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A Carcass Merit Pricing System for the Pork Industry

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  • Marvin L. Hayenga
  • Barbara S. Grisdale
  • Robert G. Kauffman
  • H. Russell Cross
  • Lauren L. Christian

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A small proportion of hogs sold to packers are priced according to their carcass value, and some producers feel that price incentives for lean hogs are inadequate. Pork carcass composition and value relationships were analyzed for a sample of 185 pork carcasses. Carcass weight, back fat thickness, and muscling index accounted for 79% of the variations in carcass value; these factors were incorporated into a standardized payoff matrix providing larger incentives for better carcasses which could be incorporated into individual packer procurement systems.

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  • Marvin L. Hayenga & Barbara S. Grisdale & Robert G. Kauffman & H. Russell Cross & Lauren L. Christian, 1985. "A Carcass Merit Pricing System for the Pork Industry," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 67(2), pages 315-319.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:67:y:1985:i:2:p:315-319.
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    1. Herrmann, Roland & Roeder, Claudia, 1998. "Some neglected issues in food demand analysis: retail-level demand, health information and product quality," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 42(4), pages 1-27.
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    4. Brorsen, B. Wade & Akridge, Jay T. & Boland, Michael A. & Mauney, Sean & Forrest, John C., 1998. "Performance Of Alternative Component Pricing Systems For Pork," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 30(2), pages 1-12, December.
    5. Meltzer, Martin I. & Kalter, Robert J., 1987. "Porcine Growth Hormone: Implications for Hog Producers and the Swine Industry," 1987 Annual Meeting, August 2-5, East Lansing, Michigan 269988, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    6. Ted C. Schroeder, 1993. "An evaluation of hog carcass merit pricing systems," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(4), pages 339-350.
    7. Manuey, Sean & Brorsen, B. Wade & Akridge, Jay T., 1991. "A Component Pricing System For Pork," 1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas 271067, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    8. Martinez, Stephen W. & Zering, Kelly D., 2004. "Pork Quality And The Role Of Market Organizaton," Agricultural Economic Reports 33973, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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