AVERAGE WEIGHT OF CATTLE AT CHICAGO.
1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912.
January 1,044 1,086 1,066 1,041 1,005 1,049 1,025 1,019 987 1,018
February 1,064 1,080 1,068 1,046 1,025 1,069 1,042 1,010 1,031 990
March 1,065 1,068 1,000 1,023 1,012 1,020 1,022 995 1,030 991
April 1,020 1,033 938 981 973 1,058 1,055 1,036 1,068 999
May 1,040 1,015 950 962 960 1,064 1,082 1,024 1,080 994
June 1,062 1,008 988 1,001 977 1,040 1,092 1,006 1,036 999
July 1,031 1,044 1,043 1,008 983 1,061 1,074 980 1,017 1,003
August 1,045 1,011 1,033 1,005 966 1,057 1,022 939 995 958
September 988 1,011 1,020 993 930 1,022 994 949 985 953
October 1,005 966 1,020 964 945 1,005 974 947 966 951
November 1,041 1,015 1,046 993 1,001 991 995 990 889 957
December 1,078 1,035 1,048 995 1,021 1,019 999 995 972 980
Yearly aver. 1,039 1,032 1,019 1,000 979 1,036 1,036 990 997 981
1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922.
January 1,002 996 1,027 1,044 980 946 885      
February 1,006 1,013 1,041 1,038 962 953 932      
March 929 1,012 1,055 1,025 992 956 918      
April 1,040 1,036 1,089 1,025 969 975 946      
May 1,040 1,021 1,075 1,010 982 914 937      
June 1,069 1,008 1,076 1,000 961 966 966      
July 1,037 1,000 1,032 1,009 957 912 917      
August 1,021 999 1,050 980 931 943 959      
September 992 981 1,047 943 930 914 896      
October 980 958 1,024 950 873 921 954      
November 1,011 1,015 1,017 954 911 930 929      
December 997 1,003 1,037 957 911 933 935      
Yearly aver. 1,008 1,002 1,046 987 939 941 936      
                   
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AVERAGE WEIGHT OF SHEEP AND LAMBS AT CHICAGO.
1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912.
January 88 93 89 86 86 85 84 83 90 82
February 86 89 89 83 86 84 83 82 88 82
March 82 87 88 82 86 86 84 82 86 84
April 87 88 89 82 85 84 84 80 85 82
May 85 86 87 82 84 85 81 82 84 80
June 80 82 82 80 81 82 77 80 75 76
July 80 83 82 80 81 79 76 80 76 75
August 81 82 79 79 81 79 80 80 78 75
September 77 78 78 78 82 79 79 79 72 77
October 79 78 75 79 80 79 80 79 73 78
November 82 85 80 80 81 81 81 82 78 82
December 87 88 84 85 84 82 79 81 83 85
Yearly aver. 83 84 83 81 83 82 83 81 79 79
1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922.
January 87 81 82 83 81 80 79      
February 85 81 81 85 82 84 81      
March 84 84 82 87 85 85 80      
April 85 83 83 85 84 84 83      
May 82 82 81 83 83 83 82      
June 77 74 72 74 72 73 75      
July 76 76 73 75 71 73 73      
August 78 76 79 76 74 78 76      
September 75 73 75 74 74 75 72      
October 73 71 78 74 73 72 72      
November 78 83 81 78 77 72 73      
December 80 83 82 79 82 79 76      
Yearly aver. 79 78 79 79 78 78 76      
                   
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PERCENTAGE OF DIFFERENT GRADES OF CATTLE SLAUGHTERED AT CENTRAL MARKETS.
  July. August. September. October. November. December.
Steers—            
  1,500 pounds and up .236 .209 .427 .104 .068 .058
  1,300 to 1,500 pounds 1.492 1.276 1.550 1.241 .844 .738
  1,100 to 1,300 pounds 8.709 8.134 6.548 6.047 6.796 6.255
  950 to 1,100 pounds 16.368 13.421 11.573 9.524 12.174 13.387
  950 pounds and down 3.790 2.801 2.994 2.263 2.819 4.131
  Western, etc. 8.623 17.432 17.091 17.358 13.762 7.425
  Canners 5.674 1.592 1.756 2.261 1.572 3.582
  Baby beef 2.066 1.049 .661 .452 .847 1.673
    Total steers 46.956 45.914 42.600 39.250 38.856 37.249
Bulls—            
  Native 2.930 2.270 2.180 1.760 1.570 1.720
  Western, etc. 2.947 .581 1.366 .748 .774 .687
  Canners 1.904 1.001 .990 .806 1.694 .428
    Total bulls 7.781 3.852 4.536 3.314 4.038 2.835
Cows—            
  Native or shipper 13.940 11.450 11.890 10.600 10.510 15.990
  Western 1.584 6.782 5.234 7.566 9.195 6.488
  Canner 17.874 21.972 12.050 29.077 26.097 25.176
    Total cows 33.398 40.204 29.174 47.243 45.802 47.654
Heifers—            
  Native 6.820 7.060 6.820 6.550 6.880 9.340
  Western, etc. 1.076 1.854 4.342 2.558 2.706 1.846
  Canners 1.904 .399 11.734 .476 1.166 .718
  Baby beef 2.053 .821 .719 .608 .533 .353
    Total heifers 11.853 10.134 23.615 10.192 11.285 12.257

The above figures were compiled by Stephen Chase, of the Food Administration, for the last half of 1918. No other years are available. Note the large proportion of our beef supply which comes from canner cows and light steers.

YEARLY SHIPMENTS OF STOCKER AND FEEDER CATTLE FROM OMAHA.
(000 omitted)
1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911.
Nebraska 131 137 125 111 114 125 135 155
Iowa 92 122 143 160 125 148 176 202
Kansas 1 2 1 1 4 3 10  
Illinois 8 8 9 32 36 56 62 47
Missouri 11 19 12 18 24 35 35 26
South Dakota 5 22 13 31 12 7 3 1
Colorado           1 1 1
Wyoming 1   1 1   1 1 1
Other states 9 6 5 5 3 4 9 8
Totals 257 316 308 359 318 380 432 443
1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919.
Nebraska 150 126 171 224 279 284 229 293
Iowa 182 213 152 172 207 199 190 282
Kansas 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3
Illinois 39 27 20 27 18 22 36 31
Missouri 21 10 11 19 7 11 9 13
South Dakota 8 16 9 15 12 22 33 16
Colorado 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 2
Wyoming 6 4 4 10 3 3 7 4
Other states 5 8 4 7 5 16 9 11
Totals 416 405 375 475 533 561 517 654
MONTHLY SHIPMENTS OF STOCKER AND FEEDER CATTLE FROM OMAHA.
(000 omitted)
1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911.
January 18 18 19 26 25 32 18 36
February 13 13 22 19 19 22 21 29
March 19 30 20 22 22 25 34 27
April 16 16 14 17 16 19 22 15
May 11 13 13 18 12 14 16 14
June 9 21 13 31 18 12 15 21
July 6 10 11 16 11 13 22 24
August 14 24 23 33 25 38 51 56
September 40 49 42 58 49 69 87 64
October 49 64 55 75 55 63 68 81
November 36 39 49 24 32 46 45 49
December 25 28 27 20 34 28 30 28
Totals 257 316 308 359 318 380 432 443
1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919.
January 23 30 30 35 42 43 32 40
February 24 24 24 20 42 32 27 30
March 20 21 27 29 44 34 33 31
April 22 20 22 32 24 29 31 27
May 16 18 15 16 16 24 32 22
June 11 10 11 13 15 22 19 11
July 15 11 10 10 13 17 18 31
August 39 41 31 28 49 39 45 75
September 73 78 72 75 72 78 91 123
October 98 80 72 104 105 100 80 135
November 38 43 23 70 67 101 65 88
December 38 29 37 44 44 44 44 43
Totals 416 405 375 475 533 561 517 654