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SCOTTISH AGRICULTURE - OUTPUT, INPUT AND INCOME STATISTICS

TABLE 3

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

Unit

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

(2nd Provisional)
(1st Provisional)

Wheat (1)

£ per tonne

112.36

109.18

90.32

76.78

78.89

66.08

76.53

67.82

79.73

74.96

Indice

170.04

165.22

136.68

116.19

119.39

100.00

115.81

102.63

120.66

113.44

Barley (1)

£ per tonne

123.74

113.84

81.82

76.54

72.23

67.44

67.42

62.23

74.37

68.21

Indice

183.48

168.80

121.32

113.49

107.10

100.00

99.97

92.27

110.28

101.14

Oats (1)

£ per tonne

99.98

104.83

82.50

69.15

69.91

64.79

75.97

63.61

71.63

80.30

Indice

154.31

161.80

127.33

106.73

107.90

100.00

117.26

98.18

110.56

123.94

Potatoes

Earlies

£ per tonne

171.28

117.25

73.50

151.60

75.25

188.00

207.73

157.00

194.00

230.00

Indice

91.11

62.37

39.10

80.64

40.03

100.00

110.49

83.51

103.19

122.34

Maincrop ware

£ per tonne

204.63

80.19

56.31

126.67

126.19

134.94

107.94

86.11

96.60

130.18

Indice

151.65

59.43

41.73

93.87

93.52

100.00

79.99

63.81

71.59

96.47

Seed (2)

£ per tonne

227.17

175.06

115.34

131.73

162.00

85.36

144.64

145.16

130.76

158.06

Indice

266.13

205.08

135.12

154.32

189.78

100.00

169.45

170.06

153.19

185.17

Finished Cattle (3)

Clean

£/kg dcw

2.04

1.75

1.62

1.50

1.57

1.52

1.80

1.79

1.82

1.93

Indice

134.86

115.70

106.78

99.04

103.64

100.00

118.80

118.14

120.12

127.38

Cows and Bulls

£per head

491.65

470.50

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Indice

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

429.30

326.36

282.76

205.64

207.18

249.41

323.69

329.15

294.84

282.73

Indice

172.13

130.85

113.37

82.45

83.07

100.00

129.78

131.97

118.21

113.36

Finished Sheep (3)

Clean

£/kg dcw

2.26

2.62

2.43

1.75

1.68

1.87

1.82

2.19

2.45

2.44

Indice

120.89

140.13

130.08

93.61

89.78

100.00

97.50

117.32

131.25

130.71

Ewes and Rams

£per head

28.75

36.85

36.40

19.34

14.00

16.58

19.92

27.56

34.11

33.76

Indice

173.40

222.26

219.54

116.65

84.44

100.00

120.14

166.22

205.73

203.62

Store Sheep (3) (to E & W)

£per head

35.80

43.41

42.17

23.75

18.93

22.96

27.38

35.15

40.35

33.76

Indice

155.92

189.07

183.67

103.44

82.45

100.00

119.25

153.09

175.74

147.04

Finished Pigs (3) (7)

Clean

£/kg dcw

1.13

1.29

1.09

0.78

0.74

0.90

0.93

0.87

0.99

0.00

Indice

125.88

143.70

121.23

86.96

82.37

100.00

103.60

96.91

110.28

0.00

Sows and Boars

£per head

114.74

126.52

96.43

45.81

39.24

51.20

34.53

32.73

37.91

0.00

Indice

224.10

247.11

188.34

89.47

76.64

100.00

67.44

63.93

74.04

0.00

Poultrymeat

p/kg dcw

75.89

82.48

78.07

70.50

65.47

63.62

65.93

65.76

66.27

68.86

Indice

119.29

129.64

122.71

110.81

102.91

100.00

103.63

103.36

104.17

108.24

Milk (4)

p per litre

24.09

25.08

21.91

19.37

18.67

16.91

19.75

17.27

18.33

18.22

Indice

142.46

148.31

129.57

114.55

110.41

100.00

116.79

102.13

108.40

107.75

Wool (5)

p per kg

100.05

101.36

77.45

50.58

51.14

51.63

44.05

54.08

58.39

60.09

Indice

193.78

196.32

150.01

97.97

99.05

100.00

85.32

104.75

113.09

116.39

Eggs (6)

(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.
(6) Egg prices cannot be published due to confidentiality constraints.
(7) Pig prices from 2004 cannot be published due to confidentiality constraints.

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