Factors Affecting Carcass Value and Profitability in Early Weaned Simmental Steers: Dressed Beef Price, Choice-Select Spread, and Feed Cost

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 380-389

  Pyatt, N A ^a,b   Berger, L L ^a,b   Faulkner, D B ^a,b   Walker, P M ^a,b   Rodriguez zas, S L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass Value; Feedlot Cattle; Market Factors; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008239411     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31236-5     Document Type: Article

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