62 BULLETIN 1302, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 55. — Terminal livestock selling agencies, by associations, 1924 
Association 
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 
Farmers Union Live Stock Commission. 
Farmers Union Live Stock Commission. 
Producers Commission Association 
Chicago Producers Commission Asso- 
ciation. 
Peoria Producers Commission Associa- 
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 
Location 
Omaha, Nebr 
St. Joseph, Mo 
Sioux City, Iowa... 
Kansas City, Mo.. 
Denver, Colo 
South St. Paul, 
Minn. 
East St. Louis, 111.. 
..—do 
Detroit, Mich 
Chicago, 111 
St. Paul, Minn 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
Chicago, 111 , 
Peoria, 111. 
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. 
Began 
opera- 
ing 
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 
Cars 
handled, 
1923 
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 
443 
675 

149, 592 
Total sales, 
1923 
$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 

194, 294, 967 
Patron- 
age divi- 
dends, 
1923 
$111, 394 
125,963 
51, 265 
28, 861 

72, 753 
152, 323 
83, 673 
17,000 
30, 292 
15, 982 
2 32,000 
69,084 
6,000 

24,246 
10,605 

795 







822, 236 
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 
MINNESOTA 
ILLINOIS 
WISCONSIN 
MISSOURI 
INDIANA 
334 
300 
154 
144 
107 
95 
SOUTH DAKOTA 93 
MICHIGAN 
OHIO 
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.) 
