62 BULLETIN 1302, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 55. — Terminal livestock selling agencies, by associations, 
Association 
Location 
Began 
opera- 
ing 
Cars 
handled, 
1923 
Total sales, 
1923 
Patron- 
age divi- 
dends, 
1923 
Farmers Union Live Stock Commission. 
Farmers Union Live Stock Commission- 
Farmers Union Live Stock Commission. 
Farmers Union Live Stock Commission. 
Farmers Union Live Stock Commission, 
(Inc.). 
Central Cooperative Commission Asso- 
ciation. 
Farmers Live Stock Commission Co 
Producers Live Stock Commission As- 
sociation. 
Michigan Live Stock Exchange 
Omaha, Nebr 
St. Joseph, Mo 
Sioux City, Iowa 
Kansas City, Mo 
Denver, Colo.-. 
South St. Paul, 
Minn. 
East St. Louis, 111... 
do 
Detroit, Mich 
1917 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1919 
1921 
1921 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1923 
1923 
1923 
1923 
1923 
1923 
1923 
1923 
1924 
10, 177 
12, 529 
6,015 
7,688 
1,537 
20,339 
13, 104 
11, 101 
4,654 
6,335 
2,909 
12,822 
15,855 
2,116 
4,082 
5,078 
2,264 
4,462 
740 
520 
2,650 
1,091 
406 
443 
675 

$13, 251, 897 
15,410,814 
7, 616, 640 
8, 979, 258 
1, 686, 919 
24, 723, 051 
16, 674, 153 
14, 256, 701 
7,000,000 
8, 725, 123 
3, 519, 077 
15, 748, 151 
22, 716, 223 
2, 524, 786 
4,046,231 
11,027,480 
2, 131, 187 
5, 862, 131 
926, 318 
591, 633 
3, 842, 718 
1,391,446 
266, 988 
351, 080 
1, 024, 962 

$111,394 
125, 963 
51, 265 
28,861 

72, 753 
152, 323 
83, 673 
!7,000 
30,292 
15, 982 
2 32,000 
69, 084 
6,000 

24,246 
10,605 

795 







Farmers Union Live Stock Commission. 
Producers Commission Association 
Chicago Producers Commission Asso- 
St. Paul, Minn 
Indianapolis, Ind 
Chicago, 111 
ciation. 
Peoria Producers Commission Associa- 
Peoria, 111 
tion. 
Cattle Raisers and Producers Commis- 
sion Co. 
Producers Cooperative Commission 
Association, (Inc.). 
Equity Cooperative* Live Stock Sales 
Association, (Inc.). 
Producers Commission Association 
Peoples Cooperative Sales Agency, 
(Inc.). 
Producers Commission Association 
Producers Cooperative Commission 
Association. 
United Live Stock Shippers Association. 
Producers Commission Association 
Evansville Producers Commission As- 
sociation. 
Producers Cooperative Commission 
Association. 
Farmers Union Cooperative Stockyards 
Co. 
Total 
Fort Worth, Tex 
East Buffalo, N.Y.. 
Milwaukee, Wis 
Kansas City, Mo 
South St. Paul, 
Minn. 
Sioux Falls, S. Dak. 
Cleveland, Ohio 
Kansas City, Mo 
Oklahoma City, 
Okla. 
Evansville, Ind 
Pittsburgh, Pa 
Lexington, Ky 
149, 592 
194, 294, 967 
822,236 
i Year ending Apr. 30, 1923. 2 Estimated. 
Livestock-Marketing Associations in Leading States, March, 1924 
NUMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS 
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 
IOWA 
334 
MINNESOTA 
300 
ILLINOIS 
154 
WISCONSIN 
144 
MISSOURI 
107 
INDIANA 
95 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
93 
MICHIGAN 
82 
OHIO 
74 
NORTH DAKOTA 
64 
Fig. 33.— There are few livestock -shipping associations outside of the 12 North Central States. Nearly 
one-half of all associations reporting are in Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. (See Table 13.) 
