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fed cattle

fed cattle noun: cattle leaving a feedlot, after fattening on a concentrated ration, that are ready to be sold to a packinghouse for slaughter.

Noun

fed cattle (uncountable)

  1. Cattle leaving a feedlot, after fattening on a concentrated ration, that are ready to be sold to a packinghouse for slaughter.
    • Even though the empirical analysis used here cannot formally test which of several possible factors is the cause of any asymmetry, it is important to establish theoretical reasons to expect spatial price adjustments for fed cattle to be asymmetric.1989 December, DeeVon Bailey, B. Wade Brorsen, “Price Asymmetry in Spatial Fed Cattle Markets”, in Western Journal of Agricultrual Economics, volume 8, number 2, page 246

Questions about fed cattle

What does fed cattle mean?
Fed cattle means cattle leaving a feedlot, after fattening on a concentrated ration, that are ready to be sold to a packinghouse for slaughter.
What part of speech is fed cattle?
Fed cattle is a noun.

Words near fed cattle in the dictionary

  1. fecundizing
  2. fecundly
  3. fed
  4. fed and watered
  5. fed back
  6. fed cattle
  7. Fed Cup
  8. fed forward
  9. fed into
  10. fed off
  11. fed on

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