Show I Livestock Men Face 1935 L ij i With Optimism See Rise L In I n Cattle C att I ISh e Sheep Sh Prices P f 4 Rain nain and Snow v Promise Abundant Ranges 1 T for New v Year Stockyard Figures S Show v Increase e 1 I Livestock producers and and hipp shippers rs of or Utah and the intermountain tam tain west vest are arc facing 1935 with their chins off their chests in the opinion of of J. J H H. Manderfield general manager of the Salt Lake Lak Union stock yards As manager of one of oC the thc most Important important Im im- control points in livestock lI movements in the west Mr Manderfield Manderfield Manderfield Mander- Mander field should know Through the local stockyards go practically all the live live- from the intermountain west to southern California as as- aswell well as a 1 abig abig big percentage of stock for other points of the compass compas The year closed Mr Manderfield said nid has probably b been n the worst In fn history for livestock producers The drouth caused a shortage of feed and 2nd nd poor ranges rang This Thi with low prices made the burden a heavy one 1 Sees Sets Better Year However abundant rain and snow thus far this thi winter has already stored up UI c enough no ugh moisture for summer ranges and feed grounds to assure better prospects than in 1934 Prices are slowly rising and sheep and cattle men are facing the new year with a lot of optimism The fact that the livestock industry passed through a 1 critical period Inthe in inthe inthe the year rear just juit closing does not mean however that the stock stockyards ards were sere idl idle In fact the year saw aw all records for or receipts and shipments go JO o by the boards Figures for the first 11 months o of the year released b by Mr Manderfield Man Man- deri derfield ld show receipts of f catle cattie cat cat- tIe le an Increase of more than cat I from irom 1933 hogs an Increase STOCKMAN V 1 4 J I l 1 J. H. H general manager of the tho Salt Lake Union stock stockyards ards of ot and nd 5 55 sheep an In ln crea C o of animals Colorado Leads Lends Colorado led in cattle receipts from the various states stales handled by th the local yards while Utah topped th the west in sheep shipments There were were I cattle hogs and sheep shipped from Utah growers through the l local yards Colorado had cattle Nebraska had hogs and Utah had sheep One o of the most noticeable things thing about the years year's shipments Mr Manderfield Manderfield Man Man- derfield pointed out was vas as the increasing increasing increasing ing market in southern California From the Salt Lake stockyards a total total to to- tal lal of ot cattle hogs and sheep were shipped to the Los Angeles market Compared with 1933 his this is nearly a per cen cent gain in Sn cattle and 40 per cent gain gainin in hogs while sheep held nearly even Cattle Sheep Increase Local slaughtering plants showed an increase in cattle and sheep handled han han- died due largely to government slaughtering programs while hogs showed a decrease Slaughtering plants handled cattle sheep and md hogs The cattle total total total to to- tal included government animals animals ani mals mals' and the sheep total some federal animals With the closing of or the year hog prices ar are showing the greatest advance advance ad ad- vance but an increase in c cattle and hogs is also expected early in 1935 A shortage of ot the normal number of or cattle and sheep in feed lots will serve erve to boost the price somewhat |