Comparison of selective hedging and options strategies in cattle feedlot risk management

Ted Schroeder and Marvin L. Hayenga

Journal of Futures Markets, 1988, vol. 8, issue 2, 141-156

Abstract: A cattle feedlot marketing simulation model was developed and used to evaluate the performance of various feedlot marketing strategies. The marketing analysis included corn, feeder cattle, and fed cattle integrated marketing alternatives. A variety of strategies were compared including hedging and put option purchasing as signaled via profit margins or price forecasts. The results indicate that cattle feeders could have historically increased profitability and decreased the variability of profits through selective marketing by using either profit margins or price forecasts to signal market positions as compared to cash marketing strategies. In addition, several strategies were found that stochastically dominated cash marketing.

Date: 1988
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