Show stiv livestock 1 0 9 A LOS ANGELES october 20 figures recently compiled show how that fol foi the first seven seen months of this vear bear approximately eighty five fie per cent of the cattle slaughtered in the united states state were nere classified 49 steers IS cows conns and heifers heffers and 3 0 bulls and stags these thee figures indicate that enen eien in tile the face of an inevitable upward twing to beef cattle price levels the ind industry has continued to reduce breeding stocks this has been induced largely by attract attractive ie prices cows and heifers heffers having haing commanded a premium of late months and the spread between them and steers has been more narrow thin than in ma many eal past tilt this liquidation continues deki despite lite steadily increasing slaughtering re and a per capita consumption of beef which is holding steady loi foi the first eight months of 1916 cattle and calves were utilized through public markets for foi slaughtering purposes pui poses pobe this number steadily increased until for the same anie period in head were required for tins flus same eight month period at all maikels maik ets in 1926 cattle moved moed out for stocked and feeder purposes purpose whereas for the first fint eight months of 1926 1500 stocker arid and feeder cattle moved iio etl to the country showing a decreased number going to feeding channels in tile the face of a slaughtering which has increased 50 in ten years bear the per capita consumption con of beef based on federal in inspections throughout the united states for augut august was 4 13 3 ibs ibb naich is steady with the consumption for 1325 and naturally if A the per capita consumption holds steady with nith the rapidly increasing non producer population of the country countr tile the expanding in slaughter each year near will be sustained this continued slaughter tei of cows conns and heifers heffers NN which has been iacre ling L ing something like 10 per cent per acar car since 1021 1921 first si months of 1926 more con cows s and heifa heffers heifers I 1 slaughtered than any year ear in past eight vears ear means of course that breeding stock anil ami reserves of beef cattle on farms aie being drawn upon to on abnormal degree to sustain the flow demanded to meet slaughter requirements tius tins situation represents a danger to the producer pio ducer of beef cattle as N when hen the price levels in their upward ann swing ing reach a basis inhere production pio is most profitable the producer who his has come through the ears of distress in the industry in the range states will enill riot not have hae commodity to sell if this thib continues he will have hate trimmed drin down his breeding animals to tile the p point nl chere herl production will be so urt I 1 d that he cannot share hare to the fullest extent in the prosperity naich appears to be in the offing tor for the ind industry as a whole the lesse movement ment of cattle to feed lots can mean nothing but fenar fat cattle to appl the markets in 1927 also tile the tendency is toward lighter and lounger feeder cattle due to high feeder price levels lecis ciuch aich is er cr liable to put heavy heany fed cattle at a i premium again during the coming bear ear another important factor in this thih situation is the hog 1109 cholera winch it is raging through the middle vest est anti anil aich chich will doubtless mean liea n a prolonged hog log shortage and consequent high pork price leel and tile the turnac tur to beef animals as aa a medium for marketing the middle bertem coin coill crop in stead of hops hogs over avei 85 per pel cent of the middle xe stein con com crop is ib marketed through lie stock and with nith I 1 hogs logs scarce and at prohibitive prohibit ne prices these people must turn to cattle and naturally the range state cattle producer alii ill benefit through this increased inci eased demand the continued marketing of breeding stock throughout the country bears a semblance to burning the candle at both ends anti and the cowman conman should consider anell ell before lie he lets go of his has breeding bleeding stock particularly if it is of proper ta apo pe and quality qu alit cop ight 1926 |