EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF SELECTED HEDGING STRATEGIES FOR CATTLE FEEDERS

William D. Gorman, Thomas R. Schuneman, Lowell B. Catlett, N. Scott Urquhart and G. Morris Southward

Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1982, vol. 07, issue 2, 12

Abstract: Several hedging strategies for fat cattle are compared using actual feedlot performance information for a period of 6.5 years and 747 pens of fat cattle. Results show that cattle feeding was not profitable (a $24.50 per head cash market loss) but a carefully chosen hedging strategy could have reduced the loss by 50 percent.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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