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ceipts are usually heaviest at all markets at that time of the 

 year. This is because it is the winding up of the grass season. 

 Then the demand is not so good especially in November and 

 December, as the markets are usually liberally supplied with 

 game, poultry and fresh hog meat. The only reasons I can 

 runs for a considerable time, congesting and overstocking the 

 market, and when the dressed beef men and butchers have their 

 coolers full they will not take on more supplies, except at re- 

 duced prices. Then, again, the export trade cuts a large figure 

 at different seasons of 'the year. The live and dead export 

 trade is very heavy from our western market for several months ; 

 then, again, it is light. Northwestern and Eastern Canada cut 

 a big figure in our export trade at different seasons of the year; 

 then, again, at times South American refrigerated beef limits 

 the export demand from this country. 



4. There is not much difference in the demand for strict- 

 ly choice cattle during the different months or seasons, outside 

 of the Christmas demand, which requires a large supply for 

 holiday trade in this country and in Europe. The demand is 

 good each month in the year for about so many choice cattle 

 to supply the higher priced trade of this country, and the Lon- 

 don export trade usually uses a fair supply each month of good 

 to choice cattle for a high priced trade in England, but does not 

 take the extremely top cattle, as New York City and the large 

 cities of this country use the most of our extremely high priced 

 steers. 



5. Unquestionably, there is a grade of cattle that may be 

 said to sell steadier than any other, and that is well fattened 

 cattle of good quality weighing around 1,500 pounds. Cattle 

 weighing 1,250 to 1,400 pounds will answer just as well. This 

 weight of cattle is popular because the dressed beef men, live 

 exporters, dead exporters and eastern shippers, in other words, 

 about of all classes of buyers can use more or less of that weight 

 the year round, making them staple at good prices. 



6. In my opinion, there is not a great variation in the 

 price of strictly fancy cattle from week to week or month to 

 month, as the markets have stood in the last few years. There 

 is a good general demand for such cattle every month and 



