dc.contributor.author |
Lambert, C. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Corah, L. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Grunewald, O. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2010-12-15T13:46:04Z |
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dc.date.available |
2010-12-15T13:46:04Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010-12-15 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6977 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Data were collected on 85,195 cattle sold in 15 Kansas auctions during
October and November 1981. Buyers discounted sick cattle heavily, 'and discounts
were heavier on sick calves than yearlings. The discount for bulls vs. steers
increased as weight increased, but the discount for heifers vs. steers decreased
with increasing weight. Buyers pay little if any premium for thin cattle, but
severely discount very thin or fat cattle. Cattle with average fill sold as well or
better than shrunk cattle. Gaunt or tanked cattle were heavily discounted. Best
prices were paid for lots of 20 to 40 head, with heavy discounts for lots less than
5. Since the price advantage to uniform lots was small, sorting should be kept to a
minimum. Large framed, thick muscled cattle sold best, and smaller framed cattle
were discounted more in western than eastern Kansas. |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station |
en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf |
Cattlemen's Day, 1983 |
en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf |
Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station); 427 |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Beef |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Calves |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Yearlings |
en_US |
dc.title |
Factors affecting prices of calves
and yearlings in Kansas |
en_US |
dc.type |
Conference paper |
en_US |
dc.date.published |
1983 |
en_US |
dc.citation.epage |
83 |
en_US |
dc.citation.spage |
78 |
en_US |
dc.description.conference |
Cattlemen's Day, 2003, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 4, 1983 |
en_US |