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Historical corn price per bushel
Below is a historical corn price chart with historical daily corn prices presented in U.S. Dollars per bushel.
Please download the Excel file Corn Price per Bushel from 1959
How much is a bushel of corn?
In the US, a bushel of corn is equal to 56 pounds or 25.4012 kg at 15.5% moisture. The corn bushels are the units of weight as commodity markets grains in all reports of grain production. The bushel of corn in 2021 is worth around $6.
How many ears of corn in a bushel?
112 ears of corn are in the one bushel. Because an 8-inch ear of corn contains about 0.50 pounds equivalent of shelled corn grain we can calculate that 112 ears of corn are one bushel.
1 ear of corn =0.5 lb
112 x 0.5 pounds = 56 pounds = 1 bushel
When was corn $7 a bushel?
Latest, the corn bushel was $7 in May 2021. However, in 2008, 2011, and 2013 the bushel of corn was above $7 as well.
Why is the price of corn going up?
The price of corn going up because of higher inflation in the US, higher demand in China, weather problems in Brazil, and corn planting progress in the USA.
Corn futures prices
Below is presented corn futures chart:
Historical corn prices are presented in the table below. Corn prices in this table are from 1960 up to 2021 presented annualy :
| Year | Average Closing Price | Year Open | Year High | Year Low | Year Close | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $3.64 | $3.92 | $4.84 | $3.06 | $4.84 | 24.82% |
| 2019 | $3.85 | $3.76 | $4.55 | $3.47 | $3.88 | 3.40% |
| 2018 | $3.70 | $3.53 | $4.09 | $3.40 | $3.75 | 6.91% |
| 2017 | $3.62 | $3.56 | $4.02 | $3.37 | $3.51 | -0.36% |
| 2016 | $3.60 | $3.52 | $4.38 | $3.11 | $3.52 | -1.88% |
| 2015 | $3.78 | $3.96 | $4.41 | $3.48 | $3.59 | -9.63% |
| 2014 | $4.16 | $4.21 | $5.19 | $3.21 | $3.97 | -5.92% |
| 2013 | $5.69 | $6.91 | $7.41 | $4.12 | $4.22 | -39.56% |
| 2012 | $6.92 | $6.59 | $8.31 | $5.52 | $6.98 | 8.00% |
| 2011 | $6.80 | $6.21 | $7.87 | $5.79 | $6.47 | 2.78% |
| 2010 | $4.31 | $4.19 | $6.29 | $3.30 | $6.29 | 51.75% |
| 2009 | $3.75 | $4.12 | $4.50 | $3.06 | $4.15 | 1.84% |
| 2008 | $5.30 | $4.63 | $7.63 | $3.09 | $4.07 | -10.65% |
| 2007 | $3.76 | $3.90 | $4.56 | $3.10 | $4.56 | 16.72% |
| 2006 | $2.63 | $2.20 | $3.90 | $2.05 | $3.90 | 80.88% |
| 2005 | $2.11 | $2.02 | $2.60 | $1.91 | $2.16 | 5.37% |
| 2004 | $2.54 | $2.53 | $3.31 | $1.97 | $2.05 | -16.77% |
| 2003 | $2.33 | $2.37 | $2.56 | $2.06 | $2.46 | 4.35% |
| 2002 | $2.29 | $2.09 | $2.93 | $1.96 | $2.36 | 12.80% |
| 2001 | $2.11 | $2.27 | $2.34 | $1.85 | $2.09 | -9.82% |
| 2000 | $2.12 | $2.01 | $2.51 | $1.75 | $2.32 | 13.33% |
| 1999 | $2.12 | $2.15 | $2.32 | $1.86 | $2.05 | -4.22% |
| 1998 | $2.38 | $2.63 | $2.82 | $1.97 | $2.14 | -19.43% |
| 1997 | $2.75 | $2.59 | $3.13 | $2.29 | $2.65 | 2.61% |
| 1996 | $3.67 | $3.73 | $5.05 | $2.58 | $2.58 | -30.06% |
| 1995 | $2.81 | $2.29 | $3.69 | $2.29 | $3.69 | 59.85% |
| 1994 | $2.50 | $3.07 | $3.10 | $2.12 | $2.31 | -24.51% |
| 1993 | $2.39 | $2.16 | $3.06 | $2.12 | $3.06 | 41.34% |
| 1992 | $2.39 | $2.51 | $2.79 | $2.05 | $2.17 | -13.92% |
| 1991 | $2.47 | $2.32 | $2.63 | $2.20 | $2.52 | 8.52% |
| 1990 | $2.52 | $2.38 | $2.92 | $2.19 | $2.32 | -3.34% |
| 1989 | $2.54 | $2.81 | $2.90 | $2.17 | $2.40 | -15.73% |
| 1988 | $2.55 | $1.88 | $3.54 | $1.88 | $2.85 | 53.99% |
| 1987 | $1.73 | $1.57 | $2.02 | $1.43 | $1.85 | 15.47% |
| 1986 | $2.01 | $2.48 | $2.49 | $1.55 | $1.60 | -35.55% |
| 1985 | $2.54 | $2.71 | $2.86 | $2.15 | $2.48 | -7.80% |
| 1984 | $3.14 | $3.30 | $3.62 | $2.65 | $2.69 | -20.16% |
| 1983 | $3.18 | $2.44 | $3.69 | $2.43 | $3.37 | 37.79% |
| 1982 | $2.55 | $2.72 | $2.84 | $2.14 | $2.45 | -9.52% |
| 1981 | $3.29 | $3.82 | $3.82 | $2.63 | $2.71 | -28.44% |
| 1980 | $3.15 | $2.87 | $4.06 | $2.58 | $3.78 | 30.68% |
| 1979 | $2.69 | $2.32 | $3.19 | $2.28 | $2.89 | 24.81% |
| 1978 | $2.37 | $2.23 | $2.70 | $2.14 | $2.32 | 3.58% |
| 1977 | $2.30 | $2.55 | $2.65 | $1.81 | $2.24 | -12.77% |
| 1976 | $2.73 | $2.62 | $3.09 | $2.32 | $2.57 | -1.91% |
| 1975 | $2.89 | $3.47 | $3.51 | $2.49 | $2.62 | -23.48% |
| 1974 | $3.21 | $2.74 | $3.95 | $2.52 | $3.42 | 27.16% |
| 1973 | $2.17 | $1.52 | $3.48 | $1.51 | $2.69 | 73.67% |
| 1972 | $1.30 | $1.22 | $1.63 | $1.19 | $1.55 | 25.43% |
| 1971 | $1.37 | $1.57 | $1.60 | $1.13 | $1.23 | -20.66% |
| 1970 | $1.37 | $1.20 | $1.57 | $1.20 | $1.56 | 28.37% |
| 1969 | $1.21 | $1.17 | $1.31 | $1.15 | $1.21 | 2.76% |
| 1968 | $1.14 | $1.18 | $1.23 | $1.01 | $1.18 | -0.36% |
| 1967 | $1.28 | $1.42 | $1.44 | $1.12 | $1.18 | -16.69% |
| 1966 | $1.34 | $1.26 | $1.51 | $1.24 | $1.42 | 13.87% |
| 1965 | $1.25 | $1.26 | $1.35 | $1.14 | $1.25 | -1.27% |
| 1964 | $1.22 | $1.19 | $1.27 | $1.17 | $1.26 | 5.16% |
| 1963 | $1.19 | $1.13 | $1.27 | $1.12 | $1.20 | 6.66% |
| 1962 | $1.10 | $1.11 | $1.17 | $1.04 | $1.13 | 1.81% |
| 1961 | $1.13 | $1.10 | $1.19 | $1.08 | $1.11 | 1.19% |
| 1960 | $1.14 | $1.14 | $1.22 | $1.01 | $1.09 | -3.87% |
