The Beneficial Impact of Sorting Heavy Cattle at Re-Implant

David J. Link, Lal K. Almas, Michael S. Brown and Ty E. Lawrence

No 98732, 2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This research examined a simple sorting strategy to reduce the prevalence of heavyweight carcass discounts. Cattle that were identified and sorted off at re-implant had a reduced prevalence of heavyweight carcasses versus unsorted cattle. Re-implant sorting was profitable at pen average in-weights of 800 pounds or less.

Keywords: Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.98732

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