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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Factors That Affect Feeder Cattle Prices
  name:
    name part: Phillips, Michael Glenn.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Farris, Donald
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  type of resource: software, multimedia
  genre: Undergraduate thesis
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 1985
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    extent: 1 online resource (25 pages).
  abstract: Production of feeder cattle requires long range planning in selecting and developing an efficient herd. It is critical in the planning process to have good estimates of the market value of different characteristics of the product of the herd. Feeder cattle are an intermediate product, and the one many ranchers depend on for their income. There are a wide variety of factors that affect the price of feeder cattle. It is clearly evident supply and demand dictates the price level of feeder cattle. In addition to supply and demand there are a number of non-animal characteristics including weather conditions, feed and grain prices, interest rates, season of the year, etc. For the purpose of this paper, we will assume supply and demand encompasses the effect on price from these non-animal characteristics, and these remain constant on a given market day. This will facilitate the evaluation of the effects of certain animal characteristics on price. A research project was developed to determine how each of the following factors, for a specific time, affect price: weight, sex, frame score, muscle score, condition (finish), degree of fill, breed composition, and age. The project was also designed to analyze the factors that correlate with today's industry as compared to the previous Texas A&M University research by James and Farris in 1971. The specific objectives of this study are: (1) To document the effect of certain animal characteristics on price. Demonstration of these effects will enable producers to consider the possibility of changing these animal characteristics so that prices received for his product will be favorably influenced. Thus, he can alter his sire selection, his breeding, and his production strategies to take full advantage of these effects. (2) To illustrate the effects of these characteristics on price based on current grade standards and market desirability of different breeds of cattle. Previous research at Texas A&M University (James and Farris, 1971) …
  target audience: specialized
  note: Undergraduate thesis written for [Program year: 1984/1985]
  note: Digitized from print version held at Pickle Center High Density Storage, barcode 24829728
  note: [University Undergraduate Fellows], sponsored by Animal Science Department.
  note: HDR
  subject:
    topic: age
  subject:
    topic: animal characteristics
  subject:
    topic: breed composition
  subject:
    topic: condition (finish)
  subject:
    topic: degree of fill
  subject:
    topic: feeder cattle
  subject:
    topic: frame score
  subject:
    topic: market value
  subject:
    topic: muscle score
  subject:
    topic: sex
  subject:
    topic: weight
  identifier: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/CAPSTONE-PhillipsM_1985
  record info:
    record creation date: 231116
    record change date: 20240301201847.6
    record identifier: in00004780762