Beef Producer Choice in Cattle Marketing

Jeffrey Gillespie, Aydin Basarir and Alvin R. Schupp

Journal of Agribusiness, 2004, vol. 22, issue 2, 13

Abstract: In addition to the conventional auction method of cattle marketing, some alternative marketing arrangements include sale by private treaty, video auction, retained ownership, and use of strategic alliances. This study finds that 91% of Louisiana producers use conventional auctions, while 39% use other types of marketing arrangements. The most heavily used alternative marketing arrangement is private treaty, at 26%. Those producers using alternative marketing arrangements tend to be larger, have heavier weaning weights, have more diverse farming operations, be younger, have greater contact with their county extension agents, and depend less on income from off-farm sources.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.59586

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