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Historic Cattle Prices Table 1. Cattle prices, monthly average – Iowa/Southern Minnesota choice steers ($/live cwt.) Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Avg.

1990 $78.44 $78.38 $78.80 $79.88 $78.49 $76.59 $75.93 $76.86 $77.17 $79.01 $80.82 $81.61 $78.50 1991 79.65 79.57 81.12 80.98 78.46 74.40 72.34 67.37 68.11 68.10 68.98 68.88 74.00 1992

71.85

76.53

77.69

77.73

76.31

74.24

73.27

73.79

74.15

74.64

74.91

77.29

75.20

1993

79.43

80.25

83.26

82.27

81.24

77.13

73.86

73.84

72.70

70.55

70.81

70.68

76.33

1994

72.11

72.66

75.11

75.04

68.10

63.52

65.25

66.14

65.56

66.07

68.23

68.26

68.84

1995

72.23

73.19

70.33

67.31

63.87

64.20

62.38

62.70

63.26

64.24

67.48

66.53

66.48

1996

64.38

62.81

62.49

59.73

59.76

61.74

64.22

66.77

69.99

70.94

73.03

68.72

65.38

1997

65.87

65.58

68.22

68.40

67.89

64.81

64.95

66.13

66.19

66.67

67.27

66.02

66.50

1998 1999

64.40 61.07

61.04 61.75

62.32 64.60

64.82 64.95

65.66 64.02

63.87 65.26

60.38 63.85

59.54 65.00

58.42 65.59

60.61 68.87

60.98 69.76

59.26 69.49

61.78 65.35

2000 2001

68.41 77.69

68.06 78.80

71.10 80.25

73.87 78.62

72.09 76.35

70.44 76.10

67.48 73.18

65.26 70.79

64.72 69.02

67.42 66.24

70.44 64.49

74.46 64.03

69.48 72.96

2002

67.12

70.89

72.80

68.68

66.51

64.27

62.67

63.40

64.16

64.43

69.37

71.52

67.15

2003

76.37

77.26

76.71

78.38

78.77

76.73

76.40

80.33

89.05 101.56 103.39

96.87

84.32

2004

81.30

79.55

85.49

86.91

88.16

89.64

84.06

84.15

81.27

82.43

82.37

85.39

84.23

2005

88.36

87.48

92.37

91.92

89.03

83.09

79.66

80.11

83.82

86.61

89.16

92.84

87.04

2006

92.97

89.70

86.07

82.25

79.74

81.70

80.91

85.41

88.03

87.24

86.16

85.75

85.49

2007

87.30

90.17

96.90

98.68

96.28

88.02

89.07

91.45

92.45

89.97

91.22

91.01

91.88

2008 2009

90.28 83.15

90.49 80.31

89.39 81.79

89.86 87.55

93.22 85.76

93.90 81.62

98.03 82.39

98.34 82.06

95.32 81.52

87.21 80.70

88.41 81.85

83.93 81.54

91.53 82.52

2010 84.70 87.26 92.30 98.77 98.03 92.60 93.34 94.83 96.07 97.43 98.68 101.93 94.66 2011 105.63 108.04 117.94 119.89 111.74 109.60 112.53 113.83 116.54 120.12 125.20 124.57 115.47 2012 123.85 124.37 127.37 123.27 121.82 121.27 114.93 118.77 123.40 123.72 125.73 125.45 122.83 2013 125.24 124.30 125.99 127.17 126.42 122.20 121.18 123.97 123.76 128.55 130.68 131.69 125.93 2014 141.61 145.18 150.31 149.27 147.45 149.89 158.01 156.54 157.59 163.67 168.25 163.26 154.25 2015 165.62 159.48 162.89 163.69 160.28 152.15 148.78 147.62 134.05 128.13 125.97 125.03 147.81 2016 130.14 130.96 136.75 129.85 127.75 125.09 118.17 115.49 104.83 100.01 106.65 112.93 119.88 Notes: 1/ Weighted average prices for total all grades. 2/ Source: United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service, compiled by the Livestock Marketing Information Center.

Lee Schulz extension livestock economist 515-294-3356 [email protected]

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Table 2. Cattle prices, monthly average – Sioux Falls boning utility cows, 800-1200 lbs. ($/live cwt.) Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Avg.

1986 $34.98 $36.85 $37.61 $35.62 $38.16 $38.02 $37.35 $38.05 $37.88 $36.75 $35.13 $35.79 $36.85 1987 41.23 42.62 44.81 44.55 43.48 44.46 44.12 44.58 46.34 45.98 45.80 47.84 44.65 1988 1989

47.83 49.25

49.68 52.46

51.43 51.06

51.83 49.75

51.76 50.00

45.16 51.12

46.36 51.17

48.34 52.58

48.38 53.05

46.30 52.42

45.50 50.12

49.05 52.72

48.47 51.31

1990 1991

52.80 51.05

55.74 53.46

55.65 54.58

55.67 54.80

55.97 55.73

56.56 56.32

57.27 53.78

57.61 52.68

56.55 51.35

53.33 50.56

49.30 47.84

51.10 48.31

54.80 52.54

1992

46.20

45.25

45.94

45.03

45.61

43.47

44.20

46.10

46.45

45.66

42.06

44.65

45.05

1993

45.00

47.25

49.50

49.13

49.00

49.40

50.28

49.75

48.05

46.00

43.13

42.50

47.42

1994

42.64

43.44

46.64

47.31

46.69

44.70

44.00

43.65

40.56

37.00

36.68

36.48

42.48

1995

38.69

40.56

39.39

38.47

37.05

36.02

34.19

36.38

34.19

32.63

29.25

30.75

35.63

1996

31.95

33.06

32.56

29.72

29.10

32.50

32.90

32.13

30.25

29.15

25.13

25.56

30.33

1997

27.50

32.50

35.75

37.70

37.86

35.31

37.74

35.44

32.50

31.76

32.25

35.10

34.28

1998 1999

38.16 34.81

38.52 35.81

38.19 37.30

38.40 36.50

39.36 39.50

39.44 40.00

36.40 41.50

36.10 39.75

33.55 38.85

31.88 39.45

30.88 37.88

33.78 38.80

36.22 38.35

2000 2001

39.19 42.20

38.88 44.94

41.58 44.63

43.94 46.25

43.50 47.70

45.38 50.50

44.13 47.63

43.00 46.95

41.88 45.50

38.25 41.80

39.38 37.50

41.42 38.38

41.71 44.50

2002

39.00

41.88

44.06

42.88

42.45

41.50

37.63

37.50

37.94

35.80

34.50

35.83

39.25

2003

39.20

40.25

42.13

45.20

48.41

46.06

49.90

49.13

50.50

48.85

51.83

48.13

46.63

2004

48.00

46.63

49.60

54.63

56.38

60.00

60.75

59.75

58.00

54.75

55.50

52.50

54.71

2005

54.25

55.25

60.30

61.25

62.75

61.20

58.25

54.90

55.13

52.75

51.50

52.13

56.64

2006

47.13

49.75

49.80

47.63

47.80

47.94

47.75

49.85

50.25

48.31

43.06

41.50

47.56

2007

48.50

52.63

52.00

52.13

55.50

54.25

54.08

55.25

52.88

53.20

46.25

48.75

52.12

2008 2009

50.00 45.63

55.94 46.75

55.69 46.88

54.40 49.33

59.38 53.17

58.13 45.88

63.35 48.63

63.00 47.06

59.00 46.90

53.60 44.94

44.75 43.08

41.75 45.83

54.92 47.01

2010 2011

49.67 64.31

52.88 71.31

52.50 74.40

58.31 76.94

62.06 76.94

61.75 74.58

60.13 70.50

60.69 70.97

56.73 64.60

57.25 63.75

53.00 62.25

56.20 68.50

56.76 69.92

2012

70.88

79.85

81.25

81.97

84.14

78.99

71.83

75.86

76.56

73.99

71.58

72.00

76.58

2013

73.34

75.72

76.11

75.30

76.18

76.03

76.72

80.49

78.32

75.80

75.83

76.14

76.33

2014

82.64

89.57

98.41

97.91

97.52 103.38 112.16 117.91 114.13 114.40 111.79 109.38 104.10

2015 107.00 105.72 110.16 109.95 110.72 109.66 109.15 108.75

96.98

87.10

76.03

69.88 100.09

2016

68.54

62.86

57.03

56.38

73.47

75.60

77.08

77.47

77.63

79.30

79.02

78.26

71.89

Notes: 1/ Prices for South St. Paul, MN (January 1986 through December 1991) and Sioux Falls, SD (January 1992 through present). 2/ Source: Livestock, Meat & Wool Weekly Summary & Statistics (January 1986 through December 2005) and Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service (January 2006 - present), compiled by the Livestock Marketing Information Center. 3/ Annual prices for Sioux Falls in 2009 are only for Sioux Fall Regional (July 2009 - December 2009).

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Table 3. Cattle prices, monthly average – Oklahoma City medium and large frame #1, 500-600 lb. steers ($/cwt.) Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Avg.

1992 $88.43 $92.59 $94.73 $93.03 $90.69 $91.53 $93.25 $94.31 $92.40 $87.75 $90.53 $90.83 $91.67 1993 95.21 96.33 100.82 102.76 99.78 103.05 99.30 98.08 97.10 93.68 91.79 92.63 97.54 1994

91.85

95.89

99.85

98.61

90.53

86.52

87.64

87.18

80.03

79.85

83.53

84.50

88.83

1995

84.83

85.17

83.64

81.13

75.94

74.69

69.90

70.11

65.94

63.41

63.14

64.63

73.54

1996

60.94

61.35

61.44

58.78

58.41

61.80

60.53

65.28

64.64

64.29

67.32

68.86

62.80

1997

72.83

80.27

86.31

87.23

88.92

89.54

93.95

91.12

88.56

87.16

87.00

88.71

86.80

1998 1999

87.76 81.87

89.37 84.37

91.60 88.46

94.28 88.91

90.99 85.52

80.69 86.41

75.71 87.06

74.18 85.65

71.69 85.45

73.58 84.55

76.75 92.59

78.35 96.55

82.08 87.28

2000 98.22 101.27 104.53 100.03 98.10 99.35 104.77 2001 100.14 102.90 106.96 110.27 104.18 105.43 102.70

99.87 99.24

93.03 99.55

92.02 92.66

96.17 93.98

97.85 98.77 97.85 101.32

2002

95.75

98.63

97.56

96.26

92.75

88.94

86.62

85.64

86.26

90.06

92.26

2003

93.78

94.12

95.56

97.18

97.12

99.57 101.23 100.25 103.08 106.73 108.75 108.29 100.47

86.70

91.45

2004 103.11 106.43 113.62 116.04 122.84 125.79 132.39 132.07 121.60 123.29 125.53 122.78 120.46 2005 119.45 125.04 132.87 133.60 133.78 134.08 126.39 129.11 131.06 123.94 132.43 129.51 129.27 2006 133.51 133.81 133.98 129.36 124.42 126.89 129.12 125.54 128.16 119.46 114.43 114.67 126.11 2007 109.14 119.30 124.45 129.26 126.46 123.67 125.95 125.38 123.95 119.03 118.20 115.82 121.72 2008 115.77 121.21 121.55 119.22 123.86 119.57 117.15 119.40 116.20 107.59 107.22 97.90 115.55 2009 107.13 107.47 108.94 114.61 116.13 107.94 107.85 109.52 105.54 104.89 105.91 106.15 108.51 2010 108.31 115.33 122.31 131.34 131.12 128.97 126.45 122.46 116.52 117.10 123.62 133.48 123.08 2011 139.01 146.82 157.26 150.71 146.22 137.75 144.55 143.29 137.88 143.82 156.38 161.05 147.06 2012 175.72 186.45 191.72 188.20 182.98 176.97 147.79 151.51 154.31 159.97 160.31 159.31 169.60 2013 172.82 173.25 167.95 164.23 158.41 161.18 169.76 178.68 172.65 179.56 188.50 189.90 173.07 2014 204.41 202.02 216.10 215.85 223.15 239.94 256.56 263.66 258.91 276.43 295.81 290.13 245.25 2015 275.07 270.54 279.47 280.09 277.95 277.16 263.89 245.04 220.98 208.28 207.97 192.65 249.92 2016 191.30 188.81 195.04 181.15 174.52 159.43 155.11 157.88 143.76 129.13 141.36 150.21 163.98 Notes: 1/ Source: United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service, compiled by the Livestock Marketing Information Center.



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Table 4. Cattle prices, monthly average – Oklahoma City medium and large frame #1, 700-800 lb. steers ($/cwt.) Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Avg.

1992 $80.32 $80.81 $79.73 $78.24 $79.01 $81.61 $83.01 $84.53 $84.70 $84.10 $84.89 $86.49 $82.29 1993 87.44 85.56 85.95 86.92 87.39 89.03 89.58 89.33 87.82 86.41 86.49 85.82 87.31 1994

84.28 82.74 82.65 82.21 77.40 76.52 78.72 78.42 74.53 72.85 75.64 77.04 78.58

1995

77.03 73.19 69.96 66.33 65.37 67.23 66.58 66.93 66.42 66.90 67.50 68.19 68.47

1996

60.24 58.45 56.07 53.19 56.31 61.57 62.43 63.64 63.72 64.21 67.08 67.34 61.19

1997

69.48 70.04 69.49 72.73 77.26 78.68 82.77 81.02 78.95 77.59 78.42 81.34 76.48

1998 1999

77.92 76.21 74.96 75.91 75.00 73.64 70.16 67.62 67.70 71.08 69.41 69.66 72.44 72.13 73.47 72.16 71.89 71.34 76.73 76.26 77.89 79.82 80.79 83.93 88.86 77.11

2000 2001

88.49 85.62 85.18 85.68 85.13 88.42 90.99 87.23 84.78 87.49 91.99 93.43 87.87 88.38 88.00 88.85 91.27 89.75 92.68 92.26 91.80 92.64 90.01 86.39 86.87 89.91

2002

83.66 83.18 81.29 79.16 78.36 78.01 78.97 79.98 81.45 82.38 84.03 86.40 81.41

2003

82.03 78.93 77.89 81.02 83.17 88.01 91.32 95.98 102.75 106.00 105.71 102.99 91.32

2004

87.24 87.81 92.13 97.97 106.70 114.40 119.64 118.96 115.43 116.55 110.80 106.69 106.19

2005 105.57 103.79 107.70 114.23 115.28 116.93 111.96 114.03 114.98 116.19 118.32 114.22 112.77 2006 112.50 107.64 105.12 104.01 104.81 113.07 115.80 115.90 118.48 110.20 101.98 102.83 109.36 2007

96.20 98.97 106.42 109.67 111.00 110.49 114.27 118.35 118.23 113.55 110.79 107.36 109.61

2008 2009

98.69 104.64 101.57 103.40 109.28 110.11 111.57 113.38 110.00 97.21 97.66 90.55 104.01 95.71 93.08 92.57 100.33 100.99 99.77 102.72 101.96 98.57 94.80 94.58 94.14 97.44

2010 96.38 99.98 105.01 114.19 114.91 112.63 114.29 114.95 112.24 110.48 114.56 118.82 110.70 2011 125.67 127.91 130.97 134.51 129.83 132.20 138.28 136.07 133.55 140.65 144.97 144.67 134.94 2012 150.98 156.80 157.79 151.63 151.13 153.89 140.70 139.24 144.74 145.11 143.98 146.89 148.57 2013 148.12 142.60 137.89 137.72 133.60 138.11 148.45 155.73 158.95 166.56 167.09 164.77 149.97 2014 168.53 168.09 174.91 180.46 191.29 203.77 219.99 222.97 233.00 241.95 238.60 235.75 206.61 2015 220.53 209.74 214.16 218.52 223.03 230.26 224.39 217.41 200.71 191.34 179.66 161.09 207.57 2016 160.52 155.36 159.72 153.10 147.69 144.38 144.52 146.81 135.17 126.04 129.15 131.49 144.50 Notes: 1/ Source: United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service, compiled by the Livestock Marketing Information Center.

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Table 5. Cattle prices, monthly average – Oklahoma City medium and large frame #1, 500-600 lb. heifers ($/cwt.) Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Avg.

1992 1993

$79.31 $84.28 $85.56 $85.27 $81.95 $83.21 $85.21 $86.84 $84.36 $81.46 $82.06 $82.61 $83.51 85.84 86.24 88.85 93.92 91.53 90.94 90.57 90.11 87.67 84.60 83.44 85.98 88.31

1994

83.79 85.17 88.23 87.16 80.65 76.52 80.09 79.92 74.00 71.30 74.05 75.46 79.70

1995

75.10 74.67 74.58 70.86 66.40 67.30 64.40 63.43 59.66 56.24 56.00 55.25 65.32

1996

52.47 53.36 52.57 48.43 50.25 54.97 54.75 57.72 57.82 56.26 57.24 59.11 54.58

1997

62.18 70.05 76.02 75.83 78.82 79.93 84.83 81.56 79.70 73.57 73.87 75.25 75.97

1998 1999

75.00 77.67 79.53 82.09 78.79 73.59 70.34 68.31 65.39 66.25 67.05 69.09 72.76 70.39 73.60 76.37 76.74 76.57 78.44 78.84 77.90 78.65 78.27 81.64 85.95 77.78

2000 2001

88.63 90.56 95.44 93.11 90.58 93.10 96.59 91.17 86.13 87.12 91.21 91.40 91.25 91.35 92.67 98.08 99.46 94.13 98.58 94.75 92.93 90.98 84.29 83.46 84.55 92.10

2002

87.67 89.01 86.68 85.40 82.37 79.97 81.11 78.38 80.00 79.98 79.92 83.48 82.83

2003

83.72 84.53 86.72 87.64 88.63 91.91 94.85 94.07 98.22 102.02 102.12 103.40 93.15

2004

90.73 93.82 102.70 104.81 112.21 120.02 120.98 120.97 115.22 112.97 112.51 111.83 109.90

2005

108.20 111.63 118.74 120.92 124.53 124.47 117.16 116.66 118.41 116.60 114.56 118.46 117.53

2006

121.00 118.57 119.21 115.68 114.52 117.31 116.58 116.82 117.99 107.79 88.94 99.40 112.82

2007

95.73 101.77 111.71 114.67 111.86 110.01 115.18 118.43 114.48 108.85 107.00 103.99 109.47

2008 2009

99.36 104.92 106.24 105.53 110.10 108.12 108.99 110.68 107.18 92.70 90.74 84.90 102.46 91.69 93.51 95.73 102.84 104.08 99.47 101.54 102.48 98.85 90.14 90.99 91.79 96.93

2010 2011

95.24 101.33 109.30 116.92 115.91 111.72 114.96 114.80 109.82 105.96 108.39 114.77 109.93 121.83 131.50 138.75 137.84 132.51 129.62 132.10 130.35 126.19 131.79 139.44 140.51 132.70

2012

152.23 165.03 169.40 161.56 160.28 157.30 133.89 137.17 139.94 141.26 141.42 143.58 150.26

2013

152.18 149.95 147.80 144.84 139.61 139.76 145.99 155.48 158.17 162.72 168.55 168.43 152.79

2014

174.48 178.27 187.04 193.47 202.34 220.32 235.26 242.06 244.05 247.74 264.94 263.53 221.13

2015

240.86 236.49 253.18 249.09 257.46 257.09 232.19 230.38 202.23 183.86 176.53 158.16 223.13

2016

164.52 166.90 172.34 161.88 161.76 142.80 148.77 145.92 133.02 116.88 126.64 126.84 147.36

Notes: 1/ Source: United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service, compiled by the Livestock Marketing Information Center.



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Table 6. Cattle prices, monthly average – Oklahoma City medium and large frame #1, 700-800 lb. heifers ($/cwt.) Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Avg.

1992 $76.50 $78.03 $76.02 $74.12 $73.99 $77.84 $79.74 $80.79 $79.71 $79.31 $79.44 $80.24 $77.98 1993 84.52 80.72 81.76 81.85 82.63 84.43 84.40 83.80 82.39 82.02 80.39 79.27 82.35 1994

79.68 78.74 78.13 76.44 72.66 71.24 73.66 72.83 70.08 67.50 71.60 72.71 73.77

1995

73.00 69.18 64.89 61.97 60.63 62.80 62.80 62.64 61.96 61.44 63.46 62.61 63.95

1996

55.22 53.86 51.83 48.79 52.28 57.77 59.09 60.27 59.41 58.41 60.86 60.55 56.53

1997

63.44 65.19 65.53 68.23 73.14 74.96 78.33 75.87 73.59 70.18 72.25 73.57 71.19

1998 1999

70.51 70.66 70.59 72.07 69.70 67.64 65.94 63.48 62.33 63.90 62.81 62.61 66.85 67.00 67.54 67.01 65.60 64.81 70.59 73.44 73.34 72.79 74.64 75.49 80.38 71.05

2000 2001

81.11 79.15 78.67 78.93 77.81 83.37 86.00 81.99 78.76 81.50 85.48 84.06 81.40 83.08 81.27 82.89 83.36 83.29 87.71 87.39 86.17 85.03 81.88 78.40 79.15 83.30

2002

78.93 77.83 74.66 71.44 72.56 72.37 73.92 75.98 74.83 76.22 78.77 81.08 75.72

2003

78.23 75.48 72.70 74.49 77.68 83.41 86.29 89.61 95.11 97.61 95.32 95.99 85.16

2004

83.44 81.59 85.38 90.07 100.23 107.84 109.96 110.35 110.99 109.31 103.75 99.19 99.34

2005 100.90 98.00 101.67 105.01 107.78 108.67 105.29 104.21 108.11 108.80 110.52 108.31 105.61 2006 105.83 100.96 95.87 94.08 92.60 105.11 107.06 108.13 110.81 102.78 95.42 96.52 101.26 2007

91.48 92.71 95.90 99.05 100.65 101.54 107.74 109.61 110.17 104.89 102.99 97.21 101.16

2008 2009

92.36 95.16 91.73 92.73 99.62 101.81 105.24 107.48 101.48 88.44 90.03 84.17 95.85 88.17 86.09 83.27 89.12 92.16 92.26 97.02 95.40 90.92 86.77 87.57 86.67 89.62

2010 90.49 93.27 95.20 104.54 105.21 104.16 107.01 106.87 103.96 102.83 106.05 110.35 102.50 2011 115.73 118.50 119.58 123.23 119.87 120.89 125.69 122.28 121.48 128.48 128.68 132.33 123.06 2012 140.28 143.25 142.67 136.45 138.22 140.44 129.56 129.65 134.68 133.75 133.11 137.71 136.65 2013 137.30 133.02 128.52 127.03 125.05 130.04 138.84 142.84 144.20 152.80 155.54 152.86 139.00 2014 156.01 155.67 159.56 166.07 175.71 189.34 203.61 209.20 215.68 225.96 227.03 222.71 192.21 2015 205.04 189.95 194.55 201.63 201.95 210.35 205.56 201.10 185.60 181.21 165.01 151.43 191.12 2016 148.38 142.26 146.54 139.70 136.62 133.66 134.03 135.49 128.26 117.43 122.24 125.99 134.22 Notes: 1/ Source: United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service, compiled by the Livestock Marketing Information Center.

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