_Lamb._--With continued heavy receipts of lambs at live-stock centers,
the dressed trade was in a chaotic condition. Although estimated
receipts of lamb at seven of the principal live-stock markets showed a
decrease of 12% as compared with the same month one year ago, liberal
offerings of Canadian lambs at eastern markets more than offset the
decrease and intensified the already existing unsettled condition. This,
together with the continued unequal demand, assisted in pushing prices
of the dressed product below the low point reached in February of the
present year. Total supplies at eastern markets exceeded those of the
same period a year ago by 2,500,000 lbs., and fluctuations on the
different grades amounted to $6.
While Chicago registered smaller fluctuations the trend was steadily
downward and closing prices were $2 to $3 below the opening. Although
closing prices at eastern markets were slightly above the low spot for
the month, trade conditions at the close were generally unsatisfactory
to the selling side. At the beginning of the month cold storage holdings
were 820,519 lbs. less than a month earlier, but were still considerably
above the season’s average during prewar years.
_Mutton._--Receipts of mutton at eastern markets decreased 32,000
carcasses as compared with the same period a year ago. This reduction,
together with a general improvement in quality over that of the previous
month, was the principal factor contributing to a generally steady
market in the East, particularly during the last half of the month. With
supplies at Chicago consisting largely of heavy bucks and ewes and
practically no handyweight wethers, that market declined sharply and
closed $1.50 to $2 below the opening.
_Pork._--Conditions in the fresh-pork trade were generally unsettled.
Sharp weekly fluctuations caused by erratic advances on Mondays, which
could not be maintained through the week, were an outstanding feature of
the month’s trade at some markets. Supplies of loins at eastern markets
were practically the same as a year ago and consisted mostly of frozen
or chilled stock, for which there was an uneven demand. The latter sold
at a wide range of prices and unevenly $4 to $10 below corresponding
averages of fresh loins. Closing prices at eastern markets were only
slightly changed from the opening, some averages being 50¢ to $1 lower.
Conditions at Chicago, which has been the high market during the past
two months, were materially changed and declines equaling the advances
of late July were registered during the last half of September. From the
high point of $32 on light average loins, prices had dropped to $26 at
the close. Heavier average loins registered similar declines. Shoulder
cuts were relatively more stable but were mostly $1 to $1.50 off at the
close.
_Cured pork and lard._--The domestic demand for cured pork cuts and
lard, while fair for the season, was not of sufficient volume to offset
the decline in live-stock markets and prices registered sharp declines.
Dry salt meats and lard were in relatively better demand than hams,
bacon, and picnics, and showed proportionately smaller declines. At the
close wholesale prices of hams at Chicago were off $3 to $3.50, bacon $2
to $2.50, and picnics $1.50 to $2. The net decline on lard amounted to
75¢, dry salt backs 50¢ to 75¢, and dry salt bellies about $1. Reacting
from the general upward trend of prices during August, compound lard
markets were weak and closing prices were unevenly 75¢ to $1.50 under
the opening.
=STOCKER AND FEEDER SHIPMENTS.=
Week ending Friday, Sept. 30.
---------------------+-------+-----+-------
|Cattle | |
| and |Hogs.| Sheep.
|calves.| |
---------------------+-------+-----+-------
Market origin: | | |
Chicago | 11,838| ... | 41,892
East St. Louis | 6,799| 551| 1,289
Fort Worth | 3,097| 353| 177
Indianapolis | 1,675| 537| 262
Kansas City | 26,728|2,428| 10,674
Oklahoma City | 2,504| 272| ...
Omaha | 21,578| ... | 54,992
St. Joseph | 3,611| 145| 8,148
St. Paul | 9,745| 204| 3,837
Sioux City | 11,497|2,223| 5,651
Wichita | 2,605| 127| ...
+-------+-----+-------
Total |101,677|6,840|126,922
Previous week | 93,564|5,770| 80,524
Same week last year|109,142|8,795|168,815
+=======+=====+=======
State destination: | | |
Arkansas | 30| 146| ...
California | 364| ... | ...
Georgia | 78| ... | ...
Idaho | 2| ... | ...
Illinois | 16,394|1,016| 18,285
Indiana | 5,966| 537| 13,297
Iowa | 21,252|2,564| 27,640
Kansas | 6,823| 538| 1,482
Kentucky | 715| ... | 1,671
Maryland | 162| ... | 656
Massachusetts | 24| ... | ...
Michigan | 1,160| ... | 9,696
Minnesota | 1,899| 642| 3,931
Missouri | 13,765| 431| 15,310
Nebraska | 17,666| 563| 24,891
New Jersey | 19| ... | ...
New York | ... | ... | 884
Ohio | 4,112| 216| 4,607
Oklahoma | 3,571| 126| ...
Pennsylvania | 4,490| ... | ...
South Dakota | 1,201| ... | 1,877
Tennessee | 26| ... | ...
Texas | 1,190| 61| 177
Virginia | 25| ... | ...
West Virginia | 56| ... | ...
Wisconsin | 687|1,866| 2,518
+-------+-----+-------
Total |101,677|6,840|126,922
---------------------+-------+-----+-------
=Iowa led all other States= in the number of telephones on farms
reported to the Census Bureau on Jan. 1. A total of 2,508,002 farms or
38.9% of all farms in the country, had telephones.
List of Brazilian Live-stock Raisers and Breeders Available for
Distribution.
A list containing the names and addresses of 10,000 live-stock raisers
and breeders has just been received from the Minister of Agriculture of
Brazil. The list also gives the number of animals owned by each
producer. The total number of animals represented is 5,227,113.
Of the 10,000 breeders, 1,092 have 1,000 to 5,000 animals; 107 have
between 5,000 and 10,000; and 39 have more than 10,000. Three of this
latter group have 34,000 animals and one has 85,000. This list has been
classified according to the number of animals owned, made up in
mimeographed form, and will be sent to interested parties upon request.
The list does not show the breed or kind of live stock grown.
Similar lists of breeders in Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico
are also available. The list of Uruguayan breeders includes only those
who have pure-bred animals and does not give the number owned. They are
classified according to the breed raised. The list of Argentine breeders
consists of the exhibitors at the Palermo show.
Argentine Exports of Chilled Beef, Frozen Mutton and Lamb Increase.
The exports of frozen beef from Argentina during the first seven months
of 1921 show a decrease of 3,154,275 quarters, compared with the exports
during the corresponding months of 1920, according to statistics
compiled by the Review of the River Plate. The exports of chilled beef
during the same period increased 601,096 quarters; exports of frozen
mutton and lamb increased 1,011,754 and 355,593 carcasses, respectively.
The United Kingdom furnished the chief market for all of the frozen and
chilled meats exported from Argentina during the seven months’ period,
taking 1,582,035 quarters of frozen beef, 772,162 quarters of chilled
beef, 1,468,466 carcasses of frozen mutton, and 586,123 carcasses of
frozen lamb.
The following table shows the exports of frozen and chilled beef and
frozen mutton and lamb from Argentina for the first seven months of 1921
as compared with the same period in the five preceding years:
-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------
First 7 | Frozen | Chilled | Frozen | Frozen
months of--| beef. | beef. | mutton. | lamb.
-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------
|_Quarters._|_Quarters._|_Carcasses._|_Carcasses._
1916 | 2,465,408 | 450,628 | 933,964 | 393,116
1917 | 2,935,365 | 373,083 | 664,540 | 314,435
1918 | 3,249,649 | 23,544 | 546,161 | 120,012
1919 | 2,851,533 | 74,598 | 826,958 | 131,826
1920 | 5,344,635 | 183,114 | 594,727 | 260,943
1921 | 2,189,360 | 784,210 | 1,606,481 | 616,536
-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------
=CHICAGO WHOLESALE PRICES OF CURED PORK AND PORK PRODUCTS.=
[Per 100 lbs.]
-----------------------------+------------+------------+------------
| Sept. 30. | Sept. 23. | Sept. 2.
-----------------------------+------------+------------+------------
Hams, smoked, 14-16 average |$23.50-24.00|$24.00-25.50|$27.00-29.00
Hams, fancy 14-16 average | 26.00-26.75| 26.00-28.00| 30.00-31.50
Picnics, smoked, 4-8 average | 12.50-15.00| 12.50-14.50| 14.50-16.00
Bacon, breakfast, 6-8 average| 23.50-24.50| 24.00-24.50| 25.00-27.00
Bacon, fancy, 6-8 average | 34.00-35.00| 33.00-35.50| 34.00-38.00
Bellies, D. S., 14-16 average| 14.75-10.00| 13.75-15.75| 15.00-15.50
Backs, D. S., 14-16 average | 11.75-12.25| 10.25-11.75| 11.00-11.50
Pure lard, tierces | 11.50-13.75| 13.00-13.75| 13.00-14.50
Compound lard, tierces | 12.00-13.00| 12.25-12.75| 11.00-12.00
-----------------------------+------------+------------+------------
=COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS OF FISH, SEPT. 15.=
[Thousands of pounds, i. e., 000 omitted.]
----------------------+------+------+------+------+------
| | | | |Frozen
| Sept.| Sept.| Aug. | Aug. | since
Varieties. | 15, | 15, | 15, | 15, | Aug.
| 1921.| 1920.| 1921.| 1920.| 15,
| | | | |1921.
----------------------+------+------+------+------+------
FROZEN FISH. | | | | |
Bluefish | 442| 256| 282| 211| 180
Butterfish | 422| 615| 255| 489| 203
Ciscoes | 5,841| 4,999| 4,444| 2,152| 1,875
Cod, bake, pollack | 1,865| 2,578| 1,878| 2,113| 95
Croakers | 345| 709| 331| 281| 93
Halibut | 9,125|10,340| 7,693| 8,630| 1,363
Herring | 3,870| 5,405| 3,715| 5,480| 632
Lake trout | 1,043| 555| 991| 554| 93
Mackerel | 1,603| 2,678| 1,696| 3,015| 105
Rock fishes | 69| 200| 69| 185| 4
Sablefish | 978| 834| 600| 597| 339
Salmon, fall | 836| 891| 759| 815| 65
Salmon, silver | 1,064| 540| 631| 414| 453
Salmon, other | 5,262| 3,248| 3,419| 2,281| 1,664
Sea bass | 61| 109| 68| 122| 4
Shad | 349| 502| 325| 474| 28
Shad roe | 43| 43| 45| 49| ...
Smelts, eulachon, etc.| 335| 116| 272| 101| 65
Squid | 3,017| 2,163| 3,177| 910| 53
Weakfish | 1,755| 493| 1,640| 449| 190
Whitefish | 1,782| 1,016| 1,587| 624| 207
Whiting | 5,258| 9,649| 4,974| 8,630| 464
Miscellaneous | 9,226| 8,453| 8,580| 8,565| 1,181
+------+------+------+------+------
Total |54,591|56,297|47,431|47,141| 9,356
| | | | |
CURED FISH. | | | | |
Herring |16,207|22,752|11,913|22,111| ...
Mild cured salmon | 6,855| 8,275| 6,165| 8,149| ...
----------------------+------+------+------+------+------
Canadian Livestock Marketing Costs.
“It has been announced in the press that Quebec farmers are receiving a
few dollars only for grass-fed calves, and from $10 up for cows, steers,
etc.,” reports the American vice consul at Montreal. “The farmer sells
his steer to the drover for 5¢ a lb. on the hoof. The latter sells to
the abattoir for 6¢, and, after he has paid his overhead expenses,
freight, shrinkage, etc., he makes an average of about $5 on each
animal. The abattoir figures on a profit of about $6 on an average
steer. There is little or no profit made on the forequarters, and for
this the hind-quarters must compensate.”
=ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION DURING AUGUST.=
--------------------+---------+---------+---------+------+----------
Station. | Cattle. | Calves. | Sheep. |Goats.| Swine.
--------------------+---------+---------+---------+------+----------
Chicago | 138,496| 34,538| 293,516| ...| 433,823
Fort Worth | 33,713| 40,516| 13,549| 39| 27,079
Kansas City | 98,897| 26,647| 104,831| 36| 167,034
National Stock Yards| 24,516| 11,105| 48,312| 16| 72,874
Omaha | 61,634| 4,573| 184,687| ...| 123,089
St. Louis | 16,788| 4,965| 10,663| ...| 104,840
Sioux City | 16,637| 1,137| 10,883| ...| 72,845
South St. Joseph | 23,797| 5,962| 58,814| 13| 105,624
South St. Paul | 19,426| 21,513| 33,177| ...| 96,357
All other establish-| | | | |
ments | 246,515| 152,840| 478,560| 97| 1,326,894
+---------+---------+---------+------+----------
Total: | | | | |
August, 1921 | 680,419| 303,796|1,236,992| 201| 2,530,459
August, 1920 | 685,763| 332,349|1,041,580| 1,750| 2,190,821
8 months ending | | | | |
August, 1921 |4,907,174|2,526,022|8,540,072| 3,240|26,440,048
8 months ending | | | | |
August, 1920 |5,413,781|2,835,457|6,862,931|28,826|26,239,384
--------------------+---------+---------+---------+------+----------
Horses slaughtered at all establishments, 175; Inspections of lard
prepared at all establishments, 126,026,473 lbs.; compound and other
substitutes, 29,823,542 lbs. Corresponding inspections for August, 1920:
Lard, 96,527,453 lbs.; compound and other substitutes, 28,322,618 lbs.
_Fruits and Vegetables_