MARKETING 



LIVE STOCK MARKETS 



While poultry and game, as well as the 

 carcasses of the smaller animals, may be 

 handled through the produce markets, the 

 large animals require separate facilities. 

 The United States is noted for its large live 

 stock markets and for the perfection and 

 size of the packing houses which have 

 grown up about them. The most famous 

 example of these combined agencies is to 

 be found at Chicago, but important live 

 stock markets are also maintained at St. 

 Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Pittsburgh, 

 Buffalo and more recently Fort Worth, 

 Texas. The commission charges vary from 

 50 cents to $i per head for cattle and from 

 10 to 25 cents per head for calves, sheep and 

 hogs. In some markets, the commission on 

 hogs is 2% of the gross returns. When 

 located within 150 miles of a central mar- 

 ket, it is customary to allow 50 cents per 

 hundred pounds for cattle and 40 cents for 

 hogs to cover shrinkage, and cost of freight, 

 yardage, food, bedding and commission. It 

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