
GRAPHS MIS9221.CHT THROUGH MIS9226.CHT INCLUSIVE
These graphs compare the average price per edible kg for the 3 major markets, but subselected according to high and low quality animals. These graphs show the following:
- that the average price per edible kg for Dar is very much independent of the animal quality band examined
- that the average price per edible kg for Arusha and Moshi is much higher for better animal qualities. This is the B factor being higher than 1.0, i.e. a non-linear relationship between price and edible weight, which encourages producers to supply higher quality animals to market.
The following table summarises the current (1994) values from these graphs:
|
Arusha |
Moshi |
Dar |
|
|
>140kg edible wt |
US$ 1.0/kg edible |
US$ 1.1/kg edible |
US$ 1.25/kg edib |
|
>120 kg edible wt |
US$ 1.0/kg edible |
US$ 1.0/kg edible |
US$ 1.2/kg edib |
|
<120 kg edible wt |
US$ 0.7/kg edible |
US$ 0.9/kg edible |
US$ 1.2/kg edib |
|
<80 kg edible wt |
US$ 0.6/kg edible |
US$ 0.8/kg edible |
US$ 1.1/kg edib |