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Endnotes
1 Useful input on the survey instrument was obtained from Ted Schroeder, John Lawrence, Steve Koontz,
and Dillon Feuz.
2 Surveys were mailed to members of three associations by their staff; for the fourth, surveys were mailed
directly from Oklahoma State University to association members.
Table 1. Selected frequency distributions from survey respondents using grid pricing in 2003
|
Number of Responses |
Percent of | |
|
Respondents by state where majority of cattle were fed | ||
|
Nebraska |
42 |
36.5 |
|
Colorado |
15 |
13.0 |
|
Kansas |
32 |
27.8 |
|
Texas |
20 |
17.4 |
|
Oklahoma, New Mexico, other |
7 |
6.1 |
|
Respondents by size based on number of cattle marketed | ||
|
Less than 5,000 head |
25 |
21.6 |
|
5,000-19,999 |
35 |
30.2 |
|
20,000-49,999 |
22 |
19.0 |
|
50,000-99,999 |
22 |
19.0 |
|
100,000 or more |
12 |
10.3 |
|
Respondents by extent of marketings priced with a grid | ||
|
1-20 percent |
48 |
41.4 |
|
21-40 |
21 |
18.1 |
|
41-60 |
5 |
4.3 |
|
61-80 |
17 |
14.7 |
|
81-100 |
25 |
21.6 |