Differences in Prices and Price Risk across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry

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 marketing...

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Main Authors:	Muth, Mary K., Liu, Yanyan, Koontz, Stephen R., Lawrence, John D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Information and Market Efficiency Event Studies G140 Agricultural Markets and Marketing Cooperatives Agribusiness Q130
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4792

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description	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 marketing arrangements. The analysis uses data representing cattle purchased by 29 large beef packing plants from October 2002 through March 2005. Results indicate that marketing agreements offered the best tradeoff between price level and price risk. Forward contracts had the lowest average yet highly volatile prices. Auction barn prices were higher than other methods but also the most volatile.
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author	Muth, Mary K. Liu, Yanyan Koontz, Stephen R. Lawrence, John D.
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title	Differences in Prices and Price Risk across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry
title_short	Differences in Prices and Price Risk across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry
title_full	Differences in Prices and Price Risk across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry
title_fullStr	Differences in Prices and Price Risk across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry
title_full_unstemmed	Differences in Prices and Price Risk across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry
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Differences in Prices and Price Risk across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry

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