Beef, Australian and New Zealand 85% lean fores, FOB U.S. import price, US cents per pound
(JAN-1980 - OCT-2007 )
Year JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1980 136.36 134.55 118.00 114.51 110.50 113.89 124.96 132.51 129.15 129.83 133.25 124.77
1981 121.73 116.75 113.30 114.80 112.95 110.48 109.50 109.50 111.50 110.38 107.53 107.04
1982 108.00 108.00 108.00 109.00 109.50 108.00 101.00 101.70 110.00 112.50 112.50 112.50
1983 103.60 108.00 113.10 115.40 115.10 111.90 111.50 112.50 111.83 111.22 109.17 104.74
1984 102.60 106.10 108.00 112.00 108.64 105.83 101.32 102.26 99.09 95.48 95.32 100.67
1985 102.93 105.00 102.07 96.68 94.88 94.98 93.05 93.72 93.72 97.00 97.00 101.00
1986 99.00 98.00 99.40 93.62 93.68 91.54 87.44 90.64 94.88 95.60 97.00 99.00
1987 99.00 103.29 105.56 108.68 109.00 105.10 105.76 104.00 113.70 114.00 116.04 113.97
1988 113.00 118.57 117.50 113.00 110.00 109.90 110.80 113.90 113.90 116.50 116.50 116.50
1989 110.51 112.91 110.66 110.94 110.22 110.48 113.07 115.58 120.09 124.50 128.10 130.50
1990 126.31 111.46 112.67 112.13 112.49 113.58 116.07 120.39 122.33 117.26 114.95 115.56
1991 117.62 123.96 117.56 118.44 119.11 122.64 121.87 119.81 124.50 123.40 122.83 118.27
1992 116.64 114.49 111.11 108.17 107.76 105.90 106.43 110.92 110.69 113.39 115.24 115.29
1993 106.80 108.32 114.59 117.57 121.39 124.49 127.94 127.17 124.01 121.06 119.84 111.66
1994 109.84 113.11 122.03 119.19 108.44 101.26 99.39 99.78 100.16 96.38 99.28 100.95
1995 97.76 98.47 93.77 88.45 82.02 79.90 76.61 78.53 81.50 84.58 88.99 87.43
1996 86.26 83.05 79.32 81.50 81.31 77.00 77.68 80.23 78.68 81.42 82.17 83.01
1997 81.48 85.33 93.36 90.99 86.50 80.11 81.73 82.82 80.47 79.72 83.24 84.28
1998 82.87 82.09 81.68 81.74 80.40 77.48 75.94 76.12 75.05 74.26 75.57 76.35
1999 77.60 81.83 81.50 79.11 79.85 79.93 81.60 88.33 86.48 84.64 87.93 88.88
2000 88.20 89.05 90.46 90.05 90.90 88.06 86.93 86.39 82.69 82.88 89.72 88.15
2001 87.81 87.56 91.06 90.11 91.49 94.45 98.45 101.80 107.25 103.39 104.28 100.83
2002 101.05 102.95 109.03 103.74 96.47 93.89 96.90 95.73 92.56 86.97 81.56 84.00
2003 85.35 83.75 83.88 82.63 79.30 78.25 81.00 91.13 97.00 98.40 110.75 105.40
2004 107.06 99.50 97.25 102.10 114.63 116.75 120.30 126.75 127.88 119.50 118.38 116.80
2005 115.25 117.38 120.00 118.20 121.45 120.33 122.60 120.00 120.30 116.50 117.25 115.50
2006 113.63 114.75 111.90 112.58 112.50 111.70 115.13 117.63 117.50 117.88 121.25 121.20
2007 119.25 118.38 118.40 117.63 116.63 119.00 117.50 118.40 118.25 115.88