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Steers and heifers, 500 lb and over: price received, marketing-year average: Connecticut
The average price farmers received per hundredweight for steers and heifers of 500 pounds and over 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
Connecticut, 2010
$70 a hundredweight
Up 20.7% from $58 in 2009
United States, 2025
$222 a hundredweight
Up 18.1% from $188 in 2024
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What the numbers say
- In 2010, Connecticut's price received was 0.7 times the US average.
- From 2003 to 2010 it was unchanged at $70 a hundredweight.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Connecticut | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No figure | $222 |
| 2024 | No figure | $188 |
| 2023 | No figure | $177 |
| 2022 | No figure | $145 |
| 2021 | No figure | $124 |
| 2020 | No figure | $111 |
| 2019 | No figure | $118 |
| 2018 | No figure | $117 |
| 2017 | No figure | $122 |
| 2016 | No figure | $121 |
| 2015 | No figure | $148 |
| 2014 | No figure | $153 |
| 2013 | No figure | $126 |
| 2012 | No figure | $123 |
| 2011 | No figure | $117 |
| 2010 | $70 | $97.70 |
| 2009 | $58 | $85.40 |
| 2008 | $65 | $94.50 |
| 2007 | $72 | $95.40 |
| 2006 | $74 | $92.30 |
| 2005 | $75 | $94.30 |
| 2004 | $70 | $90.20 |
| 2003 | $70 | $84.20 |
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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, STEERS & HEIFERS, GE 500 LBS - 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.