Show Livestock Valuation in Utah Reveals Reveals' cl Increase ease for fOl 1935 With Falling Off in Number Higher Prices Prices' Received Over 1934 Account for Gains in Worth Worth- Stockmen See Sec Bright Future for Industry AlU Although practically every type of livestock within the state slate showed a decline in actual numbers in iri 1935 increased prices for cattle cattle cattle cat cat- tle sheep and hogs through the latter half half of the year found sound the growers of Utah actually with a richer holding than during 1934 The Th The livestock population of the state now is estimated at 2703 head with a total value of Fj Figures ures for the previous year show showed d head on Utah ranges and farms with an aggregate aggregate ag- ag value of according to figures from the thc United States department of agriculture In a statement issued at the tho close of ot the the year J 1 H. H manager o of the Salt Lake Union Stock Yards outlined the trends during the year as follows Better Detter Prices Price Seen Closing prices of all classes of livestock are re considerably higher than a year ago ngo and with the favorable favorable favor favor- able ablo winter and nd summer range and Teed feed prospects for 1936 the industry industry Indus indus- try is facing the tho year with the expectation expectation expectation ex ex- that the extremely trying trying trying try try- ing ing period of cost below production prices it has been through for tor some years past will not occur again Features on the market during the tho year was the sale of ot a choice lot of California lambs in May at per cwt tho the highest price paid in this section for a number of or years Lamb prices continued steady to lower during the summer j and early fall nil with the strongest demand for tor many years for feeder lambs ambs for tor the eastern trade and the he year is closing with fat tat lambs I bringing about per cwt I Hogs which started out early earlyn In n January around per cwt made a sensational climb to 1225 per er cwt in August and with the fall run the s seasonal decline in prices was not as heavy as former ye years rears rs and hogs are arc closing for tor the year around to 10 1005 05 per cwt Cattle Cattle C Comeback Cattle prices which made a astr str strong ng comeback beginning the early part of January and held steady until the lato late summer took tooka a heavy drop In the theall laU fall and are are some 2 per cwt lower than earlier in the year Just how important this increased val valuation atlon is isto to the tho state can be traced through a brief t study lt dy revealing re revealing revealing re- re re- re the relative importance of ot the th-e livestock industry to the state Were it not for the livestock that graze its mountain ranges d deserts ser and even its most remote sections Utah's wealth producing ability would me limited to less than 5 per cent of ot its present total W With th only such a limited proportion of or ori i its lands tillable the state looks to this industry to utilize otherwise otherwise other other- wise wasted land for productive effort J it L Reductions Traced Current reduction of ot the number of ot cattle sheep and hogs is traceable traceable trace trace- able blo alike to tho the drouth and to the governments government's production control measures H However wever from these two very different sources of ot diminished numbers a permanent benefit is arising Under the governments government's program scrub stock was eliminated eliminated eliminated and it was this same class that fell tell most easy prey to the dry summer of ot a year ago The new class of livestock is of ot a better grade and leaders of ot the tho industry predict that a continued Improved livestock population will result The twentieth annual national ram sale held in Salt Lake City the latter part of ot August would seem to bear out this fact Two thousand of ot Americas America's outstanding breeding stock sold Bold at considerably higher highe prices than for former years yeara am and was judged of ot definitely improved quality I Utah's major stock yards in addition addition ad ad- to handling stock of ot local loca origination for lor other markets witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- another cheering sign durIng during during dur dur- ing tho the year in the handling for lor forthe forthe the first time In many years a large number of ot California cattle headed for tor eastern markets Dairy stock movement was largely to th the Pacific coast such cattle originatIng original ing in Utah Idaho and the northwest northwest northwest north north- west and also from as far tar eastward eastward east east- wa ward d as Minnesota and Wisconsin ln |