Basis Data For Cattle

This publication presents average, low, and high basis values for slaughter cattle in five market areas: Interior Iowa-Southern Minnesota, Sioux City, Omaha, St. Louis, and Peoria. The basis values are shown in tables 1-6. To find the three basis figures for a given date and market, find the table and line for the date, then read the basis figures from the desired market column. To use the basis values in estimating the slaughter cattle price with a hedge, follow the procedure outlined in worksheet 1

Delivering on a live cattle futures contract

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Conditions and Trends in Hog-Pork Production and Marketing: Marketing Systems and Farm Prices

During this century three major trends have characterized the development of the hog slaughter-processing industry in Iowa and in other parts of the nation: Slaughter plants have moved from terminal market locations to hog production areas, new firms have entered the slaughter-processing industry reducing the relative importance of the once dominant big five meat packing firms, and muitispecies slaughtering plants have been replaced by plants specializing in the slaughter of a single species of livestock..

Marketing Practices of a Sample of Iowa Hog Producers

The papers in this report summarize some of the results of a survey of 489 Iowa hog producers. The survey was conducted in 1972; it included producers in all areas of Iowa. The Departn^nt of Economics and the Statistical Laboratory of the Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station at Iowa State University coopera ted in conducting the survey. The survey was financed by Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station project 1822. This report deals with hog marketing decisions and practices; another report deals with hog production facilities and practices. The authors of the following papers are grateful to the Statistical Laboratory, to the interviewers who collected the data and to the farmers who provided the data

Delivering on a hog futures contract

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Basis Data For Hogs

In deciding whether to hedge slaughter hogs, it is helpful to have an estimate of the price which will be received from the hedge. To make this estimate, "basis" information is needed. The "basis" is the difference between the futures price and the local cash market price. This publication presents average, low, and high basis values for slaughter hogs in five market areas: Interior Iowa-Southern Minnesota, Sioux City, Omaha, St. Louis and Peoria.</p

Basis Data For Cattle

This publication" presents average, low, and high basis values for slaughter cattle in five market areas: Interior Iowa-Southern Minnesota, Sioux City, Omaha, St. Louis, and Peoria. The basis values are shown in tables 1-6. To find the three basis figures for a given date and market, find the table and line for the date, then read the basis figures from the desired market column. To use the basis values in estimating the slaughter cattle price with a hedge, follow the procedure outlined in worksheet 1.</p