Manitoba grain prices, week by week
The farmer's net cash return at a Winnipeg elevator for #1 canola, Western Red Spring wheat, #1 CW barley, #2 CW oats, #1 CW flax, #2 yellow peas, #2 corn and soybeans, from Manitoba Agriculture's weekly report. Every week since 2016 is on the chart.
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Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use Licence.
Each crop year runs from August 1 and is measured from its own first week, so years at different price levels line up. The dashed line is the middle of the last ten crop years at each point, and half of those years fell inside the shaded range. A record of past years, not a forecast.
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What these prices are
Manitoba Agriculture publishes Grain and Oilseed Prices each week as a report dated Friday. These are its open market figures: the farmer's net cash return at a Winnipeg elevator, by crop and grade. The years before 2026 come from Manitoba's history file of the same series.
They're a record of where prices have been, not advice on when to sell. Your own buyer's bid is the number to sell on.
Your own sales on this line
GrainPosition draws this chart with each of your sales on it: fixed-price contracts on their contract date, sales with no contract on their settlement date, each against the price that week, and your break-even. You see what you got against the market, in dollars. Free during early access.
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Where do these Manitoba grain prices come from?
Manitoba Agriculture publishes Grain and Oilseed Prices each week as a report dated Friday. These are its open market figures: the farmer's net cash return at a Winnipeg elevator, by crop and grade. The years before 2026 come from Manitoba's history file of the same series.
Is this what my elevator will pay?
No. It's a net cash return at a Winnipeg elevator for one grade of each crop. Your own buyer's bid depends on the company, the delivery point, freight, the grade you deliver and the day. Use this to see where the market has been; your elevator's bid is the number to sell on.
How often is it updated?
Weekly. Manitoba's report is dated Friday; this page has it by the next day.
Can I see my own sales against these prices?
Yes. In GrainPosition, the Prices tab draws this line with each of your sales on it: fixed-price contracts on their contract date and sales with no contract on their settlement date, each against the price that week, with your break-even. Free during early access.
Sources
- Manitoba Agriculture, Grain and Oilseed Prices: the weekly report's open market table, and Manitoba's weekly history file for the years before.
Were you paid right on your last grain settlement?
Send me a photo of the settlement, and the contract if you have it. Within a day I’ll email you back what each line is, what’s worth asking the buyer about, and any grade or payment deadline that’s still open. Free, no account.
Ruslan Glick, Winnipeg. Not a farmer, so I check against your contract and the grain rules, not opinions. Top Crop Manager wrote about GrainPosition.