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- Title
Hedonic modeling to facilitate price reporting and fed cattle market transparency.
- Authors
Schroeder, Ted C.; Coffey, Brian K.; Tonsor, Glynn T.
- Abstract
Livestock Mandatory Price reporting, enacted to increase market transparency, has been in place for more than 20 years. However, immense structural change in cattle and beef markets has challenged market information over that time. Large variation present in cattle transaction prices, especially those in the Formula purchases category, on any given day has made traditionally United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)‐reported weighted‐average prices less meaningful. Using nearly 6 years of The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 transactions data from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS), we demonstrate use of hedonic modeling to facilitate price reporting. While the models show promise to provide useful information, they reveal substantial weaknesses associated with current transaction information collected by USDA from packers. We offer suggestions for improved data collection which would make hedonic modeling of transactions prices a more valuable tool to increase usefulness of reported market prices.
- Subjects
UNITED States. Dept. of Agriculture; PRICES; CATTLE marketing; BEEF cattle; MARKET prices; CATTLE prices
- Publication
Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, 2023, Vol 45, Issue 3, p1716
- ISSN
2040-5790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aepp.13324