Beef Industry: Packer Market Concentration and Cattle Prices
RCED-91-28
Published: Dec 06, 1990. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the impact of recent mergers by beef packers, focusing on whether the resulting market dominance could allow larger packers to pay lower cattle prices.
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CattleCommodity marketingCompetitionCorporate mergersCost analysisLivestock productsMeat packing industryMicroeconomic analysisPrice adjustmentsPrices and pricing