Store cattle prices, feeding strategies and the outlook for beef feedlots in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Farm Management at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorGillingham, R. S.
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-13T01:55:22Z
dc.date.available2015-04-13T01:55:22Z
dc.date.issued1976
dc.description.abstractAn investment value model is fitted to data from the market for store cattle and a price expectations model developed for use by a prospective purchaser of steers. The model uses liveweight as the within-sales variable and responds to the major between-sales variables which are found to be ruling beef price, market mood, and climatic considerations. A computer model of the feeding and growth of a steer is constructed and used in conjunction with least-cost rations derived from a proxy schedule of feedstuff costs and qualities to identify feeding strategies which maximize the present nett discounted value of candidate steers. The conditions under which a prospective feedlot operator planning to make use of the optimal feeding strategy can expect the market price of candidate steers to fall below their nett present discounted value are found to include a product price advantage for the feedlot.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/6462
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectBeef cattleen_US
dc.subjectCattle feeden_US
dc.subjectCattle pricesen_US
dc.titleStore cattle prices, feeding strategies and the outlook for beef feedlots in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Farm Management at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorGillingham, R. Sen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineFarm Managementen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Agricultural Science (M.Agr.Sc.)en_US
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