| CATTLE AND CALVES: Average price received by farmers, United States, 1991-2001 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Annual average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollars per hundredweight | |||||||||||||
| BEEF CATTLE | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | 76 .60 | 77 .00 | 78 .50 | 78 .00 | 75 .90 | 73 .60 | 71 .60 | 68 .80 | 68 .70 | 70 .40 | 67 .90 | 67 .40 | 72 .70 |
| 1992 | 68 .90 | 72 .50 | 72 .80 | 72 .60 | 71 .90 | 70 .20 | 70 .60 | 71 .80 | 71 .80 | 71 .80 | 70 .20 | 70 .80 | 71 .30 |
| 1993 | 75 .10 | 75 .80 | 77 .20 | 77 .30 | 77 .10 | 74 .50 | 72 .50 | 72 .70 | 71 .40 | 69 .10 | 69 .30 | 68 .50 | 72 .60 |
| 1994 | 69 .90 | 70 .10 | 72 .30 | 72 .00 | 67 .20 | 62 .70 | 62 .90 | 65 .90 | 63 .50 | 62 .90 | 64 .40 | 64 .40 | 66 .70 |
| 1995 | 67 .60 | 68 .80 | 66 .90 | 63 .30 | 60 .80 | 60 .90 | 59 .50 | 59 .40 | 59 .10 | 58 .80 | 60 .70 | 60 .60 | 61 .80 |
| 1996 | 59 .00 | 57 .90 | 56 .80 | 54 .90 | 54 .70 | 56 .40 | 59 .10 | 61 .30 | 63 .80 | 63 .30 | 63 .40 | 60 .70 | 58 .70 |
| 1997 | 61 .40 | 61 .90 | 64 .80 | 64 .80 | 65 .10 | 62 .30 | 62 .80 | 63 .90 | 63 .60 | 63 .30 | 63 .30 | 62 .90 | 63 .10 |
| 1998 | 62 .50 | 60 .40 | 61 .30 | 63 .00 | 63 .00 | 61 .80 | 58 .40 | 57 .40 | 56 .10 | 58 .00 | 58 .10 | 56 .80 | 59 .60 |
| 1999 | 59 .00 | 60 .60 | 62 .40 | 62 .70 | 62 .10 | 63 .70 | 62 .60 | 63 .50 | 63 .80 | 66 .20 | 66 .20 | 66 .60 | 63 .40 |
| 2000 | 67 .80 | 67 .90 | 69 .80 | 71 .40 | 69 .40 | 68 .50 | 67 .80 | 66 .10 | 65 .00 | 66 .50 | 69 .10 | 71 .80 | 68 .60 |
| 2001 | 74 .60 | 74 .70 | 76 .00 | 75 .40 | 73 .60 | 73 .60 | 71 .90 | 70 .60 | 69 .00 | 66 .50 | 64 .00 | 64 .80 | 71 .30 |
| STEERS AND HEIFERS | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | 81 .80 | 81 .10 | 82 .50 | 82 .00 | 79 .50 | 76 .80 | 74 .70 | 71 .30 | 71 .60 | 74 .30 | 72 .40 | 71 .50 | 76 .60 |
| 1992 | 72 .60 | 76 .20 | 76 .40 | 76 .50 | 75 .30 | 73 .60 | 73 .90 | 74 .70 | 75 .50 | 76 .40 | 75 .60 | 76 .30 | 75 .30 |
| 1993 | 78 .70 | 79 .50 | 81 .40 | 81 .70 | 80 .80 | 77 .60 | 75 .10 | 75 .20 | 74 .50 | 72 .40 | 72 .90 | 72 .00 | 76 .80 |
| 1994 | 73 .00 | 73 .10 | 75 .40 | 75 .40 | 69 .70 | 64 .70 | 65 .00 | 68 .30 | 66 .10 | 66 .10 | 68 .40 | 68 .0 | 69 .40 |
| 1995 | 71 .40 | 72 .10 | 70 .30 | 66 .60 | 63 .60 | 63 .30 | 61 .90 | 61 .70 | 62 .00 | 62 .30 | 65 .20 | 64 .70 | 65 .10 |
| 1996 | 62 .60 | 61 .10 | 60 .20 | 58 .10 | 57 .60 | 59 .60 | 62 .10 | 64 .30 | 67 .90 | 68 .10 | 68 .70 | 65 .50 | 62 .50 |
| 1997 | 65 .20 | 65 .20 | 67 .90 | 67 .90 | 68 .30 | 64 .90 | 65 .40 | 66 .60 | 67 .00 | 67 .30 | 68 .00 | 66 .80 | 66 .80 |
| 1998 | 66 .10 | 63 .30 | 64 .30 | 66 .30 | 66 .30 | 64 .50 | 61 .00 | 59 .70 | 58 .90 | 61 .40 | 62 .30 | 60 .30 | 62 .80 |
| 1999 | 62 .20 | 63 .60 | 65 .50 | 66 .00 | 65 .20 | 66 .70 | 65 .20 | 66 .20 | 67 .10 | 70 .10 | 70 .90 | 70 .80 | 66 .90 |
| 2000 | 71 .60 | 71 .30 | 73 .40 | 75 .30 | 73 .30 | 71 .60 | 70 .90 | 68 .70 | 68 .30 | 70 .30 | 73 .80 | 76 .80 | 72 .30 |
| 2001 | 79 .40 | 78 .70 | 80 .50 | 79 .60 | 77 .40 | 77 .00 | 75 .00 | 73 .50 | 72 .10 | 70 .10 | 67 .80 | 68 .50 | 75 .10 |
| COWS 1/ | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | 49 .00 | 51 .30 | 52 .50 | 52 .80 | 53 .50 | 52 .80 | 50 .50 | 49 .60 | 48 .90 | 47 .30 | 45 .00 | 45 .80 | 49 .80 |
| 1992 | 46 .60 | 49 .30 | 49 .40 | 48 .80 | 49 .00 | 48 .20 | 48 .40 | 48 .30 | 47 .00 | 45 .40 | 44 .60 | 45 .80 | 47 .40 |
| 1993 | 47 .80 | 49 .20 | 48 .30 | 48 .50 | 49 .80 | 50 .20 | 49 .90 | 48 .90 | 47 .10 | 45 .10 | 44 .10 | 44 .00 | 47 .60 |
| 1994 | 45 .50 | 47 .00 | 47 .40 | 47 .20 | 45 .90 | 43 .60 | 43 .80 | 43 .10 | 41 .50 | 38 .40 | 37 .00 | 37 .40 | 43 .00 |
| 1995 | 38 .70 | 41 .50 | 39 .90 | 38 .00 | 36 .80 | 38 .20 | 35 .90 | 35 .80 | 33 .90 | 32 .20 | 29 .60 | 30 .40 | 35 .70 |
| 1996 | 32 .00 | 32 .10 | 31 .40 | 29 .40 | 30 .40 | 30 .60 | 31 .00 | 31 .80 | 30 .80 | 30 .30 | 28 .00 | 28 .30 | 30 .50 |
| 1997 | 30 .00 | 33 .30 | 36 .90 | 38 .20 | 38 .20 | 37 .50 | 38 .20 | 36 .40 | 34 .40 | 33 .10 | 31 .90 | 33 .00 | 34 .80 |
| 1998 | 34 .50 | 36 .00 | 36 .00 | 36 .20 | 36 .40 | 36 .10 | 34 .70 | 34 .20 | 32 .60 | 30 .50 | 29 .70 | 30 .80 | 33 .70 |
| 1999 | 33 .40 | 34 .70 | 35 .20 | 35 .10 | 36 .40 | 36 .70 | 37 .70 | 36 .30 | 34 .60 | 33 .80 | 33 .60 | 35 .10 | 35 .10 |
| 2000 | 35 .80 | 37 .10 | 39 .00 | 39 .70 | 38 .90 | 40 .00 | 39 .20 | 39 .00 | 37 .10 | 36 .10 | 36 .60 | 36 .50 | 37 .90 |
| 2001 | 39 .00 | 42 .80 | 42 .30 | 43 .30 | 43 .70 | 44 .70 | 42 .90 | 43 .10 | 40 .80 | 37 .60 | 35 .80 | 36 .00 | 40 .90 |
| CALVES | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | 98 .00 | 104 .00 | 106 .00 | 109 .00 | 107 .00 | 106 .00 | 103 .00 | 98 .30 | 96 .20 | 93 .90 | 90 .20 | 87 .60 | 98 .00 |
| 1992 | 88 .30 | 92 .80 | 94 .10 | 91 .90 | 89 .60 | 88 .50 | 90 .10 | 90 .40 | 87 .40 | 86 .00 | 86 .50 | 87 .00 | 89 .00 |
| 1993 | 94 .70 | 96 .00 | 98 .60 | 99 .60 | 99 .20 | 99 .10 | 96 .90 | 95 .10 | 93 .50 | 93 .90 | 91 .60 | 92 .80 | 91 .20 |
| 1994 | 93 .90 | 94 .90 | 97 .60 | 95 .80 | 89 .40 | 84 .80 | 83 .80 | 84 .40 | 80 .00 | 78 .20 | 81 .00 | 81 .90 | 87 .20 |
| 1995 | 85 .00 | 86 .90 | 84 .40 | 81 .80 | 77 .00 | 76 .90 | 72 .00 | 70 .90 | 68 .50 | 66 .20 | 64 .10 | 63 .30 | 73 .10 |
| 1996 | 60 .50 | 60 .20 | 59 .40 | 55 .10 | 54 .40 | 55 .10 | 56 .80 | 59 .30 | 61 .00 | 60 .10 | 61 .20 | 61 .80 | 58 .40 |
| 1997 | 68 .10 | 74 .90 | 80 .00 | 82 .20 | 84 .30 | 85 .40 | 86 .90 | 88 .00 | 86 .90 | 84 .30 | 82 .90 | 83 .30 | 78 .90 |
| 1998 | 86 .60 | 88 .70 | 89 .80 | 90 .80 | 88 .90 | 81 .70 | 76 .60 | 76 .90 | 74 .10 | 75 .70 | 77 .50 | 80 .20 | 78 .80 |
| 1999 | 83 .20 | 86 .90 | 87 .30 | 88 .20 | 87 .60 | 89 .00 | 89 .20 | 89 .60 | 90 .90 | 91 .90 | 93 .00 | 98 .60 | 87 .70 |
| 2000 | 103 .00 | 105 .00 | 109 .00 | 111 .00 | 107 .00 | 104 .00 | 106 .00 | 106 .00 | 103 .00 | 103 .00 | 106 .00 | 106 .00 | 104 .00 |
| 2001 | 108 .00 | 109 .00 | 112 .00 | 112 .00 | 111 .00 | 110 .00 | 108 .00 | 106 .00 | 107 .00 | 99 .70 | 96 .70 | 101 .00 | 106 .00 |
| 1/ Beef cows sold for slaughter and herd replacement, and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. | |||||||||||||