Assessing the Relationship between Market Factors and Regional Price Dynamics in U.S. Cattle Markets

Regional live cattle prices are decomposed into two components: (a) a trend common to all regional cattle price series and (b) regional deviations or price dynamics around that trend. Tests are developed to determine if market factors are related to the regional price deviations around a common tren...

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Main Authors: Allan M. Walburger, Kenneth A. Foster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1997-07-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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description Regional live cattle prices are decomposed into two components: (a) a trend common to all regional cattle price series and (b) regional deviations or price dynamics around that trend. Tests are developed to determine if market factors are related to the regional price deviations around a common trend. Slaughter volume, distance between a market and the next closest, and forward contract deliveries are significantly related to price deviations from the estimated common trend.
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spelling doaj.art-213182d27fa245d99f95d1054c5a4b5f2022-12-22T00:00:08ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82851997-07-0122113314410.22004/ag.econ.3100931009Assessing the Relationship between Market Factors and Regional Price Dynamics in U.S. Cattle MarketsAllan M. WalburgerKenneth A. FosterRegional live cattle prices are decomposed into two components: (a) a trend common to all regional cattle price series and (b) regional deviations or price dynamics around that trend. Tests are developed to determine if market factors are related to the regional price deviations around a common trend. Slaughter volume, distance between a market and the next closest, and forward contract deliveries are significantly related to price deviations from the estimated common trend.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31009beef packingfed cattleforward contractsstate space
spellingShingle Allan M. Walburger
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Assessing the Relationship between Market Factors and Regional Price Dynamics in U.S. Cattle Markets
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
beef packing
fed cattle
forward contracts
state space
title Assessing the Relationship between Market Factors and Regional Price Dynamics in U.S. Cattle Markets
title_full Assessing the Relationship between Market Factors and Regional Price Dynamics in U.S. Cattle Markets
title_fullStr Assessing the Relationship between Market Factors and Regional Price Dynamics in U.S. Cattle Markets
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Relationship between Market Factors and Regional Price Dynamics in U.S. Cattle Markets
title_short Assessing the Relationship between Market Factors and Regional Price Dynamics in U.S. Cattle Markets
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forward contracts
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