18 Economic 



1989 Montana Agricultural Statistics 



PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTANA FARMERS: 

 1985-1989 „ 



Selected Commodities By Months, 



Crop & 



Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. 



ALL WHEAT --Dollars per Bushel- 



1985 3.52 3.47 3.49 3.51 3.54 3.49 3.36 3.26 3.40 



1986 3.60 3.55 3.55 3.50 3.49 3.03 2.62 2.33 2.32 



1987 2.65 2.54 2.54 2.56 2.64 2.57 2.34 2.38 2.57 



1988 2.78 2.81 2.85 2.87 2.95 3.25 3.68 3.86 3.95 



1989 4.01 4.02 4.08 4.13 4.06 4.10 4.00 3.81 



WINTER WHEAT 



1985 3.44 3.37 3.39 3.38 3.41 3.35 3.21 3.19 3.26 



1986 3.43 3.36 3.22 3.24 3.18 2.65 2.43 2.20 2.19 



1987 2.49 2.42 2.44 2.43 2.51 2.52 2.28 2.30 2.36 



1988 2.73 2.77 2.80 2.82 2.83 3.01 3.30 3.31 3.55 



1989 3.93 3.93 4.02 4.05 3.99 4.09 3.98 3.82 



SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM 



1985 3.64 3.59 3.62 3.73 3.74 3.69 3.54 3.32 3.49 



1986 3.83 3.84 3.88 3.76 3.83 3.24 2.87 2.50 2.43 



1987 2.79 2.64 2.65 2.66 2.77 2.56 2.31 2.46 2.61 



1988 2.78 2.83 2.87 2.87 2.98 3.26 3.74 3.94 4.11 



1989 4.16 4.11 4.20 4.20 4.15 4.12 4.04 3.81 



BARLEY 



1985 2.46 2.20 2.11 2.13 2.06 2.02 2.20 1.96 2.05 



1986 2.13 2.10 1.93 1.92 1.87 1.70 2.20 1.48 1.41 



1987 1.62 1.63 1.70 1.64 1.68 1.63 2.13 1.84 2.09 



1988 1.68 1.77 1.65 1.64 1.60 1.84 2.67 2.76 2.81 



1989 2.95 2.98 2.76 2.86 2.72 2,41 2.15 2.61 



ALL HAY -Dollars per Ton- 



1985 77.00 81.00 79.00 82.00 82.00 81.00 81.00 81.00 81.00 



1986 85.00 89.00 90.00 90.00 84.00 72.00 55.00 55.00 51.00 



1987 51.00 46.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 50.00 50.00 47.00 46.00 



1988 46.00 43.00 41.00 41.00 42.00 60.00 70.00 82.00 87.00 



1989 93.00 92.00 99.00 104.00 101.00 85.00 67.00 70.00 



BEEF CATTLE -Dollars per Hundredweight - 



1985 49.40 54.30 51.90 52.70 49.10 43.60 41.80 43.50 45.10 



1986 46.40 49.60 49.30 46.20 46.70 44.00 43.10 48.00 53.60 



1987 55.30 59.40 60.10 61.40 56.10 51.80 51.90 59.00 67.90 



1988 68.10 70.60 69.40 66.50 61.30 54.60 53.30 63.50 69.00 



1989 68.20 71.50 67.20 62.60 60.90 55.10 55.20 63.80 



STEERS & HEIFERS 



1985 62.50 63.90 60.90 61.40 59.30 54.80 54.50 52.10 52.40 



1986 56.50 58.00 55.50 52.40 53.70 53.30 51.80 55.20 58.30 



1987 63.50 66.70 67.00 68.80 67.90 65.30 65.70 68.50 71.60 



1988 80.30 78.70 77.80 75.00 73.10 70.20 69.50 75.50 76.20 



1989 81.20 79.80 75.90 73.80 73.10 71.30 69.20 76.40 



COWS 



1985 35.90 41.70 40.90 39.70 39.00 37.60 34.10 34.80 33.30 



1986 34.00 38.50 37.90 34.60 36.30 36.50 37.30 37.10 36.50 



1987 40.10 45.70 47.40 44.50 44.20 44.60 44.40 44.70 45.90 



1988 48.30 51.60 49.80 50.70 49.50 45.10 46.30 45.50 45.70 



1989 45.20 47.80 46.90 45.70 46.00 46.40 48.00 48.50 



CALVES 



1985 63.20 66.30 65.80 67.60 64.60 59.50 64.60 65.40 58.10 



1986 60.30 59.90 60.60 59.50 60.40 59.10 58.30 61.40 62.60 



1987 70.40 72.90 72.10 74.90 72.30 74.50 72.50 85.70 88.30 



1988 90.10 90.50 91.70 86.70 84.30 81.80 92.90 97.00 91.30 



1989 90.20 92.20 88.60 85.10 86.30 87.70 83.90 92.40 



IAMBS 



1985 63.70 67.10 66.50 56.80 58.00 65.20 69.80 69.70 68.90 



1986 66.80 69.60 59.60 57.60 58.40 68.10 70.80 66.60 64.30 



1987 78.00 77.00 75.50 70.50 66.50 81.60 78.50 79.30 81.30 



1988 90.60 80.20 72.80 68.70 72.20 62.50 61.30 61.90 63.60 



1989 69.00 68.40 67.50 61.30 65.10 68.50 65.50 67.60 



myr.s 



1985 43.00 43.40 38.50 36.10 36.10 37.10 37.80 35.60 31.50 



1986 35.40 35.80 33.60 35.50 40.10 45.50 50.40 53.20 49.20 



1987 42.20 44.10 41.60 44.00 47.60 52.90 53.90 52.20 48.50 



1988 33.60 40.10 35.90 34.80 40.40 40.50 38.20 40.40 35.40 



1989 36.60 38.20 34.50 31.40 35.60 36.80 37.40 40.80 



