Data from: United States cattle market location and annual market sales estimate data
Data files
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Market_List_final.csv
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Market_Volume_Estimates.csv
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README.md
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Abstract
Cattle markets, where livestock producers may buy and sell cattle and calves, act as major hubs in the shipment network that connect cattle populations across the United States (U.S.). Cattle markets can then provide insight into the integration of the U.S. cattle industry, thus informing how regional price fluctuations can influence cattle prices nationally. Despite biosecurity measures and regulatory compliance from livestock markets, commingling and re-distribution of animals from multiple sources may elevate the risk of disease spread and make tracing animal movements more complex, which could pose significant challenges if a transboundary animal disease (TAD) were introduced into the U.S. Therefore, knowing the size and location of cattle markets in the U.S. is critical to understanding cattle industry market dynamics and enhancing pandemic scenario modeling efforts. In this article, we present a list of cattle markets, their locations, and estimated quarterly cattle sales. We compiled a list of 1,619 known cattle markets with and without market sales data from 1,131 counties across the U.S. from 2012-2016. To estimate unknown market sales data, we fit a spatial autoregressive lag model to annual county-level market sales data and used the fit to predict annual sales in counties that lacked sales information. County-level sales data provide important insight into the structure of the U.S. cattle industry. The dataset can be used to improve national-scale cattle movement models, livestock disease models, and inform TAD surveillance efforts.
Overview
This dataset contains information on cattle market locations and estimated annual cattle sales in the United States from 2012 to 2016. The data were compiled to enhance the understanding of cattle market dynamics and improve modeling efforts related to livestock movement and disease spread.
Repository Contents
- MarketList_final.csv: Contains detailed information about each cattle market, including location data and unique identifiers.
- Market_Volume_Estimates.csv: Provides county-level annual cattle sales estimates, including known and predicted values where data were not available.
Data Description
MarketList_final.csv
- RecordID: Unique identifier for each record (matches MarketID column in the Carroll and Bansal de-duplicated market list).
- premises.CB: Premises designations from Carroll and Bansal [1].
- premises.Beck-Johnson: Corrected premises designations.
- FIPS: A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that uniquely identifies county centroids.
- Notes: Canada (Canadian markets), Horse (Google searches show auction is associated with horses, with no indication of other livestock), No Livestock (where Google searches show auction is associated with goods other than livestock), Insufficient Location Information (Cannot determine county based on available information).
- name: Market name from source. Different names are present for the same market if sources listed different names.
- address: The physical location or business address of a market.
- po: Post Office box.
- city: City that the market is located in.
- state: State the market is located in.
- zip: United States Postal Service Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) code.
- zip_ext: ZIP code extension number.
- source: Market information source.
- id: Market identification number from source.
Market_Volume_Estimates.csv
- FIPS: A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that uniquely identifies county centroids.
- number_markets: The number of markets in that county.
- volume_data: average number of cattle sold per year in that county, where known.
- estimated_volume: estimated annual cattle sales where data were not available. Known sales data (e.g. from volume_data column) are in this column where available.