Muntin Cost Index · Open data CC0 CC-BY USDA NASS · Crop Progress

The Feed Complex

Walk a growing season with the two crops that stand behind the feed cost of nearly every animal-protein and dairy price — corn and soybeans. Each week's good-to-excellent share is read only against its own ~40 years of same-week history: an observed present-state rating, never a forecast of yield or price, and never a per-ingredient driver.

The record, in full

The source of record. The charts above are drawn entirely from these numbers.

Data table — Corn (every week's min / median / mean / max / n and the 2026 value)

CC0 Raw class-week source · nass-crop-condition.jsonl

Corn — historical same-week envelope of good-to-excellent share (%), 1988–2025, against 2026. Source: USDA NASS crop-condition raw class-week file (CC0).
WeekMinMedianMeanMaxYears (n)2026
W20637171787
W214370.569.97922
W224769.567.6813667
W23466966.9813767
W24376966.6783868
W252167.566.1793868
W26236866.3833867
W27146865.1853867
W28186664.6863868
W292065.563.68638
W30196563.38538
W31186562.58438
W32186461.88338
W331661.560.98138
W34186260.37938
W35176159.68038
W36196159.38438
W37246160.48337
W38246160.68537
W39256361.38637
W40446261.87929
W41466463.27923
W42456363.67915
Corn — condition-class composition for WEEK #28 (week ending 2026-07-12), 2026. Good + Excellent = 68%. Source: USDA NASS (CC0).
Class% of crop
Very poor2
Poor6
Fair24
Good53
Excellent15
Data table — Soybeans (every week's min / median / mean / max / n and the 2026 value)

CC0 Raw class-week source · nass-crop-condition.jsonl

Soybeans — historical same-week envelope of good-to-excellent share (%), 1988–2025, against 2026. Source: USDA NASS crop-condition raw class-week file (CC0).
WeekMinMedianMeanMaxYears (n)2026
W216163.563.5662
W225668.567.7751466
W233266.564.6742865
W24236763.4733466
W25176562.2733766
W26186461.6753865
W27166260.6793864
W282061.560.3793865
W292561.559.98338
W30246159.88038
W312360.559.27938
W32236059.17938
W331959587538
W342058.557.57338
W35225756.87338
W36205656.37438
W372355.555.87538
W383557577837
W39355757.47937
W403758.558.27830
W41386160.67817
W42546564.4797
Soybeans — condition-class composition for WEEK #28 (week ending 2026-07-12), 2026. Good + Excellent = 65%. Source: USDA NASS (CC0).
Class% of crop
Very poor2
Poor6
Fair27
Good53
Excellent12