PRODUCTION OF BEEF CATTLE 231 



Marketing. A glance at the market quotations of a 

 cattle market will show a wide difference in the prices of the 

 various grades. The following reproduction of part of a 

 daily market report will illustrate this point: 



KILLING STEERS 



Extra good, 1,300 Ibs. up $13. 75 @ $14.00 



Good to choice, 1,250 Ibs. up 13.00 @ 13.50 



Common to medium, 1,250 Ibs. up 12.25 @ 13.00 



Good to choice, i, i oo to 1,200 Ibs 11.75 @ I2 -5o 



Common to medium, 1,1 oo to 1,200 Ibs 11.25 @ IX .75 



Good to choice, i ,000 to 1,100 Ibs n . 25 @ n . 75 



Common to medium, 1,000 to 1,100 Ibs 10. 50 @ n . 25 



Fair to good, under 1,000 Ibs 10.00 @ 11.00 



Good to choice yearlings n . 50 @ 12 . 75 



STOCKERS AND FEEDING CATTLE 



Good to choice steers, 800 Ibs. up $10.00 @ $11 .00 



Common to fair steers, 800 Ibs. up 9.00 @ 10.00 



Good to choice steers, under 800 Ibs 9 . 50 @ 10 . oo 



Common to fair steers, under 800 Ibs 8.00 @ 9.00 



Medium to good heifers 7.00 @ 8.00 



Medium to good cows 6 . oo @ 7.00 



Good to choice milkers no.oo @ 135 .00 



Fair to medium milkers 75 . oo @ 100 . oo 



Stock calves, 250 to 400 Ibs 7.00 @ 10. 50 



Springers 7. 50 @ 9. 50 



Young animals, well finished but not too fat, and weighing 

 from 1200 to 1400 pounds, meet the market demand for the 

 better grades. The essential features determining a high- 

 class beef animal, from the market standpoint, as presented 

 in an earlier paragraph of this chapter should be referred to 

 in this connection. 



To secure the best return cattle should reach the market 

 well finished after a short feeding period. A long feeding 

 period is not only expensive, but, owing to the large amount 

 of fat accumulated, the cattle do not always find favor on the 

 market. 



Feeders Reference has already been made in Chapter 

 XX to the production of beef by the use of feeders. The 



