A METHOD TO MEASURE THE EFFICIENCY • OF FEEDER CATTLE GRADE STANDARDS

Kim B. Anderson and Alan E. Baquet

No 278967, 1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The objective of this paper was to present a methodology for determining the efficiency of a grading system. The methodology was used to compare the efficiency of the 1979 feeder cattle grading system with an alternate grading system. The potential economic gain of implementing the more efficient system was determined.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 1980-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278967

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