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Abstract The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) began publishing formula base price information in August 2021. Considerable variation the types cattle priced via has raised questions about level transparency that can be gleaned from reports. This study employs 6 years transactions to estimate hedonic models assessing capability existing data descr...