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Cows: price received, marketing-year average: California
The average price farmers received per hundredweight for cows over each marketing year, from USDA's agricultural prices survey.
LateYearly (marketing-year average). Last published Jan 1, 2012. Next expected May 2026.
The latest figures and how they have changed
California, 2010
$54.90 a hundredweight
Up 28.3% from $42.80 in 2009
United States, 2025
$149 a hundredweight
Up 18.3% from $126 in 2024
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What the numbers say
- In 2010, California's price received was the same as the US average.
- From 2003 to 2010 it rose 33.6%, from $41.10 to $54.90 a hundredweight.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | California | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No figure | $149 |
| 2024 | No figure | $126 |
| 2023 | No figure | $102 |
| 2022 | No figure | $83.70 |
| 2021 | No figure | $70.20 |
| 2020 | No figure | $64.20 |
| 2019 | No figure | $62 |
| 2018 | No figure | $63.50 |
| 2017 | No figure | $69.10 |
| 2016 | No figure | $74.30 |
| 2015 | No figure | $103 |
| 2014 | No figure | $107 |
| 2013 | No figure | $82.30 |
| 2012 | No figure | $81.70 |
| 2011 | No figure | $71.20 |
| 2010 | $54.90 | $54.80 |
| 2009 | $42.80 | $44.80 |
| 2008 | $43.70 | $50.60 |
| 2007 | $44.30 | $47.90 |
| 2006 | $44.20 | $46.60 |
| 2005 | $48.50 | $51.70 |
| 2004 | $47.20 | $50.30 |
| 2003 | $41.10 | $42.90 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State estimates released Jan 1, 2012; US estimates released Feb 27, 2026. Quick Stats item "CATTLE, COWS - 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.