Ott, Stephen L. - United States Department of Agriculture, National … - 1998
The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Beef '97 Study collected data on the marketing practices of 2 … treaty was the second most popular marketing method (10.4% of operations). By number of steers sold, private treaty was the … most common marketing method. For operations selling either steer or heifer calves, smaller operations were more likely to …