Feed barley, FOB Black Sea averaged $80.4/t in August 2020, -40% over twelve months and -50% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $265.7/t in August 2012; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $470.2/t in February 1974. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea
Derived price statistics per series
Series
Latest
1 month
12 months
5 years
10 years
20 years
All-time high (nominal)
All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea $/t, since 1960
80.4 August 2020
0%
-40%
-27%
-50%
+7%
265.7 August 2012
470.2 February 1974
Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.
Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how barley is priced.
Monthly barley prices by decade
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Feed barley, FOB Black Sea ($/t)
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea monthly prices, 1960s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1960
20.4
20.4
20.7
20.6
20.6
20.1
20
20.1
20.3
19.7
19.2
19.6
20.14
1961
20.3
20.5
20.4
20.1
20.3
19.9
20.4
20.7
20.7
21.6
22
22.1
20.75
1962
21.8
22
22.2
22.3
22.7
22.8
22.9
22.9
22.9
22.7
23.5
23.9
22.72
1963
24.1
24.4
24.5
24.7
24.2
23.2
23.2
23.3
23.7
24.1
24.1
24.3
23.98
1964
24.4
24.4
24.8
25.2
25.6
25
25.6
25.4
25.6
25.2
25.1
25.4
25.14
1965
25.4
24.7
24.7
24.6
24.7
24.4
24.1
24
24
23.6
23.6
24.3
24.34
1966
24.6
24.7
24.5
24.6
24.6
25.5
26.5
27.5
27.2
26.7
26.8
27.5
25.89
1967
27.3
27.3
27.7
27.3
27.2
26.9
26.3
25.6
25.1
25
24.8
24.6
26.26
1968
25.5
25.6
25.5
24.9
24.7
24.9
25.2
24.9
24.7
24.9
25.7
25.6
25.18
1969
26
25.9
25.8
26.1
26.6
26.6
26.3
25.4
24.5
24.4
24.6
24.5
25.56
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea monthly prices, 1970s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1970
25.5
25.6
25.6
25.7
25.7
25.7
25.9
26.2
26.8
27.4
27.9
28.4
26.37
1971
28.5
28.6
28.5
28.4
28.6
28.3
28.3
28.3
28.3
28.2
28.3
28.3
28.38
1972
27.1
27.2
27.4
27.7
27.9
27.6
27.9
28.6
32.2
33.9
34.7
38.7
30.07
1973
42.1
40.8
40.6
40.7
42.9
46.2
48.8
64.5
61.2
60.1
60.4
64.1
51.03
1974
66.1
70.9
65.6
58.9
55.4
58.5
63.5
65.5
65.5
71
69.1
69.1
64.93
1975
63.2
59.5
58.5
57.2
54.8
54.7
58.4
63.7
62.7
61.1
57.4
56.5
58.97
1976
57
59.3
59.3
57.8
58.5
60
59.3
55.4
53.9
50.8
48.7
49.5
55.79
1977
51.4
51.7
50.6
49.3
46.9
45.5
44.8
43.1
44.3
46.2
49.8
50.9
47.88
1978
50.9
52.2
55
57.4
56.4
55.8
54.3
53.4
53.9
56.3
57.3
56.8
54.97
1979
58.5
59.4
59.9
60.4
61.3
67.6
70.9
67.7
68.6
69.7
69.6
69.5
65.26
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea monthly prices, 1980s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1980
66.6
66.6
69.9
69.9
68.2
64.9
86.5
81.6
78.2
88.2
103.2
94.9
78.23
1981
92.5
94.2
89.2
82.6
82.6
70.9
77.5
75.9
70.9
73.6
77.5
69.3
79.73
1982
72.6
75.9
70.9
70.2
76.2
71.9
58.6
59.3
54.9
50.3
50.3
53.6
63.72
1983
53.6
57.9
56.9
66.9
63.6
66.6
64.9
76.6
87.4
88.2
89.9
78.2
70.89
1984
84.9
84.9
87.6
92.5
93.2
89.9
72.9
66.6
68.9
70.6
71.2
61.6
78.73
1985
66.6
68.2
64.9
68.2
68.2
64.9
59.9
48.3
46.6
48.3
48.3
53.3
58.81
1986
53.3
53.3
54.4
49.6
50
43.3
40
36.6
40
48.3
55.6
46.6
47.58
1987
46.5
46.3
46.5
58.9
63.9
56.6
54.9
50.6
57.6
60.6
59.4
58.2
55
1988
56.9
56.9
62.3
67.9
65.3
79.9
78.2
66.6
88.4
76.6
74.9
70.2
70.34
1989
73.2
75.6
82.9
84.2
83.2
67.9
74.9
73.2
71.6
71.9
69.9
73.2
75.14
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea monthly prices, 1990s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1990
75.6
73.9
70
68.8
71
80.2
78
83.8
88.4
88.2
91.5
89.8
79.93
1991
93.9
92
88.1
85.2
85.3
71.3
72.3
67.1
67.4
68.2
73.3
75.4
78.29
1992
73.4
71.3
72.6
75.2
84.8
84.9
77.4
77
83.6
82.2
82.1
79.6
78.68
1993
75.1
74.8
75.2
77.5
77.5
75.3
74
69.7
64.4
61
63.9
68.3
71.39
1994
74.6
72.3
68.3
66.9
68.6
67.8
64.3
66.2
72.3
80.1
84
86.5
72.66
1995
85.5
85.8
90.8
93.4
100.8
105.8
113
104.9
104.8
112.7
125.8
125
104
1996
124.9
123.3
124.5
132.7
137.8
138.1
133.1
115
103.4
102.4
100
100.8
119.7
1997
99
97.7
99.8
97.9
100.1
94.9
91.7
91.3
92.5
102.7
102.3
97.1
97.25
1998
95.8
91.5
93
91.9
93
91.6
85.2
73.2
73.1
74.7
79.3
78.4
85.06
1999
77.7
75.3
75.2
79.7
81.5
80.5
76.9
75.2
71.4
72.3
73.1
72.4
75.93
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea monthly prices, 2000s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2000
73.1
73.4
74.4
77
78.3
78.5
78.7
75.1
73.2
76.2
82.5
86.6
77.25
2001
85.8
82.3
83.1
84.7
89.7
95.1
102
99.4
99.6
101.8
101
102.9
93.95
2002
99.3
99
99
95.8
97.6
104.1
114.2
121
119.8
120.6
120.1
117.2
109
2003
113.7
114.2
113.7
114.6
115.5
111.5
96.6
88.1
90.6
95.7
101.6
101.2
104.8
2004
98.5
95.6
103
112.5
111.6
114
104
87.8
85.4
87.9
95.5
92
98.98
2005
90.7
87.4
94.2
93.3
88.9
93.4
96.8
98
97.9
98.5
98.8
103
95.07
2006
103.6
101.1
100.4
102.1
107.5
106.9
112.1
114.5
115.4
136.6
148.1
151
116.6
2007
152.1
151
157.1
157.1
161.7
184.4
177.9
158.9
184.7
197.1
187.6
198.9
172.4
2008
205.5
216.4
228.6
237.8
238.4
241
248.1
212.3
189.5
143.4
130.1
115.2
200.5
2009
121.4
112.5
114.8
111.3
128.7
148.6
140.3
122.2
103.5
130.7
155.3
150.6
128.3
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea monthly prices, 2010s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2010
146.5
137.4
147
151.7
143
145.9
156.4
161.2
168.1
174.6
179.1
189.6
158.4
2011
195.2
196.5
202.6
208.9
209.4
210.1
215.5
206.1
209.6
208.8
211.5
212.3
207.2
2012
210.6
213.4
222.8
237.2
239.5
236.8
253.4
265.7
256.2
252.9
252.1
242.9
240.3
2013
233.3
237
239.8
229.6
231.5
229.6
214
185.1
159.8
155.7
158.9
161.7
203
2014
167.6
169.9
177.7
181.4
181.9
160.3
138.7
118.5
105.6
112.1
113.9
123.1
145.9
2015
128.1
125.4
126.3
129.1
126.8
119
124
110.7
109.8
118
119.4
119.4
121.3
2016
118.5
114.8
113
112.5
112.1
108.4
107
95.5
89.6
91.9
91.9
91.9
103.9
2017
91.9
91.9
93.7
94.2
94.2
94.2
94.2
96.5
96.5
96.5
108.4
119.9
97.68
2018
121.7
129.1
130.9
130.9
130.9
130.9
130.9
127.7
119.4
119.4
119.4
119.4
125.9
2019
119.4
119.4
119.4
136.4
149.3
149.3
149.3
135
114.8
114.8
114.8
114.8
128.1
Feed barley, FOB Black Sea monthly prices, 2020s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2020
114.8
114.8
114.8
114.8
80.4
80.4
80.4
80.4
97.6
Method
Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.
Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Barley price history (1960–2020)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/barley/, data 2026-09-02. Data updated 6 September 2026.