Comparing the 2000 and 2005 factors affecting the selling price of feeder cattle sold at Arkansas livestock auctions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3425-3433

  Troxel, T R ^a   Barham, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Feeder cattle; Livestock auction; Price comparison; Selling price

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; CROSS BREEDING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARKANSAS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

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EID: 37049021747     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0339     Document Type: Article

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