8 BULLETIN 982, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 6. — Beef cattle: Monthly farm price per 100 pounds, United States, 1910 to 1920. 



Date. 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



11 yr. 



av. 



Jan. 15 



$4.71 

 4.64 

 4.87 

 5.31 

 5.23 

 5.20 

 4.84 

 4.64 

 4.65 

 4.64 

 4.48 

 4.45 



$4.58 

 4.57 

 4.66 

 4.67 

 4.59 

 4.43 

 4.28 

 4.39 

 4.43 

 4.32 

 4.36 

 4.37 



$4.46 

 4.61 

 4.75 

 5.15 

 5.36 

 5.23 

 5.17 

 5.37 

 5.35 

 5.36 

 5.22 

 5.33 



$5. 40 

 5.55 

 5.88 

 6.08 

 6.01 

 6.02 

 5.98 

 5.91 

 5.92 

 6.05 

 5.99 

 5.96 



$6.04 

 6.16 

 6.28 

 6.29 

 6.33 

 6.32 

 6.38 

 6.47 

 6.38 

 6.23 

 6.02 

 6.01 



$5.99 

 5.93 

 5.92 

 5.96 

 6.13 

 6.20 

 6.07 

 6.18 

 6.06 

 6.04 

 5.85 

 5.75 



$5.85 

 5.99 

 6.37 

 6.66 

 6.73 

 6.91 

 6.78 

 6.51 

 6.55 

 6.37 

 6.44 

 6.56 



$6.86 

 7.36 

 7.91 

 8.57 

 8.70 

 8.65 

 8.30 

 8.17 

 8.40 

 8.35 

 8.21 

 8.24 



$8.33 

 8.55 

 8.85 

 9.73 

 10.38 

 10. 40 

 10.07 

 9.71 

 9.63 

 9.33 

 9.14 

 9.28 



$9.65 

 10.02 

 10.34 

 10.81 

 10.84 

 10.20 

 9.96 

 9.82 

 9.02 

 8.65 

 8.65 

 8.63 



$8.99 

 8.98 

 9.08 

 9.20 

 8.97 

 9.32 

 8.93 

 8.56 

 8.29 

 7.77 

 7.15 

 6.36 



$6.44 



Feb. 15 



Mar. 15 



6 81 



Apr. 15 



7 13 



May 15 



7 21 





7.17 

 6 98 



July 15 



Sept. 15 



Oct. 15 



6.88 

 6.79 

 6.65 



Nov. 15 



Dec. 15 



6.50 

 6 45 







"Weighted 

 average. . 



4.76 



4.45 



5. 15 



5.91 



6.24 



6.03 



6.47 



8.16 



9.44 



9. 56 



8.32 



6.77 



Table 7.— Cattle and calves: Yearly receipts at principal markets, and number on farms, 



1900 to 1920. 

 [In thousands of animals; i. e., 000 omitted.] 



Year. 



1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 

 1920 



Receipts at principal markets. 1 



Chi- 

 cago. 



2,865 

 3,213 

 3, 193 

 3,704 

 3,527 

 3,791 

 3, 742 

 3,727 

 3,461 

 3,340 

 3, 553 

 3,453 

 3,158 

 2,XSS 

 2,601 

 2, 685 

 3, 250 

 3,820 

 4,448 

 4,253 

 3,849 



Kan- 

 sis 



City. 



2,083 

 2,127 

 2,279 

 2,137 

 2,163 

 2,423 

 2, 556 

 2,670 

 2,458 

 2, 660 

 2, 507 

 2,370 

 2,147 

 2,319 

 1,957 

 1,983 

 2,331 

 2,902 

 3,320 

 3,085 

 2,500 



Oma- 



818 

 1,011 

 1,071 



944 

 1,026 

 1,079 

 1, 159 

 1,037 

 1,125 

 1,224 

 1,174 

 1,017 



962 



939 

 1,218 

 1,434 

 1,720 

 1,993 

 1,975 

 1,603 



St. 

 Paul. 



221 

 190 

 306 

 303 

 389 

 489 

 487 

 520 

 463 

 497 

 604 

 539 

 .524 

 532 

 585 

 856 

 941 

 1,197 

 1,430 

 1,491 

 1,373 



East 



St. 



Louis 



892 

 1,113 

 1,140 

 1,074 

 1,124 

 1,121 

 1,133 

 1,145 

 1,241 

 1,208 

 1,067 

 1,200 

 1,100 

 1,041 



992 

 1,200 

 1,405 

 1,509 

 1,473 

 1,254 



Fort 

 Worth 



( 2 ) 



( 2 ) 



132 



447 



643 



813 



838 



1,022 



1,069 



1,197 



1,071 



884 



1,039 



1,186 



1,176 



944 



1,081 



1,960 



1,665 



1,267 



1,134 



Den- 

 ver. 



240 

 227 

 324 

 286 

 265 

 294 

 329 

 307 

 420 

 426 

 399 

 298 

 414 

 499 

 443' 

 424 

 601 

 653 

 728 

 824 

 617 



Sioux 

 City. 



300 

 309 

 405 

 379 

 331 

 403 

 385 

 410 

 385 

 426 

 439 

 487 

 431 

 394 

 368 

 534 

 602 

 707 

 818 

 814 

 752 



St. 

 Jo- 

 seph. 



390 

 439 

 517 

 625 

 587 

 547 

 606 

 616 

 584 

 592 

 565 

 513 

 494 

 450 

 356 

 441 

 480 

 670 

 870 

 750 

 643 



Total. 



7,625 

 8,215 

 9,280 

 10, 092 

 9,923 

 10,910 

 11,143 

 11,564 

 11,022 

 11,504 

 11,570 

 10, 785 

 10,424 

 10, 330 

 9,466 

 10,057 

 11,920 

 15,034 

 16,781 

 15,932 

 13,725 



Number on 

 farms Jan. 1. 



Milk 

 cows. 



17, 136 

 16, 834 

 16,697 

 17, 105 

 17,420 

 17,572 

 19, 794 

 20, 968 

 21,194 

 21, 720 

 20, 625 

 20, 823 

 20,699 

 20,497 

 20, 737 

 21,262 

 22, 108 

 22,894 

 23,310 

 23, 475 

 23,6i9 



Other 

 cattle. 



50,586 

 45, 500 

 44,728 

 44,659 

 43, 629 

 43, 669 

 47,06S 

 51,586 

 50, 073 

 49, 379 

 41,17S 

 39,679 

 37, 260 

 36, 030 

 35,855 

 37, 067 

 39, 812 

 41,689 

 44,112 

 45,085 

 44,750 



1 Cjmjiled from Drovars' Journal. 



2 Not in operation. 



Table 8. 



-Cattle and calves: Combined monthly and yearly receipts at Chicago, Kansat 

 City, Omaha, and East St. Louis, 1910 to 1920. 1 

 [In thousands; i. e., 000 omitted.] 



Month. 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



191S 



1919 



1920 



11-year 

 av. 



January 



February 



641 

 515 

 590 

 498 

 553 

 630 

 662 

 915 

 995 

 1,040 

 834 

 617 



700 

 516 

 555 

 498 

 612 

 620 

 680 

 764 

 766 

 1,044 

 757 

 555 



660 

 486 

 502 

 515 

 484 

 462 

 516 

 667 

 868 

 1,010 

 674 

 676 



608 

 486 

 481 

 523 

 452 

 525 

 568 

 688 

 923 

 824 

 606 

 588 



526 

 445 

 481 

 445 

 404 

 473 

 457 

 565 

 784 

 813 

 558 

 581 



518 

 377 

 523 

 465 

 461 

 474 

 462 

 611 

 730 

 834 

 798 

 605 



606 

 534 

 558 

 452 

 558 

 530 

 535 

 807 

 861 

 1.146 

 '915 

 716 



807 



567 



533 



600 



708 



701 



773 



808 



1,029 



1,309 



1,148 



864 



763 



709 



779 



881 



688 



705 



967 



911 



1,347 



1,320 



1, 167 



1,032 



998 



682 



646 



706 



668 



641 



881 



926 



1,131 



1,362 



1,169 



976 



847 

 642 

 698 

 532 

 642 

 696 

 669 

 868 



1,032 

 932 



1,029 

 618 



697 

 542 

 577 





556 





566 





587 



Julv 



652 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



775 

 951 



1,058 

 878 

 712 



Total 



8,490 



8,067 



7, 520 



7,270 



6,532 



6,858 



8,218 



9,847 



11,209 



10, 786 



9,205 



8,551 



1 Figures prior to 1915 compiled from Drovers' Journal. 



