Quarterly price index
Price reports
Dated evidence briefs and quarterly observations of published farm prices. Each edition keeps its source dates and methodology visible, so readers can inspect the figures behind it.
October 2, 2026 · Approved-ledger snapshot
Northeast farm beef prices: published share and cut evidence
A frozen 26-farm share comparison and 818 qualifying cut listings across six states, with included farms, source-check dates and downloadable CSVs. Publication date and farm verification dates are kept separate.
Current regional price brief
The current comparable sample has a median full cost of $7.35 per hanging pound across 25 farms. Latest share-source check: . Source dates vary; this brief updates with the approved ledger.
The cut ledger contains 799 qualifying per-pound listings, with 31 cut categories reported by at least five farms. Cut figures use packaged pounds, so they cannot be compared directly with hanging-pound share figures.
| State | Comparable share farms | Farms with qualifying cut listings | Cut listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT | 6 | 8 | 90 |
| MA | 1 | 16 | 133 |
| NH | 3 | 11 | 135 |
| NJ | 2 | 10 | 83 |
| NY | 7 | 37 | 309 |
| VT | 6 | 7 | 49 |
Shares qualify only with a stated share size, hanging-weight rate and documented processing. Cut listings qualify only with an explicit per-pound rate or an exact fixed net weight. These counts show the evidence we have collected; they do not measure all sellers or sales in a state.
Download current share evidence (CSV) · Download current cut evidence (CSV) · Methodology
More source coverage can change a median even when no farm changes its price. Do not subtract this changing sample from a historical edition and call the difference a market trend. Use the dated downloads below for historical figures.
Dated editions
These are re-verification observations of published farm prices, not approved changes to any listing. A price on a farm page changes only after human review. Read the methodology.