Joint Costs in Meat Retailing

William F. Hahn

Elsewhere No. (0107), May 2001

Livestock producers and meat consumers are often concerned about meat-marketing margins, or wholesale-retail price spreads. This study provides a better analytic understanding of how wholesale prices, retail prices, and wholesale quantities interact in setting margins for beef, pork, and chicken.

Keywords: meat prices, price spreads, marketing margins, wholesale-retail price spreads

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Updated date: May 2001