Price Determinants of Bred Cows

James L. Mitchell, Derrell S. Peel and B Brorsen

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2017, vol. 50, issue 1

Abstract: Hedonic modeling of Oklahoma cow auction data is used to determine the market value of bred cow characteristics. We use Agricultural Marketing Service data that let us consider more years and more lots of cattle than is typical for a cattle hedonic study. The greatest price premiums were for black, late-gestating cows, categorized as high quality by market reporters and weighing between 1,600 and 1,700 lb. Previous research on optimal cow size finds much smaller-size cows are optimal, and our research finds that larger cows receive a lower price per pound but still receive a substantially higher price per head.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.355375

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