Prices Received by Farmers, Cattle, US Year Month Calves Steer/Heifer All Beef Cattle Cows 1997 Jan 68.1 65.2 61.4 30.0 Feb 74.9 65.2 61.9 33.3 Mar 80 67.9 64.8 36.9 Apr 82.2 67.9 64.8 38.2 May 84.3 68.3 65.1 38.2 Jun 85.4 64.9 62.3 37.5 Jul 86.9 65.4 62.8 38.2 Aug 88 66.6 63.9 36.4 Sept 86.9 67 63.6 34.4 Oct 84.3 67.3 63.3 33.1 Nov 82.9 68 63.3 31.9 Dec 83.3 66.8 62.9 33 1998 Jan 86.6 66.1 62.5 34.5 Feb 88.7 63.3 60.4 36 Mar 89.8 64.3 61.3 36 Apr 90.8 66.3 63 36.2 May 88.9 66.3 63 36.4 Jun 81.7 64.5 61.8 36.1 Jul 76.6 61 58.4 34.7 Aug 76.9 59.7 57.4 34.2 Sept 74.1 58.9 56.1 32.6 Oct 75.7 61.4 58 30.5 Nov 77.5 62.3 58.1 29.7 Dec 80.2 60.3 56.8 30.8 1999 Jan 83.2 62.2 59 33.4 Feb 86.9 63.6 60.6 34.7 Mar 87.3 65.5 62.4 35.2 Apr 88.2 66.0 62.7 35.1 May 87.6 65.2 62.1 36.4 Jun 89 66.7 63.7 36.7 Jul 89.2 65.2 62.6 37.7 Aug 89.6 66.2 63.5 36.3 Sep 90.9 67.1 63.8 34.6 Oct 91.9 70.1 66.2 33.8 Nov 93 70.9 66.2 33.6 Dec 98.6 70.8 66.6 35.1 2000 Jan 103 71.6 67.8 35.9 Feb 105 71.3 67.6 37.1 Mar 109 73.4 69.8 39 Apr 111 75.3 71.3 39.8 May 107 73.3 69.4 38.9 Jun 104 71.6 68.5 40.0 Jul 106 70.9 67.5 39.2 Aug 106 68.7 65.5 39 Sep 103 68.3 65.3 37.2 Oct 102 70.3 66.7 36.2 Nov 106 73.8 69.1 36.6 Dec 106 76.8 71.9 36.5 2001 Jan 108 79.4 74.8 39 Feb 109 78.7 74.7 42.8 Mar 112 80.5 76 42.3 Apr 112 79.6 75.4 43.3 May 111 77.4 73.6 43.7 Jun 110 77 73.6 44.7 Jul 108 75 71.8 42.9 Aug 106 73.5 70.6 43.1 Sep 107 72.1 69 40.8 Oct 99.7 70.1 66.5 37.6 Nov 96.7 67.8 64 35.8 Dec 101 68.5 64.8 36 2002 Jan 102 71.2 67.4 37.9 Feb 105 73.5 70 40.6 Mar 105 74.1 70.6 41.5 Apr 101 70.6 67.3 40.1 May 99.5 68.1 65.1 39.8 Jun 96.5 66.9 64 39.2 Jul 95.2 66.5 63.7 37.4 Aug 94.9 67.3 64.4 36.4 Sep 92.4 67.8 64.5 34.9 Oct 92 68.6 64.6 33.6 Nov 91.9 71.9 67.3 33 Dec 95.3 75 70.4 34.6 2003 Jan 96.8 77.7 72.9 36.9 Feb 97.2 78.2 73.9 38.9 Mar 96.7 76.7 72.6 39.5 Apr 98.9 78.8 74.5 40.2 May 100 79.6 75.5 42.4 Jun 101 78.6 74.9 41.9 Jul 102 78.9 75.8 44.9 Aug 106 82.9 79.3 44.5 Sep 109 89.3 84.9 44.8 Oct 112 97.8 91.5 44.6 Nov 111 99.9 93.4 47.7 Dec 112 95.6 90.4 49.2 2004 Jan 110 85.5 81.1 46.1 Feb 111 82.3 78.5 46 Mar 115 88 83.7 46.5 Apr 117 88.9 84.9 50.6 May 121 92.6 88.5 52.5 Jun 125 93.8 89.8 53.7 Jul 130 91.4 88 56.3 Aug 131 91 87.6 54.7 Sep 128 89.5 85.9 53.1 Oct 126 91.1 86.5 49.8 Nov 123 90.2 85.3 48.7 Dec 122 91.9 86.7 48.6 2005 Jan 126 94.2 89.1 50.5 Feb 129 93.1 88.8 52.5 Mar 136 95.2 91 55 Apr 141 98.1 93.7 57 May 143 96.1 92.1 58.3 Jun 140 91.5 88 56.8 Jul 133 88.2 85 53.8 Aug 133 87.7 84.4 51.4 Sep 135 92.1 88 49.8 Oct 135 96.1 90.4 46.6 Nov 137 97.1 90.8 45.9 Dec 137 99.6 93.3 47.1 2006 Jan 141 101 95 47.2 Feb 143 97.6 92.4 49.5 Mar 139 92.8 87.9 49.5 Apr 137 89.2 84.8 48.4 May 134 86.3 82.2 47.4 Jun 135 88.2 84 46.8 Jul 137 90 85.8 46.4 Aug 136 91.5 87.2 46.8 Sep 136 95.2 90 47.1 Oct 128 93.7 88.2 46 Nov 119 90 84.4 43.6 Dec 116 89 83.1 42.2 2007 Jan 114 89.5 83.7 44.4 Feb 114 91.4 86.1 47 Mar 122 97.7 91.6 47.2 Apr 125 99.8 93.7 49.2 May 124 98.1 92.8 51.7 Jun 124 93.2 88.8 50.1 Jul 126 93 89 51.5 Aug 127 95.7 91.4 51.5 Sep 126 98.3 93.1 49.3 Oct 123 96.6 90.9 46.6 Nov 122 96 89.9 43.9 Dec 120 95.3 89.2 45 2008 Jan 117 93.6 87.5 46.5 Feb 120 94.3 89 51.7 Mar 118 92.9 87.8 51.5 Apr 116 91.8 86.8 50.7 May 120 96.1 91.3 54.1 Jun 118 96.5 91.9 54.4 Jul 114 99.6 95 56.5 Aug 117 100 95.8 57.6 Sep 113 99.3 94.2 54.8 Oct 106 92.9 87.4 48.4 Nov 105 90.9 84.3 43.1 Dec 98.9 85.7 79.7 40.2 2009 Jan 106 85.8 80.1 42.3 Feb 105 83.8 78.8 43.9 Mar 107 84 79 44.6 Apr 110 88.4 83.5 48 May 112 87.8 83.2 49.1 Jun 110 85 80.4 45.7 Jul 110 85.3 81.1 47.4 Aug 110 85.1 80.6 45.7 Sep 107 85.5 80.6 44.4 Oct 103 84 78.9 43.7