MARKET STATISTICS. 
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Table 62. — Sheep: Monthly receipts, slaughter, and stocker and feeder shipments at 
public stockyards, 1915 to 1920. (Number of animals.) — Continued. 
CHICAGO, ILL.— Continued. 
Local slaughter. 
Month. 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
Januar y 
344,675 
208,477 
236,641 
198,334 
194,321 
223, 756 
264,517 
291,206 
314,761 
317,092 
363,910 
294,320 
269,106 
240,078 
215,499 
219', 289 
260,272 
295,562 
279,045 
326,516 
336,358 
361,031 
365,712 
293,151 
251,892 
237,658 
250,095 
256,436 
189,345 
201,492 
205,302 
193,095 
221,048 
255,774 
240,910 
255, 755 
242,698 
192,347 
201,704 
198,948 
196,647 
224,527 
301,621 
295,453 
421,245 
380,857 
425,597 
342, SS2 
341,129 
215,549 
190,499 
237,344 
243,611 
312,224 
377,872 
333,423 
434,022 
468,000 
401,412 
3/9,867 
223,349 
February 
225,218 
March 
172,505 
April 
140,840 
173,455 
June 
237,359 
July 
285,691 
308,602 
August 
September 
304,050 
October 
234,387 
November 
270,606 
December 
227,027 
Total 
3,252,010 
3,461,619 
2,758,802 
3,424,526 
3,934,952 
2,803,089 
Stocker and feeder shipments. 1 
January 
20, 296 
10,794 
15,013 
11,463 
6,073 
9,801 
24,202 
47,355 
149,652 
208,977 
87,865 
42, 36 
10,067 
19,848 
15,950 
19.087 
13,574 
25,276 
38,070 
120,441 
226,833 
267,500 
138,610 
72,739 
61,734 
30,586 
28,947 
17,373 
12, 199 
20,089 
64,985 
136,989 
247,367 
241,184 
154,057 
90,524 
45,669 
31,441 
February 
3,388 
7,070 
4,593 
2,534 
11,207 
14,866 
56,156 
76,063 
190,479 
69,111 
31,040 
March 
19,742 
8,331 
15,517 
27.516 
April 
May 
June 
July 
71' 654 
138,614 
175,301 
171,323 
144,694 
48,901 
September 
October 
November 
December 
Total 
466,507 
633,927 
967,995 
1,106,034 
898. 703 
KANSAS CITY, MO. 
Receipts. 
January... 
February.. 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
October... 
November 
December. 
Total.. 
141,450 
169, 883 
152, 877 
119,494 
136,098 
116,936 
76,572 
145,598 
283,251 
182,684 
164,281 
125,559 
1,814,683 
166,939 
155,097 
129,838 
127,615 
173,996 
110,960 
70,731 
119,995 
232, 808 
239,055 
99, 372 
131,769 
1,758,175 
174,466 
149,739 
139,695 
105, 493 
98,514 
106,989 
74,207 
70,772 
159, 878 
181, 113 
106,673 
131,011 
1,498,550 
148, 400 
88,469 
114,842 
94,041 
142,079 
117,267 
92,558 
101, 322 
274, 818 
275,472 
125,784 
92,411 
1,667,463 
108, 148 
93,653 
133,020 
164,685 
158, 021 
143,001 
121, 854 
191,946 
350, 122 
231, 822 
119, 058 
130, 023 
1,945,353 
138,186 
126, 875 
147,926 
118,508 
162,510 
130,006 
95,980 
173,884 
221, 388 
145,515 
121,022 
105,217 
1,687,017 
Local slaughter. 
January — 
February . . 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September . 
October 
November. 
December. . 
Total 1,193,862 1,177,385 
123, 866 
136', 107 
122,965 
90,526 
71,618 
82,427 
56,808 
98,772 
141, 539 
88,767 
89, 091 
91,376 
130,180 
118, 525 
104,375 
93,527 
116,001 
82,731 
53,940 
72,765 
109, 59S 
131,350 
71, 103 
93,290 
126,590 
102,356 
116,863 
85,617 
68,014 
66,647 
45,650 
38, 189 
45,626 
73, 889 
46, 192 
885, 552 
61, 155 
74,549 
73,528 
80,979 
65,753 
57,717 
53,744 
121, 334 
147,016 
60,221 
57,931 
950,763 
69,420 
68,741 
100,765 
129,080 
97,749 
95, 187 
82, 129 
84, 254 
171, 745 
128,585 
67,319 
81, 211 
1,176,185 
93,318 
92, 869 
117,432 
72,800 
109,789 
97,823 
67,991 
91,229 
100,766 
79, 220 
63,967 
78,628 
1,065,832 
1 No stocker and feeder shipments in 1915 on account of quarantine. 
