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Kansas State University Libraries

1998

1998; Beef; Fed cattle price; Price discovery projections

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Projecting Fed Cattle Price Discovery Over The Next Decade, J. Mintert, C.E. Ward, D.S. Peel, Ted C. Schroeder Jan 1998

Projecting Fed Cattle Price Discovery Over The Next Decade, J. Mintert, C.E. Ward, D.S. Peel, Ted C. Schroeder

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Interviews were conducted with cattle feeders, beef packers, and others involved in the beef industry to project how fed cattle prices will be discovered in the next decade. Respondents generally indicated that economics will determine beef's market share in 2010, how important public grades and grading will be, and whether consumer brands for fresh beef will become common. Economics also will determine how much influence alliances will have, whether most cattle will be marketed by some value-based pricing system, and what changes will occur in market information and futures markets.