Shrink in Beef Cattle: A Marketing Consideration
Beef cow staring at the camera from behind a wooden fence.
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Keywords

Beef Cattle Management
AN322

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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)

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-an322-2015
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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.
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