Live weight production and annual average price received by farmers, per 100 pounds All cattle Hogs Sheep Pro- Price, Price, Pro- Pro- Price, Price, duc- beef veal duc- Price duc- sheep lambs tion cattle calves tion tion Year 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 Million Million Million pounds Dollars Dollars pounds Dollars pounds Dollars Dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 | 39,450 27.10 34.50 21,851 22.70 1,082 7.64 26.40 1969 | 1969 | 37,142 26.20 31.50 20,489 22.20 1,037 8.24 27.20 1968 | 36,368 23.40 27.60 21,102 18.50 1,130 6.55 24.40 1967 | 35,932 22.30 26.30 20,634 18.90 1,143 6.35 22.10 1966 | 35,020 22.29 26.00 19,107 22.80 1,251 6.84 23.40 | 1965 | 34,003 19.80 22.00 18,055 20.60 1,217 6.34 22.80 1964 | 1964 | 34,836 18.00 20.40 20,217 14.80 1,331 6.00 19.90 1963 | 32,777 19.90 24.00 20,960 14.90 1,403 5.76 18.10 1962 | 30,775 21.30 25.10 20,275 16.30 1,491 5.63 17.85 1961 | 29,902 20.20 23.70 20,167 16.60 1,646 5.20 15.80 | 1960 | 28,796 20.40 22.90 19,203 15.30 1,628 5.60 17.90 1959 | 1959 | 28,280 22.60 26.70 21,273 14.10 1,713 6.00 18.70 1958 | 26,764 21.90 25.30 19,180 19.60 1,657 7.20 21.00 1957 | 26,555 17.20 18.70 18,413 17.80 1,534 6.05 19.90 1956 | 27,531 14.90 16.10 19,089 14.40 1,569 5.60 18.50 | 1955 | 28,099 15.60 16.80 20,154 15.00 1,618 5.78 18.40 1954 | 1954 | 27,580 16.00 16.50 18,218 21.60 1,607 6.14 19.10 1953 | 27,405 16.30 16.70 16,800 21.40 1,538 6.67 19.30 1952 | 24,933 24.30 25.80 19,727 17.80 1,471 10.00 24.30 1951 | 22,990 28.70 31.90 21,436 20.00 1,372 16.00 31.00 | 1950 | 1950 | 21,185 23.30 26.30 20,214 18.00 1,336 11.60 25.10 1949 | 19,274 19.80 22.60 19,457 18.10 1,278 9.27 22.40 1948 | 18,402 22.20 24.40 18,222 23.10 1,383 9.69 22.80 1947 | 19,130 18.40 20.40 18,159 24.10 1,567 8.39 20.50 1946 | 18,999 14.50 15.20 18,744 17.50 1,762 7.48 15.60 | 1945 | 1945 | 19,517 12.10 13.00 18,843 14.00 1,912 6.38 13.10 1944 | 19,708 10.80 12.40 20,584 13.06 1,938 6.01 12.50 1943 | 19,159 11.90 13.30 25,375 13.69 2,108 6.57 13.00 1942 | 18,568 10.70 12.30 21,105 13.04 2,313 5.80 11.70 1941 | 17,029 8.82 10.30 17,489 9.09 2,251 5.06 9.58 | 1940 | 1940 | 15,702 7.56 8.83 17,043 5.39 2,101 3.95 8.10 1939 | 15,177 7.14 8.40 17,079 6.23 2,029 3.90 7.78 1938 | 14,047 6.54 7.90 14,372 7.74 2,038 3.58 7.05 1937 | 15,746 7.00 8.10 12,506 9.50 1,932 4.52 8.88 1936 | 14,438 5.82 7.20 12,976 9.37 1,852 3.77 8.05 | 1935 | 1935 | 13,651 6.04 7.16 10,673 8.65 1,835 3.75 7.28 1934 | 14,538 4.13 4.92 12,385 4.14 1,911 2.85 5.90 1933 | 15,405 3.75 4.64 16,566 3.53 1,860 2.38 5.04 1932 | 14,232 4.25 4.95 16,368 3.34 1,829 2.24 4.47 1931 | 13,386 5.53 6.95 16,541 5.73 2,052 3.11 5.64 | 1930 | 1930 | 13,263 7.71 9.68 15,176 8.84 1,965 4.74 7.76 1929 | 12,754 9.47 12.16 15,582 9.42 1,823 7.19 11.90 1928 | 12,327 9.52 11.75 16,189 8.54 1,773 7.65 12.20 1927 | 12,072 7.62 10.14 16,340 9.64 1,664 7.01 11.50 1926 | 12,605 6.75 9.34 14,909 11.79 1,609 7.20 11.70 | 1925 | 1925 | 12,953 6.53 8.59 14,168 10.91 1,508 7.56 12.40 1924 | 13,402 5.84 7.83 15,388 7.34 1,459 6.57 10.80 1923 | 13,174 5.84 7.90 17,008 6.94 1,253 6.55 10.52 1922 | 13,185 5.73 7.64 16,518 8.40 1,080 5.96 9.90 1921 | 12,817 5.63 7.85 14,132 7.63 1,146 4.55 7.13 | 1920 | 1920 | 12,403 8.71 11.80 13,533 12.92 926 8.17 11.64 1919 | 13,387 9.97 12.68 13,986 16.39 1,143 9.26 12.83 1918 | 15,658 9.88 11.73 14,792 16.14 1,238 10.75 13.96 1917 | 16,764 8.54 10.42 12,928 13.89 1,126 9.58 12.71 1916 | 15,933 6.76 8.37 13,582 8.37 1,118 6.28 8.34 | 1915 | 15,136 6.26 7.70 13,935 6.47 1,254 5.30 6.98 1914 | 15,562 6.52 7.85 12,594 7.52 1,271 4.83 6.36 1913 | 14,866 6.20 7.51 12,220 7.54 1,187 4.52 5.99 1912 | 13,807 5.43 6.49 11,945 6.73 1,275 4.25 5.62 1911 | 12,586 4.57 5.97 12,517 6.21 1,128 4.01 5.17 | 1910 | 1910 | 12,672 4.86 6.40 12,025 8.14 1,150 4.99 6.16 1909 | 13,081 11,027 6.62 1,272 Beef Veal Pork Lamb and mutton --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cattle Produc- Price of Calves Produc- Price of Hogs Produc- Price of Lambs and Produc- Price of Year slaugh- tion, beef steers slaugh- tion, veal calves slaugh- tion, hogs sheep tion, lambs tered dressed per cwt. tered dressed per cwt. tered dressed per cwt. slaugh- dressed per cwt. weight weight weight tered weight --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 head Mil. lb. Dollars 1,000 head Mil. lb. Dollars 1,000 head Mil. lb. Dollars 1,000 head Mil. lb. Dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 | 35,354 21,651 30.20 4,204 588 86,962 13,427 10,802 551 1969 | 35,574 21,126 30.48 5,010 673 84,958 12,946 23.09 10,923 550 28.35 1968 | 35,414 20,846 27.65 5,613 734 86,401 13,055 18.65 12,119 602 26.02 1967 | 34,295 20,184 25.97 6,107 792 83,421 12,572 18.88 13,034 646 23.48 1966 | 34,171 19,694 26.17 6,861 910 75,325 11,328 22.61 13,003 650 25.00 | 1965 | 33,171 18,699 25.81 7,788 1,020 76,394 11,132 20.78 13,300 651 24.29 1964 | 31,678 18,429 22.86 7,632 1,013 86,284 12,503 14.89 14,895 715 21.93 1963 | 28,070 16,428 23.79 7,204 929 87,117 12,419 15.03 16,147 770 18.69 1962 | 26,911 15,298 27.20 7,857 1,015 83,424 11,819 16.44 17,168 808 19.45 1961 | 26,471 15,300 24.46 8,080 1,044 81,970 11,399 16.71 17,537 832 17.07 | 1960 | 26,029 14,728 25.93 8,615 1,109 28.07 84,150 11,598 15.50 16,240 768 19.26 1959 | 23,723 13,580 27.53 8,072 1,008 31.91 87,606 11,993 14.12 15,528 738 20.93 1958 | 24,368 13,330 27.09 9,738 1,186 32.20 76,822 10,454 19.80 14,495 688 22.58 1957 | 27,068 14,202 23.48 12,353 1,526 25.93 78,636 10,424 17.89 15,292 707 22.37 1956 | 27,755 14,462 22.00 12,999 1,632 23.62 85,064 11,200 14.35 16,328 741 21.12 | 1955 | 26,587 13,569 22.59 12,864 1,578 24.80 81,051 10,990 14.80 16,553 758 20.95 1954 | 25,889 12,963 24.23 13,270 1,647 23.07 71,495 9,870 21.32 16,255 734 21.59 1953 | 24,465 12,407 23.62 12,200 1,546 25.04 74,368 10,006 21.65 16,321 729 22.46 1952 | 18,625 9,650 32.38 9,388 1,169 34.42 86,572 11,527 17.94 14,304 648 26.76 1951 | 17,084 8,837 35.72 8,902 1,059 37.19 85,540 11,481 20.12 11,416 521 34.31 | 1950 | 18,614 9,534 29.35 10,501 1,230 31.08 79,263 10,714 18.20 13,244 597 27.54 1949 | 18,765 9,439 25.80 11,398 1,334 27.64 74,997 10,286 18.12 13,780 603 25.54 1948 | 19,177 9,075 30.88 12,378 1,423 29.02 70,869 10,055 23.14 17,371 747 25.04 1947 | 22,404 10,432 25.83 13,726 1,605 24.98 74,001 10,502 24.45 18,706 799 22.63 1946 | 19,824 9,373 19.16 12,176 1,443 16.87 76,115 11,136 18.40 22,788 968 18.40 | 1945 | 21,694 10,276 16.18 13,657 1,664 15.12 71,891 10,697 14.66 24,639 1,054 14.90 1944 | 19,844 9,112 15.44 14,242 1,738 14.86 98,068 13,304 13.57 25,355 1,024 14.52 1943 | 17,845 8,571 15.30 9,940 1,167 15.18 95,226 13,640 14.31 27,073 1,104 14.91 1942 | 18,033 8,843 13.79 9,718 1,151 14.48 78,547 10,876 13.70 25,585 1,042 13.82 1941 | 16,419 8,082 11.33 9,252 1,036 12.18 71,397 9,528 9.45 22,309 923 11.28 | 1940 | 14,958 7,175 10.43 9,089 981 10.61 77,610 10,044 5.71 21,571 876 9.66 1939 | 14,621 7,011 9.75 9,191 991 9.82 66,561 8,660 6.57 21,614 872 9.33 1938 | 14,822 6,908 9.39 9,306 994 9.00 58,927 7,680 8.09 22,423 897 8.50 1937 | 15,254 6,798 11.47 10,304 1,108 10.07 53,715 6,951 10.02 21,455 852 10.78 1936 | 15,897 7,358 8.82 10,008 1,075 9.30 58,730 7,474 9.89 21,555 854 9.91 | 1935 | 14,566 6,608 10.26 9,580 1,023 8.88 46,011 5,919 9.27 22,000 877 9.02 1934 | 15,071 8,343 6.76 10,106 1,246 6.10 68,760 8,397 4.65 20,444 851 8.01 1933 | 13,107 6,440 5.42 8,564 891 5.88 73,270 9,234 3.94 21,833 852 6.65 1932 | 11,980 5,789 6.70 7,970 822 6.21 71,425 8,923 3.83 23,043 884 5.92 1931 | 12,096 6,009 8.06 8,057 823 8.33 69,233 8,739 6.16 23,133 885 7.26 | 1930 | 12,056 5,917 10.95 7,761 792 11.51 67,272 8,482 9.47 21,125 825 9.69 1929 | 12,038 5,871 13.43 7,406 761 14.76 71,012 8,833 10.16 17,483 682 14.62 1928 | 12,028 5,771 13.91 7,651 773 14.56 72,889 9,041 9.22 17,076 663 14.99 1927 | 13,413 6,395 11.36 8,478 867 12.90 66,195 8,430 9.95 16,113 629 14.12 1926 | 14,781 7,089 9.47 9,354 955 11.61 62,585 7,966 12.34 16,444 639 14.26 | 1925 | 14,704 6,878 10.16 9,936 989 10.87 65,508 8,128 11.81 15,430 603 15.66 1924 | 14,750 6,877 9.24 9,804 972 9.86 76,809 9,149 8.11 15,578 597 14.57 1923 | 14,283 6,721 9.40 9,327 916 9.66 77,508 9,483 7.55 15,146 588 13.89 1922 | 13,706 6,588 8.65 8,832 852 9.15 66,201 8,145 9.22 14,373 553 13.68 1921 | 12,428 6,022 8.20 8,394 820 9.36 61,818 7,697 8.51 16,742 639 9.86 | 1920 | 13,470 6,306 13.30 8,481 842 14.58 61,502 7,648 13.91 13,984 538 14.60 1919 | 15,027 6,756 15.50 8,201 819 16.83 65,795 8,477 17.85 15,784 590 16.00 1918 | 17,093 7,726 14.65 7,485 760 15.75 65,100 8,349 17.45 13,220 506 16.60 1917 | 15,741 7,239 11.60 7,372 744 13.78 56,500 7,055 15.10 12,128 463 15.60 1916 | 13,793 6,460 9.50 6,628 655 10.98 67,000 8,207 9.60 15,160 585 10.75 | 1915 | 12,901 6,075 8.40 6,054 590 10.08 62,000 7,616 7.10 15,576 605 9.00 1914 | 12,676 6,017 8.65 5,927 569 10.10 55,000 6,824 8.30 18,035 693 8.00 1913 | 12,939 6,182 8.25 6,305 608 10.20 57,000 6,979 8.35 18,375 706 7.70 1912 | 13,386 6,234 7.75 6,828 662 8.94 55,500 6,822 7.55 19,131 735 7.20 1911 | 13,817 6,549 6.40 6,855 666 7.91 57,000 6,961 6.70 18,177 693 5.95 | 1910 | 14,140 6,647 6.80 6,917 667 8.25 48,215 6,087 8.90 15,332 597 7.55 1909 | 14,135 6,915 6.35 6,864 660 7.10 54,986 6,557 7.35 15,464 608 7.40 1908 | 13,569 6,662 6.10 6,546 637 6.50 63,463 7,535 5.70 14,200 559 6.35 1907 | 13,886 6,544 5.80 6,395 626 6.40 56,527 7,059 6.10 13,799 553 7.05 1906 | 13,456 6,537 5.30 6,187 598 6.25 54,698 6,793 6.25 13,800 543 6.85 | 1905 | 13,096 6,504 5.05 5,731 556 5.75 54,433 6,629 5.25 13,100 530 6.80 1904 | 12,257 6,176 4.95 5,076 491 5.60 52,072 6,387 5.15 13,100 538 5.60 1903 | 12,266 6,240 4.80 5,044 492 6.20 48,548 6,067 6.00 13,800 563 5.45 1902 | 11,751 5,649 6.20 4,854 476 6.35 48,306 5,936 6.85 13,700 564 5.50 1901 | 11,526 5,814 5.25 4,318 422 5.61 53,898 6,357 5.85 13,200 548 4.80 | 1900 | 10,792 5,628 5.15 4,105 397 51,885 6,329 5.05 12,000 493 1899 | 5,522 5.30 387 6,310 4.05 487