Pr 1 (11-04)a Agricultural Prices National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 30, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on Agricultural Prices see page 50, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Update Alert The following were corrected in the November 2004 Agricultural Prices: 2002 U.S. Flaxseed Marketing Year Average price on page 26 from $5.23 to $5.77 2002 TX All Sunflower Market Year Average price on page 26 from $14.50 to $14.30 November 2003 Parity Ratio on page 43 from 46 to 43. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX November Farm Prices Received Index Up 1 Point From Last Month The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in November, at 114, based on 1990-92=100, is 1 point above October. The Crop Index remained unchanged from October while the Livestock Index increased 1 point (0.9 percent). Producers received higher commodity prices for tomatoes, eggs, hogs, strawberries, and grapes. Lower prices were received for lettuce, oranges, soybeans, corn, and cattle. The seasonal change in the mix of commodities farmers sell, based on the past 3-year average, also affects the overall index. Increased average marketings of dairy, cattle, and cotton offset decreased marketings of soybeans, peanuts, and potatoes. The preliminary All Farm Products Index is down 2 points (1.7 percent) from November 2003. The Food Commodities Index increased 3 points (2.6 percent) from last month to 120. The index is unchanged from November 2003. Prices Paid Index Down 1 Point The November Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW) is 134 percent of the 1990-92 average. The index is down 1 point from October but 5 points (3.9 percent) above November 2003. Lower prices in November for feeder cattle, complete feeds, feed concentrates, and feed grains, more than offset higher prices for self-propelled machinery, LP gas, feeder pigs, and nitrogen fertilizers. Index Summary Table -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 Index :-------------------------------------------------------------- 1990-92=100 : Oct : Nov : Oct : Nov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Prices Received : 113 116 113 114 : Prices Paid : 129 129 135 134 : Ratio 1/ : 88 90 84 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farmers to index of prices paid by farmers. Prices Received by Farmers The November All Farm Products Index is 114 percent of its 1990-92 base, up 0.9 percent from the October index but down 1.7 percent from the November 2003 index. ALL CROPS: The November index is 110, unchanged from October but down 4.3 percent from November 2003. From October, index decreases for fruits and nuts, feed grains and hay, cotton, tobacco, and oil-bearing crops offset index increases for potatoes and dry beans, food grains, and commercial vegetables. Food Grains: The November index, at 116, is up 1.8 percent from the previous month but unchanged from November 2003. The November all wheat price, at $3.51 per bushel, is up 7 cents from October but down 10 cents from November 2003. Feed Grains & Hay: The November index is 90, down 6.3 percent from last month and 9.1 percent below November 2003. The corn price, at $2.00 per bushel, is down 15 cents from October and 20 cents below the November 2003 price. Oil-Bearing Crops: The November index, at 96, is down 1.0 percent from October and 21 percent below November 2003. The soybean price, at $5.31 per bushel, decreased 25 cents from October and is $1.74 below November 2003. Cotton: The November index, at 78, is down 4.9 percent from a month ago and 25 percent below November 2003. The cotton price, at 47.1 cents per pound, is down 2.4 cents from October and 15.9 cents below a year ago. Potatoes & Dry Beans: The November index, at 97, is 9.0 percent above last month and up 2.1 percent from November 2003. The all potato price, at $4.98 per cwt, is up 25 cents from the previous month but 48 cents below last November. The dry edible bean price, at $27.20 per cwt, rose $2.70 from the October price and is $8.10 above a year ago. Fruits & Nuts: The November index, at 141, is down 8.4 percent from the previous month but 22 percent above 2003. Price decreases in oranges, apples, and grapefruit more than offset price increases for strawberries and grapes. Commercial Vegetables: The November index, at 165, is up 0.6 percent from last month and 3.8 percent above November 2003. Price increases during November for tomatoes, cauliflower, and celery more than offset price decreases for lettuce, snap beans, and cucumbers. LIVESTOCK & PRODUCTS: The November index, at 118, is up 0.9 percent from last month and November 2003. Compared with a year ago, prices are higher for hogs, dairy, broilers, calves, and turkeys but lower for eggs and all cattle. Meat Animals: The November index, at 117, is down 0.8 percent from last month but up 0.9 percent from last year. The November hog price of $55.30 per cwt is up $3.20 from October and up $20.60 from a year ago. The November beef cattle price of $84.20 is down $1.90 from last month and down $9.20 from November 2003. Dairy Products: The November index, at 121, is up 1.7 percent from October and up 10 percent from November 2003. The November all milk price of $15.80 per cwt is up $0.30 from last month and up $1.40 from November 2003. The fluid grade milk price is up $0.30 and the manufactured grade milk price is up $0.50 from October. Poultry & Eggs: The index, at 118, is up 2.6 percent from October but down 4.8 percent from a year ago. The November market egg price, at 43.6 cents per dozen, increased 13.3 cents from October but decreased 48.9 cents from last year. Increase in market egg price due to seasonal demand. The November broiler price, at 39.0 cents per pound, was unchanged from October. November turkey price, at 49.0 cents per pound, is up 0.6 cents from last month. Lower production and seasonal demand for turkeys have increased the price 7.8 cents per pound above last year. Table of Contents U.S. Prices Received and Indexes Page Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Price Index Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 U.S. Prices Received Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Selected Commodities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Upland Cotton & Rice Marketings . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Parity Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Reliability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Monthly State Prices Received Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Beans, Dry Edible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Beef Cattle, All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Cows, Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Milk Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Steers and Heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Monthly State Prices, continued Page Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Cottonseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Flaxseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fruit, Citrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Hay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Hogs, All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Barrows and Gilts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Oats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Peanuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Sorghum, Grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Soybeans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Sunflower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Wheat, All Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Prices Received Special Features Page Marketing Year for Specified Commodities . . . . . . 26 Monthly Prices by State and U.S. Chickpeas, All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Chickpeas, Large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Chickpeas, Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Dry Edible Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Flaxseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Sorghum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sunflower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Percent of Sales by Month, by State and U.S. Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Dry Edible Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Flaxseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Sorghum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Sunflower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Marketing Year Average Prices by State and U.S. Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Dry Edible Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Flaxseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Sorghum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sunflower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Table of Contents (continued) U.S. Prices Paid, Prices Paid Indexes and Ratios Page Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Indexes and Parity Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Feed Price Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Reliability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 U.S. Average Prices Commodity Prices Used in Feed Price Ratios . . . . 45 Feeder Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Information Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Index Numbers of Prices Received, United States, November 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1910-14=100 : 1990-92=100 :------------------------------------------------------ Index : : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 :Average :--------------------------------------------- :1990-92 : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct : Nov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Farm Products : 639 736 *720 724 116 *113 114 : All Crops : 500 568 *544 543 115 *110 110 Food Grains : 325 370 *363 367 116 *114 116 Feed Grains & Hay : 363 353 *343 323 99 *96 90 Cotton : 517 533 *418 398 104 *82 78 Tobacco : 1,263 1,726 1,657 1,722 114 *82 78 Oil-Bearing Crops : 554 664 *529 527 122 *97 96 Fruits & Nuts : 716 809 *1,072 981 116 *154 141 Commercial Vegetables : 698 1,060 *1,096 1,100 159 *164 165 Potatoes & Dry Beans : 540 482 *453 490 95 *89 97 Other Crops : 493 564 569 569 114 115 115 : Livestock & Products : 768 895 *900 906 117 117 118 Meat Animals : 1,021 1,179 *1,198 1,190 116 118 117 Dairy Products : 799 885 953 971 110 119 121 Poultry & Eggs : 282 350 323 332 124 115 118 : Food Commodities : 120 *117 120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Selected Index Numbers for Prices Received and Paid, 1990-92=100, by Months, United States, 2003 and 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Index of Prices Received : Index of Prices Paid :---------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Livestock : : Month : All Farm : All : and : All : Production : Products : Crops : Products : Items : Items :---------------------------------------------------------------- :2003 :2004 :2003 : 2004 : 2003 :2004 : 2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan : 99 112 103 113 96 110 127 130 122 126 Feb : 99 116 103 121 95 112 128 131 123 127 Mar : 99 121 106 120 93 121 128 132 124 129 Apr : 101 125 110 123 93 126 128 133 124 131 May : 105 129 116 124 96 133 127 135 123 132 Jun : 108 128 118 123 99 133 127 135 123 132 Jul : 105 124 109 120 101 128 127 135 123 133 Aug : 109 120 113 118 105 123 127 134 123 132 Sep : 111 115 111 112 110 118 128 134 125 131 Oct : 113 113 111 110 116 117 129 135 126 132 Nov : 116 114 115 110 117 118 129 134 126 131 Dec : 114 116 112 129 126 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prices Received, United States, November 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Entire Month :Preliminary : : Average :-------------------------------------- Commodity :Unit: 1990-92 : Nov : Oct : Nov : : : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Dollars : : : : Field Crops : : : : Barley, All : Bu : 2.12 2.83 2.29 2.42 Feed : Bu : 1.90 2.43 1.57 1.75 Malting : Bu : 2.43 3.03 2.74 2.78 Beans, Dry Edible : Cwt: 19.10 19.10 24.50 27.20 Chickpeas, All : Cwt: 23.90 24.20 30.10 Large : Cwt: 23.90 24.20 30.10 Small : Cwt: 4/ 22.90 5/ Corn : Bu : 2.30 2.20 2.15 2.00 Cotton, Upland : Lb : 0.606 0.630 0.495 0.471 Cottonseed 3/ : Ton: 96.00 120.00 107.00 104.00 : : Flaxseed : Bu : 4.27 6.02 7.36 8.80 Hay, All, Baled 1/ : Ton: 76.30 81.50 89.80 86.20 Alfalfa 1/ : Ton: 77.20 86.80 97.80 94.00 Other 1/ : Ton: 60.00 67.50 68.60 67.80 Lentils : Cwt: 18.30 15.20 15.30 Oats : Bu : 1.22 1.29 1.45 1.36 Peanuts, In-Shell : Lb : 0.304 0.184 0.203 0.216 Peas, Dry Edible : Cwt: 6.37 6.17 6.03 Austrian Winter : Cwt: 10.70 8.88 5/ Potatoes : Cwt: 5.82 5.46 4.73 4.98 : : Rice, Rough : Cwt: 7.07 6.99 7.59 7.49 Sorghum Grain : Cwt: 3.75 4.13 3.15 3.07 Soybeans : Bu : 5.61 7.05 5.56 5.31 Sunflower, All : Cwt: 9.50 11.50 12.40 13.20 Tobacco, Types 11-37 : Lb : 1.740 1.985 1.905 1.980 : : Wheat, All : Bu : 2.96 3.61 3.44 3.51 Winter : Bu : 2.93 3.56 3.34 3.39 Durum : Bu : 2.86 3.95 3.89 3.75 Other Spring : Bu : 3.11 3.68 3.51 3.62 Hard Red Winter : Bu : 3.56 3.25 Soft Red Winter : Bu : 3.61 2.96 Hard Red Spring : Bu : 3.70 3.50 White : Bu : 3.24 3.54 3.52 : : Fruit : : : : Citrus, Equiv on-tree: : Grapefruit : Box: 5.77 4.16 19.06 14.22 Lemons : Box: 10.10 5.56 13.10 9.37 Oranges : Box: 5.79 2.32 20.91 7.41 Tangelos : Box: 5.82 7.69 6.76 Tangerines : Box: 15.11 7.47 12.88 11.61 Temples : Box: 6.23 : : Noncitrus, Fresh : : Apples 2/ : Lb : 0.212 0.297 0.271 0.239 Grapes 2/ : Ton: 506.00 660.00 870.00 1,080.00 Peaches 2/ : Lb : 0.216 Pears 2/ : Ton: 370.00 388.00 484.00 484.00 Strawberries : Cwt: 56.00 165.00 100.00 193.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Mid-month price. 2/ Equivalent packinghouse-door returns for CA, MI, and NY (apples only), and WA (apples, peaches, and pears). Prices as sold for other states. 3/ Marketing year August - February. 4/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 5/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Prices Received, United States, November 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Entire Month :Preliminary : : Average :-------------------------------------- Commodity :Unit : 1990-92 : Nov : Oct : Nov : : : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Dollars : : : : Vegetables, Fresh 1/ : : : : Asparagus : Cwt : 79.80 128.00 201.00 Broccoli : Cwt : 22.50 48.00 43.90 46.80 Cantaloupes 2/ : Cwt : 25.80 14.80 19.00 Carrots : Cwt : 13.20 21.60 16.70 17.10 Cauliflower : Cwt : 26.80 57.00 37.30 54.20 Celery : Cwt : 11.60 23.40 14.90 19.40 Corn, Sweet : Cwt : 15.70 30.70 26.20 23.20 Cucumbers 2/ : Cwt : 12.20 26.70 17.20 Lettuce : Cwt : 11.90 31.70 24.10 16.30 Onions : Cwt : 12.80 13.90 11.00 9.89 Snap Beans 2/ : Cwt : 41.10 78.10 52.40 Tomatoes : Cwt : 32.30 30.50 71.10 99.00 : : Livestock : : : : Calves : Cwt : 94.30 111.00 126.00 124.00 Cattle, All Beef : Cwt : 72.90 93.40 86.10 84.20 Cows 3/ : Cwt : 49.60 47.70 49.90 48.60 Steers & Heifers : Cwt : 77.10 99.90 91.00 89.10 Milk Cows 4/ : Head: 1,130.00 1,640.00 : : Hogs, All : Cwt : 47.70 34.70 52.10 55.30 Barrows & Gilts : Cwt : 48.40 34.90 52.60 55.80 Sows : Cwt : 39.50 29.10 42.40 44.50 : : Lambs : Cwt : 56.20 99.70 98.20 Sheep : Cwt : 23.40 40.50 40.70 : : Dairy and Poultry : : : : Milk, All 5/ 6/ : Cwt : 13.06 14.40 15.50 15.80 Fluid Grade 6/ : Cwt : 13.10 14.40 15.50 15.80 Mfg Grade 6/ : Cwt : 11.80 13.80 14.70 15.20 : : Broilers, Live 7/ : Lb : 0.317 0.370 0.390 0.390 Eggs, All 8/ : Doz : 0.643 1.020 0.503 0.612 Market 8/ : Doz : 0.546 0.925 0.303 0.436 Turkeys, live 7/ 8/: Lb : 0.380 0.412 0.484 0.490 : : Adjusted for Seasonal : : Variation : : Eggs, All : Doz : 0.545 1.020 0.488 0.546 Milk, All 5/ : Cwt : 9.71 14.26 14.62 15.19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ F.O.B. shipping point. 2/ Monthly estimates began January 1995. 3/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 4/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices available for Jan, Apr, Jul, and Oct. 5/ Before deductions for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 6/ November 2004 Fat test percent: all milk 3.77, fluid milk 3.77, mfg grade 3.95. 7/ Equivalent liveweight returns to producers for most States. Includes growers and contractors. 8/ Mid-month price. 9/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 10/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Wheat: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Wheat : Winter Wheat : Durum Wheat :Oth Spring Wheat State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Bushel : AR : 3.01 3/ 3.01 3/ CA : 3.20 3/ 3.21 3/ 3/ 4/ CO : 3.17 3.26 3.17 3.26 4/ 4/ ID : 3.57 3.72 3.46 3.60 3.77 3.90 IL : 3.09 3.15 3.09 3.15 IN : 2.90 2.95 2.90 2.95 KS : 3.19 3.29 3.19 3.29 MI : 2.91 2.90 2.91 2.90 MN : 3.17 3.22 2.73 2.72 3.17 3.22 MO : 3.07 3.15 3.07 3.15 MT : 3.67 3.83 3.39 3.47 4.03 3.77 3.77 4.01 NE : 3.11 3.25 3.11 3.25 ND : 3.36 3.49 2.63 2.80 3.84 3.75 3.28 3.45 OH : 2.94 2.95 2.94 2.95 OK : 3.25 3.40 3.25 3.40 OR : 3.68 3.69 3.64 3.65 3.94 3.90 SD : 3.45 3.59 3.12 3.29 3.60 3.73 TX : 3.03 3.27 3.03 3.27 WA : 3.63 3.73 3.59 3.69 3.79 3.88 : US : 3.44 3.51 3.34 3.39 3.89 3.75 3.51 3.62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 4/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Prices Received for Selected Agricultural Commodities, by Months, United States, 2003 and 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Wheat : Corn : Soybeans :Beef Cattle 2/ : All Hogs Month :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- Dollars per Bushel --------- ----- Dollars per Cwt ----- : Jan : 3.89 3.68 2.33 2.39 5.51 7.35 72.90 80.90 32.90 36.80 Feb : 3.70 3.77 2.34 2.61 5.55 8.28 73.90 78.50 34.30 42.60 Mar : 3.55 3.83 2.33 2.75 5.59 9.28 72.60 83.40 34.70 47.20 Apr : 3.37 3.88 2.34 2.89 5.82 9.62 74.50 84.80 34.80 47.40 May : 3.33 3.82 2.38 2.87 6.07 9.56 75.50 88.40 41.30 56.80 Jun : 3.08 3.57 2.34 2.79 6.09 9.08 74.90 89.50 45.00 56.60 Jul : 2.95 3.37 2.17 2.51 5.82 8.46 75.80 88.50 42.70 57.10 Aug : 3.35 3.27 2.15 2.34 5.68 6.83 79.30 88.90 39.60 55.40 Sep : 3.39 3.36 2.20 2.20 6.06 5.84 84.90 85.80 39.70 54.80 Oct : 3.44 3.44 2.12 2.15 6.60 5.56 91.50 86.10 36.70 52.10 Nov : 3.61 3.51 2.20 2.00 7.05 5.31 93.40 84.20 34.70 55.30 Dec : 3.68 2.31 7.17 90.40 34.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Current month prices are mid-month; prices for previous months are for the entire month. 2/ Cows, steers and heifers. Grains: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :All Barley 1/: Corn : Oats : Soybeans : Sorghum Grain Month :----------------------------------------------------------------------- :Oct 2/:Nov 3/:Oct 2/:Nov 3/:Oct 2/:Nov 3/:Oct 2/:Nov 3/:Oct 2/ :Nov 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :----------------- Dollars per Bushel ----------------- Dollars per Cwt : AL : AR : 5.93 5.39 4/ 4/ CA : 4/ 5/ CO : 2.69 2.68 2.36 2.08 ID : 2.75 2.78 IL : 2.22 2.20 4/ 4/ 5.57 5.40 3.26 3.30 IN : 1.88 1.82 5.24 5.09 IA : 2.16 1.90 1.51 1.45 5.62 5.15 KS : 2.37 2.05 5.08 4.92 2.97 2.93 KY : 2.16 1.95 5.76 5.25 LA : 5.80 5.65 MI : 2.13 1.87 1.49 1.53 5.41 4.99 MN : 1.86 1.89 2.13 2.05 1.28 1.29 5.90 5.77 MS : 5.69 5.38 MO : 1.90 1.85 5.43 5.20 2.89 3.15 MT : 2.62 2.64 5/ 5/ NE : 2.15 2.05 1.77 1.70 5.50 5.50 3.28 3.20 NC : 2.25 2.21 5.74 5.19 ND : 1.98 2.05 2.21 2.15 1.11 1.15 6.05 5.90 OH : 2.04 2.02 1.68 5/ 5.58 5.40 OK : 3.09 3.09 OR : 1.73 2.00 1.63 4/ PA : 2.06 1.96 1.69 1.69 SD : 1.33 5/ 1.97 1.89 1.44 1.42 5.32 4.90 TN : 2.24 2.05 5.48 5.35 TX : 2.74 2.27 5/ 5/ 3.46 3.52 UT : 1.96 2.08 WA : 2.16 2.10 WI : 2.25 2.05 1.45 1.50 5.71 5.20 WY : 2.96 3.29 : US : 2.29 2.42 2.15 2.00 1.45 1.36 5.56 5.31 3.15 3.07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The Three-State (MN, ND and SD) Feed Barley price for November 2004 is $1.40. 2/ Entire month. 3/ Mid-month. 4/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 5/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Malting and Feed Barley: Prices Received Selected States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Malting Barley : Feed Barley State :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Bushel : ID : 2.95 2.90 1.62 1.70 MN : 3/ 3/ 1.37 1.39 MT : 2.99 2.97 1.57 1.70 ND : 2.36 2.40 1.42 1.40 SD : 4/ 4/ 1.33 4/ WY : 3/ 3/ 1.68 1.65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 4/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Field Crops: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dry Edible : All : : : : Beans : Sunflower : Flaxseed : Tobacco : Peanuts 4/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- :Oct 1/:Nov 2/:Oct 1/:Nov 2/:Oct 1/:Nov 2/:Oct 1/:Nov 3/:Oct 1/:Nov 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :------- Dollars per ------ Dollars per ------- Dollars per ------- :----------- Cwt ---------- Bushel ---------- Pound ---------- : AL : 0.184 0.203 CA :38.70 40.20 CO :25.90 28.60 FL : 1.920 6/ 5/ 5/ GA : 1.870 6/ 0.191 0.211 ID :23.70 5/ IN : 6/ 1.985 KS : 5/ 5/ KY : 6/ 1.990 MD : 6/ 6/ MI :23.60 24.00 MN :26.40 5/ 17.40 5/ MO : NE :22.20 24.20 NC : 1.910 1.880 0.244 5/ ND :23.80 29.00 12.90 13.10 7.36 8.80 OH : 6/ 6/ OK : SC : 1.830 6/ SD : 11.60 12.30 7.92 6/ TN : 6/ 1.990 TX : 5/ 5/ VA : 1.930 1.885 5/ 5/ WV : : US :24.50 27.20 12.40 13.20 7.36 8.80 1.905 1.980 0.203 0.216 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ Based on sales through first half of month. 4/ In-Shell. 5/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 6/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Tobacco: Prices Received, by Area and Type, November 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class by Type : Type : Nov 2003 : Oct 2004 : Nov 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Dollars per Pound : : Flue-cured : : Northern Auction Area 2/ : 11-12 : 1.815 1.880 1.855 Northern Contract Area 2/ : 11-12 : 4/ 1.940 1.865 Southern Auction Area 3/ : 13-14 : 4/ 1.810 4/ Southern Contract Area 3/ : 13-14 : 4/ 1.895 4/ : : Total Flue-cured Area : 11-14 : 1.815 1.905 1.855 : : Light Air-cured : : Burley : 31 : 1.985 4/ 1.990 Total Light Air-cured : 31-32 : 1.985 4/ 1.990 : : US : 11-37 : 1.985 1.905 1.980 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 2/ Consists of Eastern NC Belt, Old and Middle Belts of NC and VA. 3/ Consists of GA-FL Belt, SC Belt, and NC Border Belt. 4/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Field Crops and Apples: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : November : Cotton, Upland :-------------------------------------------------- State : : Cotton- : Hay, Baled 3/ : Apples :-------------------: seed :-----------------------------: Fresh : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ : 5/ : All : Alfalfa : Other : Use 1/4/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Pound ---------- Dollars per Ton --------- Dol/Lb : AL : 6/ 6/ 88.00 AZ : 0.479 0.478 161.00 98.00 98.00 90.00 AR : 0.491 0.461 96.00 CA : 6/ 6/ 144.00 116.00 120.00 93.00 0.160 CO : 86.00 86.00 81.00 GA : 0.471 0.432 85.00 ID : 114.00 115.00 70.00 IL : 86.00 93.00 70.00 IA : 84.00 84.00 58.00 KS : 62.00 67.00 56.00 KY : 68.00 100.00 58.00 LA : 0.532 0.475 106.00 MI : 104.00 105.00 75.00 0.215 MN : 72.00 76.00 52.00 MS : 0.482 0.477 90.00 MO : 57.00 99.00 45.00 MT : 76.00 78.00 69.00 NE : 51.00 51.00 50.00 NV : 105.00 103.00 122.00 NM : 118.00 121.00 99.00 NY : 116.00 145.00 90.00 0.226 NC : 6/ 6/ 94.00 ND : 57.00 62.00 46.00 OH : 110.00 144.00 69.00 0.340 OK : 81.00 97.00 56.00 OR : 106.00 110.00 97.00 PA : 132.00 145.00 117.00 0.250 SD : 63.00 68.00 49.00 TN : 0.479 0.451 92.00 TX : 0.525 0.518 110.00 69.00 128.00 60.00 UT : 92.00 92.00 88.00 VA : 0.280 WA : 116.00 115.00 120.00 0.241 WI : 85.00 90.00 60.00 WY : 76.00 77.00 72.00 : US : 0.495 0.471 104.00 86.20 94.00 67.80 0.239 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Based on sales during the first half of the month. 3/ Mid-month. 4/ Equivalent packinghouse-door returns for CA, NY, and WA. Price at point of first sale for other States. 5/ Marketing year August - February. 6/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 7/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Upland Cotton and Rice: Prices Received and Marketings, United States, November 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : Unit : Sep 2004 1/ : Oct 2004 1/ : Nov 2004 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Cotton, Upland : : Average Price : Dollars per Pound : 0.493 0.495 0.471 Marketings 3/ : 1,000 Bales : 587 923 NA : : Rice : : Average Price : Dollars per Cwt : 8.38 7.59 7.49 Marketings 4/ : 1,000 Cwt : 14,197 13,422 NA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Based on purchases for the first half of the month. 3/ Marketings based on a survey of cotton buyers in the major producing States - AL, AZ, AR, CA, GA, LA, MS, NC, TN, and TX. 4/ Purchases by private firms and rice (rough equivalent) shipped by cooperatives. Citrus Fruit: Prices and Equivalent Returns, by Utilization, by State and United States, November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Equivalent Returns 1/ Commodity, :F.O.B. :----------------------------------------------------- State :Packed : Packinghouse-door : On-tree and Type : Fresh :----------------------------------------------------- : : All : Fresh :Process : All : Fresh :Process -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Box : Grapefruit : CA : 25.30 15.44 18.66 -0.28 13.07 16.29 -2.65 FL : 28.00 15.67 19.40 6.00 13.03 16.90 2.98 White : 29.50 15.16 20.50 6.00 12.51 18.00 3.10 Colored : 27.50 15.90 19.00 6.00 13.25 16.50 2.90 TX : 35.10 20.18 24.91 1.20 19.00 23.72 0.06 : US : 29.30 16.55 20.51 4.97 14.22 18.30 2.27 : Lemons : AZ : 30.70 12.95 20.40 0.18 8.52 15.97 -4.25 CA : 31.70 14.37 21.40 0.18 9.94 16.97 -4.25 : US : 31.30 13.80 21.01 0.18 9.37 16.58 -4.25 : Oranges : AZ : Navel and Misc: 18.90 6.95 11.37 0.38 4.44 8.86 -2.13 CA : Navel and Misc: 24.50 14.98 16.97 0.38 12.47 14.46 -2.13 FL : Early and Mids: 20.20 6.69 12.20 2.45 4.42 9.85 0.25 TX : Early and Mids: 18.60 6.36 8.31 2.04 5.00 6.94 0.71 : US : 22.30 9.70 14.37 2.15 7.41 12.01 -0.04 : Tangelos : FL : 20.00 9.28 11.00 2.40 6.76 8.50 -0.20 : Tangerines : CA : 36.20 25.54 29.00 0.30 23.00 26.46 -2.24 FL : 27.80 13.65 17.80 2.35 9.79 14.20 -2.25 : US : 29.20 15.29 19.60 2.21 11.61 16.18 -2.25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Net lbs. per box: Grapefruit - AZ & CA-67, FL-85, TX-80; Lemons - 76; Oranges - AZ & CA-75, FL-90, TX-85; Tangelos~-~90; Tangerines - AZ, CA-75, FL-95; Temples - 90. Potatoes: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : :: : : State : Oct : Nov :: State : Oct : Nov : : :: : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Cwt :: : Dollars per Cwt : :: : AL : :: NC : AZ : :: ND - All 1/ : 5.40 5.50 CA - All : 8.30 8.60 :: - Fresh 2/ : 6.10 NA - Winter : 16.40 :: - Processing : 5.00 NA - Spring : :: OH : 7.30 9.25 - Summer : 15.20 :: OR : 4.40 4.40 - Fall : 7.35 7.45 :: PA : 7.20 7.50 CO - All 1/ : 5.40 5.05 :: TX : - Fresh 2/ : 5.80 NA :: VA : FL : :: WA - All : 4.25 4.50 ID - All 1/ : 4.15 4.10 :: - Processing : 4.10 NA - Fresh 2/ : 3.30 NA :: WI - All 1/ : 4.70 4.90 - Processing : 4.50 NA :: - Fresh 2/ : 4.20 NA ME : 5.70 5.75 :: - Processing : 5.50 NA MI : 5.80 6.75 :: : MN : 5.70 5.55 :: US - All 1/ : 4.73 4.98 NY : 10.10 9.45 :: - Fresh 2/ : 5.39 NA : :: - Processing : 4.50 NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average price of potatoes sold for all uses, including table stocks, processing, seed and livestock feed. 2/ Fresh market prices only, includes table stock prices. Cattle: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cows 1/ :Steers & Heifers : Beef Cattle 4/ : Calves State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Oct 2/ : Nov 3/ : Oct 2/ : Nov 3/ : Oct 2/ : Nov 3/ : Oct 2/ : Nov 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Cwt : AZ : 52.00 51.10 107.00 106.00 106.00 105.00 125.00 122.00 AR : 45.90 44.70 103.00 99.80 85.90 83.30 120.00 121.00 CA : 47.50 44.50 89.00 86.40 67.80 64.20 113.00 110.00 CO : 51.00 49.30 111.00 110.00 110.00 109.00 128.00 127.00 FL : 50.30 49.30 98.80 98.60 69.20 68.00 127.00 128.00 GA : 50.90 50.50 95.30 95.10 66.00 65.20 120.00 122.00 ID : 47.60 44.90 90.70 85.60 78.60 72.20 121.00 116.00 IL : 49.20 48.00 83.00 80.00 82.30 79.40 117.00 112.00 IA : 48.50 45.90 85.30 83.30 84.60 82.60 121.00 118.00 KS : 49.90 48.40 86.00 84.70 84.90 83.60 137.00 143.00 KY : 50.00 49.00 100.00 96.00 88.00 84.70 114.00 112.00 LA : 47.60 47.00 98.70 97.00 66.50 65.00 116.00 116.00 MI : 48.00 48.00 75.00 74.00 66.90 66.20 118.00 116.00 MN : 52.30 50.00 79.80 80.00 74.90 74.60 121.00 110.00 MO : 49.50 47.70 110.00 105.00 96.70 93.50 123.00 122.00 MT : 51.20 49.10 115.00 112.00 104.00 93.80 127.00 126.00 NE : 52.70 51.70 91.20 88.30 90.00 87.20 132.00 128.00 NM : 52.60 52.20 111.00 108.00 88.80 84.00 125.00 125.00 ND : 52.10 52.10 111.00 112.00 101.00 97.00 126.00 126.00 OH : 44.10 44.00 82.30 81.00 78.50 77.30 107.00 105.00 OK : 50.70 49.60 112.00 109.00 106.00 103.00 127.00 132.00 OR : 47.50 45.50 99.00 98.00 83.60 82.30 113.00 110.00 PA : 48.10 47.20 79.30 78.60 71.20 70.40 111.00 111.00 SD : 52.00 48.90 109.00 104.00 103.00 94.10 130.00 130.00 TN : 48.00 47.00 100.00 98.00 79.20 77.60 113.00 113.00 TX : 48.70 48.20 91.30 90.70 86.60 86.50 128.00 128.00 VA : 45.20 43.60 98.60 92.40 87.40 79.70 113.00 108.00 WI : 50.50 49.70 81.90 81.00 63.70 62.80 146.00 134.00 WY : 54.00 53.00 118.00 116.00 101.00 97.10 132.00 131.00 : US : 49.90 48.60 91.00 89.10 86.10 84.20 126.00 124.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. 2/ Entire month. 3/ Mid-month. 4/ "Cows" and "steers and heifers" combined. Hogs: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Sows : Barrows and Gilts : All Hogs :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ : Oct 1/ : Nov 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Cwt : AR : 42.00 45.10 51.40 53.50 50.50 52.70 IL : 40.50 41.50 52.50 52.80 51.50 51.90 IN : 45.40 47.80 51.80 53.10 51.20 52.60 IA : 44.50 48.10 53.30 57.50 53.10 57.40 KS : 42.00 44.70 50.20 53.30 49.20 52.40 MI : 41.00 42.00 52.00 53.00 51.10 52.10 MN : 43.10 46.00 55.30 57.00 55.20 56.90 MO : 41.10 43.60 48.70 49.70 48.20 49.30 NE : 41.90 44.60 54.10 56.50 53.90 56.30 NC : 42.80 46.10 52.90 58.40 52.80 58.30 OH : 39.30 42.00 52.90 53.00 51.90 52.20 OK : 40.60 44.50 46.90 51.00 45.90 50.00 PA : 41.70 43.10 51.10 51.50 49.70 50.20 SD : 42.60 45.00 54.00 59.00 52.60 57.20 TX : 37.50 39.70 50.30 53.10 48.40 51.80 WI : 38.60 41.90 48.10 51.70 46.90 50.40 : US : 42.40 44.50 52.60 55.80 52.10 55.30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. Sheep and Poultry: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Sheep 1/ : Lambs 1/ : Eggs 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ Dollars per Cwt ------ Dollars per Dozen : AL : 0.480 AR : 0.420 CA : 36.50 86.50 0.490 CO : 39.90 95.20 CT : 0.520 FL : 0.460 GA : 0.416 ID : 43.00 91.00 IN : 0.400 IA : 46.00 88.00 0.400 KS : 37.00 90.00 ME : 0.570 MI : 0.450 MN : 37.10 88.80 0.410 MS : 0.460 MO : 0.410 MT : 40.70 109.00 NE : 39.30 89.00 NY : 0.495 NC : 0.430 ND : 40.00 100.00 OH : 43.00 87.80 0.432 OR : 36.00 95.00 PA : 0.460 SC : 0.430 SD : 42.10 115.00 TX : 43.30 107.00 0.440 UT : 35.00 98.00 WA : 0.470 WY : 42.60 118.00 : US : 40.70 98.20 0.436 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Mid-month. 3/ Market (table) eggs. Milk and Milk Cows: Prices Received, by States, October and November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 1/ : November :------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Fluid Grade : Manufacturing : All Milk : All Milk : : Milk 2/ : Grade Milk : 3/ : 3/ 4/ : Milk :---------------------------------------------------------------:Cows 5/ : : Fat : : Fat : : Fat : : Fat : : Price : Test : Price : Test : Price : Test : Price : Test : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Dol/Cwt Percent Dol/Cwt Percent Dol/Cwt Percent Dol/Cwt Percent Dol/Head : AZ : 15.30 3.67 15.30 3.67 15.60 3.71 CA : 13.80 3.70 14.20 3.97 13.81 3.71 14.40 3.78 FL : 19.10 3.68 19.10 3.68 18.30 3.66 ID : 14.30 3.65 14.80 3.98 14.30 3.65 14.40 3.70 IL : 16.20 3.75 15.40 3.65 16.20 3.75 16.40 3.80 IN : 16.30 3.78 14.20 3.65 16.20 3.77 16.40 3.80 IA : 16.10 3.77 15.20 3.90 16.10 3.77 16.50 3.78 KY : 16.70 3.69 16.70 3.69 16.50 3.72 MI : 15.70 3.67 14.00 3.69 15.70 3.67 16.00 3.72 MN : 15.90 3.84 14.30 3.84 15.90 3.84 16.50 3.87 MO : 16.20 3.74 15.00 3.87 16.20 3.75 16.30 3.77 NM : 14.50 3.63 14.50 3.63 14.70 3.68 NY : 16.40 3.72 16.40 3.72 16.50 3.75 OH : 16.30 3.72 14.80 3.84 16.20 3.72 16.50 3.80 PA : 17.50 3.70 15.40 3.90 17.50 3.70 17.60 3.75 TX : 15.70 3.76 15.70 3.76 15.80 3.81 VT : 16.50 3.72 16.50 3.72 16.60 3.75 VA : 17.20 3.64 17.20 3.64 17.20 3.67 WA : 15.50 3.72 15.50 3.72 15.70 3.78 WI : 16.30 3.79 15.20 3.92 16.30 3.80 16.70 3.82 : US : 15.50 3.72 14.70 3.90 15.50 3.73 15.80 3.77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Entire month. 2/ Including milk diverted to manufacturing. 3/ Before deductions for hauling. Includes quality, quantity, and other premiums. Excludes hauling subsidies. 4/ Preliminary. 5/ Animals sold for dairy herd replacement only. Prices published January, April, July and October. Parity Price Equivalent for Manufacturing Milk 1/: United States, October and November 2004, with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : Unit : Nov 2003 : Oct 2004 : Nov 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parity Equivalent : Dollars per Cwt : 30.74 31.73 31.82 Average Price F.O.B 2/ : Dollars per Cwt : 13.80 14.70 15.20 Average Fat Test of Milk 2/ : Percent : 3.97 3.90 3.95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The parity price equivalent during 2004 is 90.4 percent of the parity price of all milk sold to plants, compared with 90.4 percent in 2003. For additional details, see January 2004 issue of "Agricultural Prices". 2/ Preliminary for November 2004. United States Parity Prices for Farm Products and Average Prices Received as Percent of Parity Prices Based on Data for November 2004, with Comparisons 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Parity Prices : Prices as Percent :Adjusted: Based on Data for : of Parity Commodity and Unit : Base :----------------------------------------- : Prices : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct : Nov : : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- Dollars ---------- ---- Percent --- : Basic Commodities : All Wheat, Bu : 0.564 9.82 10.10 10.10 37 33 35 Rice, Cwt : 1.63 26.90 29.00 29.10 26 28 26 Corn, Bu : 0.379 6.71 6.75 6.77 33 28 30 Cotton, Lb : American Upland : 0.113 1.73 2.01 2.02 37 24 23 Extra Long Staple : 0.144 2.42 2.57 2.57 Peanuts, Lb : 0.0370 0.670 0.659 0.660 27 29 33 Tobacco, By Type, Lb : Flue-Cured 11-14 : 0.259 4.42 4.62 4.62 40 41 40 VA Fire-Cured, 21 : 0.257 4.47 4.58 4.59 KY-TN Fire-Cured, 22-23 : 0.322 5.52 5.74 5.75 Burley, 31 : 0.277 4.75 4.94 4.94 42 40 Maryland, 32 : 0.215 3.76 3.83 3.84 Dark Air-Cured, 35-36 : 0.282 4.76 5.03 5.03 Sun-Cured, 37 : 0.246 4.19 4.38 4.39 PA Seedleaf, 41 : 0.206 3.43 3.67 3.68 Cigar Filler & Binder, : 42-44, 54-55 : 0.225 3.81 4.01 4.02 Puerto Rican Filler, 46 : 0.162 2.81 2.89 2.89 Cigar Binder, 51-52 : 0.736 12.40 13.10 13.10 : Designated Nonbasic : All Milk, Sold to : Plants, Per Cwt 2/ : 1.97 34.00 35.10 35.20 42 42 43 Honey, Extracted, Lb 3/ : 0.1050 1.62 1.87 1.87 : Wool and Mohair : Wool, Lb : 0.0880 1.57 1.57 1.57 Mohair, Lb : 0.334 5.61 5.95 5.96 : Other Nonbasic : Barley, Bu : 0.376 6.65 6.70 6.71 43 35 36 Cottonseed, Ton :15.80 269.00 282.00 282.00 45 38 37 Dry Edible Beans, Cwt : 2.92 51.30 52.00 52.10 37 49 52 Flaxseed, Bu : 0.728 12.10 13.00 13.00 50 57 68 Oats, Bu : 0.221 4.19 3.94 3.94 32 35 35 Potatoes, Cwt : 0.854 14.00 15.20 15.20 38 31 33 Rye, Bu : 0.353 5.92 6.29 6.30 Sorghum Grain, Cwt : 0.616 11.40 11.00 11.00 36 28 28 Soybeans Bu : 0.892 14.70 15.90 15.90 48 32 33 Sweetpotatoes, Cwt : 2.25 37.80 40.10 40.20 Apples, Fresh, Lb 4/ : 0.0296 0.495 0.527 0.528 55 51 45 Citrus (equiv on-tree), Box : Grapefruit : 0.387 6.70 6.90 6.91 55 276 206 Lemons : 1.10 19.00 19.60 19.60 33 67 48 Oranges : 0.618 9.84 11.00 11.00 23 190 67 Tangerines : 1.42 25.20 25.30 25.30 22 51 46 Temples (FL) : 0.451 7.99 8.04 8.05 Beef Cattle, Cwt : 9.55 163.00 170.00 170.00 57 51 50 Calves, Cwt :12.80 219.00 228.00 228.00 51 56 54 Hogs, Cwt : 5.91 104.00 105.00 105.00 33 49 53 Lambs, Cwt :11.30 188.00 201.00 202.00 53 Sheep, Cwt : 4.70 80.30 83.80 83.90 50 Eggs, Doz 2/ : 0.0949 1.61 1.69 1.69 65 29 32 Turkeys, Live, Lb : 0.0574 0.999 1.020 1.020 41 47 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Parity Prices Based on Data for November 2004, United States 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Nonbasic :Adj Base: Parity :: Other Nonbasic :Adj Base: Parity Commodities : Prices : Prices :: Commodities : Prices : Prices ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Dollars Dollars :: :Dollars Dollars : :: : Field Crops and : :: Noncitrus Fruit : Misc Commodities : :: Peaches, cont. : Hops, Lb : 0.256 4.57 :: Processing 5/ : Spearmint Oil, Lb : 1.53 27.30 :: Excl Dried : Tobacco, Lb : :: Clingstone, : Type 61 : 2.51 44.80 :: CA, Ton : 32.80 585.00 : :: Pears, Ton : Noncitrus Fruit : :: Fresh 4/ : 51.60 921.00 Apples, Ton 6/ : :: Dried, CA 6/ : 166.00 2,960.00 Processing : 17.90 320.00 :: Plums, CA, Ton : Apricots, Ton : :: Fresh, Equiv : Fresh 7/ : 99.70 1,780.00 :: on-Tree : 57.40 1,020.00 Dried, CA :273.00 4,870.00 :: Prunes, Dried, : Avocados, Ton 7/ :238.00 4,250.00 :: CA, Ton 6/ : 129.00 2,300.00 Cherries Bbl : :: Prunes and Plums, : Sweet, Ton :184.00 3,280.00 :: Excl CA, Ton : Tart, Lb : 0.0267 0.477:: Fresh 9/ : 56.90 1,020.00 Cranberry, Bbl 5/ : 5.92 106.00 :: Processing 6/ : Dates, CA, Ton 7/ :170.00 3,030.00 :: Excl Dried : 26.30 469.00 Grapes, Ton : :: : Raisin Variety :121.00 2,160.00 :: Tree Nuts 10/ : Other Dried : 68.20 1,220.00 :: Almonds, Lb : 0.204 3.64 Kiwifruit, Ton : 80.80 1,440.00 :: Hazelnuts, Ton : 130.00 2,320.00 Nectarines : :: Pistachio, Lb : 0.159 2.84 Fresh, CA, : :: Walnuts, Ton : 176.00 3,140.00 Ton 7/ : 63.00 1,120.00 :: : Olives, CA : :: Vegetables, Cwt 11/ : canning, Ton 5/ : 95.50 1,700.00 :: Fresh : Papayas (HA) : 0.0520 0.928:: Carrots 8/ : 2.21 39.40 Peaches : :: Cauliflower 8/ : 4.55 81.20 Fresh, Lb 4/ : 0.0408 0.728:: Celery 8/ : 1.98 35.30 Dried, CA, : :: Honeydew Melons : 2.79 49.80 Ton : 92.50 1,650.00 :: Lettuce : 2.50 44.60 : :: Onions 8/ : 1.68 30.00 : :: Tomatoes : 4.39 78.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Parity prices are computed under the provisions of Title III, Subtitle a, Section 301 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended by the Agricultural Acts of 1948, 1949, and 1956. See January "Agricultural Prices" for details on adjusted base price and parity price computations. 2/ Seasonally adjusted price as percentage of parity price. 3/ Wholesale extracted. Adjusted base price derived from state annual averages prices weighted by production. For 1982 through 1985 the national averages are the support prices. 4/ Equivalent packinghouse-door returns for CA, NY (apples only), OR (except peaches), and WA. Price at point of first sale for other states. 5/ Equivalent returns for bulk fruit at first delivery point. 6/ Equivalent returns at processing plant door. 7/ Equivalent returns at packinghouse door. 8/ Includes some processing. 9/ Based on "as sold" prices for fresh fruit in all states. 10/ Prices in-shell basis except almonds which are shelled basis. 11/ F.O.B. shipping point prices. Marketing Year for Specified Commodities Corn for Grain: September 1 to August 31 for U.S.; July 1 to June 30 for Texas; August 1 to July 31 for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee; September 1 to August 31 for Arizona, California, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia; October 1 to September 30 for all other States. Dry Edible Beans: September 1 to August 31 for U.S. and all States. Chickpeas (Garbonzo): September 1 to August 31 for U.S. Flaxseed: July 1 to June 30 for U.S. and all States. Sorghum for Grain: September 1 to August 31 for U.S.; June 1 to May 31 for Texas; August 1 to July 31 for Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee; September 1 to August 31 for all other States. Sunflower: September 1 to August 31 for U.S.; July 1 to June 30 for Texas; August 1 to July 31 for Louisiana; September 1 to August 31 for all other States. Crops: Marketing Year Average Prices Received, by States and United States, 2002 and 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Sunflower : Flaxseed :----------------------------------------------------- State : : All : Oil : Non-Oil :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Dollars per Bu ----------------- Dollars per Cwt ---------------- : CO : 12.90 11.50 12.50 10.60 13.70 13.80 KS : 12.20 11.80 11.00 10.70 13.70 14.10 MN : 6.50 6.70 12.70 14.20 12.00 12.70 13.80 16.00 MT : 6.15 5.80 NE : 12.30 12.10 12.10 10.70 12.90 16.20 ND : 5.77 5.88 12.10 12.20 11.60 11.30 13.80 15.70 SD : 5.63 5.54 12.10 11.40 12.10 11.00 12.10 13.20 TX : 14.30 14.40 13.00 12.00 15.00 15.50 : Oth Sts 1/: 13.60 12.50 13.10 12.00 15.80 16.20 : US : 5.77 5.88 12.10 12.10 11.70 11.30 13.70 15.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States include CA, GA, IL, LA, MI, MO, MT, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, UT, WA, WI, and WY. Crops: Marketing Year Average Prices Received, by States and United States, 2002 and 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Corn : Sorghum : All Dry Beans State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Dollars per Bu Dollars per Cwt Dollars per Cwt : AL : 2.72 2.36 4.10 4.10 AZ : 3.14 3.28 4.60 4.80 AR : 2.43 2.37 4.40 4.18 CA : 2.73 2.90 4.64 4.65 33.30 35.30 CO : 2.53 2.49 4.10 4.14 17.70 18.20 DE : 2.85 2.87 4.55 4.30 FL : 2.60 2.55 GA : 2.70 2.45 4.64 4.10 ID : 2.91 2.94 18.60 19.20 IL : 2.35 2.42 4.62 4.64 IN : 2.41 2.53 IA : 2.22 2.37 KS : 2.48 2.51 4.24 4.21 17.00 17.60 KY : 2.58 2.53 4.68 4.55 LA : 2.40 2.40 4.30 4.30 MD : 2.85 2.83 4.55 4.30 MI : 2.34 2.37 15.30 19.30 MN : 2.15 2.35 16.00 18.60 MS : 2.33 2.28 4.24 4.05 MO : 2.45 2.46 4.22 4.29 MT : 2.45 2.65 15.20 18.20 NE : 2.32 2.39 4.23 4.19 18.60 17.30 NJ : 2.77 2.81 NM : 2.84 2.96 4.20 4.45 15.00 16.00 NY : 2.87 2.82 22.20 22.60 NC : 2.89 2.68 4.40 4.10 ND : 2.16 2.37 14.30 16.10 OH : 2.48 2.45 OK : 2.45 2.60 4.11 4.16 OR : 2.88 3.08 18.40 19.10 PA : 2.97 2.96 4.79 4.64 SC : 2.70 2.70 4.11 4.11 SD : 2.17 2.28 3.90 4.00 17.40 15.80 TN : 2.58 2.37 4.78 4.30 TX : 2.57 2.59 4.18 4.13 20.00 20.00 UT : 3.18 2.99 18.50 18.00 VA : 2.73 2.57 3.91 3.70 WA : 2.84 3.00 19.90 21.00 WV : 2.85 2.72 WI : 2.22 2.35 17.70 26.50 WY : 2.60 2.50 18.30 17.40 : US : 2.32 2.42 4.14 4.26 17.10 18.40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prices Received: Corn, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Jan 1/ : Feb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Bushel : CO : 2.39 2.33 2.36 2.27 2.30 2.34 2.51 2.61 IL : 2.20 2.16 2.18 2.13 2.21 2.34 2.37 2.65 IN : 2.28 2.25 2.27 2.15 2.25 2.46 2.50 2.75 IA : 2.09 2.04 2.12 2.05 2.15 2.27 2.33 2.55 KS : 2.26 2.24 2.23 2.39 2.46 2.48 2.63 2.81 KY : 2.57 2.32 2.24 2.27 2.39 2.45 2.48 2.74 MI : 2.26 2.23 2.28 2.06 2.09 2.23 2.35 2.62 MN : 2.10 2.03 2.05 1.99 2.07 2.17 2.28 2.37 MO : 2.36 2.28 2.21 2.19 2.30 2.41 2.47 2.72 NE : 2.11 2.09 2.16 2.16 2.20 2.28 2.38 2.53 NC : 3.00 2.84 2.50 2.52 2.67 2.73 2.90 3.05 ND : 2.15 2.10 2.14 2.00 2.04 2.11 2.19 2.50 OH : 2.37 2.31 2.31 2.13 2.17 2.30 2.39 2.67 PA : 2.97 2.88 2.88 2.59 2.66 2.76 2.95 3.10 SD : 2.01 2.01 2.01 1.95 2.02 2.11 2.29 2.49 TN : 2.64 2.45 2.27 2.05 2.43 2.61 2.44 2.63 TX : 2.41 2.33 2.42 2.54 2.54 2.62 2.79 2.93 WI : 2.18 2.15 2.17 2.09 2.11 2.23 2.31 2.52 : US : 2.17 2.15 2.20 2.12 2.20 2.31 2.39 2.61 : : 2002-2003 : CO : 2.49 2.50 2.77 2.61 2.54 2.55 2.52 2.53 IL : 2.24 2.47 2.50 2.36 2.33 2.37 2.37 2.35 IN : 2.25 2.58 2.55 2.38 2.41 2.43 2.42 2.44 IA : 2.03 2.27 2.43 2.25 2.22 2.22 2.19 2.23 KS : 2.22 2.44 2.49 2.52 2.55 2.45 2.46 2.48 KY : 2.32 2.39 2.55 2.46 2.60 2.56 2.55 2.70 MI : 2.16 2.44 2.41 2.33 2.31 2.30 2.33 2.36 MN : 1.97 2.20 2.27 2.20 2.12 2.15 2.17 2.15 MO : 2.12 2.34 2.38 2.43 2.43 2.41 2.52 2.52 NE : 2.11 2.38 2.48 2.37 2.37 2.32 2.32 2.34 NC : 2.68 2.84 2.82 2.92 2.82 2.99 2.96 3.01 ND : 2.01 2.25 2.33 2.19 2.15 2.13 2.08 2.17 OH : 2.32 2.56 2.60 2.43 2.46 2.49 2.48 2.50 PA : 2.73 2.87 3.00 2.95 2.91 2.96 2.95 2.94 SD : 1.99 2.23 2.34 2.21 2.15 2.12 2.15 2.19 TN : 2.42 2.54 2.52 2.61 2.66 2.71 2.58 2.60 TX : 2.54 2.46 2.60 2.62 2.67 2.47 2.52 2.59 WI : 2.08 2.29 2.41 2.21 2.19 2.18 2.19 2.20 : US : 2.13 2.38 2.47 2.34 2.28 2.32 2.33 2.34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Prices Received: Corn, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Bushel : CO : 2.71 2.85 2.98 2.97 2.90 2.75 2.72 IL : 2.77 2.97 2.93 2.87 2.49 2.35 2.20 IN : 2.96 3.07 3.08 2.80 2.57 2.44 2.07 IA : 2.67 2.79 2.80 2.77 2.48 2.23 2.13 KS : 2.92 3.04 2.97 2.94 2.68 2.37 2.18 KY : 2.90 3.09 3.06 3.05 2.71 2.40 2.33 MI : 2.78 2.92 2.82 2.77 2.42 2.38 2.29 MN : 2.57 2.75 2.68 2.64 2.47 2.27 2.17 MO : 2.86 3.01 2.99 2.98 2.58 2.43 2.20 NE : 2.62 2.82 2.80 2.82 2.57 2.35 2.15 NC : 3.23 3.37 3.39 3.23 3.08 2.66 2.43 ND : 2.62 2.70 2.77 2.82 2.52 2.53 2.37 OH : 2.83 2.99 2.96 2.93 2.54 2.36 2.13 PA : 3.31 3.46 3.54 3.52 2.98 2.90 2.40 SD : 2.66 2.87 2.90 2.83 2.29 2.20 2.05 TN : 2.93 3.01 2.95 2.72 2.73 2.28 2.10 TX : 3.17 2/ 2.89 3.11 2.52 2.51 2.67 WI : 2.72 2.80 2.79 2.78 2.59 2.34 2.29 : US : 2.75 2.89 2.87 2.79 2.51 2.34 2.20 : : 2002-2003 : CO : 2.54 2.54 2.60 2.53 2.39 2.33 2.36 IL : 2.36 2.40 2.43 2.39 2.20 2.16 2.18 IN : 2.44 2.47 2.49 2.44 2.28 2.25 2.27 IA : 2.23 2.26 2.31 2.27 2.09 2.04 2.12 KS : 2.42 2.48 2.51 2.42 2.26 2.24 2.23 KY : 2.58 2.61 2.78 2.72 2.57 2.32 2.24 MI : 2.41 2.43 2.45 2.43 2.26 2.23 2.28 MN : 2.16 2.19 2.24 2.23 2.10 2.03 2.05 MO : 2.54 2.48 2.49 2.57 2.36 2.28 2.21 NE : 2.33 2.31 2.37 2.31 2.11 2.09 2.16 NC : 2.93 2.88 3.01 2.95 3.00 2.84 2.50 ND : 2.15 2.20 2.27 2.28 2.15 2.10 2.14 OH : 2.51 2.51 2.58 2.55 2.37 2.31 2.31 PA : 2.98 3.07 3.07 3.05 2.97 2.88 2.88 SD : 2.19 2.22 2.25 2.25 2.01 2.01 2.01 TN : 2.66 2.72 2.77 2.81 2.64 2.45 2.27 TX : 2.66 2.59 2.56 2.47 2.41 2.33 2.42 WI : 2.22 2.29 2.35 2.25 2.18 2.15 2.17 : US : 2.33 2.34 2.38 2.34 2.17 2.15 2.20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Second year. 2/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. Prices Received: Sorghum, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Jan 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Cwt : AR : 2/ 3/ 4.16 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ IL : 4.16 4.00 3.87 3.82 4.07 4.16 4.62 4.76 KS : 3.58 3.18 3.60 3.67 3.91 4.05 4.14 4.34 MO : 4.05 3.84 3.47 2/ 4.10 4.04 4.20 4.49 NE : 3.79 3.42 3.52 3.73 3.88 4.04 4.14 4.33 OK : 3.62 3.49 3.55 3.59 3.92 4.16 4.22 4.35 TX : 3.60 3.67 3.98 4.04 4.11 4.29 4.30 4.36 : US : 3.61 3.63 3.93 3.97 3.98 4.13 4.20 4.36 : : 2002-2003 : AR : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 4.81 3.95 4.41 IL : 3.88 4.11 4.80 4.46 4.61 5.06 4.59 4.53 KS : 3.22 3.57 3.93 4.25 4.36 4.44 4.40 4.13 MO : 3.40 3.55 3.55 4.44 4.25 4.29 4.20 4.31 NE : 3.26 3.65 4.31 4.45 4.39 4.43 4.34 4.26 OK : 3.13 3.66 4.05 4.37 4.13 4.20 4.10 3.98 TX : 4.09 4.29 4.27 4.17 4.33 4.21 4.17 4.05 : US : 3.83 4.06 4.21 4.30 4.33 4.40 4.33 4.12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Prices Received: Sorghum, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Cwt : AR : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 4.15 2/ IL : 5.15 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3.21 KS : 4.66 4.69 5.00 4.67 4.44 3.44 3.59 3.17 MO : 4.55 4.66 4.92 5.26 4.83 3.80 3.88 3.83 NE : 4.53 4.82 5.08 4.71 4.64 3.84 3.58 3.31 OK : 4.88 5.03 5.21 4.75 2/ 3.81 3.57 3.34 TX : 4.98 5.22 5.35 4.93 4.60 4.32 4.04 3.96 : US : 4.76 4.84 5.09 4.82 4.58 4.27 4.01 3.59 : : 2002-2003 : AR : 4.48 4.39 4.29 2/ 2/ 3/ 4.16 2/ IL : 4.50 4.12 4.35 4.50 4.16 4.00 3.87 3.82 KS : 4.13 3.94 3.92 3.90 3.58 3.18 3.60 3.67 MO : 4.13 3.98 4.08 4.09 4.05 3.84 3.47 2/ NE : 4.35 4.03 4.03 4.02 3.79 3.42 3.52 3.73 OK : 4.00 3.83 3.90 3.84 3.62 3.49 3.55 3.59 TX : 4.10 3.87 4.06 3.88 3.60 3.67 3.98 4.04 : US : 4.14 3.94 3.96 3.95 3.61 3.63 3.93 3.97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Second year. 2/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Prices Received: Flaxseed, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Bushel : ND : 6.38 5.30 5.43 5.69 6.02 6.15 SD : 3/ 5.20 5.50 3/ 5.86 6.00 : US : 6.38 5.30 5.43 5.69 6.02 6.15 : : 2002-2003 : ND : 5.37 5.27 5.57 5.77 6.04 5.92 SD : 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 2/ : US : 5.37 5.27 5.57 5.77 6.04 5.92 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 1/ : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : ND : 6.14 6.40 6.53 7.01 7.11 7.23 SD : 5.34 6.00 3/ 6.22 6.81 3/ : US : 6.08 6.39 6.53 7.01 7.10 7.23 : : 2002-2003 : ND : 5.71 6.25 6.47 6.57 6.09 6.02 SD : 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 3/ : US : 5.71 6.25 6.47 6.57 6.05 6.02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Second year. 2/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ Insuffient sales to establish a price. Prices Received: All Sunflower, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Jan 1/ : Feb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Cwt : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 2/ 14.20 13.20 13.50 13.10 14.00 ND : 10.60 11.30 11.80 11.90 12.20 12.80 SD : 10.20 10.80 10.50 10.90 11.60 12.10 : US : 10.40 11.40 11.50 11.70 12.10 12.80 : : 2002-2003 : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 11.70 12.20 12.00 12.80 12.90 2/ ND : 13.50 12.00 12.00 11.90 12.30 12.50 SD : 13.40 12.20 12.50 12.50 11.90 12.70 : US : 13.10 12.00 12.00 12.30 12.10 12.50 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : Aug :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 2/ 14.90 15.30 15.90 14.30 15.80 ND : 13.10 13.40 13.70 13.50 13.60 14.80 SD : 12.40 13.00 13.30 13.00 12.40 11.60 : US : 13.10 13.50 13.70 13.50 13.30 13.60 : : 2002-2003 : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 13.20 2/ 15.20 2/ 13.80 2/ ND : 12.50 12.30 12.30 12.00 11.60 11.50 SD : 12.30 12.20 11.70 11.40 10.30 9.17 : US : 12.50 12.30 12.20 12.00 11.60 10.90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Second year. 2/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ Insuffient sales to establish a price. Prices Received: Oil Sunflower, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Jan 1/ : Feb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Cwt : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 2/ 13.20 11.50 12.00 12.30 12.50 ND : 10.10 10.50 10.60 11.10 11.20 12.00 SD : 10.20 10.40 10.20 10.70 11.30 11.80 : US : 10.10 10.60 10.50 11.00 11.30 12.00 : : 2002-2003 : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 11.50 2/ 2/ 12.50 13.00 2/ ND : 13.70 11.80 11.80 11.70 11.70 12.10 SD : 13.40 12.20 12.60 12.50 11.90 12.50 : US : 12.90 11.80 11.90 11.80 11.70 12.10 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : Aug :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 12.50 13.20 13.30 2/ 13.50 14.50 ND : 12.50 12.60 12.60 12.90 12.40 12.80 SD : 12.30 12.70 13.00 12.60 12.60 11.50 : US : 12.40 12.70 12.80 12.80 12.50 12.20 : : 2002-2003 : KS : 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ MN : 12.70 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ ND : 12.20 11.70 12.20 10.90 9.70 9.34 SD : 12.50 12.20 11.70 11.30 10.20 9.10 : US : 12.20 11.80 11.80 11.00 9.89 9.28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Second year. 2/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Prices Received: Non-Oil Sunflower, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Jan 1/ : Feb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Cwt : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 2/ 15.70 2/ 2/ 15.50 15.90 ND : 12.00 15.40 15.30 15.40 15.70 15.60 SD : 12.10 13.30 2/ 2/ 2/ 14.90 : US : 12.30 14.90 14.70 15.30 15.60 15.40 : : 2002-2003 : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 13.00 2/ 2/ 13.00 12.80 2/ ND : 13.30 13.50 13.20 13.20 13.70 13.80 SD : 13.20 2/ 11.20 2/ 2/ 2/ : US : 13.40 13.30 12.90 13.50 13.60 13.70 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : Aug :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : KS : 3/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ MN : 2/ 16.00 16.40 17.30 2/ 2/ ND : 15.80 16.20 16.60 16.50 17.70 18.70 SD : 2/ 2/ 2/ 13.80 12.30 11.70 : US : 15.90 16.10 16.30 15.50 14.50 16.70 : : 2002-2003 : KS : 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ MN : 13.70 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ ND : 13.70 14.00 12.40 14.60 15.20 14.80 SD : 10.90 2/ 2/ 2/ 12.60 2/ : US : 13.30 14.10 12.90 14.60 15.10 14.70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Second year. 2/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. 3/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. Prices Received: Dry Beans, by State and Month, for Marketing Years, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : Jan 1/ : Feb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : : Dollars per Cwt : CA : 32.00 41.10 35.20 35.60 35.00 32.50 CO : 18.00 18.00 17.90 16.10 18.20 16.30 ID : 18.80 19.10 20.30 18.70 17.80 18.90 MI : 18.40 18.70 18.80 19.00 18.80 20.50 MN : 17.60 20.10 21.20 17.10 21.00 19.80 NE : 18.70 16.50 16.40 15.40 15.50 15.70 ND : 15.60 14.80 15.20 15.00 15.20 15.70 : US : 17.60 17.60 19.10 17.40 17.20 17.50 : : 2002-2003 : CA : 32.50 31.70 31.60 32.60 32.50 32.60 CO : 21.30 16.60 15.00 15.00 17.80 18.50 ID : 20.40 19.50 19.10 19.00 19.10 18.80 MI : 15.70 14.80 13.00 15.20 17.40 15.70 MN : 16.00 17.10 16.00 15.10 17.40 17.70 NE : 20.10 18.30 18.00 17.10 16.40 16.60 ND : 15.80 15.00 14.30 13.30 13.80 12.50 : US : 17.90 16.60 15.90 16.10 16.40 19.20 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : Aug :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003-2004 : CA : 36.30 34.80 31.10 34.50 35.80 36.30 CO : 17.70 18.20 18.80 19.60 19.80 20.70 ID : 18.30 19.30 20.10 19.60 20.20 20.00 MI : 21.10 20.10 21.40 19.90 20.90 19.20 MN : 18.70 19.10 20.10 19.00 19.10 19.60 NE : 16.60 17.80 17.30 17.40 17.30 17.60 ND : 16.80 17.50 18.20 18.10 17.90 17.70 : US : 20.20 19.60 19.90 20.00 19.20 20.90 : : 2002-2003 : CA : 36.30 35.00 35.40 35.70 34.20 29.60 CO : 17.00 16.50 16.10 16.90 18.10 16.50 ID : 18.70 17.30 18.10 17.70 13.60 18.20 MI : 12.50 17.70 15.20 14.00 18.50 17.80 MN : 14.50 13.10 20.30 14.10 14.20 17.90 NE : 16.70 17.40 18.10 18.70 18.90 18.80 ND : 12.50 13.20 13.60 14.00 14.60 15.30 : US : 15.90 18.70 19.10 16.60 17.20 18.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Second year. Corn: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year :Jul:Aug:Sep:Oct :Nov:Dec :Jan:Feb :Mar:Apr :May:Jun :Jul:Aug:Sep : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pct : CO 2002-2003 : 6 21 22 13 7 5 6 6 3 4 4 3 2003-2004 : 15 19 16 19 6 6 7 2 2 3 3 2 : IL 2002-2003 : 6 14 8 8 18 6 7 6 7 6 7 7 2003-2004 : 5 15 9 10 26 7 8 5 3 4 4 4 : IN 2002-2003 : 8 19 13 7 13 7 7 6 4 4 5 7 2003-2004 : 5 16 12 7 17 8 8 6 3 6 7 5 : IA 2002-2003 : 6 14 17 6 10 5 6 7 7 6 7 9 2003-2004 : 7 18 11 6 12 7 9 7 4 6 7 6 : KS 2002-2003 : 10 27 12 14 11 6 5 5 4 2 1 3 2003-2004 : 8 29 18 13 15 4 6 2 1 1 1 2 : KY 2002-2003 : 20 10 4 5 22 11 9 7 5 2 3 2 2003-2004 : 13 14 5 6 28 9 9 4 3 3 3 3 : MI 2002-2003 : 15 23 10 14 8 6 6 6 3 4 3 2 2003-2004 : 7 20 21 13 8 6 5 3 5 4 4 4 : MN 2002-2003 : 12 18 9 10 6 6 6 8 6 7 7 5 2003-2004 : 12 7 7 10 7 6 5 4 14 12 9 7 : MO 2002-2003 : 7 12 8 8 13 7 7 7 6 7 9 9 2003-2004 : 23 12 7 8 15 9 7 4 3 3 4 5 : NE 2002-2003 : 7 13 13 10 13 7 9 7 6 4 5 6 2003-2004 : 5 15 16 12 14 8 9 6 3 4 4 4 : NC 2002-2003 : 26 13 3 8 8 7 2 2 2 2 2 25 2003-2004 : 37 14 4 3 7 7 4 2 1 1 1 19 : ND 2002-2003 : 13 18 10 11 7 7 8 6 6 7 4 3 2003-2004 : 9 13 11 15 11 9 7 5 6 6 6 2 : OH 2002-2003 : 6 17 13 8 12 8 8 6 5 6 5 6 2003-2004 : 3 12 19 10 16 10 8 6 4 4 5 3 : PA 2002-2003 : 17 19 10 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 2003-2004 : 4 10 19 12 11 9 9 4 6 5 5 6 : SD 2002-2003 : 7 11 20 11 8 7 7 6 7 5 6 5 2003-2004 : 5 21 14 8 12 7 8 7 4 5 4 5 : TN 2002-2003 : 14 40 7 4 4 11 5 5 3 3 2 2 2003-2004 : 6 46 16 2 3 12 3 4 3 1 2 2 : TX 2002-2003 : 3 8 20 13 14 11 15 4 3 5 2 2 2003-2004 : 2 16 16 18 17 7 8 2 7 3 1 3 : WI 2002-2003 : 9 25 7 9 5 5 9 8 7 7 6 3 2003-2004 : 10 22 10 17 6 8 6 3 3 4 4 7 : US 2002-2003 : 7.1 14.013.9 8.212.6 6.1 6.7 6.5 6.5 5.3 6.0 7.1 2003-2004 : 7.0 15.611.6 8.716.7 7.2 8.0 5.7 3.3 5.3 5.6 5.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as a percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Sorghum: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Year :Jun:Jul:Aug:Sep:Oct:Nov:Dec:Jan:Feb:Mar:Apr:May:Jun:Jul:Aug : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pct : AR 2002-2003 : 30 47 21 1 1 2003-2004 : 37 41 12 3 1 4 1 1 : IL 2002-2003 : 5 22 21 14 12 4 4 3 11 2 1 1 2003-2004 : 20 20 10 18 7 8 6 5 4 1 1 : KS 2002-2003 : 5 8 30 22 9 6 5 5 3 3 1 3 2003-2004 : 5 13 20 23 17 7 6 3 2 2 1 1 : MO 2002-2003 : 9 20 20 9 17 3 9 5 3 1 2 2 2003-2004 : 24 23 9 10 18 4 5 2 1 1 1 2 : NE 2002-2003 : 7 16 18 13 9 6 7 6 6 5 2 5 2003-2004 : 3 20 20 18 18 6 7 3 1 1 1 2 : OK 2002-2003 : 8 16 7 20 22 7 4 5 5 4 1 1 2003-2004 : 17 4 7 19 23 19 3 3 4 1 : TX 2002-2003 :26 15 17 9 2 9 11 6 2 1 1 1 2003-2004 : 6 11 29 2 8 10 14 12 4 2 1 1 : US 2002-2003 : 8.8 7.019.616.3 7.4 4.0 3.1 3.3 2.4 5.0 6.916.2 2003-2004 : 5.311.915.218.015.3 5.3 4.2 2.0 1.2 4.8 7.5 9.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as a percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Flaxseed: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : Year : Jul :Aug : Sep :Oct : Nov :Dec : Jan :Feb : Mar :Apr : May :Jun : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : ND 2002-2003 : 1 1 35 27 9 7 10 3 2 2 1 2 2003-2004 : 2 10 34 15 6 8 5 3 7 5 2 3 : SD 2002-2003 : 7 13 7 7 7 59 2003-2004 : 9 9 2 4 60 7 2 7 : US 2002-2003 : 1.1 1.3 34.7 26.7 9.6 7.3 9.8 2.7 2.3 1.7 0.7 2.1 2003-2004 : 2.1 9.7 33.5 15.0 5.5 8.1 5.7 3.4 6.9 4.6 2.3 3.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as a percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. All Sunflower: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : Year : Sep :Oct : Nov :Dec : Jan :Feb : Mar :Apr : May :Jun : Jul :Aug : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : KS 2002-2003 : 3 9 33 37 5 3 2 3 1 2 2 2003-2004 : 2 37 29 12 8 5 1 3 3 : MN 2002-2003 : 9 6 32 11 7 4 14 4 5 1 6 1 2003-2004 : 1 24 7 6 11 18 11 5 3 4 8 2 : ND 2002-2003 : 1 12 24 17 8 7 8 5 3 6 6 3 2003-2004 : 3 29 11 10 10 8 11 5 2 4 5 2 : SD 2002-2003 : 6 14 21 10 10 5 7 7 6 5 5 4 2003-2004 :10 34 9 8 5 7 7 4 3 4 7 2 : US 2002-2003 : 2.5 11.9 24.3 17.5 8.1 6.1 7.8 5.0 3.4 5.1 5.3 3.0 2003-2004 : 4.3 30.4 11.6 9.1 8.6 8.1 9.4 4.6 2.1 3.7 5.6 2.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as a percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Dry Edible Beans: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : : Year : Sep :Oct : Nov :Dec : Jan :Feb : Mar :Apr : May :Jun : Jul :Aug : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : CA 2002-2003 : 7 11 11 9 7 11 8 9 9 7 6 5 2003-2004 :10 9 9 12 7 6 18 8 5 6 3 7 : CO 2002-2003 :20 13 6 9 10 6 5 4 5 7 8 7 2003-2004 :23 9 7 8 13 5 6 8 3 5 6 7 : ID 2002-2003 : 8 10 9 9 13 12 12 7 5 6 4 5 2003-2004 : 8 11 10 16 7 7 11 3 5 10 2 10 : MI 2002-2003 :12 27 16 4 4 2 8 2 3 4 18 2003-2004 :25 14 18 8 4 4 6 3 10 3 3 2 : MN 2002-2003 :22 18 4 17 8 1 7 2 2 9 4 6 2003-2004 :46 16 2 8 4 4 5 1 2 1 5 6 : NE 2002-2003 :25 26 3 5 3 2 4 6 6 3 5 12 2003-2004 :38 18 4 6 7 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 : ND 2002-2003 :13 17 8 10 14 3 6 3 4 8 9 5 2003-2004 :17 13 4 12 10 9 9 7 6 4 6 3 : US 2002-2003 :14.5 19.4 9.0 8.5 8.9 3.8 6.8 3.9 3.9 5.8 6.3 9.2 2003-2004 :22.1 13.5 7.2 10.3 8.3 6.5 8.3 5.2 5.8 4.3 4.8 3.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as a percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Chickpeas, All (Garbanzo): Monthly Prices Received, Monthly Farm Marketing Percentages, and Marketing Year Average Prices, United States, 2001-2002 through 2003-2004 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Prices Received : Farm Marketing Percentages 3/ Month :-----------------------------------:----------------------------------- : 2001-2002 : 2002-2003 : 2003-2004 : 2001-2002 : 2002-2003 : 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Dollars per Cwt ----- --------- Percent --------- : Sep : 19.80 13.7 Oct : 16.90 11.9 Nov : 23.90 11.3 Dec : 16.20 7.8 Jan 4/ : 14.70 5.3 Feb : 18.90 5.8 Mar : 26.10 4.3 Apr : 22.80 6.8 May : 23.00 6.9 Jun : 20.80 2.3 Jul : 27.10 4.5 Aug : 26.60 19.4 : MYA : 21.70 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Marketing year average (MYA) prices are weighted average prices for the U.S. marketing year of September - August. 2/ No monthly price or MYA price data available for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 marketing years. 3/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as percent of total used for calculating MYA prices. 4/ Second year. Chickpeas, Large (Garbanzo, larger than 20/64 in.): Monthly Prices Received, Monthly Farm Marketing Percentages, and Marketing Year Average Prices, United States, 2001-2002 through 2003-2004 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Prices Received : Farm Marketing Percentages 3/ Month :-----------------------------------:----------------------------------- : 2001-2002 : 2002-2003 : 2003-2004 : 2001-2002 : 2002-2003 : 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Dollars per Cwt ----- --------- Percent --------- : Sep : 21.00 9.2 Oct : 18.70 10.5 Nov : 23.90 12.8 Dec : 16.20 7.8 Jan 4/ : 14.70 6.0 Feb : 19.10 6.4 Mar : 26.40 4.8 Apr : 23.30 7.5 May : 23.30 7.5 Jun : 22.00 2.3 Jul : 27.20 5.1 Aug : 27.20 20.1 : MYA : 22.40 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Marketing year average (MYA) prices are weighted average prices for the U.S. marketing year of September - August. 2/ No monthly price or MYA price data available for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 marketing years. 3/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as percent of total used for calculating MYA prices. 4/ Second year. Chickpeas, Small (Garbanzo, smaller than 20/64 in.): Monthly Prices Received, Monthly Farm Marketing Percentages, and Marketing Year Average Prices, United States, 2001-2002 through 2003-2004 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Prices Received : Farm Marketing Percentages 3/ Month :-----------------------------------:----------------------------------- : 2001-2002 : 2002-2003 : 2003-2004 : 2001-2002 : 2002-2003 : 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Dollars per Cwt ----- --------- Percent --------- : Sep : 18.00 46.6 Oct : 10.60 22.7 Nov : 5/ 5/ Dec : 5/ 5/ Jan 4/ : 5/ 5/ Feb : 5/ 5/ Mar : 5/ 5/ Apr : 5/ 5/ May : 5/ 5/ Jun : 5/ 5/ Jul : 5/ 5/ Aug : 5/ 5/ : MYA : 16.00 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Marketing year average (MYA) prices are weighted average prices for the U.S. marketing year of September - August. 2/ No monthly price or MYA price data available for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 marketing years. 3/ Monthly farm marketings, based on a sample survey, as percent of total used for calculating MYA prices. 4/ Second year. 5/ Price not published to avoid disclosure of individual firms. Reliability of Prices Received Estimates Definition: Prices received represent sales from producers to first buyers. They include all grades and qualities. The average commodity price from the survey multiplied by the total quantity marketed theoretically should give the total cash receipts for the commodity. Survey Procedures: Primary sales data used to determine grain prices were obtained from probability samples of about 2000 mills and elevators. These procedures ensure that virtually all grain moving into commercial channels has a chance of being included in the survey. Generally, States surveyed account for 90 percent or more of total U.S. production. Livestock prices are obtained from packers, stockyards, auctions, dealers, and market check data from AMS-USDA, private marketing organizations, and state commodity groups and agencies. Inter-farm sales of grain and livestock are not included since they represent very small percentages of the total marketings. Grain marketed for seed is also excluded. Fruit and vegetable prices are obtained from sample surveys and market check data from AMS-USDA, private marketing organizations, state agencies, and universities. Summary and Estimation Procedures: Survey quantities sold are expanded by strata to state levels and used to weight average strata prices to a state average. State prices are then weighted to a U.S. price based on expanded marketings. Recommendations are prepared by the State Statistical Offices and reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board in Washington, D.C. State recommendations are reviewed for reasonableness with survey data, other States, and recent historic estimates. Revisions: For most items, the current month's preliminary price represents a 3-5 day period around the 15th of the month. Previous month's prices represent actual dollars received for quantities sold during the entire month. Revisions are published in monthly issues of Agricultural Prices. Reliability: U.S. price estimates based on probability surveys generally have a sampling error of less than one percent for the major commodities such as corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, and rice. Current methods of summarization for non-probability commodities are not designed directly to calculate sampling errors. However, analytical measures approximate the U.S. relative sampling errors at around five percent. Any nonsampling errors are attributed to such things as the inability to obtain correct information, differences in interpreting questions or definitions, mistakes in coding or processing the data, etc. Efforts are made at each step in the survey process to minimize these nonsampling errors. Prices Paid by Farmers The November Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW) is 134 (1990-92=100), 0.7 percent lower than October 2004 but 3.9 percent above November 2003. PRODUCTION INDEX: The November index, at 131, is down 0.8 percent from last month but 4.0 percent above last year. Lower prices in November for feeder cattle, complete feeds, feed concentrates, and feed grains, more than offset higher prices for self-propelled machinery, LP gas, feeder pigs, and nitrogen fertilizers. Feed: The November index, at 97, is 6.7 percent less than October and 18 percent below last November. Since October, prices are lower for complete feeds, feed concentrates, feed grains, feed supplements, and hay and forages . Livestock & Poultry: The November index for livestock and poultry purchases, at 137, is 2.8 percent lower than last month but 12 percent above last year. Since October, lower prices for feeder cattle more than offset higher prices for feeder pigs. The November feeder cattle price, at $115.80 per cwt, is down $5.70 per cwt from the October price. November feeder pigs averaged $135.00 per cwt, up $16.00 per cwt from October. Fertilizer: The November index, at 146, is up 2.1 percent from October and 16 percent more than November a year ago. Since October, prices are higher for nitrogen fertilizers, mixed fertilizers, and potash and phosphate materials. Agricultural Chemicals: The November index, at 121, is unchanged from last month and last November. Fuels: The November index, at a record high 207, is up 2.5 percent from a month earlier and 62 percent above November 2003. Compared to last month, higher prices for LP gas and diesel fuel more than offset lower prices for gasoline. Farm Machinery: The November index is 170, up 2.4 percent from October and 10 percent above last November. Since October, higher prices for self-propelled machinery more than offset lower prices for tractors. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: The November 2004 Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.5 percent before seasonal adjustment to a level of 190.9 (1982-84=100). This compares to the October index of 189.9. For the 12-month period ending in November, the overall index has increased 3.2 percent. Indexes of Prices Paid by Farmers and Related Parity Ratios United States, November 2004 With Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1910-14 = 100 : 1990-92 = 100 Indexes :---------------------------------------------- and : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 Ratios :---------------------------------------------- : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct : Nov : Prices Paid by Farmers for : Commodities & Services, : Interest, Taxes, & Wage : Rates (PPITW) : 1,722 *1,793 1,785 129 *135 134 Production : 1,224 *1,282 1,274 126 *132 131 Feed : 576 *507 474 118 *104 97 Livestock & Poultry : 1,565 *1,798 1,748 122 141 137 Seeds : 1,553 1,564 1,564 157 158 158 Fertilizer : 463 *524 536 126 *143 146 Agricultural Chemicals : 750 *746 750 121 *121 121 Fuels : 988 *1,555 1,597 128 *202 207 Farm Supplies & Repairs : 954 *985 985 134 *139 139 Autos & Trucks : 3,040 *2,985 3,001 114 112 113 Farm Machinery : 3,861 *4,166 4,255 154 *166 170 Building Materials : 1,701 *1,866 1,862 125 *137 137 Farm Services & Rent : 1,442 *1,457 1,457 Farm Services : 122 *124 124 Rent : 120 120 120 Interest 1/ : 2,599 2,616 2,616 104 104 104 Taxes 2/ : 3,426 3,474 3,474 128 130 130 Wage Rates : 5,848 *6,009 6,009 156 *161 161 Production, Interest, Taxes, : & Wage Rates (PITW) : 1,715 *1,788 1,779 128 *133 132 Family Living-CPI 3/ : 1,752 *1,813 1,813 137 *142 142 : : :---------------------------------------------- Ratio (Received\Paid) : 90 84 85 Parity Ratio 4/ : 43 40 41 Parity Ratio Adjusted 5/ : 46 42 43 PPITW Adjusted for : Productivity 6/ : 1,174 *1,221 1,220 : : :---------------------------------------------- Crop Sector (PPITW) : 131 *138 138 Livestock Sector (PPITW) : 127 131 129 : : :---------------------------------------------- Farm Sector (Production) : 125 *125 120 Non-Farm Sector (Production) : 127 *136 137 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Interest per acre on farm real estate debt and interest rate on farm non-real estate debt. 2/ Farm real estate taxes payable per acre. 3/ Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), for the previous month converted by the USDA. 4/ Ratio of index of prices received to PPITW (1910-14=100). 5/ Based on estimated cash receipts, from marketings and government payments, the preliminary adjustment factor is 1.048 for 2004 and the revised factor is 1.082 for 2003. 6/ PPITW is adjusted based on productivity trend for the prior 15 years. Prices Paid Indexes and Annual Weights for Input Components and Sub-Components United States, November 2004 With Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Input Indexes : Relative Weights :--------------------------- Index :5-Year Moving Average 1/ : 2003 : 2004 :----------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 : Nov : Oct : Nov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- Percent ---- ---- (1990-92=100) --- : Production Items : 66.7 66.2 126 *132 131 : Feed : 11.0 10.7 118 *104 97 Feed Grains : 1.6 1.5 97 *91 86 Complete Feeds : 5.4 5.2 118 *107 100 Hay/Forages : 1.4 1.3 106 115 111 Concentrates : 1.7 1.7 137 *89 80 Supplements : 0.9 0.9 135 *118 113 Livestock & Poultry : 7.2 7.4 122 141 137 Feeder Cattle : 5.6 5.8 126 143 137 Feeder Pigs : 0.6 0.6 94 *129 147 Milk Cow Replacements : 0.6 0.6 122 145 145 Poultry : 0.4 0.4 112 112 112 Seeds : 3.2 3.3 157 158 158 Field Crops : 2.9 3.0 162 163 163 Grasses/Legumes : 0.3 0.3 109 111 111 Fertilizer : 4.5 4.4 126 *143 146 Mixed Fertilizer : 2.0 1.9 115 *127 129 Nitrogen : 1.9 1.8 144 *167 172 Potash & Phosphate : 0.6 0.6 110 *122 123 Agricultural Chemicals : 3.8 3.7 121 *121 121 Herbicides : 2.4 2.4 113 *113 114 Insecticides : 0.9 0.9 146 *143 144 Fungicides/Other : 0.5 0.5 116 *116 117 Fuels : 2.7 2.7 128 *202 207 Diesel : 1.5 1.5 125 *208 209 Gasoline : 0.8 0.8 123 *180 179 LP Gas : 0.4 0.4 153 *221 254 Farm Supplies & Repairs : 5.5 5.4 134 *139 139 Supplies : 1.8 1.8 125 *129 129 Repairs : 3.6 3.6 139 *144 144 Autos & Trucks : 1.8 1.8 114 112 113 Autos : 0.2 0.2 108 106 107 Trucks : 1.5 1.6 115 113 114 Farm Machinery : 4.0 4.0 154 *166 170 Tractors : 0.9 0.9 145 148 147 Self-Propelled : 1.6 1.6 158 *175 185 Other Machinery : 1.5 1.5 155 *167 167 Building Materials : 3.1 3.3 125 *137 137 Farm Services : 12.4 12.4 122 *124 124 Custom Rates : 1.3 1.3 125 125 125 Other Services : 11.1 11.1 121 *124 124 Rent : 7.4 7.1 120 120 120 Cash : 4.0 3.8 145 145 145 Share : 3.4 3.3 91 91 91 Interest : 4.7 4.7 104 104 104 Taxes : 3.0 3.0 128 130 130 Wage Rates : 7.4 7.6 156 *161 161 Family Living-CPI : 18.2 18.5 137 *142 142 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Weights may not add due to rounding. Feed Price Ratios: United States, November 2004 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 Feed Price Ratio 1/ :----------------------------- : Nov : Oct : Nov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Broiler-Feed: Pounds of Broiler Grower Feed : equal in value to 1 pound of broiler, live weight : 5.1 *6.4 6.7 : Market Egg Feed: Pounds of Laying Feed equal in : Value to 1 dozen eggs : 15.7 *5.8 8.9 : Hog-Corn: Bushels of Corn equal in value to : 100 pounds of hog, live weight : 15.8 *24.2 27.7 : Milk-Feed: Pounds of 16% Mixed Dairy Feed equal : in value to 1 pound of Whole Milk : 3.05 *3.29 3.55 : Steer & Heifer-Corn: Bushels of Corn equal : in value to 100 pounds of Steer & Heifers, : 45.4 *42.3 44.6 live weight : : Turkey-Feed: Pounds of Turkey Grower equal in : value to 1 pound of Turkey, live weight : 6.3 *8.4 8.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Effective January 1995, prices of commercial prepared feeds are based on current U.S. prices received for corn, soybeans, alfalfa hay, and all wheat. Prices Used to Calculate Feed Price Ratios: United States, November 2004 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 2003 : 2004 Commodity : Unit :------------------------------------------- : : Nov : Oct : Nov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broilers, Live : Lb : 0.370 0.390 0.390 Eggs, Market : Doz : 0.925 0.303 0.436 : : Hogs, All : Cwt : 34.70 *52.10 55.30 Milk, All : Cwt : 14.40 15.50 15.80 : : Steers and Heifers : Cwt : 99.90 *91.00 89.10 Turkeys, Live : Lb : 0.412 0.484 0.490 : : Corn : Bu : 2.20 *2.15 2.00 Hay, Alfalfa, Baled : Ton : 86.80 97.80 94.00 : : Soybeans : Bu : 7.05 *5.56 5.31 Wheat, All : Bu : 3.61 *3.44 3.51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Feeder Livestock: Prices Paid, United States November 2004 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 2003 : 2004 Commodity : Unit :------------------------------------------- : : Nov : Oct : Nov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Dollars : : Feeders and Stockers : : Cattle and Calves : Cwt : 106.90 121.50 115.80 Feeder Pigs : Cwt : 86.00 *119.00 135.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. Prices Paid by Farmers Definition: Prices paid by farmers represent the average costs of inputs purchased by farmers and ranchers to produce agricultural commodities. Conceptually, the average price when multiplied by quantity purchased should equal total producer expenditures for the item. Survey Procedures: The prices paid data are obtained from establishments that sell goods and services to farmers and ranchers. Annually, about 8,500 firms are randomly selected from lists by type of item sold with an average response rate in the range of 75-80 percent. Firms are asked to report the price for the specified item "most commonly bought by farmers" or that was the "volume seller". Approximately 135 items are surveyed each April to represent all production input items purchased. The survey reference period for most items is the 5 business days centered around the 15th of the month. Separate prices paid surveys are conducted for, agricultural chemicals, fuels, feed, fertilizer, machinery, and seed. Summary and Estimation Procedures: The annual April Prices Paid Survey is summarized as a nonprobability survey. Average prices reported are aggregated to the region and U.S. level using weights available from expenditure data and other administrative sources. Price recommendations are prepared by the State Statistical Offices and Headquarters for review by the Agricultural Statistics Board in Washington, D.C. Also, the change in price level for individual items surveyed are combined to the regional and U.S. levels, and are published as prices paid indexes referenced to a specific base period. Prices paid indexes for new autos and trucks, building materials, farm supplies, motor supplies, and marketing containers are updated based on price changes measured in selected Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indexes. Revisions: Any revisions are published in the monthly and in annual issues of Agricultural Prices. The basis for revision must be supported by additional data that directly affect the level of the estimate. More revisions are likely in April when separate prices paid surveys are conducted, in lieu of BLS indexes, by the USDA to measure price change. Reliability: Current methods of summarization in April are not designed directly to calculate sampling errors. However, analytical measures approximate the U.S. relative sampling errors for major items around 10 percent. Any nonsampling errors are attributed to such things as the inability to obtain correct information, differences in interpreting questions or definitions, mistakes in coding or processing the data, etc. Efforts are made at each step in the survey process to minimize these nonsampling errors. Program Change: Effective January 1, 1995, the National Agricultural Statistics Service updated the weights and changed the construction of its prices paid and received by farmers indexes. A Federal Register Notice dated October 28, 1994 discussed these program modifications. A 1990-92 reference and base period replaced the 1977 reference and 1971-73 base weight period. Five-year moving average weights replaced the current fixed 1971-73 base period weights. The 1910-14=100 price indexes, required by statute for computing parity prices, were linked forward based on the changes in the new 1990-92=100 indexes. The new indexes were constructed by multiplying the ratios of the current prices to the base period prices by the moving average weights (adjusted for seasonal marketing patterns for the prices received indexes). Information Contacts General questions should be directed to Linda Hutton, Chief, Environmental, Economics and Demographics Branch at (202) 720-6146. Below are the commodity specialists to contact for additional information. Crop Prices Received Joe Prusacki Chief, Crops Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-2127 Greg Thessen, Field Crops Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-2127 Lance Honig - Wheat, Rye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-8068 Darin Jantzi - Corn, Proso Millet, Flaxseed. . . . . . . . .(202) 720-9526 Troy Joshua - Cotton, Cottonseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-5944 Dennis Koong - Hay, Oats, Sorghum. . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 690-3234 Jason Lamprecht - Soybeans, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds. . . .(202) 720-7369 Mark R. Miller - Peanuts, Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-7688 Brian Young - Sugarcane, Sugarbeets, Barley. . . . . . . . .(202) 720-7621 Jim Smith, Fruit and Vegetable Section . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-2127 Debbie Flippin - Peaches, Pears, Hops, Pulses, Mint. . . . .(202) 720-3250 Jorge Garcia-Pratts - Citrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-5412 Terry O'Connor - Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Cranberries, Plums, Prunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-4288 Leslie Colburn - Grapes, Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-7235 Cathy Scherrer, Potatoes, Dry Edible Beans, Sweet Potatoes .(202) 720-4285 Biz Wallingsford - Vegetables, Onions, Strawberries. . . . .(202) 720-2157 Livestock Prices Received Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3570 Wil Hundl, Livestock Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3570 Scott Hollis - Sheep, Lambs, Wool, Mohair. . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-4751 Ty Kalaus - Milk, Milk Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 690-3236 Dan Lofthus - Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3106 Mike Miller - Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3040 Nathan Crisp, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section. . . .(202) 720-3570 John Lange - Turkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-0585 Sharyn Lavender - Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-3244 Jody Roberts - Broilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 690-8632 Indexes, Prices Paid, and Parity Prices Linda Hutton, Chief, Environmental, Economics and Demographics Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-6146 Kevin Hintzman, Economics Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-6146 Eric Barnes - Farm Supplies and Repairs, Farm Machinery, Fuels, Feeder Livestock, Poultry Chicks, Feed Price Ratios, Grazing Fees, Autos & Trucks . . . . .(202) 690-3225 Daryl Brinkman - Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(202) 720-8844 Tara Jackson - Prices Paid Indexes, Prices Paid for Feed, Fertilizer, Agricultural Chemicals, Seeds. . . . . . .(202) 690-3229 ACCESS TO REPORTS!! 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