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Overview

This data set provides monthly average price values, and the differences among those values, at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages of the production and marketing chain for selected cuts of beef, pork, and broilers. In addition, retail prices are provided for beef and pork cuts, turkey, whole chickens, eggs, and dairy products. Price spreads are reported for last 6 years, 12 quarters, and 24 months. The retail price file provides monthly estimates for the last 6 months. The historical file provides data since 1970.

Errata: On February 25, 2013, the Wholesale-Retail Broiler Spread for January 2013 was corrected from 5.3 cents/LB to 101.7 cents/LB

    Data Set  Download as Excel
    DownloadsLast UpdatedNext Update
    Beef values and price spreadsDownload as Excel6/18/20137/16/2013
    Pork values and price spreadsDownload as Excel6/18/20137/16/2013
    Retail prices for beef, pork, poultry cuts, eggs, and dairy productsDownload as Excel6/18/20137/16/2013
    Summary of retail prices and price spreadsDownload as Excel6/18/20137/16/2013
    Historical monthly price spread data for beef, pork, broilers, turkeys, and eggsDownload as Excel2/21/20132/21/2014

    Last updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013

    For more information contact: William Hahn

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