Archived Cost and Return Studies
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Search archived studies using the map of California| Commodity | Region | County | Year | Production Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 2012 | Finishing beef cattle on grass. |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 2010 | Yearling/Stocker Production (purchased, gain, natural) |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 2008 | Cow-Calf Production, 300 head |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 2005 | Yearling/Stocker Production |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Lake/Mendocino | 2005 | ORGANIC, Cow-calf; 50-head |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Marin/Sonoma | 2004 | Cow-calf, Grass-Fed; 200 head |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 2004 | Cow-calf, 300 head |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1993 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1993 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1993 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1993 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1993 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin/Stanislaus | 1989 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1986 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1986 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1985 | Cattle; Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1985 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1985 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1985 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1985 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1985 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1985 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte | 1985 | Cattle; Production |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1984 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin/Stanislaus | 1984 | Cattle; Production |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Marin | 1983 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Mendocino | 1983 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Yuba/Sutter | 1983 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1983 | Feedlot |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1982 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1982 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1982 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1981 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Siskiyou | 1981 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1981 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1981 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1981 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1981 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | Santa Barbara | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | Santa Barbara | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | San Joaquin | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1980 | Irrigated |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1980 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | Cow Herd; Yearling Steer |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1980 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1980 | Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1980 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1980 | Yearling Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1980 | Weaner Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1980 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | Santa Barbara | 1980 | Head; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | Santa Barbara | 1980 | Cow Calf; Head |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1980 | Feedlot; Head |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1980 | Feedlot; Head |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1980 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin/Stanislaus | 1980 | Cow Calf; Rented Land; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1980 | Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1980 | Feedlot |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1980 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | San Joaquin | 1980 | Feedlot; Head |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1980 | Irrigated; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1980 | Ryegrass |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1979 | Cattle; Feeder Cattle; Feedlot |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | see map | 1979 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1979 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1979 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Head; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1979 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | see map | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1979 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1979 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1977 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1977 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1977 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1977 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Riverside | 1977 | |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1976 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Benito | 1976 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Benito | 1976 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Benito | 1976 | Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Nevada/Placer | 1976 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1976 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | Santa Barbara | 1976 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | Santa Barbara | 1976 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1976 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1976 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1975 | Grazed |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1975 | Breeding Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Sierra/Plumas | 1975 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Siskiyou | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | see map | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | see map | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | see map | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin/Stanislaus | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin/Stanislaus | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin/Stanislaus | 1974 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | San Luis Obispo | 1974 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | San Luis Obispo | 1974 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1973 | Statewide Cost & Return Analysis |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Nevada/Placer | 1973 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Nevada/Placer | 1973 | Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Nevada/Placer | 1973 | Cow Calf; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | San Joaquin | 1973 | Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1972 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1972 | Production |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Yuba/Sutter | 1972 | Irrigated; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Riverside | 1972 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Yuba/Sutter | 1972 | Irrigated; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Amador | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Nevada/Placer | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Siskiyou | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Sonoma | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1971 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Benito | 1970 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Benito | 1970 | Management Costs |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1970 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | Santa Barbara | 1969 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte | 1969 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte | 1969 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1969 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Shasta/Tehama | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Tehama | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Tehama | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1968 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1968 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Benito | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Luis Obispo | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Placer | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Placer | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Placer | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Sierra/Plumas | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Sierra/Plumas | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Humboldt | 1967 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Placer | 1967 | Milk |
| Beef [pdf] | Bay Area | San Mateo | 1966 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Bay Area | San Mateo | 1966 | |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1966 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus | 1966 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1966 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1966 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1966 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | Santa Barbara | 1965 | Cow Calf Stockers |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Mendocino | 1965 | Breeding Herd; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus | 1965 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Mendocino | 1965 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin/Stanislaus | 1965 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | Santa Barbara | 1965 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Calaveras | 1964 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Calaveras | 1964 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Napa | 1964 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte | 1964 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus | 1964 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus | 1964 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Nevada/Placer | 1963 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 1963 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1963 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Nevada/Placer | 1963 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1963 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1963 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1963 | Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | see map | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | see map | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Placer | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Riverside | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Mariposa | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Colusa | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte | 1962 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1962 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | see map | 1961 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | see map | 1961 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | see map | 1961 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | Santa Cruz/Santa Clara/Monterey/San Benito | 1961 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1961 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1961 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1961 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1960 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1960 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1960 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1960 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Sierra/Plumas | 1960 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1960 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Sierra/Plumas | 1960 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central, Costa Sur | see map | 1959 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | see map | 1959 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | see map | 1959 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | see map | 1958 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Amador | 1958 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 1957 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | San Benito | 1956 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | see map | 1955 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1955 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central, Costa Sur | see map | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | see map | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | see map | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | see map | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1954 | Irrigated |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | see map | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Lake | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | Lake | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1954 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1953 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Norte | see map | 1953 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1952 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1952 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1952 | |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1951 | Irrigated |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1951 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1951 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1950 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1950 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1950 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 1949 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1949 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Central | see map | 1949 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1949 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1948 | Management |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Siskiyou | 1947 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Siskiyou | 1947 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1947 | Management |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Siskiyou | 1947 | Management |
| Beef [pdf] | Costa Sur | see map | 1946 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1944 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1943 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1942 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1941 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1940 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North, San Joaquin Valley South | see map | 1940 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen/Shasta | 1940 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1940 | |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1938 |
For questions regarding the cost study releases, contact Don Stewart, (530) 752-4651, destewart@ucdavis.edu.