Show v 9 r I I I It t Cattle Buying for Swift Company Swift Company buys more than head of cattle on an average every market day Each one of them is s sized up p by experts Both the packers packer's buyer and the commission salesman must judge what amount of meat each animal will witt yield and how fine it will be the grading of the hide and the quantity and quality of the fat Both must know market conditions for live stock and meat throughout the country The buyer must know where I Ithe the different qualities weights and kinds of cattle can be best marketed as beef I If the buyer pays more than the animal is worth the packer loses money on it If he offers less another packer I or a shipper or feeder gets it away from him I If the seller setter accepts too little the livestock livestock livestock live live- stock raiser gets less than he is entitled A to If he holds out for more than thank it is worth he fails faits to make a sale A variation of ofa a few cents in the price i I Iper per hundred pounds is a matter of vital importance to the packer because it means th the difference between profit and loss Lt Swift Company U. U USA U.S.A. S. S A A. |