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 
6.58 
Mar. 15 
6 81 
Apr. 15 
7. 13 
May 15 
7.21 
June 15 
7. IT 
July 15 
6.98 
Aug. 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 
6.00 
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. 
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 
2,888 
2,601 
2, 685 
3,250 
3, 820 
4,448 
4,253 
3,849 
Kan- 
sas 
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 
1,963 
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 
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 
23,619 
Other 
cattle. 
50, 586 
45, 500 
44,728 
44,659 
43,629 
43,669 
47,068 
51,566 
50,073 
49, 379 
41,178 
39,679 
37,260 
36,030 
35, 855 
37,067 
39, 812 
41,689 
44,112 
45,085 
44,750 
1 Cjmoilad from Drovars' Journal. 
2 Not in operation. 
Table 8. — Cattle and calves: Combined monthly and yearly receipts at Chicago, Kansiu 
City, Omaha, and East St. Louis, 1910 to 1920} 
[In thousands; i.e., 000 omitted.] 
Month. 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
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 
606 
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 
April 
556 
May 
566 
587 
Julv 
652 
775 
September 
October 
November 
December 
951 
1,058 
878 
712 
Total 
8,490 
8,067 
7,520 
7,270 
6,532 
6,858 
8,218 
9,847 
11,269 
10,786 
9,205 
8,551 
Figures prior to 1915 compiled from Drovers' Journal. 
