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CATTLE FEEDING SITUATION 

 By L. F. Stlce, Eitenfllon Marketing Specialist 



Declining receipts and higher feeder cattle prices are the recent develop- 

 ments in the cattle feeding situation. Cattle receipts at the 12 principal markets 

 for the week ending October 5 vere 8 percent "below the previous week. Feeder cattle 

 prices advanced after the middle of September somewhat similarly to the pattern fol- 

 lowed in 194^4- (see chart). While receipts of gross cattle will continue large during 

 the next few weeks, it is my opinion that feeder cattle prices are not likely to show 

 a general decline. In September 20 percent fever stocker and feeder steers vere sold 

 at the four principal, markets then, a year earlier, with the greatest reductions in 

 steers weighing over 1,000 pounds and under TOO pounds. 



WEEKLY kVERPJJE PRICES OF FEEDER STEERS, BY GERADES, KANSAS CITY, 19^4 TO DATE 



Dollar 4" 

 per cwt 



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