60 TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



A carload containing eighteen prime and uniform Aberdeen- 

 Angus steers, bred and fed by the owner in Henry County, 

 Illinois, were sold at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, August 

 26, 1914.* They were reshipped to New York City on the 

 same date, where they were slaughtered August 30, 1914. They 

 had been calved in the spring of 1912, suckled their dams on 

 pasture until weaning time, and received grain and hay through 

 the following winter. The next summer they ran on pasture 

 and were then fed clover and alfalfa hay until January 15, 1914. 

 One-half corn ration was fed the steers until March 1, when a 

 full feed of corn with alfalfa hay was given in the dry lot until 

 marketing. 



It is of interest to know the story of these steers in detail 

 as they passed through the market and through the hands of 

 the packer, and to know the weights and values of the numerous 

 products secured from their slaughter. The following table, 

 giving the figures for a single steer representing an average of 

 the 18 head, tells the story: 



Marketing. 



Live weight at Chicago, pounds 1483 



Selling price per cwt $10 . 65 



Price per head 157. 94 



Marketing expenses 



Freight and terminal switching $1.86 



Yardage 25 



Feed and insurance 08 



Commission 66 



$2.85 



Proceeds to producer . .$155. 09 



Slaughtering and Wholesaling. 



Cost of live steer to packer $157. 94 



Freight, bedding, and feed to New York City 4 . 50 



Gross cost of steer at New York $162 .44 



Live weight at New York, pounds 1367 



Shrinkage in shipment, Chicago to New York, pounds 116 



Shrinkage in shipment, Chicago to New York, percentage .... 7.8 



Chilled carcass weight, pounds 899 . 4 



Dressing percentage 65. 8 



Proceeds to Packer. 



Dressed beef, 899.4 Ibs., average 16.86c. - $151 .64 



Hide, 88.8 Ibs., average 15.82c 14.06 



Oleo fat, 101.1 Ibs., average 8.05c 8.13 



Offal, as per following items 5. 60 



* Compiled from U. S. Dept. Agr. Report 113, Meat Situation in the 

 United States, by Hall, Simpson, and Doty. 



