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G82-590 Feeder Cattle Grades, Keith E. Gilster, H. Dwight Loveday
G82-590 Feeder Cattle Grades, Keith E. Gilster, H. Dwight Loveday
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide describes the ten USDA feeder cattle grades.
The purpose of the USDA Feeder Cattle Grades is to sort feeder cattle into similar groups that will facilitate their selling and buying. These grades can also be used for sorting feeder cattle into similar outcome groups in a feedlot. Differences in frame size and muscle thickness score are the basis for the USDA Feeder Cattle Grades.
Feeder cattle are given a grade score that is coded for both frame size (large, medium and small) and thickness (1, 2 and 3). For example, a large frame, thick feeder steer would have …
G82-622 Sources Of Grain Market Information, Allen C. Wellman
G82-622 Sources Of Grain Market Information, Allen C. Wellman
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
A list of various market information sources, each followed by a brief summary of distribution schedules and contents.
This NebGuide lists widely used and readily available market information sources that contain information which may be useful to agricultural producers, lenders and agribusiness firms when making grain marketing decisions. Most of the available market information and statistical data comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Generally, there are two basic types of market information available to data users. The first type, Market News Service, is provided by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and concerns daily prices used to make …