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large. This greatly aids in maintaining prices for killing sheep and 

 lambs at the time when prices are usually lowest. Without this large 

 feeder outlet, the price of sheep for slaughter would be much lower in 

 the fall. 



The principal feeder sheep markets and the numbers of feeders 

 shipped during 1920, 1921, and 1922 are as follows: ^ 



Markets 1922 1921 1920 



1. Denver 1,088,187 643,118 1,348,690 



2. Omaha 757,254 669,585 1,123,637 



3. Chicago 687,762 520,999 898,703 



4. Kansas City 385,282 324,150 474,409 



5. Ogden 280,476 196,438 132,829 



6. Salt Lake City 276,048 142,348 210,743 



7. St. Joseph 112,769 106,981 142,069 



8. Fort Worth 136,142 79,556 71,339 



9. St. Paul 66,419 78.423 113,258 



10. Sioux City 44,546 63',654 89,881 



11. St. Louis 50,427 32,569 59,664 



Totals 3,885,312 2,857,821 4,665,222 



It will be noted that the rank of these markets is not the same as 

 their rank in total receipts. Markets receiving the largest numbers 

 of western sheep rank highest as feeder sheep markets. These 11 

 markets handled 93 per cent of the total number of feeder sheep and 

 lambs handled by 68 markets in 1922. 



* Compiled from Drovers Journal Year Book of Figures for 1922. 



