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After the recent trade liberalization of beef, Hokkaido has expanded both its production of beef and the borders of its shipment production center, now the prefecture's largest. However, one important characteristic of the production of the Japanese Black Calf is that great emphasis is placed on factors concerning hereditart traits, and blood line is also an important factor in price forming. Thus, if excellent seed bulls (studs?) are secured and are evaluated highly on the market, the price forming of the cattle becomes advantageous and demand for it spreads nationwide. However, in underdeveloped production centers such as Hokkaido, the securing of high quality sperm is a big problem. In order to develop the Japanese Black Calf in the future, the securing and systematic improvement of excellent seed bulls is necessary. Accordingly, this paper focuses on the price forming of the Japanese Black Calf in Hokkaido, and discusses the direction which the production of the Japanese Black Calf should take in the future.