Quarterly Choice Retail Beef Demand Index
1980 - 2010
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	208.76	1980	100.00	189.06	1980	100.00	195.07	1980	100.00	203.35
1981	93.74	195.70	1981	92.93	175.69	1981	101.86	198.70	1981	88.72	180.41
1982	83.47	174.25	1982	90.47	171.03	1982	93.30	182.01	1982	84.89	172.62
1983	83.02	173.32	1983	90.27	170.65	1983	91.00	177.51	1983	81.03	164.77
1984	82.10	171.40	1984	85.97	162.53	1984	82.77	161.46	1984	81.06	164.84
1985	76.36	159.42	1985	85.22	161.11	1985	82.59	161.12	1985	73.12	148.68
1986	72.13	150.57	1986	81.68	154.42	1986	81.56	159.10	1986	71.52	145.44
1987	66.99	139.86	1987	73.87	139.65	1987	74.12	144.58	1987	66.87	135.97
1988	67.09	140.06	1988	73.98	139.87	1988	72.44	141.32	1988	64.88	131.93
1989	63.33	132.22	1989	69.69	131.75	1989	66.60	129.92	1989	64.30	130.76
1990	61.20	127.76	1990	69.79	131.95	1990	65.59	127.95	1990	62.88	127.87
1991	60.32	125.92	1991	68.14	128.82	1991	64.56	125.93	1991	57.92	117.77
1992	57.62	120.30	1992	63.65	120.33	1992	60.62	118.26	1992	56.55	114.98
1993	55.76	116.40	1993	61.27	115.84	1993	59.97	116.98	1993	55.47	112.80
1994	54.46	113.70	1994	59.45	112.40	1994	56.89	110.98	1994	53.68	109.15
1995	52.60	109.81	1995	57.76	109.19	1995	57.37	111.92	1995	52.90	107.58
1996	52.58	109.77	1996	56.99	107.74	1996	52.83	103.05	1996	50.88	103.46
1997	48.44	101.13	1997	54.43	102.90	1997	51.42	100.31	1997	48.72	99.07
1998	47.90	100.00	1998	52.89	100.00	1998	51.26	100.00	1998	49.18	100.00
1999	47.80	99.79	1999	54.97	103.93	1999	53.25	103.87	1999	51.44	104.60
2000	50.40	105.22	2000	56.57	106.94	2000	55.80	108.85	2000	51.79	105.31
2001	52.29	109.16	2001	59.88	113.21	2001	57.51	112.19	2001	54.82	111.47
2002	52.11	108.79	2002	59.91	113.26	2002	56.24	109.71	2002	54.02	109.85
2003	53.42	111.52	2003	61.62	116.50	2003	59.59	116.25	2003	60.12	122.25
2004	59.33	123.86	2004	67.41	127.44	2004	64.94	126.68	2004	61.32	124.69
2005	58.59	122.31	2005	67.38	127.39	2005	60.41	117.84	2005	57.70	117.33
2006	55.82	116.53	2006	60.76	114.88	2006	57.37	111.92	2006	56.26	114.40
2007	54.94	114.70	2007	62.79	118.71	2007	57.88	112.91	2007	56.56	115.01
2008	53.02	110.69	2008	58.45	110.51	2008	56.26	109.75	2008	55.76	113.39
2009	54.15	113.04	2009	57.53	108.77	2009	52.90	103.19	2009	51.48	104.68
2010	49.83	104.03	2010			2010			2010
First quarter 2010 demand index based upon preliminary data.							Source:	Dr. James Mintert
								Purdue University
								jmintert@purdue.edu