TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 61 



Offal Wt. in Ibs. Price Value 



Liver 12.47 12c per Ib. $1.50 



Heart 4.28 6c per Ib. .26 



Tail lOc each . 10 



Tongue 10.50 lOc per Ib. 1.05 



Brains 8c each .08 



Sweetbreads .39 30c per Ib. .12 



Melts 6c each . 06 



Lungs 5c per set . 05 



Raw tripe 22.00 l^cperlb. .33 



Switch 3c each . 03 



Cheek meat 5.33 93^c per Ib. .51 



Head meat 1.17 S l Ac per Ib. .10 



Ox lips .51 5c per Ib. . 03 



Skull bones 13.00 $20 per ton .13 



Feet 19.11 $27 per ton .26 



Heart cap .43 33^cperlb. .02 



Blood, estimated 8.00 $40 per ton .16 



Tankage 4.00 $20 per ton .04 



Tallow 5.00 53^cperlb. .28 



$5.11 

 Less expense selling small offal, 



46 Ibs., at 75c per cwt 35 



Green value edible offal ..................... .' . . $4.76 



Casings 



Rounds, at 22c per set .................... $ .22 



Middles, at 72c per set .................... 72 



Bungs, at 22c per set ...................... 22 



Weasands, at 6c per set .................... 06 



Bladder, at 3^c per set ................... 04 



$1.26 

 Less expense, 42c per set ................... 42 



Green value casings $ .84 



Total value of offal $5.60 



Total proceeds to packer $179 .43 



Gross margin to packer $16 . 99 



Retailing. 



Cost of beef to retailer $151.64 



Proceeds of beef at retail 172. 76 



Gross margin to retailer $ 21 . 12 



It would seem that the packer is now doing his share in 

 supplying the people with good meat at a fair price. There 

 can be no further expansion in the line of getting more product 

 out of the animal, the limit in that direction having been reached. 

 Further improvement in the quality and cheapening of the 

 price of beef rests largely with the grower or producer of live 

 stock. Much may be done on the production side of the business 

 to bring about these results. More feed must be grown per acre, 



