Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Economics Research Institute Study Paper

Volume

93

Issue

5

Publisher

Utah State University Department of Economics

Publication Date

1993

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First Page

1

Last Page

27

Abstract

The size and shape of market areas for buyers in the Dodge City, Amarillo, Omaha, and Greeley feeding sites are determined by plotting data from the nation's largest video auction. Buying areas for feeder cattle are large, irregularly shaped, and, in some cases, truncated. Feeder cattle buyers behave as oligopsonists in counties where most buyers are from one feeding site. Prices are higher for feeder cattle in counties where two or more market areas overlap.

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