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Virginia Choice Steer Prices Graded Slaughter Cattle Sales
Livestock Update, April 1997
Bill McKinnon, Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech
Year JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVG 1987 $58.35 $60.93 $59.66 $63.75 $69.94 $68.14 $66.03 $64.28 $65.11 $64.45 $62.97 $63.43 $63.92 1988 $64.72 $66.95 $69.50 $70.29 $72.65 $70.03 $66.02 $66.73 $68.79 $67.80 $66.75 $68.22 $68.20 1989 $72.15 $73.00 $72.82 $72.29 $73.06 $71.60 $70.39 $69.81 $67.91 $67.22 $69.62 $71.34 $70.93 1990 $74.14 $75.68 $74.70 $74.17 $75.73 $76.41 $72.20 $74.41 $72.73 $73.34 $77.04 $78.97 $74.96 1991 $78.90 $76.05 $77.01 $76.35 $76.57 $73.56 $71.43 $68.08 $64.98 $66.15 $65.82 $66.12 $71.75 1992 $66.87 $72.84 $73.48 $70.75 $71.31 $70.98 $70.81 $70.52 $70.57 $71.59 $72.55 $73.45 $71.31 1993 $76.71 $76.92 $78.43 $77.51 $79.32 $77.86 $73.03 $71.48 $70.31 $68.74 $67.90 $68.11 $73.86 1994 $68.35 $69.35 $69.54 $70.50 $65.86 $60.67 $62.73 $65.75 $63.23 $62.26 $65.41 $64.92 $65.71 1995 $68.38 $70.08 $65.57 $60.84 $59.63 $63.66 $62.60 $63.16 $60.74 $62.10 $65.39 $64.24 $63.87 1996 $62.35 $59.79 $58.77 $57.08 $56.31 $59.82 $62.90 $65.06 $65.76 $69.63 $69.89 $65.61 $62.75 10 YR Avg. $69.09 $70.16 $69.95 $69.35 $70.04 $69.27 $67.81 $67.93 $67.01 $67.33 $68.33 $68.44 $68.73