The timeline shows the annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2023. The beef price spread from wholesale to retail amounted to 345.4 U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent in the United States in 2023.
Annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2023
(in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent)
Characteristic
Total
Wholesale to retail
Farm to wholesale
2023
416.5
345.4
71.1
2022
451.1
360.8
90.3
2021
458.1
301
157.1
2020
410.1
290.4
119.7
2019
347.1
263.4
83.7
2018
333
264
69
2017
325.8
268.5
57.3
2016
332.4
279.4
53
2015
305
266.8
38.2
2014
267.6
232.4
35.2
2013
263
230.6
32.4
2012
238.5
208
30.5
2011
239.9
205
34.9
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Total value = retail value minus net farm value. Wholesale to retail = Retail value minus wholesale value. Farm to wholesale = Wholesale value minus net farm value. Data prior to 2012 were taken from previous editions of the publication.
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US Department of Agriculture, & Economic Research Service. (January 30, 2024). Annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2023 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/219049/us-annual-averages-of-beef-price-spreads-since-2006/
US Department of Agriculture, und Economic Research Service. "Annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2023 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent)." Chart. January 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/219049/us-annual-averages-of-beef-price-spreads-since-2006/
US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. (2024). Annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2023 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/219049/us-annual-averages-of-beef-price-spreads-since-2006/
US Department of Agriculture, and Economic Research Service. "Annual Averages of Beef Price Spreads in The United States from 2006 to 2023 (in U.S. Cents per Pound of Retail Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/219049/us-annual-averages-of-beef-price-spreads-since-2006/
US Department of Agriculture & Economic Research Service, Annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2023 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/219049/us-annual-averages-of-beef-price-spreads-since-2006/ (last visited April 15, 2025)
Annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2023 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent) [Graph], US Department of Agriculture, & Economic Research Service, January 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/219049/us-annual-averages-of-beef-price-spreads-since-2006/
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