Abstract
Weekly grid market share by volume for slaughter steers is compared with slaughter heifers. Summary statistics indicate average grid market share for steers (42%) is higher relative to heifers (33%). The literature indicates that pregnancy and increased dark cutter incidence associated with heifers relative to steers create additional financial risk when heifers are sold on a grid. Empirical evidence suggests that carcass quality risk is a plausible contributing factor to gender disparity with respect to grid market share.
Original language | American English |
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Journal | Applied Economics Letters |
Volume | 20 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- gender
- grid marketing
- marketing risk
- seemingly unrelated regression
- slaughter cattle
Disciplines
- Economics
- Marketing