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Receipts of cattle, including calves, at large central markets, 1920-1922 



Market 1922 1921 1920 



1. Chicago 3,934,498 3,539,538 3,849,495 



2. Kansas City 2,983,094 2,469,442 2,500,166 



3. Omaha 1,744,251 1,434,576 1,602,799 



4. St. Louis 1,400,333 1,077,260 1,253,550 



5. St. Paul 1,386,932 984,826 1,373,114 



6. Fort Worth 1,084,201 983,802 1,134,323 



7. Pittsburgh 866,764 745,100 732,770 



8. Sioux City 746,983 620,373 751,658 



9. Buffalo 637,349 609,063 676,676 



10. St. Joseph 654,552 558,040 642,899 



11. Denver 656,245 481,502 616,565 



12. Indianapolis 508,814 483,097 597,097 



13. Milwaukee 504,324 438,720 443,947 



14. Cincinnati 445,554 453,974 441,044 



15. Oklahoma City 382,341 315,113 399,706 



Totals 17,936,235 15,194,426 17,015,809 



The U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports that 

 23,217,038 cattle and calves were received at 68 stock yards in 1922. 

 The 15 markets listed above received 77 per cent of this total. 



There are no large cattle markets in other countries which compare 

 with the larger markets in the United States. South American markets 

 may in time approach our own in size. American packers are now 

 operating plants in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Pack- 

 ing plants are one of the most essential factors in the creation of large 

 central markets. 



The Chicago market, the largest cattle market in the world, 

 received 3,163,009 cattle and 771,489 calves in 1922. Cattle weighing 

 300 pounds or less are classed as calves. The total value of cattle 

 received at Chicago in 1922, excluding calves, was $248,595,111. 

 Their average value per head was $78.60. Their average weight was 

 996 pounds. Their average price per cwt. was $7.90. The number 

 of cattle received at Chicago direct from western ranges in 1922 was 

 265,700. Chicago does not receive as many of these as do some of 

 the markets located farther west. Western range cattle direct from 

 the West are marketed at Chicago from July to December inclusive, 

 and they usually constitute about 10 per cent of all cattle received 

 during the year. The total value of the calves received was $10,551,660; 

 their average value was $13.65; their average weight was 141 pounds; 

 and their average price per cwt. was $9.70. 



Sources of receipts. — The corn-growing area of the Mississippi and 

 Missouri valleys affords the best facilities for the production of meat 

 animals, and this area is tapped at many points by lines of railway 

 centering in Chicago. The corn-fed cattle of Iowa, Nebraska, Mis- 

 souri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, and the grass-fed cattle of 

 Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, and Texas, have easy access to 



