1996 Montana Agricultural Statistics 



Economic-Prices Received-Livestock 25 



PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTANA FARMERS: Selected Commodities By Months, 1992-1996 



Commodity 

 and Year 



EsL 



Mar 



Apr, 



May June 



July 



Aug. Sept. 



Oct 



Noy. 



Dec 



BEEF CATTLE 



1992 65.10 



1993 74.70 



1994 77.70 



1995 69.20 



1996 52.60 



STEERS & HEIFERS 



1992 79.60 



1993 87.40 



1994 85.20 



1995 75.80 



1996 58.70 



-Dollars per Hundredweight- 



COWS 



1992 48.00 49.70 53.10 50.70 50.60 51.20 48.90 49.10 47.20 44.90 45.40 45.50 



1993 47.80 49.10 49.10 49.40 51.40 52.70 52.50 51.70 49.40 46.70 46.00 44.60 



1994 45.90 47.20 48.10 48.60 46.40 45.30 44.50 44 60 41.70 37.70 35.90 38.10 



1995 42.90 43.30 43.50 40.80 39.10 39.90 39.60 38.00 35.40 32.40 30.10 32.10 



1996 33.30 33.70 34.00 31.60 32.70 32.90 33.30 37.60 35.20* 



CALVES '^ 



1992 87.90 92.00 



1993 96.20 96.00 



1994 98.40 97.70 



1995 83.00 82.50 



1996 62.30 62.20 



90.40 88.30 85.30 



98.90 102.00 97.30 



99.40 97.10 89.30 



79.60 74.20 72.10 



61.30 56.80 59.40 



SHEEP 



1992 27.90 31.80 28.50 28.00 17.00 21.20 21.10 26.60 



1993 30.80 32.80 33.40 22.00 30.80 29.50 30.70 30.30 



1994 33.70 32.40 35.50 27.10 29.80 31.30 30.40 26.70 



1995 30.60 33.80 26.80 25.60 25.00 28.00 29.70 28.90 



1996 29.00 31.10 35.70 28.70 25.20 31.90 33.50 31.70 



LAMBS 



1992 51.40 53.90 59.60 60.80 57.40 62.70 57.50 52.60 



1993 69.10 72.80 73.20 55.70 55.60 55.00 52.40 65.70 



1994 62.30 61.40 56.90 49.30 47.30 64 20 71.90 7160 



1995 67.30 73.20 72.60 65.80 84.10 86.80 85.70 83.90 



1996 80.10 86.60 90.00 87.00 94.60 98.80 99.60 88.50 



ALL MILK 



1992 14.00 13.40 13.00 12.70 12.20 12 70 13.30 13.60 



1993 13.30 13.10 12.60 12.70 12.50 13.20 13.90 13.60 



1994 14.50 14.30 14.10 13.90 13.90 14.00 12.80 12.80 



1995 13.70 13.30 13.40 13.10 13.40 12.60 12.40 13.10 



1996 15.00 15.40 14.00 13.90 14.10 13.90 15.40 16.20 



20.70 

 24.20 

 26.40 

 26.40 

 N.A. 



53.70 

 67.00 

 66.70 

 84.00 



N.A. 



14.00 

 13.40 

 1300 

 12.90 

 16.70* 



20.80 

 23.20 

 25.70 

 23.30 



52.30 

 64.80 

 65.50 

 80.40 



14.00 

 14.10 

 13.40 

 13.50 



21.90 

 24.60 

 30.90 

 21.00 



56.50 

 66.70 

 66 90 

 78.20 



1400 

 14.10 

 13.90 

 13.80 



29.20 

 28.80 

 33.10 

 24.60 



67.20 

 68 40 

 66.90 

 80.20 



13.60 

 14.20 

 13.70 

 14.20 



* Preliminary figures. " Weighing less than 500 lbs. N.A.-Not available. 



