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Impact of Mandatory Price Reporting on Fed Cattle Market Integration
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Geographic fed cattle markets are important because cattle are bulky and perishable, and production and consumption areas are separated. These characteristics make cattle transportation costly and can contribute to segmented markets. This study uses USDA-AMS reported fed cattle market price data from five U.S. regional fed cattle markets to investigate the effects of mandatory price reporting on spatial market integration. Results indicate these markets have been, and remain, highly cointegra...
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Impact of Mandatory Price Reporting on Fed Cattle Market Integration
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
; ... livestock mandatory price reporting (MPR), producers relied on the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) livestock market news reports for fed cattle price information. These reports were generated from voluntarily reported prices to AMS market reporters ...
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2006 Cattle Markets: A Quick Look Back and A Look Ahead
The Cattleman
; ... levels of forced liquidation more likely to cause typical drought impacts, especially on cull and breeding cow markets. The good news is that calf and feeder prices will likely stay strong despite the drought. Longer term, there is also the question of whether ...
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Marketing agreement impacts in an experimental market for fed cattle.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics
; Procurement of fed cattle by packers through non-cash-price procurement methods has increased in importance during the past decade and raised concerns among cattle producers, congressional representatives, and government agencies. These concerns led to a congressionally mandated study (USDA, Grain
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Determination of focal pricing regions for U.S. fed cattle.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics
; ... Stockyards Administration, P&SA research report No. 82-1, Washington DC, April 1982. -----. Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News. Washington DC, 1973-91, various issues. Walburger, A.M. Modelling and Testing the Efficiency of Price Discovery in Live Cattle ...
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CATTLE MARKET FACTORS to Watch
The Cattleman
; The recent fed cattle price drop from the mid $90s to the low $90s occurred sooner than expected in the summer of this year and raises questions about whether markets merely weakened seasonally or as a result of something more fundamental. Feeder cattle markets remain generally strong and, while no
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Alternative Theories and Empirical Approaches to Price Discovery: An Application to Fed Cattle
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
; Price discovery is a frequent topic of research, but many times is not clearly defined and thus purported to cover a myriad of topics. This article provides two alternative theories as the basis for one line of price discovery research. Empirical models consistent with the two theories are
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Differences in Prices and Price Risk Across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
; Information on prices and price risk differences across marketing arrangements aids fed cattle producers in making choices about marketing methods. As part of the congressionally mandated Livestock and Meat Marketing Study, we investigated fed cattle price and price risk differences across
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Economists expecting better times: Fed cattle prices depend on Japanese
The Billings Gazette
; Getting U.S. fed cattle prices back to their level before "mad cow" disease was found in December depends on the Japanese consumer who has developed a taste for high quality American beef. That is the market assessment of Myles Watts, who gave a presentation to the Billings business community
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Price Discovery and Pricing Choice Under Divergent Supply Scenarios in an Experimental Market for Fed Cattle
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
; Previous research has not addressed the impacts of alternative supply conditions on price discovery and pricing choice. This study estimated models with data from an experimental market, the Fed Cattle Market Simulator, encompassing live weight, dressed weight, and grid pricing under two
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Fed cattle supplies in 2005.(LIVESTOCK)
The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter
; Fed cattle supplies are extremely tight and will get even tighter into next year. Although feedlot counts have recently stabilized and even picked up a bit, the number of calves going into feedlots is down 12% from year-ago levels. And the pace of cattle to slaughter in recent weeks has been
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