Prices for Choice and Select grade fed cattle are derived from wholesale and retail beef markets. Choice-Select price …

the large supply of hogs in 1998 a major factor why spot market hog prices plummeted to unprecedented lows. Just eight … packing industry. Regression models were estimated to compare reported weekly average prices in the market where the plant … opened or closed with comparable prices for benchmark markets before and after the plant opening or closing. Regression …

--Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Denver, Colorado. Estimated linear and log-linear hedonic models reveal ground beef prices … type, expiration date, brand category, and special labels. Factors influencing steak prices included store location …

Reduced reliance on cash market prices for fed cattle and hogs raise questions about the role of cash prices in price … discovery. We use seven years of weekly data from mandatory price reports to determine whether or not cash market prices are … cointegrated with other procurement prices and then test for causality among the price series. Cash prices were cointegrated with …