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kilo vivo de ganado vacuno

English translation: price per kilo for cattle on the hoof


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Spanish term or phrase:kilo vivo de ganado vacuno
English translation:price per kilo for cattle on the hoof
Entered by: Lorena Riquelme
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03:35 Feb 11, 2006
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Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Sector Carnes
Spanish term or phrase: kilo vivo de ganado vacuno
Precio del **kilo vivo** de ganado vacuno

Éste es el título de un gráfico que muestra el ciclo de precios de la carne durante todo un año.

Gracias.
Lorena Riquelme
Mexico
Local time: 21:11
cattle-on-the-hoof price per kilo
Explanation:
as compared with "on the hook"

Beefmaster Cattle Breeders/ Society of South Africa
At last year's Rand Easter Show a Beefmaster steer won both on the hoof and on the hook championships. The record price paid for a Beefmaster bull at a ...
studbook.co.za/society/beefmaster/beefindex.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
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Refugio
Local time: 19:11
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También me gusta más la de Henry. Muchas gracias, Ruth.
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4 +5cattle-on-the-hoof price per kiloRefugio
5 +2price of live cattle per kilo
Marcelo González


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
cattle-on-the-hoof price per kilo


Explanation:
as compared with "on the hook"

Beefmaster Cattle Breeders/ Society of South Africa
At last year's Rand Easter Show a Beefmaster steer won both on the hoof and on the hook championships. The record price paid for a Beefmaster bull at a ...
studbook.co.za/society/beefmaster/beefindex.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Refugio
Local time: 19:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
También me gusta más la de Henry. Muchas gracias, Ruth.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Hinds: Or: Price per kilo for cattle "on the hoof", not yet hamburgers but on the way...
20 mins
  -> Yes, that is better wording; thanks, Henry.
agree  Marco Schaumloeffel
35 mins
  -> Gracias, Marco
agree  Daniel Burns
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Daniel
agree  Satto (Roberto): Never heard of this one but it sure has some logic to it!
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Roberto
agree  Cecilia Della Croce: I like Henry's version
2 days8 hrs
  -> So do I. Thanks, Cecilia.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
price of live cattle per kilo


Explanation:
There is a very loose relationship between the price of live cattle and the retail price of steaks on the shelves. At both the packing and retail level, ...
www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/ deptdocs.nsf/all/com8248 - 27k

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-02-11 03:40:15 GMT)
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[DOC] FORECASTING BEEF CATTLE PRICES WITH NONLINEARFile Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
In a market system, the price of live beef cattle - determined by the interaction of the corresponding supply and demand - serves to balance demand and ...
www.cedeplar.ufmg.br/pesquisas/td/TD 120.doc

Another (perhaps less frequently heard) option might be "price of live beef cattle per kilo" (if such clarification might be necessary).

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Note added at 40 mins (2006-02-11 04:15:44 GMT)
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Two more options might be "price per kilo of livestock / price of livestock per kilo" :-)

live·stock (lîv'stŏk') n.
Domestic animals, such as cattle or horses, raised for home use or for profit, especially on a farm.
http://www.answers.com/livestock&r=67

Marcelo González
North Mariana Isl.
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Trudy!
agree  Ed Shae
23 hrs
  -> Thank you, Edward!
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