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U.S. Choice Steer Prices
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 $60.19 $63.36 $64.34 $69.27 $71.55 $69.90 $65.79 $65.27 $66.28 $66.25 $66.19 $65.31 $66.14 1988 $66.69 $69.79 $72.29 $73.65 $75.70 $70.51 $66.67 $69.49 $69.51 $71.66 $72.38 $72.86 $70.93 1989 $73.76 $74.74 $78.13 $76.97 $74.97 $71.76 $71.18 $72.91 $69.36 $71.60 $74.72 $77.21 $73.94 1990 $78.32 $78.24 $78.90 $79.58 $77.82 $76.31 $75.22 $77.28 $77.53 $79.18 $80.62 $80.82 $78.32 1991 $79.26 $79.38 $80.88 $80.78 $78.15 $74.23 $71.98 $67.05 $68.45 $70.16 $71.33 $69.70 $74.28 1992 $72.65 $76.81 $77.80 $77.62 $75.71 $73.60 $72.87 $73.97 $74.49 $75.34 $74.99 $77.41 $75.27 1993 $79.29 $80.19 $82.16 $81.61 $80.40 $76.57 $73.69 $74.67 $72.99 $71.40 $72.14 $71.56 $76.40 1994 $72.40 $72.68 $75.16 $75.26 $68.12 $63.60 $65.99 $67.36 $66.55 $66.26 $69.01 $69.06 $69.29 1995 $72.92 $73.54 $70.71 $67.57 $64.04 $63.99 $62.09 $62.01 $63.76 $64.48 $67.65 $66.09 $66.57 1996 $63.93 $62.92 $62.14 $59.62 $59.64 $61.48 $64.00 $67.09 $70.76 $70.98 $70.86 $66.59 $66.57 10 YR Avg. $71.94 $73.17 $74.25 $74.19 $72.61 $70.20 $68.95 $69.71 $69.97 $70.73 $71.99 $71.66 $71.61