.83 



62.50 



37.20 



58.00 



68.30 



76.80 



44.80 



61.70 



17.70 



.08 



.58 



1.00 



\2M_ 



3.28 



3.64 



3.18 



3.47 



1.50 



2.03 



84.50 



38.50 



47.60 



58.40 



62.20 



35.70 



66.80 



17.60 



.07 



.51 



.67 



13.10 



2.53 



2.80 



2.72 



2.65 



1.25 



2.30 



64.00 



50.00 



70.60 



83.30 



95.30 



51.00 



48.30 



17.60 



.045 



.68 



.91 



13.70 



3.26 



3.63 



4.83 



3.50 



1.41 



2.06 



68.00 



44.10 



75.60 



86.00 



97.00 



49.30 



65.20 



26.80 



.04 



.63 



.54 



13.30 



3.45 



3.51 



4.83 



3.54 



1.30 



2.22 



71.00 



37.60 



71.60 



78.90 



83.30 



43.10 



67.10 



29.20 



.02 



.55 



.86 



13.70 



4.62 



4.59 



5.09 



4.63 



1.75 



3.00 



66.00 



39.10 



59 80 



66.70 



69.50 



37.90 



81.40 



26.80 



.03 



.57 



1.23 



13.30 



4.24 



4.22 



4.65 



4.24 



1.91 



3.07 



80.00 



49.70 



53.80 



59.00 



62.20 



33.20 



91.10 



31.20 



.02 



.66 



.94 



15.20 



3.45 



3.70 



5.05 



3.80 



1.25 



2.85 



81.00 



55.30 



64.50 



77.00 



84.70 



36.60 



97.80 



37.40 



.02 



.57 



1.01 



1/ Crops are season average prices for each crop's respective marketing year. Other prices are averages weighted by monthly sales. 

 2/ Revised. 3/ Preliminary. 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



PEGGY STRINGER, STATE STATISTICIAN 



MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 W. RALPH PECK, DIRECTOR 



