US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export averaged $224/t in August 2026, +21% over twelve months and +49% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $348.2/t in April 2022; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $932.5/t in October 1974. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export
Derived price statistics per series
Series
Latest
1 month
12 months
5 years
10 years
20 years
All-time high (nominal)
All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export $/t, since 1960
224 August 2026
+5%
+21%
-13%
+49%
+92%
348.2 April 2022
932.5 October 1974
Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.
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US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export ($/t)
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export monthly prices, 1960s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1960
45
44
45
45
48
47
47
47
46
42
38
40
44.5
1961
43
44
44
43
45
44
45
44
43
47.6
48.4
48.4
44.95
1962
48
48
48.8
48.8
49.6
49.6
48.8
47.2
47.6
47.6
48.4
51.2
48.63
1963
52.8
53.2
52.4
52
52.4
55.5
56.7
55.5
55.9
53.2
52.4
53.5
53.79
1964
55.1
52.8
54.3
55.5
55.9
56.3
55.9
54.7
55.1
52.8
52.8
54.3
54.62
1965
55.9
56.7
57.1
57.5
58.7
58.3
56.7
55.1
53.9
51.6
51.6
55.1
55.68
1966
57.1
57.1
55.5
55.9
55.1
57.1
59.1
62.6
61
58.7
59.1
61.4
58.31
1967
60.2
59.1
59.1
57.9
57.1
57.1
55.1
52
49.2
48
47.6
46.9
54.11
1968
51.6
51.2
50
48
48.4
47.6
47.2
44.9
44.1
44.9
49.2
48.4
47.96
1969
50.4
50.4
50.4
51.6
54.3
54.3
53.9
53.5
51.2
51.9
53.2
52.4
52.29
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export monthly prices, 1970s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1970
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
1971
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
58.4
1972
51.3
51.7
52.5
53.7
54.5
52.9
54.1
55.7
59.2
57.2
59.2
67.1
55.76
1973
79.1
81.1
79.9
77.8
89
101.2
109.4
122.4
107.1
106.4
107.9
112.6
97.82
1974
112.3
131.1
126.4
114.2
113.7
116.6
132.3
145.8
141.4
151.6
144.1
145.3
131.2
1975
131.7
120.5
120.2
119.7
114.5
119.1
119.8
131.6
122.3
116.9
110.3
109.2
119.6
1976
110.3
113.2
113.1
111.1
118.2
121.8
121.3
116.1
115
106.2
98.7
103.5
112.4
1977
111.6
110.6
108
105.8
100.9
94.5
85
76.9
78.3
83.2
93.4
96
95.35
1978
95.8
101
106.1
111.5
112.7
106.6
97.3
92
91
95.9
100.5
98.5
100.7
1979
105.4
107
109.5
111.5
112.6
120.4
130.5
118.9
118
119.1
118.2
115.3
115.5
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export monthly prices, 1980s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1980
105.4
113.9
110.4
108.2
110
113.6
128.9
143.5
140.8
140.4
146.6
141.5
125.3
1981
148.8
143.3
142.1
145.5
141.3
136.1
137.6
127.1
115.5
112.7
111.8
107.6
130.8
1982
115.4
112.6
114.2
117.8
118.1
115
115
102.3
100.9
91.7
102.9
105.5
109.3
1983
107.8
117.3
125.2
133.4
133.9
135
140.6
152.8
147.8
148.2
147
143.3
136
1984
141.9
137
147.1
148
146.1
147
142.6
138.8
130.4
121.2
117.4
114
136
1985
119
119.8
120.2
120.1
116.7
116
114.9
105.5
101.9
98.6
106.2
107.9
112.2
1986
107.8
103.2
100.9
101.3
105.6
103.5
83
72.3
65.7
65.3
72.4
69.6
87.55
1987
67.9
66.1
71.6
74.9
81.8
80.7
76.4
71.7
73.6
78.9
81.7
83.2
75.71
1988
85.9
88
90.2
89.5
89.3
120.3
125.5
119.9
121.4
121.4
114.4
116.9
106.9
1989
118.2
117.4
118.4
115.7
117.6
113
108.7
100.9
103.4
107.3
108.5
109.2
111.5
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export monthly prices, 1990s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
1990
105.6
106.1
109.7
118.8
121
120.9
114.9
110.1
101.5
100.3
100.4
102
109.3
1991
105.7
106.1
109.5
110.3
105.7
104.2
105.1
110.4
108.9
109.7
106.5
106.9
107.4
1992
109.3
113.6
117
108.5
109.6
110.9
102.8
97
98.1
95.1
94.5
94.6
104.2
1993
94.2
94.4
97.1
100.6
98.6
92.8
101.3
100.3
100.9
106.5
116.7
121.8
102.1
1994
127.2
123.2
119.4
113.2
109.6
112.2
97.8
96
97.5
96.5
95.5
102.5
107.6
1995
107
106.7
109.7
109.3
112
119.9
127
126.4
130.5
140.9
144
148.7
123.5
1996
156.1
164.8
184.9
190.4
204
197.6
197.8
185.5
145.4
127.9
117.7
117.7
165.8
1997
118.4
121.7
127.6
124.4
118.8
112.1
106.1
112.9
112.2
120.4
117.2
113.5
117.1
1998
114.7
113.4
114.2
107.1
106.1
104.2
100.5
87.9
86.3
95.5
98.1
95.8
102
1999
97.4
94.2
96.2
94.1
92.5
93.7
84
85.7
86.5
85.8
85.4
87.2
90.23
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export monthly prices, 2000s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2000
93.3
95.2
95.1
95.2
96.4
84.3
75.3
75.6
80.4
85
89.2
97.6
88.55
2001
95.2
92
90.3
88
84.1
83.3
91.7
93.1
90.1
86.6
89.5
91.9
89.65
2002
92
90.8
89.6
87.1
90.3
94.1
98.7
108.9
114.1
109.7
108.9
107
99.27
2003
106.1
105.9
105.6
105.5
107.5
107.3
96.8
100.7
104.1
105.4
108.5
111.2
105.4
2004
115.5
123.5
127.8
133.5
128.2
123.3
104.8
104.1
97.9
93.8
93.7
95.4
111.8
2005
96.3
94.1
99.9
96.3
95.4
97.1
107.5
101.7
96.4
101.9
95.4
102.1
98.68
2006
102.7
107.1
105.3
107.7
110.6
109.4
114
116.6
121.7
142.2
164.5
160.4
121.9
2007
164.8
177.3
170.5
152.7
160.2
165.2
146.8
151.2
159.4
164.2
171.3
180.3
163.7
2008
206.7
220.1
234.4
246.4
243.5
287.1
265.3
235
233.8
183.1
163.8
158.3
223.1
2009
172.8
163.4
164.6
168.5
179.9
179.5
151.6
152
150.4
167.3
171.6
164.6
165.5
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export monthly prices, 2010s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2010
167.3
161.8
159
157.1
163.4
152.7
163.8
175.6
205.9
235.8
238.2
250.4
185.9
2011
264.9
292.9
290.5
319.3
307.9
310.6
300.8
310.2
295.3
274.8
274.4
258.6
291.7
2012
272.8
279.5
280.7
274
269.3
267.3
333.1
332
320.8
321.2
321.6
308.6
298.4
2013
303.1
302.7
309
279.9
295.5
298.4
279.5
238.7
207.4
201.7
199.1
197.4
259.4
2014
198.1
209.3
222.3
222.4
217.3
202.4
182.7
176.4
163.1
163.1
178.7
178.7
192.9
2015
174.7
173.7
174.2
172.1
166.3
166.7
179.6
162.6
165.6
171.4
166.2
163.9
169.8
2016
161
159.7
159.1
164.4
169
179.9
161.8
150.2
148.4
152.3
151.8
152.4
159.2
2017
160
162.9
159
156.4
158.6
157.9
157.5
148.5
147.3
148.6
148.7
149
154.5
2018
155.8
163.4
172
175.6
179.1
165.1
156.5
162.4
154.8
160.3
160.7
167.4
164.4
2019
166.7
169.5
166.2
161.5
171.1
195.1
189.4
163.6
157.3
167.1
166.3
167
170.1
US No. 2 yellow, Gulf export monthly prices, 2020s, $/t
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average
2020
171.8
168.7
162.4
146.9
143.9
148
152.6
149.3
166.1
186.7
190.4
198.8
165.5
2021
234.5
245.2
245.2
268.2
305.3
292.6
278.4
256.6
235.6
239.6
248.7
264.5
259.5
2022
276.6
292.6
335.5
348.2
344.8
335.7
323
289.8
312.7
343.6
320.9
302.2
318.8
2023
302.8
298.2
282.5
291.1
268.1
266.9
242.4
207.6
223.8
230.7
211.3
206.5
252.7
2024
198.6
189.1
190.6
191.7
197.8
192.5
177.4
170.3
185
190.3
201.3
202.6
190.6
2025
214.4
220.9
207.4
215
203.9
196.1
192
185.5
197.4
198.1
202
205.7
203.2
2026
204.5
209.6
212.7
214
216.2
197.1
213.4
224
211.4
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, "Corn price history (1960–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/corn/, data 2026-09-02. Data updated 6 September 2026.