title: Marketing of meat sheep with intensive finishing in southern state of Mexico.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to quantify the marketing margins of cold sheep carcass and barbacoa meat in the southern state of Mexico. Data were obtained from the production chain links (production, industrialization, and marketing) where the marketing margins were calculated along with the benefit/cost (B/C) ratio. In the absolute marketing margin of the final consumer price per kilogram of carcass meat, the producer obtained US$2.7/kg (47 %) of the utilities, while the intermediaries obtained US$3.1/kg (53 %). Considering the final cooked product in barbacoa (typical dish), the margin was US$6.3/kg (29 %) for the producer and US$15.2/kg (71 %) for the intermediaries. The B/C ratio was 1.0, 1.1, 2, and 1.3 for the producer, stocker, butcher, and barbacoa seller, respectively. It is concluded that the best marketing channel for the producer was the producer-stocker-processor (butcher and barbacoa seller). The highest marketing margin was for the intermediaries followed by the producer. The order of importance of the B/C kilogram ratio of meat was for the butcher first, then barbacoa seller, and lastly stocker and producer.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitario UAEM Temascaltepec, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Temascaltpec, Mexico, jaimemond_01@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mondragón-Ancelmo
authors.forename: Juvencio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernández-Martínez
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rebollar-Rebollar
authors.forename: Abdelfattah Zeidan Mohamed
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: Rolando
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojo-Rubio
authors.forename: Ignacio Arturo
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Domínguez-Vara
authors.forename: Anastacio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Martínez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition; D003132:Commerce; D003296:Cooking; D040541:Marketing; D008460:Meat / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D008800:Mexico; D010063:Ovum; D012756:Sheep