| Quarterly Choice Retail Beef Demand Index Table (1990-2012) | |||||||||||
| Quarter 1 (Jan.-Mar.) | Quarter 2 (Apr.-Jun.) | Quarter 3 (Jul.-Sep.) | Quarter 4 (Oct.-Dec.) | ||||||||
| Year | 1990=100 | % Change from previous year | Year | 1990=100 | % Change from previous year | Year | 1990=100 | % Change from previous year | Year | 1990=100 | % Change from previous year |
| 1990 | 100.00 | 1990 | 100.00 | 1990 | 100.00 | 1990 | 100.00 | ||||
| 1991 | 96.03 | -3.97 | 1991 | 96.41 | -3.59 | 1991 | 98.81 | -1.19 | 1991 | 90.97 | -9.03 |
| 1992 | 93.21 | -2.94 | 1992 | 89.67 | -6.99 | 1992 | 91.50 | -7.40 | 1992 | 87.41 | -3.92 |
| 1993 | 88.12 | -5.46 | 1993 | 84.21 | -6.09 | 1993 | 89.72 | -1.94 | 1993 | 85.66 | -2.00 |
| 1994 | 87.20 | -1.05 | 1994 | 83.30 | -1.08 | 1994 | 86.01 | -4.13 | 1994 | 84.80 | -1.01 |
| 1995 | 84.37 | -3.24 | 1995 | 81.40 | -2.28 | 1995 | 87.44 | 1.67 | 1995 | 82.91 | -2.23 |
| 1996 | 86.95 | 3.06 | 1996 | 81.72 | 0.40 | 1996 | 79.01 | -9.64 | 1996 | 79.30 | -4.35 |
| 1997 | 77.30 | -11.10 | 1997 | 76.96 | -5.83 | 1997 | 76.52 | -3.15 | 1997 | 75.67 | -4.58 |
| 1998 | 77.57 | 0.35 | 1998 | 74.44 | -3.27 | 1998 | 77.34 | 1.07 | 1998 | 77.85 | 2.88 |
| 1999 | 77.30 | -0.34 | 1999 | 78.75 | 5.78 | 1999 | 81.19 | 4.97 | 1999 | 81.66 | 4.88 |
| 2000 | 82.85 | 7.18 | 2000 | 80.27 | 1.93 | 2000 | 85.50 | 5.31 | 2000 | 82.33 | 0.83 |
| 2001 | 83.64 | 0.95 | 2001 | 84.09 | 4.77 | 2001 | 86.44 | 1.10 | 2001 | 87.08 | 5.76 |
| 2002 | 83.77 | 0.16 | 2002 | 86.23 | 2.54 | 2002 | 85.56 | -1.01 | 2002 | 86.90 | -0.21 |
| 2003 | 85.89 | 2.53 | 2003 | 86.86 | 0.73 | 2003 | 89.10 | 4.13 | 2003 | 89.46 | 2.95 |
| 2004 | 94.56 | 10.09 | 2004 | 95.00 | 9.37 | 2004 | 97.28 | 9.17 | 2004 | 97.00 | 8.43 |
| 2005 | 92.16 | -2.53 | 2005 | 94.73 | -0.28 | 2005 | 90.64 | -6.82 | 2005 | 90.13 | -7.09 |
| 2006 | 88.38 | -4.11 | 2006 | 85.47 | -9.77 | 2006 | 85.71 | -5.44 | 2006 | 88.76 | -1.52 |
| 2007 | 87.27 | -1.26 | 2007 | 87.70 | 2.61 | 2007 | 85.16 | -0.65 | 2007 | 89.00 | 0.27 |
| 2008 | 83.11 | -4.76 | 2008 | 80.79 | -7.88 | 2008 | 81.06 | -4.81 | 2008 | 83.30 | -6.40 |
| 2009 | 83.88 | 0.92 | 2009 | 78.16 | -3.25 | 2009 | 75.89 | -6.38 | 2009 | 75.96 | -8.81 |
| 2010 | 75.10 | -10.46 | 2010 | 75.83 | -2.99 | 2010 | 77.19 | 1.72 | 2010 | 79.23 | 4.30 |
| 2011 | 78.69 | 4.77 | 2011 | 78.25 | 3.20 | 2011 | 78.21 | 1.32 | 2011 | 80.87 | 2.08 |
| 2012 | 83.39 | 5.99 | |||||||||
| Source: Dr. Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University | |||||||||||