298 CATTLE 



Prince Ito brought ^9100, the cow Blackcap Judy 40226, by 

 Black Monarch of Emerson 30331, was purchased by C. H. Gard- 

 ner of Illinois for ^6300, for years the top price for a cow of the 

 breed. At the sale of P. J. Donahue of Iowa in May, 191 8, 

 the cow Blackcap McHenry 128th 183815 sold for ^5025, and 

 the bull Emlyn 235644 brought ^5100. Again, on May 23, 

 1919, Mr. Donahue sold 47 head for $121,425, an average of 

 S2583. On this occasion Blackcap Lassie i6th brought $7200 

 and Elba of Glynn Mawr 4th, $6800. On June 3 and 4, 1919, 

 Escher and Ryan sold 171 head for an average price of $2200. 

 The highest price for a bull was $36,000 for Enlate 209747, sold 

 to W. H. Cooper. The cow Blackcap McHenry 151st 229186 

 sold to C. A. Rosenfeld for $10,000. In the summer of 1919 

 C. D. and E. F. Caldwell, Burlington Junction, Missouri, sold the 

 bull Blackcap Bertram 183987 to L. B. McCanum, Aledo, IlHnois, 

 for $45,000, this representing the highest price paid to date for 

 an animal of this breed. In ^lay, 19 18, at a sale of Tudor and 

 Son of Iowa, 54 head brought an average price of $1207 and 

 28 females ranged in price from $1000 up.' At the annual sales in 

 Scotland, February 4 and 5, 19 19, all records for the breed were 

 broken, and 280 bulls averaged $560 each, 3 passing the $10,000 

 mark. The bull calf Euripus of Ballindalloch and the yearling 

 Emblem of Harviestoun each brought $14,700, and the calf 

 Erodemas $1 1,025. -At sales held in fifteen states and Canada, in 

 19 1 8, the average price for 4102 head was $385.58. The average 

 of 82 sales ranged from $110.08 to $1519.23. 



The prices paid for Aberdeen-Angus steers represent the very 

 top of the market so far as carload lots are concerned. The prices 

 paid for single steers — excepting the champions at the 19 16, 

 19 1 7, and 191 8 International Expositions — are led over all 

 breeds, grades, and crosses by the sale of the grand champion 

 Advance at the 1900 International, which brought $1.50 per pound 

 live weight. He weighed 1430 pounds, bringing $2145. At the 

 19 16 International the grand-champion carload of Aberdeen- 

 Angus shown by E. P. Hall of Illinois brought $28 per hundred at 

 auction, while in 19 18 the grand-champion load of the same breed 

 by the same exhibitor brought $42.50 per hundred. The average 

 price paid per hundred on 378 carloads of fat Aberdeen-Angus 



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