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  • Economics of Purchasing Genetically Superior Beef Bulls

  • G. M. Clary, J. W. Jordan, C. E. Thompson
  • Journal:
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics / Volume 16 / Issue 2 / December 1984
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    05 September 2016, pp. 31-36

  • Net present value analysis is used to derive the marginal bid price for a beef herd sire from after-tax net revenues and cash flow influenced by genetic improvements. Marginal bid price represents the additional amount a producer could pay, above the present value of the current beef herd sire, for a sire expected to exhibit superior performance as reflected by increased average weaning weights of offspring.

    An analysis of the profitability of purchasing a breeding bull for a commercial beef cow herd is presented as an application. Several alternative scenarios illustrate the impact of selected determinants on the marginal bid price of a bull.