Relative Importance of Weight, Quality Grade, and Yield Grade as Drivers of Beef Carcass Value in Two Grid-Pricing Systems

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-47

  Tatum, J D ^a   Belk, K E ^a   Field, T G ^a   Scanga, J A ^a   Smith, G C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass; Grades; Marketing; Pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249137226     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31059-7     Document Type: Article

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