Food and drinks
Wheat
The grain behind bread, pasta and biscuits. US hard red winter wheat, export price at US Gulf ports, monthly average.
- LatestUS$347Sep 2026 · US$ per tonne
- A year earlierUS$234Sep 2025
- Change over a year+48.4%in US dollars
- Per kiloUS$0.35The latest price, converted
US$ per tonne, monthly average
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| Sep 2026 | US$347 |
| Aug 2026 | US$330 |
| Jul 2026 | US$310 |
| Jun 2026 | US$286 |
| May 2026 | US$303 |
| Apr 2026 | US$282 |
| Mar 2026 | US$276 |
| Feb 2026 | US$258 |
| Jan 2026 | US$250 |
| Dec 2025 | US$243 |
| Nov 2025 | US$246 |
| Oct 2025 | US$231 |
Each figure is the average over a whole month, published weeks or months after the month ends. It shows the trend, not the price on any one day, and it is never a live price.
What it is
Wheat is the world's most traded food grain. This is the price of a common type, US hard red winter wheat (used for bread flour), when loaded onto ships at US ports on the Gulf of Mexico.
The units
US dollars per tonne (1,000 kg). A price of $250 a tonne is 25 US cents a kilo of grain.
What moves the price
Harvests in the big exporters (the US, Canada, the EU, Russia, Ukraine, Australia, Argentina), weather, export restrictions and wars, stock levels, fuel and fertiliser costs, and the dollar.
Why it matters for everyday prices
The grain itself is a small part of the price of a loaf, so bread prices move far less than wheat. Wheat matters more for countries that import most of their food, and for animal feed and so meat prices.
Where the numbers come from
Source: World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), 2 Oct 2026 edition (CC BY 4.0). Original source: US Department of Agriculture.