516 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



phia, Chicago, East St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and St. Paul on 

 the 15th of the month following the date covered. It is primarily 

 for the press and trade organizations, but is sent regularly to anyone 

 requesting it. The figures are also included in the monthly report 

 of cold-storage holdings published in Weather, Crops, and Markets. 



MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF FROZEN AND MILD-CL'RED FISH. 



This summary, which is also prepared in the Division of Statistical 

 and Historical Research, shows the stocks of frozen and mild-cured 

 fish in storage on the 15th of each month. It is released from the 

 branch offices of the Live Stock, Meats, and Wool Division in Boston, 

 New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, East St. Louis, Kansas City, 

 Omaha, and St. Paul at the end of each month, following the date 

 covered. It is primarily for the press and trade organizations, 

 but is sent regularly to anyone requesting it. It is also published 

 in Weather, Crops, and Markets. 



SPECIAL, REPORTS ON LIVE-STOCK MOVEMENTS, WEIGHTS, AND PRICES ISSUED FROM 



CHICAGO. 



In connection with the statistical studies being made at Chicago 

 to ascertain the seasonal marketing* of live stock by classes and 

 grades, information is compiled and published each week showing 

 the following: 



1. Receipts of cattle at each of seven inarkets during llie crop season for 

 each of the past three years. 



2. Beef steers at Chicago sold out of first hands for slaughter, segregated 

 by grades. This report shows the per cent represented by each grade, together 

 with the average weight and average price and comparisons for the preceding 

 week. 



3. Numbers of stocker and feeder cattle shipped from 12 leading markets 

 into each of seven Corn Belt States from January 1 to date, together with 

 comparison for the corresponding periods of the two years immediately pre- 

 ceding. 



4. Number, average weight, and average price of stocker and feeder steers 

 shipped from Chicago during the most recent week, segregated as to five weight 

 ranges, together with comparisons for the preceding week. 



5. Receipts of hogs at each of seven middle western markets during the 

 crop year, with comparisons for 1920 and 1921. 



6. Receipts of sheep and lambs at each of seven important markets during 

 the crop year, with comparisons for the two years immediately preceding. 



7. Percentage of each kind (lambs, ewes, yearlings, and others) in the 

 Chicago receipts for the most recent months. 



8. Number of feeder sheep and lambs shipped from 12 important markets 

 into each of seven States from .January 1 to date, together wath comparisons 

 for 1920 and 1921. 



This information is incorporated in the Saturday issue of the daily 

 live-stock report and is a valuable feature of that report. It enables 

 the reader to visualize the relative volume of the supply of beef 

 cattle according to grade and the relative condition of the stockers 

 and feeders going back to the country for further finishing; also, the 

 States to which one must look for supplies of finished cattle and 

 sheep during the next few months. 



BEPOBTS OF ACTUAL SALES AT SOUTH ST. PAUL. 



During the past spring, in cooperation with the Minnesota De- 

 partment of Agriculture, and the Minnesota College of Agriculture, 



