PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTANA FARMERS 



Crop 



and 



Year 



SELECTED COMMODITIES BY MONTHS, 1980-I98S 



37 



Jan , 



Feb. 



Mar. 



ALL WHEAT 



1980 5.63 3.71 3.64 3.66 3.66 3.80 4.11 



1981 4.31 4.46 4.30 4.41 4.27 4.16 3.72 



1982 3.81 3.76 3.72 3.80 3.73 3.64 3.60 



1983 3.54 3.52 3.62 3.64 3.76 3.69 3.71 



1984 3.63 3.60 3.63 3.76 3.77 3.85 3.77 



1985 3.52 3.47 3.49 3.51 3.54 3.49 3.27 



WINTER WHEAT 



1980 3.64 3.72 3.41 3.47 3.54 3.54 3.73 



1981 4.13 4.22 4.13 4.12 4.08 3.99 3.63 



1982 3.74 3.63 3.69 3.65 3.65 3.44 3.41 



1983 3.66 3.56 3.66 3.60 3.65 3.62 3.49 



1984 3.54 3.46 3.44 3.53 3.56 3.63 3.44 



1985 3.44 3.37 3.39 3.38 3.41 3.35 3.10 



SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM 



1980 3.58 3.67 3.66 3.72 3.71 3.77 3.99 



1981 4.28 4.27 4.35 4.51 4.38 4.29 3.81 



1982 3.88 3.87 3.75 3.90 3.81 3.79 3.69 



1983 3.45 3.46 3.59 3.71 3.88 3.77 3.77 



1984 3.70 3.71 3.80 3.85 3.95 4.02 3.94 



1985 3.64 3.59 3.62 3.73 3.74 3.69 3.60 



BARLEY 



1980 2.16 2.07 2.03 2.12 2.11 2.14 2.26 



1981 2.91 2.91 2.94 2.91 2.96 2.97 2.88 



1982 2.38 2.25 2.27 2.28 2.38 2.34 2.16 



1983 2.06 1.94 2.14 2.20 2.19 2.16 2.20 



1984 2.50 2.52 2.51 2.51 2.60 2.64 2.93 



1985 2.46 2.20 2.11 2.13 2.06 2.02 2.01 



ALL HAY 



1980 54.50 53.00 55.00 56.50 55.00 60.00 65.00 



1981 60.00 60.00 55.00 53.00 50.00 55.00 51.00 



1982 47.00 48.00 46.00 45.00 44.00 47.00 47.00 



1983 51.00 51.00 48.00 50.00 50.00 55.00 50.00 



1984 70.00 72.00 72.00 75.00 75.00 90.00 85.00 



1985 77.00 81.00 79.00 82.00 82.00 81.00 81.00 



BEEF CATTLE 



1980 60.30 65.00 63.10 54.50 52.80 54.60 53.90 



1981 55.20 57.00 55.30 57.70 52.70 51.70 49.00 



1982 44.10 48.90 52.90 51.60 50.70 46.00 45.20 



1983 47.80 54.20 58.90 57.50 53.10 48.30 44.30 



1984 45.60 53.10 56.00 51.20 49.40 44.10 43.70 



1985 49.20 54.30 51.90 52.70 49.10 43.60 41.20 



STEERS 4 HEIFERS 



1980 72.60 76.50 71.20 63.10 61.80 64.10 65.60 



1981 65.70 67.20 62.00 65.40 60.20 61.40 58.80 



1982 55.50 57.80 60.60 60.40 60.60 58.60 57.90 



1983 59.40 64.90 65.90 63.70 62.00 61.60 55.10 



1984 59.70 62.10 62.60 58.60 58.50 55.00 55.40 



1985 61.50 63.90 60.90 61.40 59.30 54.80 51.30 



COWS 



1980 48.00 50.30 51.80 42.90 41.50 44.30 43.90 



1981 44.70 46.40 43.90 42.80 41.10 43.20 42.40 



1982 36.70 37.20 41.70 39.30 42.60 40.90 41.40 



1983 35.60 41.30 43.00 42.10 41.50 41.10 39.30 



1984 35.40 39.70 42.90 39.20 39.90 40.10 39.50 



1985 35.70 41.70 40.90 39.70 39.00 37.60 35.70 



CALVES 



1980 85.00 90.00 82.80 72.60 70.00 73.80 73.90 



1981 71.70 71.00 68.20 69.60 64.50 63.40 61.50 



1982 56.50 59.80 61.10 61.70 63.20 62.90 61.00 



1983 64.70 66.30 67.40 67.00 67.70 65.10 56.90 



1984 62.20 64.80 62.50 60.70 59.90 58.70 59.10 



1985 63.20 66.30 65.80 67.60 64.60 59.50 54.40 



LAMBS 



1980 66.20 61.30 65.80 57.30 55.60 56.80 67.50 



1981 52.20 56.80 52.20 50.40 53.30 56.80 57.90 



1982 47.80 50.10 57.20 54.80 56.60 52.80 52.80 



1983.... 54.40 63.90 62.50 53.80 49.60 51.40 47.40 



1984 57.10 57.00 54.50 52.50 49.00 53.90 57.60 



1985 63.70 67.10 66.50 56.80 58.00 65.20 66.30 



HOGS 



1980 35.00 35.90 34.00 27.30 26.60 31.90 39.90 



1981 38.90 42.40 39.50 38.20 39.30 43.70 43.40 



1982 41.40 48.50 46.20 48.90 53.40 58.40 58.30 



1983 55.10 54.90 50.80 45.70 44.80 42.20 42.80 



1984 44.60 42.30 42.70 43.90 43.00 44.00 45.90 



1985 43.00 43.40 38.50 36.10 36.50 37.10 42.40 



