UK farm prices: crops, livestock, inputs
Monthly prices across UK farming. Defra's agricultural price indices track what farmers receive for 57 products and pay for 49 inputs; AHDB adds the traded prices behind them — milling and feed wheat, malting and feed barley, oats, nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilisers, hay and straw — and the deadweight prices abattoirs pay for cattle and lambs, by grade and by nation.
| Indicator | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | 07-2023 | |
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| Agricultural price indices, output and input (Defra)2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output price index57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Input price index49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cereal, fertiliser, hay and straw prices, Great Britain (AHDB)3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cereal prices8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fertiliser prices9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hay and straw prices2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deadweight cattle and sheep prices by grade and nation (AHDB)4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England and Wales11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scotland11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deadweight lamb prices2 |
Latest reading
All agricultural output stood at 133.17 in Jul 2026. That is +0.7% from Jun 2026 and −3.5% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2014 to Jul 2026. Source: GOV.UK official statistics; Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
- Latest
- 133.17
- Jul 2026
- vs previous period
- +0.7%
- Jun 2026
- vs a year earlier
- −3.5%
About this data
Monthly prices across UK farming. Defra's agricultural price indices track what farmers receive for 57 products and pay for 49 inputs; AHDB adds the traded prices behind them — milling and feed wheat, malting and feed barley, oats, nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilisers, hay and straw — and the deadweight prices abattoirs pay for cattle and lambs, by grade and by nation.
Frequently asked questions
- What do the UK farm price indices measure?
- The indices measure price changes across the UK farming sector, covering the prices farmers receive for agricultural outputs such as crops and livestock as well as the costs they pay for farming inputs such as fertiliser, animal feeds, fuel and machinery.
- What agricultural commodities and inputs are included in the dataset?
- The data includes output prices for cereals, sugar beet, milk, vegetables, fruit, cattle and sheep. Farm inputs include compound feedingstuffs, ammonium nitrate and nitrate sulphur fertilisers, hay, straw, electricity and tractors.
- Which organisations publish these UK agricultural statistics?
- The statistics are compiled from GOV.UK official statistics published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and market price reporting from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
- How far back do the UK farm price series go?
- The monthly UK agricultural price indices and market price series in this dataset begin in 2000 and update as new official figures are released.
