Koontz, Stephen R.; Hoag, Dana L.; Brethour, John R.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 03
The cattle industry batch markets animals in pens. Because of this, animals within any one pen can be both underfed and overfed. Thus, there is a production inefficiency associated with batch marketing. We simulate the value of sorting animals through weight and ultrasound measurements from...