| Quarterly Choice Retail Beef Demand Index | |||||||||||
| 1980 - 2008 | |||||||||||
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | ||||||||
| Year | 1980=100 | 1998=100 | Year | 1980=100 | 1998=100 | Year | 1980=100 | 1998=100 | Year | 1980=100 | 1998=100 |
| 1980 | 100.00 | 208.18 | 1980 | 100.00 | 188.54 | 1980 | 100.00 | 194.56 | 1980 | 100.00 | 202.94 |
| 1981 | 93.74 | 195.15 | 1981 | 92.93 | 175.20 | 1981 | 101.86 | 198.18 | 1981 | 88.72 | 180.05 |
| 1982 | 83.47 | 173.76 | 1982 | 90.47 | 170.56 | 1982 | 93.30 | 181.53 | 1982 | 84.89 | 172.28 |
| 1983 | 83.02 | 172.84 | 1983 | 90.27 | 170.19 | 1983 | 91.00 | 177.05 | 1983 | 81.03 | 164.44 |
| 1984 | 82.10 | 170.92 | 1984 | 85.97 | 162.09 | 1984 | 82.77 | 161.04 | 1984 | 81.06 | 164.51 |
| 1985 | 76.36 | 158.97 | 1985 | 85.22 | 160.66 | 1985 | 82.59 | 160.70 | 1985 | 73.12 | 148.38 |
| 1986 | 72.13 | 150.15 | 1986 | 81.68 | 154.00 | 1986 | 81.56 | 158.69 | 1986 | 71.52 | 145.15 |
| 1987 | 66.99 | 139.47 | 1987 | 73.87 | 139.27 | 1987 | 74.12 | 144.20 | 1987 | 66.87 | 135.71 |
| 1988 | 67.09 | 139.67 | 1988 | 73.98 | 139.49 | 1988 | 72.44 | 140.95 | 1988 | 64.88 | 131.67 |
| 1989 | 63.33 | 131.85 | 1989 | 69.69 | 131.39 | 1989 | 66.60 | 129.58 | 1989 | 64.30 | 130.50 |
| 1990 | 61.20 | 127.40 | 1990 | 69.79 | 131.59 | 1990 | 65.59 | 127.62 | 1990 | 62.88 | 127.62 |
| 1991 | 60.32 | 125.57 | 1991 | 68.14 | 128.47 | 1991 | 64.56 | 125.60 | 1991 | 57.92 | 117.54 |
| 1992 | 57.62 | 119.96 | 1992 | 63.65 | 120.00 | 1992 | 60.62 | 117.95 | 1992 | 56.55 | 114.76 |
| 1993 | 55.82 | 116.21 | 1993 | 61.36 | 115.69 | 1993 | 60.06 | 116.85 | 1993 | 55.56 | 112.75 |
| 1994 | 54.56 | 113.58 | 1994 | 59.54 | 112.27 | 1994 | 57.00 | 110.89 | 1994 | 53.81 | 109.20 |
| 1995 | 52.69 | 109.70 | 1995 | 57.89 | 109.15 | 1995 | 57.55 | 111.97 | 1995 | 53.03 | 107.63 |
| 1996 | 52.70 | 109.71 | 1996 | 57.16 | 107.77 | 1996 | 52.97 | 103.06 | 1996 | 51.04 | 103.58 |
| 1997 | 48.54 | 101.05 | 1997 | 54.57 | 102.89 | 1997 | 51.64 | 100.47 | 1997 | 48.87 | 99.19 |
| 1998 | 48.04 | 100.00 | 1998 | 53.04 | 100.00 | 1998 | 51.40 | 100.00 | 1998 | 49.27 | 100.00 |
| 1999 | 47.88 | 99.68 | 1999 | 55.07 | 103.83 | 1999 | 53.34 | 103.77 | 1999 | 51.51 | 104.54 |
| 2000 | 50.47 | 105.06 | 2000 | 56.66 | 106.83 | 2000 | 55.86 | 108.69 | 2000 | 51.85 | 105.23 |
| 2001 | 52.27 | 108.82 | 2001 | 59.87 | 112.88 | 2001 | 57.49 | 111.86 | 2001 | 54.80 | 111.21 |
| 2002 | 52.09 | 108.44 | 2002 | 59.87 | 112.88 | 2002 | 56.20 | 109.35 | 2002 | 53.98 | 109.55 |
| 2003 | 53.38 | 111.13 | 2003 | 61.57 | 116.08 | 2003 | 59.54 | 115.84 | 2003 | 60.07 | 121.91 |
| 2004 | 59.27 | 123.39 | 2004 | 67.33 | 126.95 | 2004 | 64.86 | 126.20 | 2004 | 61.25 | 124.31 |
| 2005 | 58.53 | 121.84 | 2005 | 67.30 | 126.88 | 2005 | 60.33 | 117.38 | 2005 | 57.70 | 117.11 |
| 2006 | 55.75 | 116.06 | 2006 | 60.67 | 114.39 | 2006 | 57.29 | 111.46 | 2006 | 56.19 | 114.03 |
| 2007 | 54.88 | 114.25 | 2007 | 62.71 | 118.24 | 2007 | 57.81 | 112.48 | 2007 | 56.50 | 114.67 |
| 2008 | 52.99 | 110.32 | 2008 | 58.42 | 110.15 | 2008 | 56.43 | 109.78 | |||
| Third quarter 2008 demand index based upon preliminary data. | Source: | Dr. James Mintert | |||||||||
| Dept. of Ag. Economics | |||||||||||
| Kansas State University | |||||||||||
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