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1997; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 97-309-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 783; Beef; Bull prices; Bull EPD; Bull marketing
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Determinants Of Prices For Purebred Beef Bulls, D.D. Simms, R.P. Jr. Bolze, J. Geske, Kevin C. Dhuyvetter, Ted C. Schroeder
Determinants Of Prices For Purebred Beef Bulls, D.D. Simms, R.P. Jr. Bolze, J. Geske, Kevin C. Dhuyvetter, Ted C. Schroeder
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Animal characteristics and sale price data for 1651 bulls sold at 26 Kansas purebred beef sales during 1993 were collected and analyzed to determine which factors affected price differentials for beef bulls. Bull sale price varied, from $650 to $20,000 per head. Regression analysis was used to determine the price differential associated with bull traits and marketing factors. Black bulls in the Simmental, Gelbvieh, and Limousin breeds brought premium s of 15% to 53% compared to their nonblack peers. Conformation, disposition , and muscling affected sell prices. Bulls with lower birth weights and birth weight expected progeny differences (EPD) brought …