Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Calves: price received, marketing-year average: United States
The average price farmers received per hundredweight for calves over each marketing year, from USDA's agricultural prices survey.
LateYearly (marketing-year average). Last published Feb 27, 2026. Next expected May 2026.
The latest figures and how they have changed
United States, 2025
$417 a hundredweight
Up 29.5% from $322 in 2024
United States
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What the numbers say
- Since 2016 it has risen 163.9%, from $158 to $417 a hundredweight.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | United States |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $417 |
| 2024 | $322 |
| 2023 | $261 |
| 2022 | $195 |
| 2021 | $171 |
| 2020 | $161 |
| 2019 | $159 |
| 2018 | $170 |
| 2017 | $168 |
| 2016 | $158 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. US estimates released Feb 27, 2026. Quick Stats item "CATTLE, CALVES - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / CWT". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
What this measures
It is USDA's average for a whole marketing year, weighted by how much of it sold in each month of the marketing year, so it is not the average of the monthly prices.