BEEF COWS
Prices Received by Farmers, Monthly and Market Year Average, Montana, USA
Last updated September 29, 2008

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Market Yr. Avg. 1/
	Dollars per Hundredweight
1/ Marketing year is January through December.
2008 2007 2006	45.50 44.80 50.90	52.70 47.70 52.60	51.20 47.60 52.40	50.90 49.90 49.50	54.30 53.90 49.80	53.90 52.00 49.30	59.10 53.70 46.80	55.90 53.60 50.30	51.80 48.70 49.10	45.70 47.10	42.00 41.80	42.70 39.80	47.70 47.70
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001	51.50 45.30 37.40 37.20 38.60	54.40 47.60 40.80 39.50 43.50	57.50 48.60 39.80 43.30 43.80	59.50 52.20 43.50 40.60 44.60	61.40 55.10 45.60 40.80 46.10	59.60 56.20 45.70 40.20 46.20	56.20 59.10 48.20 36.70 45.80	52.40 58.80 47.50 36.60 45.40	51.70 55.00 49.10 36.00 42.70	47.70 51.20 49.60 34.30 39.20	49.90 49.30 49.80 33.20 33.90	49.20 49.30 51.50 36.00 34.80	55.10 51.40 45.60 38.10 41.90
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996	35.50 33.90 35.30 33.30 33.30	36.80 36.20 37.30 38.00 33.70	41.60 37.70 38.10 40.30 34.00	42.20 37.10 39.90 41.40 31.60	41.50 37.90 37.20 41.70 32.70	42.20 38.70 37.10 39.60 32.90	42.30 39.70 37.60 40.40 33.30	40.70 38.90 37.20 39.20 37.60	40.30 36.80 32.90 34.80 34.90	38.10 33.90 31.40 33.40 33.00	37.40 33.50 30.10 32.10 32.40	35.40 35.00 30.60 32.80 32.60	39.50 36.30 34.40 36.60 33.20
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991	42.90 45.90 47.80 48.00 49.50	43.30 47.20 49.10 49.70 54.20	43.50 48.10 49.10 53.10 54.40	40.80 48.60 49.40 50.70 53.90	39.10 46.40 51.40 50.60 54.20	39.90 45.30 52.70 51.20 55.10	39.60 44.50 52.50 48.90 53.20	38.00 44.60 51.70 49.10 50.80	35.40 41.70 49.40 47.20 50.60	32.40 37.70 46.70 44.90 48.30	30.10 35.90 46.00 45.40 45.90	32.10 38.10 44.60 45.50 46.80	37.90 43.10 49.30 47.90 50.10
1990 1989 1988 1987 1986	48.60 45.20 48.30 40.10 34.00	52.50 47.80 51.60 45.70 38.50	52.60 46.90 49.80 47.40 37.90	51.80 45.70 50.70 44.50 34.60	52.90 46.00 49.50 44.20 36.30	55.10 46.40 45.10 44.60 36.50	54.70 48.00 46.30 44.40 37.30	54.20 48.50 45.50 44.70 37.10	52.90 48.90 45.70 45.90 36.50	49.80 46.20 44.30 44.30 35.10	48.20 45.40 42.50 42.70 35.10	51.40 47.00 44.30 44.80 35.50	51.00 46.50 46.40 44.20 35.90
1985 1984 1983 1982 1981	35.90 35.40 35.60 36.70 44.70	41.70 39.70 41.30 37.20 46.40	40.90 42.90 43.00 41.70 43.90	39.70 39.20 42.10 39.30 42.80	39.00 39.90 41.50 42.60 41.10	37.60 40.10 41.10 40.90 43.20	34.10 39.50 39.30 41.40 42.40	34.80 37.70 38.70 40.40 42.60	33.30 35.50 35.90 39.10 40.10	32.10 33.70 33.00 36.90 37.30	32.40 33.40 32.30 33.00 34.70	31.60 33.00 34.60 32.10 34.20	35.70 36.40 36.80 37.40 40.30
1980 1979 1978 1977 1976	48.00 48.20 26.30 22.10 21.50	50.30 51.80 30.30 23.60 24.40	51.80 56.30 33.20 25.70 26.30	42.90 57.60 35.90 26.90 28.80	41.50 58.40 40.10 25.80 29.70	44.30 53.40 39.50 25.50 28.30	43.90 51.70 40.00 25.80 27.30	45.90 46.60 39.00 25.30 25.40	46.40 50.00 39.90 25.30 24.50	44.90 48.00 41.00 24.00 22.50	42.80 45.00 39.80 23.00 21.00	42.30 47.00 42.50 23.50 20.60	44.80 47.70 38.50 23.90 22.90
1975 1974 1973 1972 1971	16.20 32.40 29.20 23.30 20.90	16.50 33.40 33.00 23.10 22.20	17.90 32.90 34.40 25.30 23.00	19.80 30.70 34.60 24.80 22.20	22.80 28.40 35.00 26.80 23.30	22.60 26.80 36.00 27.00 23.80	22.40 25.40 36.90 27.50 23.60	21.20 25.00 42.80 28.00 22.40	21.00 21.80 37.00 28.00 22.70	21.00 18.70 34.90 27.80 23.00	20.90 16.50 31.50 27.10 22.90	20.60 16.40 31.00 27.80 22.70	20.30 23.40 34.30 26.80 22.80
1970 1969 1968 1967 1966	21.10 17.70 16.00 16.80 15.50	22.30 18.20 17.50 18.20 17.30	24.00 19.70 18.40 17.90 18.40	22.70 22.00 18.70 17.50 19.10	22.70 23.30 19.20 18.60 18.90	24.00 23.60 19.20 19.90 18.10	23.40 23.50 19.20 19.50 17.90	22.20 21.90 18.20 18.00 18.30	21.90 20.30 18.00 17.80 18.20	20.60 20.10 17.40 16.80 17.60	20.00 19.50 17.50 15.60 16.80	19.50 21.00 17.70 16.10 16.30	21.50 20.80 17.90 17.30 17.40
1965 1964 1963 1962 1961	12.10 13.00 15.10 14.80 14.50	13.10 13.60 15.10 14.70 14.50	14.00 14.40 15.00 15.30 15.00	14.10 14.30 15.00 15.30 15.30	15.10 14.10 14.70 15.30 14.60	16.00 13.90 14.90 15.50 14.40	15.20 13.30 14.70 15.50 13.90	15.20 13.10 15.00 15.60 14.50	14.90 13.80 14.70 15.40 14.40	14.40 12.60 14.30 15.20 14.20	12.90 12.20 13.00 15.10 14.40	13.80 11.70 12.60 15.10 14.70	14.00 12.00 14.20 15.20 14.40
1960 1959 1958 1957 1956	14.00 18.20 14.20 9.30 9.30	14.10 17.80 15.20 10.00 9.30	15.90 18.10 15.60 10.60 9.60	15.10 18.00 16.50 11.30 9.70	15.00 17.90 17.40 11.70 9.80	14.70 18.00 17.00 12.20 10.00	14.20 17.60 17.10 12.60 9.70	13.20 16.60 16.50 12.20 9.70	13.20 16.00 17.80 12.40 9.70	13.00 14.60 17.90 11.80 9.10	13.50 13.30 17.50 12.30 8.90	14.50 13.60 18.10 13.00 8.60	14.00 16.00 -- -- --
1955 1954 1953	9.40 10.80 14.00	9.90 10.70 13.50	10.20 11.00 13.30	11.10 10.90 13.00	11.00 11.50 12.70	11.10 11.40 11.80	11.00 10.80 11.40	10.60 10.90 10.50	9.80 10.10 9.70	9.60 9.80 9.20	8.90 9.20 9.70	8.70 8.90 9.90	-- -- --

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