Abstract
The purpose of this paper is focused to the recent Japanese calf market and to consider the view on the present and future of the calf market. The Following are the conclusions of this study. 1) In the market structure of Japanese calf, and its market determination, the difference of calf price and rank is increasing. With regards to the background of the market structure, it occurs that a Japanese Black cattle is improving in each area based on its market price difference. 2) Therefore, the price forming of the Japanese calf concerns on mainly securing an excellent seed bulls. The difference of such improvement is strongly reflected in the Japanese calf market. And the difference among the production centers is increasingly spreading. 3) However, recently the decrease of beef price is changing with reduced difference among the production centers. Such change seems to influence the reorganization of the Japanese calf market, in the future.
