The Efficacy of the Grid Marketing Channel for Fed Cattle

Scott William Fausti (), Bashir A. Qasmi and Matthew A. Diersen

No 6884, 2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Beef industry data suggest that carcass yield and quality grades have shown little improvement over the last six years. Trend analysis of grid market share and carcass quality suggests that grid pricing has not made sufficient progress in achieving the goals envisioned for it as a value based marketing system.

Keywords: Grid Pricing; National Beef Quality Audit; Public Livestock Price Reporting; Beef Carcass Quality; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008
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