This factsheet compares prices received and paid for slaughter hogs by alternative procurement methods over the seven-year period since implementing mandatory price reporting. Data are taken from selected mandatory price reports at the Agricultural Marketing Service, or AMS, Market News site for livestock reports. The primary question addressed in this fact sheet is: are there significant differences in prices paid for slaughter hogs in the cash market compared with other procurement methods?
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