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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"feeder cattle"”.
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An analysis of feeder cattle pricing determinates at Kansas and Nebraska auctions
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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An analysis of feeder cattle pricing determinates at Kansas and Nebraska auctions
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Basis variability in the feeder cattle contract before and after cash settlement
… between the futures price, cash price, and U.S. Feeder Steer Price in the final eight weeks of trading on the feeder cattle futures contract were analyzed. Models were developed to examine continued problems with basis variability in the feeder cattle futures contract. The results of these models …
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Virginia feeder cattle basis by season, location, sex, breed, weight and USDA grade differentials
Explanatory feeder cattle basis models were developed for 16 different Virginia markets by season, futures contract month, weight, lot size, sex, breed and USDA grade differentials. The models are more disaggregated and explain up to 80 percent more of feeder cattle basis variation than any …
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Exploring the use of technical indicators as pricing guides in feeder cattle production criteria
… guides in making pricing decisions relative to feeder cattle production. Technical indicators were developed for both the short and long term. Short term indicators were designed to capture divergence/convergence between the Relative Strength Index and the futures price stream to form the Price …
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An economic comparison of different sizes of beef feeder cattle operations on selected Michagan farms
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Agricultural Economics, 1963
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Assessing the Benefits of Virginia Tech Agricultural Programs: Studies in Feeder Cattle Certification and Small Grains Breeding
… first paper studies the Virginia Quality Assured feeder cattle certification program and its effects on feeder cattle prices and profitability. No significant effect on price from VQA certification is found. However, enterprise budgets indicate that VQA cattle allow higher farm profits due to …
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A quarterly feeder cattle price forecasting model with application towards the development of a futures market strategy
… 1) to develop a price forecasting equation for feeder cattle and 2) to examine the possibility of reducing the variance in income and raising the level of revenue relative to that which would be achieved under the common practice of consistently selling feeder cattle in the cash market. To these …
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Cattle price risk management strategies-using computer simulation to educate Iowa producers of available tools
… Price risk is especially a concern for cattle producers in the Midwest. Producers can curtail profit volatility, to an extent, through the utilization of price risk management strategies such as forward contracting, hedging, using put and call options, Livestock Risk Protection Insurance …
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Tax treatment of trade in cattle futures: possible implications to market efficiency and price stability
Prolonged imbalances between feeder cattle costs and the pricing opportunities being offered cause highly variable placements of cattle into feedlots and variability in fed cattle prices. Such variability imposes costs on everyone in the system, from producer to consumer. Cattle feeders are in a …
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Lung auscultation as a predictor of lung lesions and bovine respiratory disease outcome in feed yard cattle
… most common, and costly, disease in feed yard cattle. A review of the literature shows a correlation between the diagnosis of BRDC ante-mortem and respiratory lesions at slaughter. The objectives of the studies reported here were to: 1) validate a thoracic auscultation scoring system by …
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Factors Affecting Feedlots' Decisions on Cattle Marketing Options: A National Study
… across the cash and contract markets in the US cattle industry. Weekly time series data that spans from November 2002 to December 2015 was used in the analysis. Empirical evidence suggests that Mandatory Price Reporting (MPR) played an important role in changing slaughter volumes across the cash …
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A key component in beef cattle profitability : factors affecting Missouri feeder steer prices by weight differential
The beef cattle industry is a leading contributor to Missouri's agricultural economy, making it essential to provide producers and stakeholders with data and analysis regarding the economic factors that influence the success of Missouri's cattle producers. The objective of this research is to …
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An analysis of feeder steer-heifer price differentials in the U. S
Because of a prevalent concern that feeder heifer prices are often bid below their true value, particularly in Virginia, a study was made of factors affecting price differentials between steers and heifers, and of variations in these differentials across regions and over time. The fall market sex …
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Interaction between the cattle feeding sector and the live cattle futures market: implications to the stability of short-run cash slaughter cattle prices
The short-run interaction between the cattle feeding sector, as represented by <u>Cattle Fax</u> member feedlots, and the live cattle futures market is examined. The purpose of this research is to explore the simultaneity between placement decisions made in the cattle feeding sector and the price …
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The performance of market advisory services in feedlot margins over 1995-2004
… performance of market advisory services’ live cattle hedging recommendations over 1995-2004. Also, feeder cattle, corn, and soybean meal recommendations were evaluated as input hedges and combined with the live cattle marketing recommendations to approximate the margin that a typical feedlot …
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Tax treatment of trade in live cattle futures using a mean variance approach: implications to market efficiency and welfare changes
Cattle feeders are in a position to incorporate the influence of current and highly specific information into price discovery processes for live cattle and feeder cattle futures. The tax treatment of speculative trades in the cattle futures markets has the potential to effective block participation …