Keywords
Beef Cattle Management
AN322
AN322
Categories
How to Cite
Hersom, Matt, Todd Thrift, and Joel Yelich. 2016. “Shrink in Beef Cattle: A Marketing Consideration: AN322 AN322, 12 2015”. EDIS 2016 (2). Gainesville, FL:3. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-an322-2015.
Abstract
Shrink in beef cattle is weight loss that occurs between an animal’s departure from one location and weigh-in at another. Shrink in beef calves constitutes a potential economic loss to both the seller and the buyer if it is not fully considered. This 3-page fact sheet discusses factors that affect shrink and the effects of shrink on calf price. Written by Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, and Joel Yelich, and published by the UF Department of Animal Sciences, December 2015.
AN322/AN322: Shrink in Beef Cattle: A Marketing Consideration (ufl.edu)
References
Barham, B. L., and T. R. Troxel. 2007. "Factors affecting the selling price of feeder cattle sold at Arkansas livestock auctions in 2005." J. Anim. Sci. 85: 3434-3441. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2007-0340
Hersom, M., A. Imler, T. Thrift, J. Yelich, and J. Arthington. 2015. "Comparison of feed additive technologies for preconditioning of weaned beef calves." J. Anim. Sci. 93: 3169-3178. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8689
Tippets, N., I. M. Stevens, C. B. Brotherton, and H. Abel. 1957. "In transit shrinkages of cattle." Wyoming Agri. Exp. St. Mimeograph Circular 75.
Hersom, M., A. Imler, T. Thrift, J. Yelich, and J. Arthington. 2015. "Comparison of feed additive technologies for preconditioning of weaned beef calves." J. Anim. Sci. 93: 3169-3178. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8689
Tippets, N., I. M. Stevens, C. B. Brotherton, and H. Abel. 1957. "In transit shrinkages of cattle." Wyoming Agri. Exp. St. Mimeograph Circular 75.