Index Catalog // USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System

Description:	This archived report does not contain recent information or data. This report examines the cattle cycle of the 1990s to determine if there are differences from previous cattle cycles and, if so, how and why differences occurred. In early 1996, the peak in the current cycle of cattle inventories coincided with a long list of negative factors: negative returns at the farm and feedlot, record-high feed grain prices, a severe drought in 1995-96, widening farm-retail price spreads; Choice beef dol...
Category:	Animals and Animal Products:Livestock
Keyword:	beef, cattle, and cow-calf operations
Latest Release:	Apr 1, 1999 PDF Apr 1, 1999: U.S. Beef Industry: Cattle Cycles, Price Spreads, and Packer Concentration Apr 1, 1999: U.S. Beef Industry: Cattle Cycles, Price Spreads, and Packer Concentration Release datetime: Apr 1, 1999

Description:	This microcomputer program is designed to analyze operating costs for six sizes of beef packing and fabricating plants for five levels of operating output. The program tabulates total costs as well as costs by each of 20 operating stages and by accounts and subaccounts. PACKER90 is programmed for and is run from BASICA (or other compatible BASIC interpreter). PACKER can be used with a single 360K disk drive, but a fixed drive is preferable.
Category:	Agriculture Economics and Management:Farm Input and Expenditures and Animals and Animal Products:Livestock
Keyword:	beef, beef industry, livestock, livestock and meat industry, meat packing plants, and packing house
Latest Release:	Sep 1, 1991 TXT Sep 1, 1991: Beef Packer Cost Analyzer Sep 1, 1991: Beef Packer Cost Analyzer Release datetime: Sep 1, 1991

Description:	This report contains information on direct to consumer prices for grass fed beef and lamb. Includes prices and averages for carcasses as well as individual cuts. This is a monthly release.
Division:	Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program
Category:	Animals and Animal Products:Livestock
Keyword:	beef, grass-fed livestock, lamb, meat carcasses, and prices

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