| Price of Goods, 1870 | ||||
| Food Prices | Horses, cattle & gear | . | ||
| Wheat per bushel | $1.02 | Horse, average work horse | $150 | |
| Flour per barrel | $3.00 | Horse, good saddle horse | $200 | |
| Corn per bushel | 40 cents | . | ||
| Molasses, gallon | 15 cents | Saddle | $30 | |
| Mess pork per barrel | $9 | cowboy saddle | $60 | |
| Mess beef per barrel | $8 | Harness | $50 | |
| Lard per pound | 6 cents | . | ||
| Butter per pound | 15 cents | Yoke of two oxen | $150 | |
| Sugar per pound | 7 cents | heifer | $18.75 | |
| Cheese per pound | 5 cents | cow | $26 | |
| Rice per pound | 5 cents | bull | $90 | |
| oranges | $.50/dozen | 3 year old steer | $62 | |
| dried figs | $.20/pound | 2 year old steer | $22.50 | |
| dried apples | $.10/pound | yearlings | $12.50 | |
| dried apricots | $.15/pound | calves | $2.50 | |
| dried peaches | $.12/pound | . | ||
| fresh peaches | 3 for $.10 | Buggy | $75 | |
| fresh apples | 2 for $.05 | Wagon | $65 | |
| sugar | $.10/pound | . | ||
| flour | $.04/pound | Weapons and Ammunition | . | |
| coffee | $.12/pound | . | ||
| . | Pearl-handled matched set of Colt .45 Peacemakers with holsters | $100 | ||
| Home and farm costs | Classic Peacemaker | $17.00 by mail order | ||
| Land | $5/acre (avg. 160 acres) | cartridges | $.50 cents/box | |
| Homestead filing fee | $14 | breach loading shot gun | $60 | |
| House -- 32’x40’ (4 rooms) | $700 | rifle, single shot muzzle loader, used | $8 | |
| House -- 16'x22' (2 rooms) | $300 | rifle, seven-shot Sharps repeater | $50 | |
| Shanty -- 8'x10' (1 room/dirt floor) | $25 | . | ||
| Stable and well | $150 | Prices from Montgomery Ward's First Catalogue, 1872 | . | |
| Plows, cultivators, field equip. | $325 | Gentleman's toilet set, including toothbrush, nail brush, razor, razor strop, lather brush, comb, hair brush | $1.00 | |
| Chairs | $1.25 each | 2 colored undershirts -- (white -- $1.00) | $1.25 | |
| Bed, bureau and commode | $15 | 2 colored drawers -- (white -- $1.00) | $1.25 | |
| Cookstove | $25 | 3 New York Mills white shirts | $2.50 | |
| lantern | $1.00 | 6 pairs men's cotton socks | $1.00 | |
| Coal | about $80/year | 6 pairs Army wool socks | $1.00 | |
| Kerosene | $.15/gallon | 7 yards blue denim | $1.00 | |
| . | 3 yards plain cassimere [cashmere] | $1.00 | ||
| Dry Goods | 1 hoop skirt, 1 bustle, & 1 hair braid | $1.00 | ||
| calicos | 10 cents/yard | 1 ladies gold locket, plain enameled | $1.50 $2.00 | |
| bleached cotton | 15 cents/yard | 1 pair ladies earrings & pin set, imported | $4.50 | |
| brown shirtings | 13 cents/yard | 1 pair ladies solid gold ear drops | $3.00 | |
| domestic ginghams | 15 cents/yard | 1 plain gold ring (all sizes) | $2.00 | |
| blankets | $3.00 each | 1 silver plated hunting case watch | $6.00 | |
| . | . | 1 silk parasol | $1.00 | |
| . | 1 heavy plaid shawl | $3.00 | ||