Scottish Agriculture - Output, Input and Income Statistics

TABLE 3 AVERAGE PRICES AND VALUE INDICES (2000=100) OF THE MAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

	Unit	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006 (2nd Provisional)	2007 (1st Provisional)
Wheat ⁽¹⁾	£ per tonne	76.78	78.89	66.08	76.53	67.82	80.13	78.03	69.89	82.47	117.60
Wheat ⁽¹⁾	*Index*	*116.19*	*119.39*	*100.00*	*115.81*	*102.63*	*121.26*	*118.08*	*105.77*	*124.80*	*177.97*
Barley ⁽¹⁾	£ per tonne	76.54	72.25	67.48	67.49	62.23	74.39	71.93	67.17	77.35	134.82
Barley ⁽¹⁾	*Index*	*113.43*	*107.07*	*100.00*	*100.01*	*92.22*	*110.24*	*106.59*	*99.54*	*114.63*	*199.79*
Oats ⁽¹⁾	£ per tonne	69.15	69.91	64.79	75.97	63.61	71.62	67.15	69.50	75.41	102.46
Oats ⁽¹⁾	*Index*	*106.73*	*107.90*	*100.00*	*117.26*	*98.18*	*110.54*	*103.64*	*107.27*	*116.39*	*158.14*
Potatoes
Earlies	£ per tonne	151.60	75.25	188.00	207.73	157.00	194.00	230.00	205.07	276.77	213.28
Earlies	*Index*	*80.64*	*40.03*	*100.00*	*110.49*	*83.51*	*103.19*	*122.34*	*109.08*	*147.22*	*113.45*
Maincrop ware	£ per tonne	126.67	126.19	134.94	107.94	86.11	96.60	129.35	86.66	140.81	184.47
Maincrop ware	*Index*	*93.87*	*93.52*	*100.00*	*79.99*	*63.81*	*71.59*	*95.86*	*64.22*	*104.35*	*136.71*
Seed (2)	£ per tonne	131.73	162.00	85.36	144.64	145.16	130.76	158.17	148.32	150.08	167.39
Seed (2)	*Index*	*154.32*	*189.78*	*100.00*	*169.45*	*170.06*	*153.19*	*185.30*	*173.76*	*175.82*	*196.10*
Finished Cattle ⁽³⁾
Clean	£/kg dcw	1.50	1.57	1.52	1.80	1.79	1.82	1.93	1.97	2.13	2.15
Clean	*Index*	*99.04*	*103.64*	*100.00*	*118.80*	*118.14*	*120.12*	*127.38*	*130.02*	*140.58*	*141.63*
Cows and Bulls	£ per head	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	474.24	497.76
Cows and Bulls	*Index*	*n/a*	*n/a*	*n/a*	*n/a*	*n/a*	*n/a*	*n/a*	*n/a*	*n/a*	*n/a*
Weaned Calves ⁽³⁾ (to E&W)	£ per head	205.64	207.18	249.41	323.69	329.15	298.23	286.13	369.19	445.17	457.68
Weaned Calves ⁽³⁾ (to E&W)	*Index*	*82.45*	*83.07*	*100.00*	*129.78*	*131.97*	*119.57*	*114.72*	*148.03*	*178.49*	*183.51*
Finished Sheep ⁽³⁾
Clean	£/kg dcw	1.75	1.68	1.87	1.82	2.19	2.44	2.45	2.27	2.39	2.27
Clean	*Index*	*93.61*	*89.78*	*100.00*	*97.50*	*117.32*	*130.71*	*131.25*	*121.60*	*128.03*	*121.60*
Ewes and Rams	£ per head	19.34	14.00	16.58	19.92	27.56	34.11	33.73	26.09	28.89	28.60
Ewes and Rams	*Index*	*116.65*	*84.44*	*100.00*	*120.14*	*166.22*	*205.73*	*203.44*	*157.36*	*174.25*	*172.50*
Store Sheep ⁽³⁾	£ per head	23.75	18.93	22.96	27.38	35.15	40.34	36.04	33.77	30.96	30.78
Store Sheep ⁽³⁾	*Index*	*103.44*	*82.45*	*100.00*	*119.25*	*153.09*	*175.70*	*156.97*	*147.08*	*134.84*	*134.06*
Finished Pigs ⁽³⁾
Clean	£/kg dcw	0.78	0.74	0.90	0.93	0.87	0.99	0.97	0.99	0.99	0.98
Clean	*Index*	*86.96*	*82.37*	*100.00*	*103.60*	*96.91*	*110.28*	*108.54*	*109.89*	*110.20*	*108.84*
Sows and Boars	£ per head	45.81	39.24	51.20	34.53	32.73	37.91	45.72	44.70	48.20	35.75
Sows and Boars	*Index*	*89.47*	*76.64*	*100.00*	*67.44*	*63.93*	*74.04*	*89.30*	*87.31*	*94.14*	*69.81*
Poultrymeat	p/kg dcw	70.50	65.47	63.62	65.93	65.76	66.27	69.11	73.23	73.19	81.40
Poultrymeat	*Index*	*110.81*	*102.91*	*100.00*	*103.63*	*103.36*	*104.17*	*108.63*	*115.11*	*115.04*	*127.95*
Milk ⁽⁴⁾	p per litre	19.37	18.67	16.91	19.75	17.27	18.15	18.53	18.69	18.07	20.50
Milk ⁽⁴⁾	*Index*	*114.55*	*110.41*	*100.00*	*116.79*	*102.13*	*107.33*	*109.58*	*110.53*	*106.86*	*121.25*
Wool ⁽⁵⁾	p per kg	50.58	51.14	51.63	44.05	54.08	58.39	58.77	57.45	32.96	28.90
Wool ⁽⁵⁾	*Index*	*97.97*	*99.05*	*100.00*	*85.32*	*104.75*	*113.09*	*113.83*	*111.27*	*63.84*	*55.98*

(1) Average market returns net of marketing expenses. Feed and seed retained on farm of origin or sold farm-to-farm are valued at opportunity cost, assumed to be the ex-farm feed price.

(2) Includes seed retained on the farm of origin or sold farm-to-farm.

(3) Average realised prices before deduction of marketing expenses.

(4) Average realised price for all milk after deduction of standard haulage, farm bottling charges and co-responsibility levy.

(5) Average realised price for clipwool, greasy basis.

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