Schroeder, Ted C.Jones, RodneyMintert, JamesBarkley, Andrew P.2011-11-072011-11-072011-11-07http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13075Expanded version of this paper later published as: Schroeder, T., Jones, R., Mintert, J., & Barkley, A. (1993). The impact of forward contracting on fed cattle transaction prices. Review of Agricultural Economics, 15(2), 325-337.Report submitted to the Research Institute on Livestock Pricing, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Tech.Beef slaughtering industryCaptive cattle suppliesFed cattle procurement methodsOther