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LIVESTOCK DIVISION, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
Vol. 29, No. 10 March 7, 1961
Week ended Marc ORID41
1 \Page
Livestock Market Reviews 17
Livestock Market Receipts (with thl otals) 181
Steer Sale Statistics . **' .* 182
Stocker and Feeder Statistics \*' a.-.* 183
Estimated Percentage of Feeder and cker e
and Slaughter Cows in Salable Receipt .. 183
Slaughter at Major Centers 184
Estimated Slaughter and Meat Production . 184
Cattle Prices ..... . 185
Hog Prices . . 186
Hog Purchase Statistics (with monthly totals) 187
Sheep and Lamb Prices . .. 200
Wool Market Review.. . 189
Wholesale Meat Trade Reviews .. 190
Wholesale Meat Prices . 191
Special to this issue
Commercial Livestock Slaughter and Meat Production,
January 1961 . . 192
Meats Graded or Accepted, by grades, January 1961 192
Effective Parity Prices, February 15, 1961 193
Prices Received by Farmers, February 15, 1961 193
Meat and Meat Food Products Inspected When Offered for
Importation, Calendar Year 1960 and January 1961 194
Meat and Meat Food Products Processed and Canned Under
Federal Meat Inspection, Calendar Year 1960 196
Mohair Production and Value, 1960 .. . 197
Wool Production and Value, 1960 . 198
United States Exports of Meats, December 1960 199
United States Exports of Livestock, December 1960 199


All-iWAuI








MIDWEST LIVESTOCK REVIEW

and

RANGE AND FEEDLOT SALES


Price trends on slaughter steers and heif-
ers at midwest markets were generally steady to
50f lower; oows about steady, although very
uneven. Stocker and feeder cattle and calves
were steady to 500 higher. Barrows, gilts and
sows closed steady to 500 lower. Slaughter
lambs were steady to $1.00 lower, ewes steady,
feeder lambs steady to 500 lower with sales 500-
$1.00 off at Fort Worth. Fairly liberal market-
ings and lower dressed meat prices were the main
factors influencing price downturns on most
slaughter classes in the live trade.

SLAUGHTER CATTLE AND CALVES Slaughter
steer and heifer prices were steady to 50f lower,
instances 750 off at midwest markets. The down-
turn was influenced by increased receipts and a
substantially lower trend on carcass beef. Sala-
ble cattle receipts at the 12 terminals totaled
207,000, fully 11 percent more than in the
previous week and the largest since early
February. At most points, steers and heifers
grading Standard to low-Choice showed the great-
est price decline. Cow prices were uneven with
the majority steady but sales at Kansas City and
Chicago were steady to 750 higher while the
trend at both St. Joseph and Omaha was steady to
500 lower. Bulls sold mostly steady and vealers
were steady to $1.00 higher in St. Paul and
steady at St. Louis National Stockyards. Bulk
of the receipts at most terminals were slaughter
steers and heifers with the Good and Choice
grades predominating. Loadlots of slaughter
steers grading high-Choice to Prime were avail-
able in relatively small numbers at most points
with Good and low-Choice making up a large per-
centage of the total. The percentage Prime
in the slaughter steer supply at Chicago remained
at around 14 percent.
Three loads of Prime 1165-1325# slaughter
steers brought $28.35-28.50 at Chicago where
bulk of the Choice and Prime 900-1400# sold at
$25.00-28.25 with many loads Prime and mixed
Choice and Prime these weights at $27.00-28.25.
At other points, a few loads of mixed Choice and
Prime steers 1100-1350# brought $26.00-27.00 and
bulk of the high-Good and Choice 10il,,-13'r' sold
from $23.75-26.50. Loadlots Choice and mixed
Choice and Prime li 5-1W'. steers sold from
$22.00-27.00 with Prime 1400# to $28.25 in
Chicago where a load of mixed Choice and Prime
lF,'w"i steers cashed at $22.00. Good steers over
the area bulked at $22.00-24.50. Mixed Choice
and Prime heifers brought $26.00-26.25 while
Choice sold at $23.75-25.75 and Good $21.00-
23.50; Utility and Commercial cows $14.75-16.75;
Canner and Cutter $13.00-15.75.

STOCKER AND FEEDER CATTLE AND CALVES -
Stocker and feeder cattle and calves were in good
demand at midwest terminals and moved dependably
at steady to 50* higher prices. The approach of


a new growing season was reflected in an in-
tensified demand for cattle to utilize pasture
and range feeds during the coming spring and
summer months. Most upturn and by far the most
aggressive demand centered on Good and Choice
stocker fleshed yearlings and calves. Buyers
were inclined to proceed somewhat more cautiously
on feeder fleshed cattle, particularly on steers
over 80Q" and heifers over 600#. This was due
at least in part to recent downturns in slaughter
cattle prices. Even so, such kinds generally
were steady and in a few instances mildly strong-
er, and a moderate number of partly fattened 900-
1050# steers went back to the country for further
feeding.
Scattered shipments Choice stock steers,
mostly 525-600# short yearlings, brought $28.00-
32.00. Other Good and Choice 525-750# stock
steers sold chiefly from $24.00-27.50; Medium
and low-Good $20.00-24.00. Good and Choice 800-
1050# feeder steers bulked at $22.00-25.00, few
around 800# $25.25-25.50 and several shipments
partly fattened 900-950# were included at $24.50-
25.00. Medium and low-Good feeders sold from
$19.50-22.75; load Common and Medium 1000#
Holsteins $19.00. Good and Choice yearling heif-
ers brought $21.50-25.00, 2 loads Choice and
Fancy 511-536#? $27.75-28.75. Several loads
Choice and Fancy 429-511# steer calves sold from
$32.00-33.00 and part load Choice 296# reachbA
$36.00. However, majority Good and Choice steer
calves cashed from $25.50-31.00, same grades of
heifer calves largely $22.00-28.00.

HOGS Terminal Markets Receipts at the
12 terminals numbered around 305,000 head, or an
increase of about 13,000 over the previous week.
Supplies also were a little larger than the
corresponding week of a year ago for the first
time since December despite the marketward move-
ment at the outset of the week being hampered
considerably at Indianapolis by heavy snow. The
butcher supply included a broad representation
of all weights, but bulk of receipts consisted
of mixed No. 1,2 and 3 190-260# consignments.
Sows made up 6 10 percent at the various mar-
kets. The moderate increase in receipts and a
lower trend on most wholesale pork cuts influ-
enced a bearish live trade. Compared with the
previous week's close, barrows and gilts declined
generally 25-500, but finished steady to 250
lower at a few points. Sows ranged steady to
75* lower, mostly steady to 50* off.
On Friday, U. S. No. 1-2, 180-24Cr barrows
and gilts sold at $18.00-18.75, most sales
$18.25-18.50. Consignments of mixed U. S. 1-3,
180-260# offerings comprised the bulk and sold
mainly at $17.75-18.25. Several loads of No. 3,
300-350# butchers at the western Corn Belt mar-
kets during the week at $16.50-17.50. U. S. 1-3,
270-600# sows brought $15.00-17.25, largely
$15.5C-'"









Average cut-out value advantage of U. S. No.
1 over No. 3 live basis 200-220# barrows and
gilts was 930 per cwt. based on wholesale carlot
prices of fresh pork cuts at Chicago February
23 to March 1, 1961 inclusive.
Feeder pigs sold steady at St. Paul and
Sioux City. Good and Choice 130-170# feeder
pigs at Sioux City brought $17.00-17.75, while
Good and Choice 130-160# at St. Paul sold at
$17.50-18.00.
HOGS In the Interior Iowa-Southern
Minnesota area receipts for the week were around
4 percent less than the previous week, but about
the same as in the corresponding week last
year. Prices fluctuated during the week with
barrows and gilts closing 25-400 lower than the
previous Friday. Sows made up about 4 percent
of the supply and sold mostly steady to 150
higher.
Mixed U. S. 1-3 190-240# barrows and giltE
closed from $17.25-17.95 with some No. 1-2
$17.50-18.25. U. S. 1-3 270-400# sows brought
$15.25-17.00, 400-550# $14.15-16.05.

SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts of sheep and
lambs at the 12 markets were slightly less than
the previous week but around 5 percent more
than the corresponding week last year. Continu-
ation of fairly liberal receipts, against a
lagging demand caused by slow movement and lower
prices on dressed lamb at wholesale centers
prompted price downturns in the live market.
Closing sales on slaughter lambs, compared wit.
the previous Friday, were steady to 500 lower
with sales at Denver, Fort Worth and Chicago
500-$1.00 lower; slaughter ewes mainly steady;
feeder and shearing lambs steady to 50f lower
except 500-$1.00 lower at Fort Worth.
Choice and Prime 85-117# wooled slaughter
lambs sold from $16.50-17.50 with scattered
sales 96-1035 $17.75-18.00; Choice and Prime
115-124# $15.50-16.75. Good and Choice 81-115#
$15.50-17.00; 115-150# $14.00-16.00. Choice and
and Prime 80-111# shorn slaughter lambs with No.
1 and fall shorn pelts brought $16.00-16.50 with
limited volume 96-105# lambs $16.75-17.00;
several shipments Choice 106-118# brought $15.75-
16.00; Good and Choice 81-110# with No. 2 to
fall shorn pelts $15.25-16.00. Cull to Choice
wooled and shorn slaughter ewes ranged from
$3.50-8.00.
Good and Choice 58-90# wooled feeder lambs
brought $16.00-17.50, load Choice 83# $18.00 at
Sioux City. At Fort Worth, Good shorn feeders
with No. 1 pelts sold at $14.50-15.00. Choice
fleshy shearing lambs 83-105# brought $16.50-
17.00 at Denver with few to $17.25; Choice 89-
99# 817.00-17.50 at Omaha.
In the Interior Iowa-Southern Minnesota
area receipts were 5 percent more than a week
ago and 10 percent more than a year ago. The
increased volume proved ample for the demand and
the week's price trend was weak to fully 500
lower on slaughter lambs, slaughter ewes steady.
On Friday, Choice and Prime 80-105# wooled


slaughter lambs delivered to packing plants sold
at $16.50-17.00, 105-115# $15.00-16.50. Good
and Choice 80-110# $15.00-16.50. Choice and
Prime 80-100# lambs with No. 1 and fall shorn
pelts $15.50-16.00, Good and Choice $14.50-
15.50. Cull to Choice wooled slaughter ewes
brought $2.00-5.50, few $6.00.

RANGE AND FEEDLOT SAIES

Note: Shrink on most range and feedlot
sales none to 5 percent, mostly 4 percent f.o.b.
some with short haul and 3 percent shrink. All
sales for immediate delivery unless specified.

ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND UTAH -
Direct trade on slaughter steers and heifers
rather active, steady to 500 higher, stocker and
feeder cattle and calves and slaughter lambs
steady to 50 lower.
Slaughter steers: Five loads Choice 925-
1025# $25.50; 246 loads mostly Choice 900-1150#
$24.50-25.25, this including 80 loads for de-
livery through March; 26 loads mostly Choice
1100-1200# $24.00-25.00; 160 loads Good and
low-Choice 900-1150# $24.00-24.75; 54 loads
Good and low-Choice 1150-1300# $23.00-23.75; 25
loads mostly Good 925-1050# $23.00-23.50, 25
loads Standard and Good 875-1200? $22.00-23.00;
14 loads Standard 875-1200# $20.50-22.00.
Slaughter heifers: Ninety-three loads
mostly Choice 730-1000# $23.50-24.50 including
39 loads at $24.50; 5 loads Good and Choice
725-975# $23.00-23.25.
Stockers and feeders: Arizona: 500 head
Good and Choice 500-550# for May 15 delivery,
steers $25.00, heifers $23.00. Californiat
50 head Good and Choice 645# steers $25.50;
2,500 Good and Choice 550-725# steers $25.50-
24.20; 1,200 Good and Choice 550-850# $22.50-
22.80; 800 Medium and Good 600-650# $22.00.
Nevada: 315 head Good and Choice 350-400# calves
with steers $28.00, heifers $26.00. Utah: 280
head Good and Choice 400-450# calves with steers
$26.50-27.00 and heifers $24.50-25.00.
Slaughter lambs: In California, 150 head
Choice and Prime 100# fed spring lambs $21.00;
10,400 Good to Prime, mostly Choice 108-118#
old crop lambs with No. 1 pelts $17.50-18.50.
Utah: 12 loads Choice 102-1153 old crop wooled
lambs $17.00-17.50.
Wool: Arizona, 22,000 fleeces of ewes
wool 39-430 per pound grease basis. California,
800 fleeces of yearling wool 400 and 7,500
fleeces ewes wool 36-36 3/4 per pound grease
basis.

COLORADO, SOUTHERN WYOMING, WESTERN KANSAS
AND WESTERN NEBRASKA Trading on slaughter
cattle direct at the feedlots moderately active
early but slow late as wholesale beef prices
declined. Slaughter steers sold steady to 25
lower, slaughter heifers steady early but
closed 25-750 lower. In Colorado Choice 1075-
1230# slaughter steers $24.75-25.75, mostly






180


$24.75-25.50; few loads 1250-1400# $24.25-
24.75; high-Good and Choice 1100-1275# $23.25-
24.50, mostly $23.75 and up. Early in the week
Choice 900-1050# slaughter heifers $25.00-25.25
but most late sales $24.10-24.75; high-Good to
average Choice 875-1065# $25.50-24.25. Western
Nebraska: Around 20 loads mostly Choice 1150-
1175# slaughter steers $24.25-25.10 with 14
loads high-Good to mostly Choice 900-1000#
slaughter heifers $23.75-24.75. Wyoming: Load
average and high-Choice 140C# slaughter steers
carrying an end of Prime $24.50 with load aver-
age to high-Choice 1100# slaughter heifers
$24.35.
Very few stocker and feeder cattle being
offered in the area but Colorado feedlot oper-
ators still active in other areas, mainly
Oklahoma and Texas. Few sales were confirmed
at steady to weak prices. Western Kansas: 4
loads Good and Choice 900# steers $23.50; 800
Good and Choice 575-700# heifers, bulk for mid-
April delivery, $22.15-24.00, mostly $23.00-
23.50; 425 Good and Choice 475# heifer calves
$25.00. Wyoming: Few loads Good and Choice
675-750# heifers $22.50-23.25; 2 loads Good and
Choice 42'. steer calves $28.50. Colorado:
Around 125 Good and Choice 750# steers $25.00.
As the wholesale lamb prices declined
slaughter prices quickly followed suit closing
50-750 lower, instances $1.00 off. Sales were
confirmed on over 18,000 head. Colorado: Choice
and Prime 98-114# wooled slaughter lambs early
in the week $17.50-18.00, but closed at $17.00-
17.25; few Choice 115-122# $16.50-17.00. Few
loads Choice and Prime shorn 108-116# with No.
2 pelts $16.00-16.25.

NEW MEXICO, WEST TEXAS, WESTERN OKLAHOMA,
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS Clovis Area Slaughter
steers moderately active, heifers slow, prices
steady to 500 lower; stockers and feeders
slow,, steady. About 14 loads high-Good and
Choice ] '- ?0^ slaughter steers $25.00-25.50;
8 loads Good 1020-11061? $25.50-25.00; 22 loads
Standard, few Good, $22.25-25.75; 3 loads Cutter
and Utility cows $14.00. Nearly 1,500 Good and
Choice 6"R- .R feeder steers $23.50-25.50; 350
Choice yearlings, F 'oC- steers $28.00, 550#
heifers $25.75; 220 Good and Choice 625-700#
heifers $21.50-23.00; 1,430 stock calves: Good
and Choice 350-450# steers $25.50-28.50, heifers
$23.00-25.50, few Choice 300-375# $29.00-50.00
on steers, and $26.00-27.50 for heifers; 185
Good stock cows part with calves $180.00-230.00
per pair or head. Lamb trading slow but steady,
some 5,400 Good and Choice 77-85# feeders with
No. 1 pelts $15.50-16.00.
Amarillo Area Slaughter cattle moder-
ately active, steady to weak, instances 500
lower, stockers and feeders fully steady to
strong. Around 15 loads Good and Choice 1100-
"12 fed steers $24.25-25.00; 13 loads
Standard and Good 875-1050# $22.00-24.00; 16
loads Good 900-1000# heifers $23.00; 3 loads
Utility and Commercial bulls $18.50-19.25.


Good and Choice 550-680# steer yearlings
$24.00-26.00 for delivery through May with a
few Choice and Fancy $26.50-27.00; Medium and
Good steer yearlings $21.00-25.50, those at
$21.00 for August delivery. March-April de-
livery Good and Choice heifer yearlings $25.00-
24.00; Good and Choice 550-600# heifers for
June to August $22.00-25.00; 500# Choice breed-
ing heifer yearlings $145.00 per head for April;
Good and Choice 540-500# steer calves $25.50-
50.00, 396-50C0 heifers $24.00-27.50.
IDAHO, OREGON AND WASHINGTON Direct trade
slaughter steers and heifers continued rather
slow. Prices about steady in Washington but 25-
50# lower in southern Idaho; stocker and feeder
cattle and calves fully steady; slaughter lambs
steady to 500 lower.
Slaughter steers: Washington Mostly
Choice 1000-1150# $24.50-25.50; Good and Choice
1020-1225# $24.00. Idaho Good to mostly Choice
1108-1175# $25.00-25.50, bulk delivered;
Standard 1050-1150# $19.50-19.75. Oregon Good
to mostly Choice 1060-119C0 $23.50-25.00; mixed
Good and Choice 950-1050# $22.50-23.00.
Slaughter heifers: Good to mostly Choice
800-960# $22.00-24.00.
Stockers and feeders: Washington and
Oregon Choice 500-700# yearlings for current
to spring delivery $25.00-26.00 on steers,
$24.00 on heifers; mostly Choice 400-450# calves,
$27.50 for steers and $25.50 for heifers; Good
5-8-year-old stock cows $185.00 per head.
Slaughter lambs: In the three states,
Choice and Prime 95-112# wooled and shorn $16.00-
18.00, bulk on delivered basis.

MONTANA, NORTHERN WYOMING AND WESTERN
DAKOTAS Direct trading on cattle and calves
continued slow, few sales slaughter steers and
heifers 25-50t lower. No confirmed sales on
feeder cattle but few stock calves steady.Trad-
ing on sheep and lambs rather slow. Slaughter
and shearing lambs fully 500 lower, instances
750 off.
Slaughter cattle: Six loads Choice 1000-
1180# steers $23.75-24.00; 3 loads mostly
Choice 850-1000# heifers $22.50-25.00.
Stock calves: Montana, load Choice 450#
steers $28.00. Northern Wyoming, 200 high-Choice
with end of Fancy 375-400# calves,steers $532.25,
heifers $530.25; 600 high-Good and Choice calves
with steers around 475-550# at $26.00-28.00 and
heifers 450-475# at $25.00.
Sheep: Montana, 2,100 Good and Choice 100-
117# slaughter lambs 815.50-15.75, liberal
share early $15.75. Couple loads Good and
Choice 90# shearing lambs in Montana $15.75.
Northern Wyoming, around 1,500 Good and Choice
9!-105" shearing lambs late in the previous
week $16.75-17.00. Montana, 1,000 Good and
Choice 2-3-year-old breeding ewes $24.00 per
head; 400 Good 5-7-year-old ewes $12.25-15.00
per head; 500 Good and Choice 3-5-year-old
eves for April 15 delivery $22.00 per head.









WEEKLY RECEIPTS OF SALABLE LIVESTOCK AT 12 PUBLIC MARKETS
-- -------- -------Cttle C: al cives : Hogs Shee g and la
Market Mar. 4 : Mar. 5 2 Mar. 4 t Mar. 5 2 Mar. 4 : Mar. 5 Mar. 4 : Mar. 5


Chlcaro ........,......
Cincinnati .............
Denver .................
Fort Worth .............
Indianapolis ...........
Kansas City ...........
Oklahoma City ..........
Omaha ..................
St. Joseph ..............
St. Louis NSY ..........
Sioux City .............
S. St. Paul ............
Total ..................


S..6! _1 1 _960 196_ 190_
59,671 58,875 172 214
2,863 5,306 541 558
9,161 10,515 545 257
6,959 2,784 1,058 755
5,241 5,979 209 431
20,632 19,081 715 676
9,509 5,090 750 257
35,283 36,293 602 522
16,892 15,500 447 550
13,454 12,699 1,285 1,763
28,335 25,729 1,179 1,121
19,275 19,199 6,279 6,941
207,275 195,048 13,582 15,805


1 _961 1
30,396
13,242
4,680
2,320
50,101
16,464
3,664
40,700
25,205
55,456
32,278
50,053


196_
54,502
11,184
4,560
1,788
29,650
14,405
2,384
40,928
23,186
58,641
31,160
49,209


S1961 196P
7,452 6,395
377 559
19,882 25,022
6,060 5,364
1,162 1,645
5,674 6,976
1,090 925
18,351 11,155
6,416 6,404
3,956 3,529
7,566 7,698
11,535 9,290


504,559 501,177 89,321 84,960


Feb. 25L 1961 ........ 186,635 12,350 291,820 95,220
INTERIOR IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
Mar. 4, 1961 Feb. 25, 1961 Mar. 5 1960
Hogs ..... 5355,000 569,000 354,000
Sheep .... 27,500 26,300 25,100


RECEIPTS, SALABLE AND TOTAL OF LIVESTOCK AT 12 PUBLIC MARKETS
MONTH OF FEBRUARY

Cattle Calves_
Market Salable : Total Salable :


: 1961 : 1960 i


Chicago .......
Cincinnati ....
Denver .........
Fort Worth ....
Indianapolis ..
Kansas City ...
Oklahoma City .
Omaha .........
St. Joseph ....
St. Louis NSY..
Sioux City ....
S. St. Paul....


148,788
11,268
54,273
24,495
25,950
76,197
51,725
136,558
61,475
53,012
105,910
72,724


182,052
15,966
40,742
21,594
30,158
84,868
27,812
157,185
65,445
59,935
116,507
82,665


Total ......... 780,573 882,507

Hogs


Chicago .......
Cincinnati ....
Denver ........
Fort Worth ....
Indianapolis ..
Kansas City ...
Oklahoma City .
Omaha .........
St. Joseph ....
St. Louis NSY..
Sioux City ....
S. St. Paul ...


121,038
50,725
18,558
9,451
130,775
60,651
12,372
155,133
87,162
207,681
127,775
195,630


152,818
55,543
22,531
10,676
158,106
66,977
13,632
194,157
106,290
266,623
157,994
244,816


1961 1960 : 1961


156,111 195,507 544
15,084 18,775 2,079
60,902 49,846 1,460
33,654 29,083 5,423
25,998 51,055 1,368
95,734 97,761 2,553
33,562 50,699 2,507
141,249 163,213 1,852
63,911 69,369 1,569
53,821 62,188 6,747
106,714 122,557 3,940
79,554 89,260 28,960
866,094 957,289 58,802


126,876
67,266
39,404
24,453
152,628
73,291
55,283
221,720
154,791
208,767
154,157
251,596


158,142
69,705
57,562
28,914
158,918
72,746
56,591
278,150
156,472
273,556
190,688
279,672


26,946
2,410
80,277
29,711
6,873
26,637
3,805
71,111
55,167
21,567
37,778
60,066


1960
805
2,057
1,215
7,288
2,070
2,541
2,517
1,374
1,614
8,125
4,580
54,021


Total
1961 1960
544 805
2,244 2,078
2,712 1,621
6,180 11,164
1,368 2,095
5,605 4,672
2,547 2,334
2,010 1,502
1,721 1,618
6,855 8,542
4,277 4,875
50,042 36,279


68,005 66,103 77,583

Sheep and Lambs

38,708 28,499 45,091


2,576
91,326
335,917
9,970
18,562
5,998
62,168
24,001
20,068
48,067
52,663


2,588
115,254
54,556
6,875
66,698
5,805
78,153
57,544
22,912
41,901
92,831


2,456
129,200
55,989
10,026
58,210
5,998
77,488
43,186
20,517
53,980
76,022


Total .......... 1,176,911 1,450,163 1,450,232 1,760,874 402,348 407,624 571,574 555,963

INTERIOR IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
Hogs Sheep
February 1961 .................... 1,375,000 122,400
February 1960 .................... 1,579,000 108,100
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STEERS SOLD OUT OF FIRST HANDS FOR SLAUGHTER l/

Number of head Percent of total Average weight Average price in
by grades (pounds) ;dollars per 100 lb.
Grade
S- Week ended
S ar. 2 Mar. : Mar. 2 : Mar. 3 :Mar.2 : Mar. Mar. 2 Mar. 3
: 1961 : 1960 : 1961 : 1960 : 1961 : 1960 : 1961 : 1960
CHICAGO


Prime..........
Choice.........
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Utility........
All grades.....

Prime ..........
Choice.........
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Utility ........
All grades .....

Prime..........
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Standard.......
Utility........
All grades.....

Prime..........
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Utility ........
All grades .....


Prime..........
Choice.........
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Utility........
All grades.....


Prime..........
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Standard.......
Utility........
All grades.....


Prime..........
Choice.........
Good...........
Standard.......
Utility........
All grades.....


4,028 2,856 13.8 10.2
17,210 14,444 59.0 51.4
6,758 9,590 23.1 34.1
874 1,106 3.0 3.9

307 124 1.1 .4
29,157 28,120
OMAHA
195 136 1.2 .8
6,620 6,511 40.4 36.1
8,481 10,137 51.8 56.3
989 1,104 6.1 6.1
87 126 .5 .7
16,370 18y014
SIOUX CITY
148 97 1.3 .9
6,263 4,445 55.4 43.1
4,355 5,427 36.7 52.6
748 286 6.6 2.e
-- 65 -- .6
11,314 10320
-KINSAS CITY
149 10 1.9 .1
1,966 2,845 25.5 36.2
4,954 3,845 64.2 48.9
600 1,117 7.8 14.2

50 50 .6 .6
7- .719 7 867
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1,239 1,271 27.74 29.75
1,195 1,200 25.92 27.61
1,100 1,120 25.84 25.82
1,028 1,031 21.23 22.81

1,056 1,080 18.80 19.21
1,172 1,175 25.54 27.06


1,245 1,175 26.52 28.34
1,192 1,192 24.80 26.36
1,120 1,136 23.60 24.69
1,117 1,085 20.02 20.61
996 1,044 18.31 18.44
1,150 1,141 23.91 25.07

1,199 1,295-- 26.79 28.16
1,172 1,175 25.35 26.89
1,147 1,114 23.69 25.26
1,213 1,098 20.16 20.66
-- 985 -- 18.52
1,159 1140o_ 24.43 25.86


1,164 1,114 26.90 27.75
1,175 1,138 25.08 26.12
1,091 1,101 25.88 24.69
1,050 1,058 21.26 21.87

1,041 1,092 18.61 18.91
12 11 1,108 24.04 24.80


989 1,004 16.5 18.5 1,105 1,083
3,672 2.912 60.4 55.7 1,050 1,051
1,259 1,457 20.7 26.5 965 981

162 2.6 879
162 71 2.6 1.3 1,037 840
6,082 5,424 1,057 1,025
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2,559 3,218
4,966 4,629
284 523
-- 12
7,789 8,382

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1,649 1,756
960 1,554
28 119
-- 58
2,637 3,487


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55.2 1,115
6.2 1,071
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44.6 1,100
3.4 1,124
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1,165


1,130
1,082
1,052
1,033
1,098


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23.93 24.60
21.41 21.80

18.11 18.61
253.56 24.19

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25.05 26.04
23.57 24.39
20.24 20.33
-- 18.00
25.94 24.79


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1,177 24.94 26.01
1,096 24.18 24.95
1,058 19.62 19.34
966 -- 17.77
1,134 24.62 25.22


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WEEKLY SLAUGHTER UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION AT MAJOR CENTERS


Catle : C ales __og Sheet and Iambs
City or Area : Mar. 4 : Mar. 5 : Mar.4 : Mar. 5 : Mar. 4 7 Mar. 5 Mar. 4 : Mar. 5
1961 1 _960 _- _1-962 1_96 _: 21 __ 196 9 g0_ -
Boston, New York City Area... 11,025 12,155 8,978 9,699 50,771 49,674 54,258 42,034
Baltimore, Philadelphia...... 8,873 7,821 2,152 2,015 31,993 23,522 3,567 5,720
Cin.,Cleve.,Detroit,Indple... 18,375 17,657 3,552 3,737 154,677 1355,361 12,873 15,244
Chicago Area................. 17,926 16,466 5,785 6,010 45,160 36,033 5,725 3,124
St. Paul-Wisc. Areas......... 28,807 29,147 18,213 22,449 107,845 129,225 20,165 15,644
St. Louis Area............... 10,591 10,727 1,370 1,492 82,989 81,920 4,673 4,062
Sioux City-So. Dakota Area... 20,586 21,612 -- 95,690 90,788 15,779 14,812
Omaha Area................... 39,413 35,117 190 154 78,867 79,958 17,660 14,025
Kansas City.................. 15,598 15,986 532,195 37,485 -- -
Iowa So. Minnesota......... 29,688 50,023 8,545 9,431 297,783 286,755 35,218 29,812
Lou'1.Evan'l.Nash'l.Mph's.... 5,471 5,772 2,194 3,024 70,524 58,174 -- -
Georgia, Florida, Ala. Area.. 8,694 6,707 3,587 2,702 38,091 52,803 -- -
St. Jo'ph.Wichita, Okla.City. 19,675 18,882 657 659 49,271 45,819 10,586 8,172
Ft.Worth,Dallas,San Antonio.. 9,833 7,286 3,361 2,793 16,751 18,571 12,720 8,569
Denver,Ogden,Salt Lake City.. 20,355 19,645 178 214 15,224 17,789 32,098 29,901
Los Angeles, San Fran. Areas. 29,120 28,276 1,132 1,664 29,786 27,216 35,629 29,594
Portland, Seattle, Spokane... 8,094 7,058 251 239 17,815 16,575 3,762 5,685

Total...................... 5302,122 288,337 59,725 66,282 1,195,430 1,165,668 242,713 224,196
Ac.c,ml,..ti4oo d, ... 2,680,911 585,706 10,085,139 2,303,030


.......
2,715,195


626,229


11,607,545


2,269,078


ESTIMATED FEDERALLY INSPECTED SLAUGHTER AND NEAT PRODUCTION

t Beef Veal Por' Lamb
Week ended :(excl. lard) : and uatton t
Week ended --m- : -: -- U -. --
S- Pr od. er Prod.. e Prod. ber : od.
ber : l ber : ber : .er Prod.,
1,000 il.mil.lb. 1,000 mil.lb. 1000 il.lb.

Mar. 4, 1961 .............. 5370 224.6 87 9.5 1,380 189.8 270 13.8
Feb. 25, 1961 .............. 340 204.3 85 9.5 1,210 167.7 255 13.0
Feb. 11, 1961 I/........... 364 -- 96 -- 1,253 279 --
Mar. 5, 1960 I/ ........ 549 211.2 99 10.7 1,360 179.6 240 12.2


Percentage change from:
Feb. 25, 1961 ..............
Mar. 5, 1960 ..............


Total Total
meat lard
prod. prod.
mil. lb. mil.lb.

437.5 --
594.5 --
-- 38.5
413.7 42.0


9 10 5 0 14 13 6 6 11
6 6 -12 -15 1 6 12 13 6


-Average weigh- -l : Lard
Wek e -- ------------ -heep : yield
Week ended : Cattle Calves t Hogs s heep : yeld
-v-D s and lambs : per
-L-v- TDFessed: Live:Dressed Lti_ eTDFes7ed-s~L-e Dresee : 100 lb.


Mar. 4, 1961 ..............
Feb. 25, 1961 ...............
Feb. 11, 1961 ...............
Mar. 5, 1960 ...............


1055 607 190 107 237 158 105
1055 601 200 112 237 139 105
1060 604 200 112 241 140 104
1055 605 188 108 229 132 105


1/ Actual slaughter. 2/ Excludes lard.


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CATTLE: WEEKLY AVERAGE OF DAILY QUOTATIONS
In dollars per 100 pounds

Chicago : Kansas City Omaha Denver : Portland
Mar ar. Mar ar. Mar.: r. Mar. Mar. Mar.: Mar.: Mar. Mar.
Classification :4 : 4 : 5 4 5 4 : 5 4 : 5
1961 : 1960 : 1961: 1960 1961 : 1960 1961: 1960: 1961 : 1960
Slaughter cale- --- --- calves and dealers
Slaughter cattle calves and vealers


Cows All weights -
Commercial
Utility
Cutter
Canner

Bulls All weights -
Commercial
Utility

Calves 500# down -
Choice
Good
Standard

Vealers All wts. -
Choice
Good
Standard


29.80
30.12
28.18
28.05
25.22
22.05


27.02

20.85


16.82
16.40
15.70
14.10


18.65 21.65
18.90 21.05


32.40
30.60
26.50


25.50
25.30
23.75
20.50


24.42
22.65
19.75


16.12
15.68
15.00
14.12


26.65
26.55
24.70
21.50


25.98
24.05
21.25


17.50
16.50
15.50
13.88


17.50 19.30
17.75 19.05


22.75
21.10
18.80


28.40
24.75
20.45


27.00
24.25
21.00


29.00
26.25
22.50


26.88
26.85
25.75
25.50
235.55
20.42


24.88
22.50
19.75


15.70
15.12
14.50
14.00


29.00
28.85
27.55
27.40
24.58
20.95


26.68
23.95
20.25


17.35
16.08
15.05
14.12


17.25 19.80
17.50 19.45


26.50
25.50
20.25


26.60
24.20
20.90


25.00
25.00
22.82
20.00


24.26
22.38
19.50



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14.25
153.00


26.42
26.28
23.40
19.75


25.70
22.85
19.50


18.05
16.80
15.60
14.55


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24.25
23.25
20.50



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19.00



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15.75
12.25


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.. 21.50


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- 29.50
-- 25.50


Stocker and feeder cattle and calves


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Med. & Gd. 500-750

Cows All wts. -
Med. & Gd.

Calves 5..3.'-t -
Steers -
Good & Choice


Heifers -
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28.50
25.90
22.55


26.45
24.10
20.35


28.50
25.50
21.50


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-- -- 20.10 20.75


26.58
24.58
21.12


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24.55
20.65


24.25 24.50
20.75 21.50


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25.88
24.00
21.25


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24.00
21.00


24.50
23.00
20.00


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21.50 21.50 19.50


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Standard

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28.00


27.50 27.50 23.25 25.50


900-1100#
1100-1500
900-1100
1100-1300
900-1100
- All wts.


700-900#
600-800
- All wts.


27.75
27.70
26.00
25.70
23.38
20.85


24.92

20.22


16.08
15.80
15.05
13.62


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22.25



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21.00


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14.25
12.00


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21.25


28.50
25.75
22.50


32.50
29.50
25.00



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23.50
20.50


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20.50


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26.50
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500-1000


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Chi. Natl. sas Omaha Sioux St. St. Indian- mkts.
Week ended cago Stock City City Joseph Paul apolis corn-
Yards bined
AVERAGE COST Dollars per 100 pounds
Barrows Mar. 4, 1961 17.78 17.83 17.89 17.89 17.80 17.90 17.80 17.94 17.85
and Feb.25, 1961 18.01 18.18 18.25 18.31 18.13 18.31 18.02 18.12 18.15
gilts Mar. 5, 1960 14.52 14.30 14.58 14.63 14.62 14.63 14.45 14.68 14.52
......--- .-- .---- .-- .-- ..-- .- .- ----- .-- .-- .- ..---- .- ......--.. ..---- ...--- ... ........---...
Mar. 4, 1961 15.97 16.41 16.56 16.50 16.32 16.43 16.34 15.97 16.32
Sows Feb.25, 1961 15.99 16.60 16.74 16.80 16.44 16.85 16.50 15.87 16.43
Mar. 5 1960 12.43 12.73 13.01 13.09 12.93 12.91 12.77 12.63 12.80
AVERAGE WEIGHT Pounds
Barrows Mar. 4, 1961 254 223 2335 258 243 231 232 222 232
and Feb.25, 1961 234 219 232 238 245 232 230 224 230
gilts Mar. ., 1960 230 215 225 23.. 7 239 225 230 223 227
Mar. 4, 1961 446 404 453 432 443 423 424 442 428
Sows Feb.25, 1961 447 401 439 444 429 416 428 457 431
May 5, 196 447.. 39 417 430 436 401 419 437 423
NUMBER OF HEAD -
Barrows Mar. 4, 1961 22351 49493 14817 54585 28443 22550 39370 26283 237870
and Feb.25, 1961 22606 44811 13713 28870 27270 18109 39088 33222 227689
gilts Mar. 5, 1960 27299 52284 15412 34810 27101 20543 58413 26143 240005
Mar. 4, 1961 2017 4141 1069 5671 2189 1581 2733 2127 19528
Sows Feb.25, 1961 2587 4080 934 5084 2083 1037 2349 2499 18653
Mar. 5 1960 2540 2972 641 3650 1937 115 2486 1969 17510
sows Percentage of total
Mar. 4, 1961 8 8 7 10 7 7 6 7 8
Feb.25, 1961 10 8 6 10 7 5 5 7 8
Mar. 5, 1960 9 5 5 9 7 6 6 7 7
1/ Weighted average.
WEEKLY AVERAGE WHOLESALE VALUE OF HOG PRODUCTS DERIVED
FROM 100 LB. LIVE HOG, COMPARED WITH PRICES OF LIVE HOGS, CHICAGO
------- ------------ -------------------- ....". .... --'.-.---.--------.
Hog products 1/ Hog prices y : ross spread
-- - -- - -- ----- :7 --- ..,,.h,..
Mar. 4, 1961 $20.20 $18.12 $2.08
Feb.25, 1961 20.47 18.28 2.19
Mar .5, .196.0 ........... 14- 1154 ....... 4-..3.-- ............ l-, l.......--.
1 / Value of all edible products, fresh basis (lard rendered) in 100 lb. of live hog com-
puted from wholesale prices on carrot basis, Chicago, reported by National Provisioner
daily market report.
2/ Mean of daily quotations on U. S. No. 1, 2 and 3 hogs, 200-220# wt. Chicago.
T/ Difference between wholesale product value and hog prices.
HOG AND CORN PRICES AT CHICAGO AND HOG-CORN PRICE RATIO
Barrows and Corn.- Hog-corn
Week ended glts 1/ No. 3, yellow price ratio
Dollars pere Cents per based on
100 pounds bushel barrows and gilts

Mar. 4, 1961 17.78 111.9 15.9
Feb.25, 1961 18.01 111.6 16.1
Mar. 5, 1960 14.52 112.6 12.9
1/ Weighted average. 2/ Simple average.








HOGS: AVERAGE COST. WEIGHT, AND NUMBER OF PACKER AND SHIPPER PURCHASES 1/

Louis Kan- S. S. 8-
Month Chi- NatI. sas Omaha Sioux St. St. Indian- mkts.
cago Stock City City Joseph Paul apolis corn-
Yards bined
A VERAGE COST Dollars per 100 pounds
Barrows Feb. 1961 18.13 18.22 18.21 18.15 18.05 19.19 17.92 18.55 18.13
and Jan. 1961 17.43 17.46 17.46 17.30 17.08 17.43 17.08 17.65 17.553
gilts Feb. 1960 13.53 13.56 13.67 13.62 13.55 13.70 15.31 13.76 13.56
Feb. 1961 15.83 16.25 16.49 16.41 16.14 16.40 16.13 15.91 16.18
Sows Jan. 1961 14.09 14.14 14.18 14.32 14.14 14.51 14.14 14.22 14.19
Feb. 1960 11.56 11.80 11.90 11.96 11.89 12.01 11.62 11.44 11.72
AVERAGE WEIGHT Pounds
AV RA E ^ ,Q ~ _"---- --" ---- ----p"-------------- -------" ---- ---------------
Barrows Feb. 1961 236 220 2352 241 245 232 231 224 252
and Jan. 1961 237 224 235 245 247 235 235 228 256
gilts Feb. 1960 232 216 226 237 240 223 229 223 228
Feb. 196.1 450'.. 413 436 '. 446" -45'2 425 4"28 45 437
Sows Jan. 1961 452 419 447 448 448 432 428 468 442
Feb. 1960 451 402 427 434 440 394 421 430 426
NUMBER OF HEAD -
Barrows Feb. 1961 90852 179441 55840 131171 112070 78390 156476 113259 915479
and Jan. 1961 113126 201648 58922 169395 157169 90824 177186 121805 1090075
gilts Feb. 1960 119101 237230 61004 164259 13765 935844 202255 159119 1154465
Feb. 1961 9808 15594 3784 14305 8740 5526 9903 9700 77358
Sows Jan. 1961 13137 18839 4291 19482 12114 7457 12832 10971 99123
Feb 196 ... 12987..16100 ...66.. ...519 5..718 10929 11021 86258
SOWS Percentage of total
Feb. 1961 10 8 7 10 7 7 6 8 8
Jan. 1961 10 9 7 10 7 8 7 8 8
Feb. 1960 10 6 5 9 6 6 5 7 7
I/ Weighted average.
AVERAGE WHOLESALE VALUE OF HOG PRODUCTS DERIVED
FROM 100 LB. LIVE HOG, COMPARED WITH PRICES OF LIVE HOGS, CHICAGO
--------------- -------------------- ----------------- r~ir
.................... -------.......- -.... .... ...........r--- -- d
Month Hog products I/ Hog prices 2/ orarg
Feb. 1961 $20.49 $18.54 $1.95
Jan. 1961 19.91 18.03 1.88
Feb. 1960 15.75 15.95 1.80
1 / Value of all edible products, fresh basis (lard rendered) in 100 lb. of live hog com-
puted from wholesale prices on carlot basis, Chicago, reported by National Provisioner
daily market report.
2/ Mean of daily quotations on U. S. No. 1, 2 and 3 hogs, 200-220# wt. Chicago,
3/ Difference between wholesale product value and hog prices.
HOG AND CORN PRICES AT CHICAGO AND HOG-CORN PRICE RATIO
Barrows and Corn Hog-corn
Month gilts 1/ No. 3, yellow price ratio
Dollars peF" Cents per based on
100 pounds bushel barrows and gilts
Feb. 1961 18.15 2/ 112.6 16.1
Jan. 1961 17.43 1/ 110.1 15.8
Feb. 1960 13.53 1/ 112.8 12.0

1/ Wei(-hted average. 2/ Simple average.







BOSTON WOOL MARKET REVIEW


Trading on greasy shorn domestic wools was
slow in the Boston market as prices held about
steady. A modest volume of pulled wools were sold
although trading was a little slower than in recent
weeks but prices held steady. Scoured shorn
wools and noils were very slow with only occasional
sales at about steady prices.
There were occasional sales of 1960 and 1961
wools in the western States while some 12 months
and lambs wool sold in Texas. A small volume of
medium grade fleece wools were sold in Ohio, Indi-
ana, Iowa and Minnesota.
Private cables from Sydney, Australia showed
an average selection of all types with Japan and
the Continent dominating in an active trade. There
was a good selection in Adelaide with Japan the
principal operator under very keen competition,
however, prices were unchanged. At Dunedin, New
Zealand, Japan, Bradford and the Continent were
active with prices firm. Prices at the Cape market
were steady to strong while trading was limited in
South America.
It was announced by the Crop Reporting Board
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture that shorn
and pulled wool production for 1960 totaled 300
million pounds grease basis. This was 2 percent
higher than the 1959 production of 294 million
pounds and 12 percent above the 1949-58 average
production of 268 million pounds. Shorn wool pro-
duction was 267 million pounds and pulled wool
production 335.6 million pounds for 1960.
Mohair production in the seven leading States
amounted to 24,445,000 pounds in 1960 which was 1
percent larger than the 24,151,000 pounds produced
in 1959 and 59 percent larger than the 10-year
average of 15,365,000 pounds.
Fleece Wools Graded 64s good French combing
and staple fleece wool sold at $1.10 clean basis
while graded 56/58s staple and good French combing
fleeces at 524 in the grease were estimated to cost
970 clean and 50/54s staple fleeces at 524 cost
around 94# clean basis, delivered Boston. Medium
fleece lambs wools brought 80-810 clean as shearing
resumed in Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota and Iowa.
Growers received mostly 42-435 for medium wools.
Territory Wools Graded territory 64s good
French combing and staple wool sold at $1.13 clean
basis while graded 60/62s good French and staple
brought around $1.05 and original bag fine and half-
blood territory wool was estimated at $1.08-1.11
clean basis delivered East. Original bag newly
shorn fine wools sold in the Bakersfield, California
area around 56-400 grease basis to the growers.
Texas Wools Choice selected 12 months Texas
wool sold at Ingram at $1.20 clean basis while lambs
wools at 51 grease basis to the grower cost mostly
$1.05-1.10 while shorter lambs wool brought $1.03
clean basis, delivered East.
Mohair Shearing resumed at Texas and mohair
was arriving slowly at the warehouse with occasional
sales at 91# for adult and $1.21l for kid hair.
Foreign Wools Trading on foreign wools con-
tinued very slow in the local market. Quotations
at week's end follow, with combing wools converted
to clean U. S. oil-combed yields and short wools to
scouring yields, in bond.


77B -
78B -
78AB-
79B -


Australia
Oil-combed
$1.11 422 $1.04
1.07 425 1.00
1.05 424 .98
1.04 425 .92


New Zealand
Oil-combed
93 $.88
854 .86
100 .83
107 .81
114 .80
128 .77


South Africa
Oil-combed Scoured yields


$1.06
1.03
1.04
1.04
1.03
1.01
.99


17 -
22 -
27 -
32 -
33 -
37 -


$1.04
1.03
.99
.94
.92
.90


Montevideo Super Skirted Wools: 64s 940,
60/64s 91#, 60s 870, 60/58s 850, 56/58s -
840, 56/50s 835.
Carpet Wools Trade in spot carpet wools
continued at a standstill.
Woolen Wools Sales follow:
Scoured Pulled Domestic Scoured Shorn Domestic
58/60s 1-2" white $.97 Terr. 60s 1-li" lambs
58s ave. 24" white 1.05 white $.95
56/58s l-2t"lt.stain .92 Scoured Pulled Foreign
56/58s 2-3" It. gray .78 Arg. 56/50s 5-5" light
Greasy Pulled Domestic gray $.96
(Clean basis) Scoured Shorn Foreign
4s 5 h.h. Vh. $1.16 Aust. 60s fleece
64s 2-35" def. 1.03 white $1.21
58s 2-5" stained .96
50s 3-4" ch. wh. 1.02
48/50s 5-4" def. .91
Wool Tops Trading on wool tops was dull
with a little interest in 56s and finer grades.
Quotes follow:


Warp Aust. D/C
70s $1.80
64s 1.72
62s 1.66
60s 1.64
58/60s 1.61


Oil-combed
58/60s $1.59
56s -
50/56s -
48/50s --


Warp Dom. D/C
$1.70
1.65
1.60
1.51
1.46


Territory
$1.44
1.39 N
1.35 N

N nominal)


Fleece

$1.55
1.32
1.29N


CLOSING FUTURES QUOTATIONS Mar. 2, 1961
(Furnished by the Wool Associates of the New York
Cotton Exchange)
March wool tops $1.481
May wool tops 1.480
64s grade 2.55" minimum length
March wool $1.120
May wool 1.151
64s grade 2" ave. stretched length









WHOLESALE MEAT TRADE REVIEWS


LESS THAN CARLOT MEAT TRADE REVIEWS

EASTERN SEABOARD Steer beef sold steady
to $2.00 lower for the week with the bulk 50#-
$2.00 off; cow beef fully 500-$1.00 lower; veal
and calf steady to $3.00 lower with some decline
at all markets; lamb steady to $3.00 lower with
sales at New York mostly $2.00-3.00 off; pork
loins weak to $2.00 lower, major portion late
at the full decline; other pork cuts steady to
$2.00 lower except fresh skinned hams at New York
fully $1.00 higher in view of broad demand in
processing channels.
Choice and Prime kosher steer forequarters
closed steady to $1.00 higher; lamb foresaddles
mostly $1.00 and $2.00 off; veal and calf $1.00-
3.00 lower, bulk at the full decline.
Trading on fresh meats along the Eastern
Seaboard was generally dull and a weak to lower
trend embraced practically the whole price
structure. Demand was poor and purchases con-
fined to essential needs as most retailers had
large meat inventories on hand. Lower wholesale
trends and attractive prices on features at
retail failed to stimulate activity. Supplies
were normal at all markets and there was some
carryover in all divisions with veal excepted
in instances.

CHICAGO The week's trend on steer and
heifer beef was $1.00-1.50 lower; veal $1.00-2.00
lower; lamb fully $1.00 lower; pork loins 8-16#
$2.50-3.00 lower; Boston butts 4-8# $2.00-2.50
lower; spareribs steady.
Steer and heifer beef, lamb and fresh pork
supplies were normal, Good still the predomi-
nating grade in beef. Lamb primarily carcasses
weighing 50-65# with 35-45# offerings relatively
scarce. Veal supply was moderate but fully ade-
quate for the prevailing demand. Carcass beef
prices declined in a slow trade. Early in the
week, all primal beef cuts except loins had
fairly broad outlets, however, by midweek chucks
started to slow and with loins very slow supplies
eventually became burdensome as dealers con-
tinued to break hinds to fill round orders.
Veal trade was dull and prices declined for
fourth straight week. Lamb stews and shoulders
enjoyed good clearance, otherwise trading on
lamb was slow. Lamb ribs and loins were hardest
to sell. Fresh pork trading was dull with daily
declines recorded on loins and Boston butte.

PACIFIC COAST Steer beef sold 504-$1.00
higher for the week in Los Angeles but steady at
other centers. Cow beef sold steady to 500
higher with the advance limited to southern Cali-
fornia. Lamb closed steady to $1.00 lower.
Fresh pork was steady to $1.00 lower, except
loins and hams $1.00 higher in instances; smoked


pork mostly steady except for a few smoked hams
$3.00 higher in San Francisco.
Normal receipts of most classes of dressed
meats were fully ample except for Choice 500-
600# steer beef as well as cow beef short of de-
mand in Los Angeles, and Choice heifer and veal
along with cow beef was limited in the North-
west. Trading on steer beef was moderately
active in Los Angeles and rather slow in other
sectors although trading was somewhat more
active than in recent weeks. Lamb trading was
slow and demand generally poor. Trading on
fresh and cured pork was only moderately active.

CARLOT MEAT TRADE REVIEWS

MIDWEST CABLOT DRESSED MEAT SUMMARY -
Based on reports from major slaughtering centers
in Omaha, Kansas City, Sioux City, Sioux Palls,
St. Paul, St. Joseph, St. Louis and in the
Interior Iowa-So. Minnesota area.
Steer and heifer beef closed $1.00-1.50
lower; cow beef steady to 50 lower. Choice and
Prime lamb carcasses sold $1.00-2.00 lower; pork
loins $3.00-3.50 lower; Boston butts $1.50-2.00
lower; fresh hams 500-$1.50 higher. Pork sides
were 25-550 lower.
Sharp price declines were general on most
classes of fresh meats under a rather poor de-
mand. Fresh hams the exception, showing an
advance. Supplies were about normal with clear-
ance of beef incomplete while other classes
cleared fairly well.
Following prices f.o.b. packing plant.
Choice 600-700# steer carcasses closed at $40.00-
41.00, few carlots $41.50; 700-800# $39.25-40.25;
Good 600-700# $37.00-38.50, high-Good $39.25-
39.50; 700-800# $36.50-38.00. Choice 500-700#
heifer beef $38.50-39.50; Good $35.50-37.25.
Utility cow beef closed at $27.25-30.50, mostly
$28.00-29.50; Choice and Prime 45-55# lamb car-
casses $33.25-34.50. Pork loins 8-12# $39.00-
40.50; fresh hams 12-14# $43.00-44.00; 14-16#
$41.00-41.50; Boston butts 4-8# $31.50-33.00.
U. S. No. 1, 2 and 3, 135-155* pork carcasses
$25.60-26.25; 155-175# $25.25-26.00.


CARLOT SUMMARY Chicago, Denver, New York
and Philadelphia. Poor demand at moat points
influenced lower price trends. Steer and heifer
beef sold 504-$2.00 lower for the week with a
large share of sales $1.00-1.50 off; cow beef
mostly steady except steady to 50# higher at
:hi:'o; lamb 504-$2.00 lower; pork loins $2.50-
3.00 off.
In general, normal production of meats
exceeded prevailing outlet which was poor for
the most part. However, moderate supplies of
cow beef found fairly good demand.








iWOLESALE DRESSED MEAT PRICES LESS THAN CARLOT BASIS
Weekly average of daily quotations in dollars per 100 pounds
New York Chicago : San Francisco Los Angeles
Classification : : -
: Mar. 4 : Mar. 5 : Mar. 4 : Mar. 5 : Mar. 4 : Mar. 5 : Mar. 4 : Mar. 5
: 1961 : 1960 : 1961 : 1960 1961 : 1960 : 1961 s 1960


Steer beef -
Prime 700-800# 44.85
Choice 600-700 44.75


Good

Heifer beef -
Choice

Good


700-800
500-600
600-700

500-600#
600-700
500-600


feal -
Prime 90-120#
Choice 90-120
Good 90-120
Lamb -
Prime 45-55#
Choice 45-55
Fresh pork -
Loins 8-i#
Butts 4-8
Spareribs 5# down
Cured pork -
Hams, snk. skd. -(Cook
before eating) 12-16#
Bacon, smoked, sliced -
1# package (box lots)
Picnics, smoked (Cook
before eating) 4-8#
Lard, 1# carton


43.85
42.00
42.75


62.60
54.40
47.40


48.00
47.50
46.25
44.00
44.50


64.50
55.50
50.00


44.12
42.25
41.80
41.80

42.30
42.30
40.05

59.75
53.75
47.75


38.60 45.00 38.69
38.35 43.50 38.69


46.35
58.90
42.60


43.30
33.50
39.45


45.30
34.75
38.12


45.56
44.25
42.25
42.25

44.50
44.00
41.12

58.50
53.50
50.00


41.25
40.50
40.50
39.25

39.50
59.00
.-


44.12
42.62
43.50
41.50

43.50
42.50


40.81
39.62
40.19
38.88

40.81
40.06
39.62


43.47
41.62
42.25
40.12

43.06
41.50
41.25


53.00 55.00


-- 39.12 44.50 39.62 43.00
43.50 39.12 44.50 39.62 43.00


40.50
29.50
35.50


51.50
42.00
46.50


46.50
36.00
43.00


47.50
41.50
43.88


43.50
35.00
39.00


46.50 42.00 51.00 50.50 51.00 50.00 48.00 47.00

51.50 38.00 55.00 43.25 57.00 43.00 54.50 43.75

34.00 29.50 37.50 33.50 33.00 30.00 55.00 31.00
17.50 11.88 18.00 12.25 18.00 15.50 19.00 14.50


BULK PRICES GCALOT BASIS 'WEEK ENDED MAR. 3, 1961
:Poic -a 410- 0 405d-1.0 :-5 _rTc43s0-d44i0Tv4-0d--
Classification ^ Qi -c- -IrewFork cs Ividh-
!teer e-- -- a- I ------ --- ------- ------*
Choice 600-700# 41.00-42.00 40.50-41.00 40.75-41.00 43.00-44.00 45.00-43.50


Good


Heifer beef -
Choice

Good


700-800
800-900
500-600
600-700
700-800

500-600#
600-700
500-600
600-700


Cow beef All weigh
Utility
Canner and Cutter
Lamb -
Prime 55-4


Choice


Fresh pork -


its -


45-55
55-65
35-45
45-55
55-65


40.00-40.50
39.00-39.50
38.00-39.00
38.00-59.00
38.00-38.50

40.00-40.50
39.50-40.00
37.00-38.00
36.50-37.50

28.50-29.50
30.50-31.00

36.00-537.00
34.00-55.50
31.00-33.00
36.00-57.00
34.00-35.50
31.00-33.00


39.25-59.75
38.00-38.75

36.00-40.00
36.00-38.00

38.75-40.50
37.75-38.75
34,50-35.50
34.50-35.50

29.25-30.50


34.50-35.50
33.00-34.50
30.50-32.50
34.50-35.50
33.00-34.50
30.50-32.50


39.25-39.75
38.25-38.75

37.50-38.75
37.00-38.00

39.00-39.25
38.50-39.25
36.00-56.25
36.00-36.25

28.50-29.50
29.50-30.00


33.25-33.75
31.25-32.25

33.25-33.75
31.25-32.25


42.00-43.00
41.00-41.50
41.00-42.00
40.50-41.50
40.00-41.00


42.00-42.50
39.50-40.50

39.50-41.50
39.00-41.00


-- 41.50-42.50



-- 30.50-31.00
-- 30.50-31.00


37.00-40.00
35.00-37.00
33.00-35.00
37.00-40.00
35.00-37.00
33.00-35.00


38.50-39.50
36.00-37.00
32.00-53.00
38.50-39.50
36.00-37.00
32.00-33.00


Loins 8-12# 40.50-41.50 -


S 41.50-42.00


45#


40.00-41.50






192


CO.IMFRCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1960-61 1/

: Cattle : Calves


Month


Federally : Other :
:inspected ecommer- : Total
: cial :


Thousand head

Jan. 1961 .... 1,632.0 483.7
Jan. 1960 .... 1,564.4 466.6


: Av. :Federally : Other :
: live 'inspected :commer-: Total
:weight : : cial :


Pounds


2,115.7
2,031.0


1,030
1,033


Thousand head Pounds


426.7
413.4


259.7
253.8


666.4
647.2


Hogs : Sheep and Lambs


Jan. 1961 .... 5,744.4 1,048.2
Jan. 1960 .... 6,516.3 1,263.4
l/ Excludes farm slaughter.


6,792.6
7,779.7


238 1,299.9
234 1,236.6


153.6
139.6


1,453.5
1,376.2


COMMERCIAL MEAT AND LARD PRODUCTION, UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1960-61 1/

Beef Veal Pork 2/ : Lamb and : Total : Lard 5/
: : : Mutton : meat 2/_ -


Mi 1 11 1 on
Jan. 1961..... 1,234 81 946
Jan. 1960..... 1,192 78 1,056


Pound s
72 2,333
68 2,394


1/ Excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Excludes lard and rendered pork fat.
5/ Includes rendered pork fat.


MEATS AND MEAT PRODUCTS GRADED, OR ACCEPTED AS COMPLYING WITH
SPECIFICATIONS -- BY THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1/


Grade


Prime ..............
Choice ..............
Good .......... ...
Standard ............
Commercial .....,..
Utility .............
Cutter ..............
Canner ..............
Cull ................


* Beef "

Jan. Jan. '
1961 1960

Thous. pounds
19,341 18,214
364,422 575,499
134,219 156,338
15,666 14,434
4,516 5,404
14,744 10,060
744 1,652
67 61


Veal and Calf
Jan. Jan.
1961 1960


Thous. pounds
30 130
1,651 2,498
9,316 6,982
1,574 1,333


Lamb and mutton
Jan. Jan.
1961 : 1960

Thous. pounds
3,826 124
26,154 16,885
450 1,788


Total ............. 553,719 581,662 12,696 11,108 30,431 18,799

Bull and stag beef .. 672 605
All other meats
and lard .......... 13,329 13,443

1/ilata pertain only to meats offered to the U. S. Department of Agriculture for
gradine or acceptance.


: Av.
: live
:weight


218
215


Month


102
102










AVERAGE PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR LIVESTOCK, FEED AND WOOL I/


Commodity and unit


Prices received by farmers -
Hogs Per cwt.
All beef cattle "
Cows "
Steers and heifers "
Calves "
Sheep "
Lambs ",
Wool 2/ Per lb.
Corn Per bu.
Oats "
Barley "I
Hay, all baled ton
Cottonseed "

Hog-corn price ratio 3/ -
United States
N. Central States
Iowa

Index numbers: (Av. Jan. 1910.
All farm products
Feed grains and hay
Meat animals


Dol.
"t
I'
It
It


II
It
ti
I1
It
H


Bu


: Feb. :
: 15 :
: 1961 :_

17.60
20.70
14.80
25.20
25.90
5.82
16.80
.599
1.00
.602
.859
21.20
44.70


shel 17.6
f" 18.3
f" 19.0


-Dec. 1914 =


Jan.
15
S4' 1 -

16.50
20.80
14.30
23.80
23.50
5.53
16.50
.395
.963
.598
.820
21.50
44.60


Dec.
15
1960

16.20
20.50
13.80
23.40
22.50
5.29
16.00
.402
.911
.585
.839
21.00
45.20


17.1 17.8
18.5 18.5
18.1 18.9


100)
244
150
509


Feb.
15
1960


13.00
20.70
14.80
23.40
24.70
5.96
18.60
.426
.995
.678
.860
22.50
39.60


135
13.6
15.9


2355
155
287


: Average
: Jan. 1947-
: Dec. 1949

21.90
20.20


22.60
9.15
21.90
.460
1.64
.852
1.57
22.4C
71.60
Feb. Av.
1950-59
14.1
14.6

1947-49

271
230
334


Prices paid by farmers -
Commodities & services, interest,
taxes, and wage rates 502 301 296
1/ Estimates of Crop Reporting Board.
2/ Average local market price, excluding incentive payment.
3/ Bushels of corn equal in value to 100 lbs. of hog, live weight.


299 250


EFFECTIVE PARITY PRICES FOR LIVESTOCK, FEED AND WOOL I/

Adjusted : Effective parity prices 3/
Commodity and unit : base _bsgd_o salaf-r
prices 2/ : Feb, 1961 : Jan. 1961 : Feb. 1960


Hogs
Beef cattle
Calves
Lambs
Wool
Corn
Oats
Barley
Cottonseed


Per cwt.
it n


Per lb.
" bu.

n n
" ton


D


ol.......... 7.08
I ......... 7.87
I. ......... 8.70
1t ......... 8.38
S........*. 4/ .249
" ......... .538
S *......... .279
u ......... .415
" ......... 4/ 20.80


21.40
23.80
26.30
25.50
.752
1.62
.845
1.25
62.80


21.50
23.70
26.20
25.20
.749
1.62
.840
1.25
62.60


21.30
25.70
26.20
25.60
.742
1.653
.840
1.27
67.00


1/ Parity prices are computed under the provisions of Title III, Subtitle A, Section 301 (a) of
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended by the Agricultural Acts of 1948, 1949, 1954,
and 1956.
2/ Adjusted base price 1910-14 derived from 120-month, January 1951-December 1960 average, (includ-
ing an allowance where appropriate for unredeemed loans and other supplemental payments resulting
from price support operations) by dividing by 253 percent (the 120-month average of the Index of
Prices Received by Farmers adjusted to include an allowance for unredeemed loans and other supple-
mental payments) unless otherwise noted.
3/ Effective parity prices as computed currently using base prices in effect and indexes for months
indicated. These parity prices are the legally applicable parity prices for the following calen-
dar month.
4/ Adjusted base price 1910-14 derived from 10 season average prices 1951-60 (including an allowance,
where appropriate, for unredeemed loans and other supplemental payments resulting from price
support operations).









MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS INSPECTED WHEN OFFERED FOR IMPORTATION
(USDA ARS Meat Inspection Division)
JANUARY DECEMBER, 1960

Fresh meats and 2dible _ogffl_ ._ Ced .a e.
Country of origin Beef and Lamb and Pork Beef : Pork
Veal Mutton

Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds


Argentina ..............
Australia ..............
Brazil .................
Canada .................
Denmark ................

Germany ................
Holland ................
Ireland ...............
Mexico ..................
New Zealand ............


142,619,925

19,601,696




55,229,069
38,992,982
131,766,042


56,765,551

97,890






8,424,444


38,059

38,570,591




124
56,667
92,381


1,247,074

195,654
222,974
2,500





2,070


6,794,864
211,824

160,471
250,223
157,471


Paraguay ............... -
Poland ................. -- -
Uruguay ................ --
All others ............. 55,769,184 529,379

Total Year 1960 ..... 419,978,898 45,815,264
Year 1959 ..... 520,456,359 55,171,497

Refused or condemned:
Year 1960 ..... 1,179,387 296,46]
Year 1959 ..... 1,408,750 1,322,985

Canned meats
Country of origin Miscel-
SBeef : Pork laneous

Pounds Pounds Pounds
Argentina ......... 48,779,852 198,362 421,794
Australia ......... 681,026 -- 180
Brazil ............ 8,758,535 -- -
Canada ............ 133,184 3,256,347 105,857
Denmark ........... 147,052 43,087,543 3,288,210


Germany ...........
Holland ...........
Ireland ...........
Mexico ............
New Zealand .......


8,061 2,322,293
161,389 48,388,086

620 --


-- 49,714 -


9,436 200,525 134,874

38,767,258 1,918,491 7,689,727
51,109,155 107,184,634 9,504,182


42,977 6,586 5,714
137,565 1,403,433 20,844

SCooked Sausage : General
Cbeef (Trichina miscel- Total
b treated) : laneous
-- _- -
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds

4,796,199 705 727,354 56,171,340
200 5,712 180,108,653
607,600 106,628 9,666,397
120 36,926 2,929,837 71,750,286
2,572,975 14,436 49,324,540


31,812
579,515


303,120 -
119,281 -

-- 370
-- 526


2,825,757
49,478,494
53,386,664
39,050,639
140,285,463


Paraguay .......... 9,009,730 -- 3,858 9,063,302
Poland ............ -- 28,344,528 4,930,455 -- 30,465 33,305,448
Uruguay ........... 9,861,086 24,660 28,560 -- 152,342 10,066,648
All others ........ 53,384 1,391,492 1,235,563 -- 804,571 74,749 38,203,157

Total Year 1960 77,593,919 127,013,311 10,621,946 5,404,119 3,857,578 4,046,277 742,686,788
Year 1959 91,670-848 1_9,728_711 11,266,375 -- 2,584,448 7,008,656 927,684,865
Refused or condemned:
Year 1960 123,908 395,856 259,885 20,038 18,510 32,623 2,581,945
Year 1959 604,763 584,996 95,558 -- 21,843 17,034 5,617,769
Note: In addition to the above, imports of horse meat (in pounds) for year 1960 were as follows:
Argentina 893,766, Canada 102,961, Mexico 655,323j year 1959 Mexico 658,016.








MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS INSPECTED WHEN OFFERED FOR IMPORTATION
(USDA ARS Meat Inspection Division)
JANUARY, 1961


Fresh -eats and. dibleofql_
Country of origi Beef and Lamb and Pork
Veal Mutton

Pounds Pounds Pounds


Argentina ..........
Australia ..........
Brazil ..............
Canada .............
Denmark .............

Germany ............
Holland .............
Ireland .............
Mexico .............
New Zealand .........

Paraguay ...........
Poland .............
Uruguay ............
All others .........

Total Jan. 1961
Jan. 1960


8,534,269

1,076,927




7,116,193
5,456,256
4,477,237


2,289,487

4,567
.-


2,942,399


Beef


u.ed ieta _s s

I Pork


Pounds Pounds

62,174 -


12,355 458,428


4,936
32,433
7,534


57,816


.... -- -- --

.... 3,485,536 25,208 1,472 43,030 14,176

... 30,146,418 2,377,078 2,943,871 117,979 517,507
39,257,122 5,559,925 3,891,268 191,832 612,716


Refused or condemned:
Jan. 1961 *.. 81,054 56,000 132 7,659
Jan. 1960 *** 324,125 -- ---

Canned meats : C Sausage : General
Cooked
Country of origin Miscel- : beef (Trichina : miscel- Total
Beef Pork : laneous beef treated) laneous
I : : -
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds
Argentina ......... 3,411,911 27,000 68,992 1,661,101 -- 26,096 5,257,274
Australia ......... 72,252 -- 1,120 10,897,128
Brazil ............ ...... ........
Canada ............ 30,030 235,584 55,725 13,610 249,396 5,079,021
Denmark ........... 3,456 3,947,539 428,488 713,281 -- 5,092,564


Germany ..........
Holland ...........
Ireland ..........
Mexico ..........
New Zealand .......


146,242
4,273,816


565
39,901


23,769


175,510
4,346,150
7,123,727
5,456,256
4,535,473


Paraguay .......... 698,681 -- 698,681
Poland ........... 8,969,468 905,283 9,874,751
Uruguay ........... 593,655 -- 18,704 412,359
All others ........ 170,335 97,000 34,881 5,765 5,877,403

Total Jan. 1961 4,609,985 17,769,784 1,595,952 1,661,101 785,541 301,081 62,826,297
Jan. 1960 8,404,498 10,609,259 924,697 250,200 318,190 569,561 70,589,268

Refused or condemned:
Jan. 1961 8,408 59,621 1,532 -- 4,927 -- 219,333
Jan. 1960 7,549 16,216 516 -- 548,406

Note: In addition to the above, imports of horse meat (in pounds) for January 1961 were as
follows: Argentina 146,255, Canada 4,492; January 1960 Mexico 17,920.












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197

MOHAIR PRODUCTION AND VALUE 1960
(with revised estimates 1954-59)

Mohair production in the 7 leading States in 1960 totaled 24,445,000 pounds,
according to the Crop Reporting Board. The 1960 clip was 1 percent larger than the
24,151,000 pounds produced in 1959, and 59 percent larger than the 10-year average
of 15,365,000 pounds.
Texas, the leading mohair producing State, accounted for most of the increase.
The 1960 increase in Texas resulted from clipping a larger number of goats since the
average weight of hair per goat clipped was smaller.
The number of goats and kids clipped in the 7 States in 1960 was 3,884,000 head--
up 3 percent from the 3,755,000 head clipped in 1959. The average weight of hair per
goat and kid clipped was 6.3 pounds-only slightly below the record of 6.4 pounds in
1959.
Value of mohair produced in 1960 amounted to $21,442,000--a decrease of 8 percent
from 1959. The average price received by growers for mohair from April 1960 through
January 1961 was 87.7 cents. The average price received for mohair in the 1959
marketing year was 96.5 cents per pound and the 10-year average was 81.9 cents.
Revised estimates for 1954-59 are shown in this report. These revisions re-
sulted from an appraisal of data on goats and mohair from the Census of Agriculture
taken in the fall of 1959 and on other data which became available after the
original estimates were made.


Mohair Production and Value, 1960
19 60
State
Ge oats : Av. clip Production : Price per
-clipped 1L:_ per goat 1 ___c pound /_
1,000 1,000
head Pound pounds Cents


Value
1,000
dollars


Mo. ......... 38 4.0 152
Texas ....... 3,711 6.4 23,750
N. Mex. ..... 48 4.6 221
Ariz. ....... 59 3.6 212
Utah ........ 4 2.5 10
Oreg. ....... 16 4.2 67
Calif. ...... 8 4.1 33
Total ....... 3,884 6.3 24,445
1949-58 av. 2,758 5.5 15,365


91 138
88 20,900
79 175
72 153
45 4
70 47
75 25
87.7 21,442
81.9 12,500


Tear Rnci sd Estijmates, 1:754-5d qj
1954 ........ 2,618 5.6 14,578 72.4 10,549
1955 ........ 2,984 5.7 16,926 82.2 13,913
1956 ........ 3,151 5.8 18,201 84.4 15,359
1957 ........ 3,231 5.9 19,053 83.7 15,953
1958 ........ 3,417 6.1 20,825 72.2 15,026
1959 ........ 3,755 6.4 24,151 96.5 23,301
------------------------------------------------------------
_/ In States where goats are clipped twice a year the number clipped is the sum of goats
and kids clipped in the spring and kids clipped in the fall.
2/ For each State the average price is weighted average for mohair sold April 1960
through January 1961. The U. S. average price is computed by weighting State prices
by production of mohair.
3/ Average prices 1954-56 are for the calendar year. Average prices 1957-59 are for
the marketing season April through March. The U. S. average price is computed by
weighting State prices by production of mohair. The U. S. average price weighted by
sales in 1958 marketing year was 72.3 cents and in 1959, 96.4 cents.









WOOL PRODUCTION AND VALUE, 1960

Production of wool in 1960, shorn and pulled, totaled 300 million pounds,
grease basis, according to the Crop Reporting Board. This was 2 percent above
the 1959 production of 294 million pounds and 12 percent above the 1949-58 aver-
age production of 268 million pounds. Shorn wool production at 267 million
pounds was 3 percent above the 260 million pounds produced in 1959 and 15 per-
cent more than the 10-year average production of 2355 million pounds. Pulled
wool production in 1960 amounted to 33.6 million pounds compared with 34.5
million pounds in 1959 and the 10-year average of 35.9 million pounds.
A total of 31.2 million head of sheep and lambs were shorn in 1960 com-
pared with 30.8 million head in 1959--a 1 percent increase. An average of 27.8
million head were shorn during the 1949-58 period. The weight per fleece in 1960
was 8.55 pounds compared with 8.45 pounds a year earlier and the record high of
8.57 pounds in 1955.
Pulled wool production in 1960 was down 3 percent from 1959, Commercial
slaughter of sheep and lambs the past year was 5 percent above 1959. The average
weight of wool pulled per skin was 3.26 pounds compared with 3.53 pounds in 1959.
The average price received by growers for shorn wool from April 1960 through
January 1961 was 43.2 cents per pound. The average value per pound of wool pro-
duced in 1959 was 43.2 cents and the 10-year average was 54.8 cents. Total value
of shorn wool produced in 1960 was about $115 million--2 percent more than the
$112 million value for the 1959 production.

Wool production and value, United States, 1949-60 1/

Shorn
: Sheep :Weight : wool : Price : : Pulled : Total shorn
Year : Shorn : per : p per : Value : wool : and pulled
2/ ;fleece :ducti on pound 5/: : production: wool production
: :duction :

1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
head Pound pounds Cents dollars pounds pounds

1949... : 26,382 8.07 212,899 49.4 105,225 35,600 248,499
1950... : 26,580 8.22 216,944 62.1 134,623 32,400 249,344
1951... : 27,347 8.34 228,091 97.1 221,456 25,900 2535,991
1952... : 28,051 8.32 2553,309 54.1 126,327 355,600 266,909
1953... : 27,845 8.34 ,:-, : 54.9 127,514 42,200 274,458
1954... : 27,692 8.52 235,''? 55.2 125,538 43,500 279,507
1955... : 28,149 8.57 241, 4 42.7 1035,040 41,600 282,884
1956... : 28,469 8.51 242,177 44.3 107,233 40,500 282,677
1957... : 28,415 8.41 259,301 535.4 127,764 33,600 272,701
1958... : 29,403 8.29 243,713 36.4 88,632 30,400 274,11:-)
1959... : 30,763 8.45 259,939 43.2 112,328 34,500 294,439
1960... : 31,160 8.55 266,563 4/43.2 115,135 53,6C90 500,165

1949-
1958 av. : 27,813 8.36 252,558 54.8 126,735 35, :'0 2?1,4

1/ Estimates for years 1954-59 are revised.
/ Includes shparinp at commercial feeding yards.
5/ Computed by ,eirhtinr State average prices for all wool sold during- the market-
" ing year, April through March, by production of shorn wool. The. U. S. average,
vwr iht.ed by sales, was 1955, 42.8 cents per pound; 1956, 44.3 cents; 1957, 53.7
cents; 1958, 36.4 cents; 1959, 43.3 cents.
4/ Averare price for wool sold April 1960 through January 1961.






199


UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF MEATS

: Dec. : Dec.


C ommod ity

EXPORTS (Domestic) -
Beef and veal -
Fresh or frozen (except canned) ............
Pickled or cured (except canned) ........
Pork -
Fresh or frozen (except canned) ...........
Hams and shoulders, cured or cooked ......
Bacon ......................................
Pork, pickled, salted or otherwise cured,n.e.c.
Sausage, bologna & frankfurters(except canned)
Meat and meat products (except canned) n.e.c..
Beef and pork livers, fresh or frozen ........
Beef tongues, fresh or frozen ................
Variety meats, n.e.c. (except canned) ........
Meat specialties, frozen, n.e.c...............
Canned meats -
Beef and veal ... ........ ... .............. .....
Sausage, bologna and frankfurters ............
Hams and shoulders ...........................
Pork, canned, n.e.c...........................
Meat and meat products, n.e.c ...............
Lamb and mutton (except canned) ...............
Lard (includes rendered pork fat) .............
Shortenings, animal fat (excl. lard) ..........
Tallow, edible ...............................
Tallow, inedible .............................
Inedible animal oils, n.e.c ................
Inedible animal greases and fats, n.e.c. .....


1960
Pounds


1,225,132
1,252,475

3,541,506
902,211
520,155
1,307,802
237,736
289,486
5,545,028
2,700,361
5,615,018
466,598

142,686
74,077
92,499
214,067
85,876
87,994
49,380,816
72,752
350,494
136,646,395
398,889
16,412,881


: 1959
Pounds


1,239,459
1,096,522

1,436,881
1,311,616
911,273
716,131
175,962
108,890
4,483,858
1,476,584
2,246,212
621,200

225,922
77,352
66,556
225,926
554,457
44,754
56,584,580
73,905
1,942,784
144,205,515
1,314,071
14,512,407


Compiled from official records, Bureau of the Census.

UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF LIVESTOCK


Cattle (for breeding) -
Dairy .......................
Ex. dairy ...................
Other (ex. for breeding) ....
Hogs ..........................
Sheep ........................


: Dec.
: 1960
Number

2,571
1,009
251
914
2,649


Dec.
1959
Number

716
697
9,487
362
2,157


Compiled from official records, Bureau of the Census.


Dec. Dec.




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SHEEP AND LAMBS:


WEEKLY AVERAGE OF DAILY QUOTATIONS


In dollars per 100 pounds


Classification


SI


DAUGHTER IAMBS: (Wooled)
Prime Mar. 4, 1961
Mar. 5, 1960
Choice Mar. 4, 1961
Mar. 5, 1960

Good Mar. 4, 1961
Mar. 5, 1960


'Chicago' Omaha :Kansas : Fort :Denver:
S : :City : Worth : :


- liC
17.75
22.62
17.20
22.18

16.12
21.55


EWES: (Wooled) All wts.
Good and Mar. 4, 1961 7.00
Choice Mar. 5, 1960 7.25

Cull and Mar. 4, 1961 6.50
Utility Mar. 5, 1960 6.38

FEEDER LAMBS: All wts.
Good and Mar. 4, 1961 --
Choice Mar. 5, 1960 -_

*Shorn basis.


# down

22.12
16.82
21.62

15.62
20.85


6.75
6.50

6.00
5.00


16.85
19.25


17.62
21.50
16.88
20.50

16.00
19.50


5.00
6.50

5.00
5.50


19.38
16.35
19. 00

15.85
18.75


21.78
16.98
21.19

16.22
20.47


-- 6.88
-- '7.44

7.00* 5.25
7.25* 5.59


-- 15.10
-- 18.00


16.82
20.44


:Nortn
Ogden 'Port-
:land


18.00
21.12
17.25
20.75

16.50
19.75


22.21
16.31
21.83

15.12
21.08


5.50 5.50*
6.25 7.75

4.00 3.75*
4.25 5.75


16.00 14.75
-- 18.25


200


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