AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY IOWA FARMERS BEEF CATTLE - DOLLARS PER CWT. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 5.40 5.10 5.40 6.50 7.00 6.70 6.90 8.20 9.90 FEB 5.00 5.00 5.40 6.80 7.30 6.50 7.20 8.90 10.30 MAR 5.80 5.00 5.60 7.10 7.40 6.50 7.60 8.70 10.40 APR 6.20 5.10 6.00 7.40 7.40 6.60 7.70 10.10 11.90 MAY 5.90 4.90 6.20 7.10 7.30 7.00 8.00 10.20 12.70 JUN 5.60 4.90 6.20 7.10 7.40 7.30 8.50 10.30 12.60 JUL 5.30 4.80 6.50 7.20 7.70 7.80 8.20 10.20 12.80 AUG 5.30 5.10 5.20 6.80 7.00 7.80 7.40 7.80 10.20 12.30 SEP 5.30 5.20 5.00 6.80 7.20 7.70 7.10 8.10 10.60 12.90 OCT 5.30 5.00 5.10 6.80 7.10 7.40 7.20 7.80 10.40 11.90 NOV 5.20 4.90 5.10 6.40 7.10 7.00 6.80 7.80 10.10 11.90 DEC 5.00 4.70 5.20 6.70 6.90 6.90 6.70 7.90 9.70 11.70 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 12.40 11.10 7.00 5.80 7.00 7.00 7.40 8.00 7.90 10.60 FEB 12.80 10.50 6.30 6.00 7.00 7.10 7.30 8.00 8.10 10.60 MAR 13.50 10.80 7.30 6.40 6.70 7.20 8.00 8.10 8.30 10.30 APR 14.10 10.80 6.90 6.50 7.40 7.50 8.90 8.10 8.50 10.20 MAY 13.60 10.00 6.80 6.70 7.10 7.60 8.20 7.70 8.60 10.20 JUN 11.90 11.90 6.10 7.00 7.90 7.50 8.50 8.00 8.70 10.60 JUL 12.30 10.60 6.40 7.60 7.70 7.30 9.30 7.90 9.00 11.40 AUG 12.60 10.40 6.90 7.20 7.50 7.80 9.60 7.90 9.20 11.60 SEP 11.80 10.90 6.10 7.30 8.20 7.60 9.30 8.20 9.60 12.10 OCT 10.10 9.80 6.00 7.90 7.60 8.00 9.30 8.40 9.70 11.80 NOV 11.50 9.00 5.70 7.30 7.00 7.50 8.30 7.80 10.10 11.10 DEC 11.60 7.00 5.80 7.30 7.00 7.10 8.20 7.90 10.20 10.70 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 10.30 10.30 7.90 5.00 3.90 4.00 6.20 7.20 8.10 7.10 FEB 10.30 10.30 7.10 4.40 3.90 4.55 6.90 6.90 7.80 7.00 MAR 10.40 10.50 6.90 4.80 4.10 4.65 7.60 6.50 8.20 7.40 APR 10.90 10.10 7.00 4.80 4.10 4.85 8.30 6.70 9.00 7.40 MAY 11.20 9.80 6.30 4.30 4.70 5.50 8.60 6.70 9.10 7.40 JUN 11.20 9.40 6.00 4.30 4.70 5.50 8.20 6.50 9.10 7.70 JUL 11.80 8.30 6.10 5.90 4.70 5.30 7.50 6.10 9.70 9.10 AUG 11.40 7.70 6.30 5.90 4.70 5.30 7.60 6.50 8.60 8.00 SEP 11.00 8.70 6.30 6.00 4.60 6.30 7.50 6.70 8.40 8.30 OCT 10.70 8.50 6.10 5.30 4.55 5.60 7.10 6.70 7.40 8.20 NOV 10.20 8.20 6.60 5.00 4.25 5.50 6.70 7.00 7.00 8.20 DEC 10.30 7.90 5.40 4.10 4.00 5.00 6.70 7.20 6.90 7.90 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 8.50 8.20 10.00 11.00 13.10 12.50 11.20 12.50 18.00 23.00 FEB 8.50 8.10 9.60 11.10 13.70 12.80 12.10 13.50 18.50 21.50 MAR 8.50 8.20 9.60 11.20 13.80 13.20 13.00 14.20 20.70 23.50 APR 8.50 8.40 9.80 11.80 14.20 13.40 14.00 14.80 20.50 24.50 MAY 8.60 8.60 9.60 11.60 14.00 13.40 15.00 14.40 21.10 26.30 JUN 8.20 8.40 9.70 11.80 13.90 13.40 15.60 15.20 22.30 27.50 JUL 8.10 8.80 9.80 11.90 13.70 12.50 15.30 17.20 22.70 28.70 AUG 8.10 9.10 10.30 12.50 13.60 11.50 14.50 18.40 22.70 27.00 SEP 8.80 9.50 10.60 12.40 13.80 10.90 13.20 16.00 21.90 26.50 OCT 8.70 9.50 10.40 12.70 13.00 10.20 12.30 19.00 20.80 24.30 NOV 8.40 9.80 10.00 12.70 12.40 9.90 12.50 18.70 20.30 23.50 DEC 8.40 9.60 10.90 12.60 12.20 10.20 12.90 18.80 22.10 21.40 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 21.00 21.00 29.20 28.20 21.30 18.80 19.90 16.20 17.20 22.10 FEB 19.40 22.00 31.30 28.60 20.00 18.70 19.00 16.00 17.10 22.50 MAR 21.50 22.60 31.80 28.60 18.80 18.80 19.10 16.20 18.10 23.80 APR 22.00 23.80 31.90 29.50 18.70 19.80 19.40 17.20 19.30 24.70 MAY 22.00 25.50 31.60 30.00 19.10 20.50 19.20 17.70 20.20 25.80 JUN 22.90 26.20 31.60 28.30 18.50 20.20 19.40 18.00 20.60 25.00 JUL 22.80 27.30 31.60 28.40 20.60 19.40 19.70 18.40 21.90 24.70 AUG 22.00 26.50 31.50 27.60 19.80 19.60 18.80 21.00 22.00 23.70 SEP 23.10 27.00 32.20 27.00 20.00 20.30 19.30 21.30 21.30 24.30 OCT 23.00 27.00 30.90 26.30 19.20 20.10 18.60 20.10 20.60 24.10 NOV 21.50 27.50 30.60 24.40 18.20 19.90 17.10 19.00 21.30 24.50 DEC 20.60 27.20 29.20 22.10 18.30 19.30 16.20 17.00 21.40 24.10