Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-05
MARKETS ADVANCE
IN STOCK SUPPLY
Increased Receipts of Cattle and
Sheep Reported in Seven
Interior Cities
SHORTAGE PREVAILS IN HOGS
October Shipments of Packing
House Products from Chicago
Maintain Early Averages
SHORTAGE PREVAILS IN HOGS
(SpecIal to The Herald

Especial to The Herald
| WASHINGTON Dec. 4--Increased
receipts at the seven leading interior
markets of cattle and sheep and q
continued shortage in the supply of
| hogs are a characteristic feature Of
! the October livestock movement, as re-
! ported to the bureau of statistics of
! the department of commerce and labor
The receipts of cattle at these mar
kets, which for the present year aver
aged 765,943 head a month, show q
continuous growth, the October total,
| /, ,1SS, ,324 head, exceeding like totals
for the preceding two years. of 1,130.-
Gil head in 1909 and 1925, 1892 head in
1908, though falling short of the Octo
Der figures in the three earlier years.
The receipts of sheep for the month,
2,263,079 head show a continuous
growth since the end of the summer,
the october total being more than
double the monthly average for the
year and Sc per cent in excess of the
October average for the preceding five
years. All the large packing centCrs
except ST. Louis and ST. Joseph show
larger receipts of sheep, the gains be-
ing particularly heavy in the case of
Chicago, Omaha and ST. Paul. On the
other hand the October receipts Of
hogs at the seven markets, 1,034, ,6S2
head, were the lowest monthly re-
ceipts for the year except for Septem-
ber, when, for the first time, the total
fell below 100000 head AS compared
with the October average for the pre-
ceding five years, the monthly receipts
of hogs show a decline of over 26 per
cent. The ten months receipts of hogs
at the same markets, 12,7S6,27S head,
were about % per cent less than the
average for the corresponding period
in the preceding five years. Arrivals
of calves at the five packing centers.
which report them separately, show
monthly total of 107.740 head, COM
pared with the October average for
the five preceding years of 102, 1913 head.
RECEIPTS OF SEVEN MARKETS
The combined live stock receipts, in
cluding those of horses and mules, at
the seven markets amounted to $780,
672 head for the month, compared with
4,062, ,236 head in October, 1909, and 1914
565 head in 1908. The estimated num-
ber of inbound loaded live stock cars
for the month is given as 75,249, com
pared with TO- S53 cars for October, 1909,
and II ,267 cars for October, 1908. The
larger number is exceeded, however,
by the October figures in 1905-1902.
The volume of the inbound live stock
movement for the ten months of the
L,
her of loaded live stock cars received,
567 ,109 cars, was less than in any of
the preceding five years.
October shipments of packing house
products from Chicago, 166, 1854, l25
pounds, show but little variation in
volume from the totals reported for the
earlier months. AS compared with the
October average for the preceding five
years a loss of rs per cent is shown.
FfTI-- 90, Of
the present year, 1865, 799,350 pounds,
fell about 20 per cent below the ten
months average for the preceding five
years, the largest decline appearing
under the head Of fresh beef and cured
meats. The shipments of canned
meats, 59,O63, 400 pounds, while only
one-half of the total reported for the
corresponding period in 1905, show,
however, a 40 per cent increase over
the ten months total of the preceding
year. Lard shipments, while slightly
larger than during last year, were less
than one-half the quantity reported i'll
1907 The eastbound traffic movement
of provisions from Chicago and Chi
cago Junction points for the forty
four weeks of the year, 739920 short
tons, shows a similar decline when
compared with corresponding figures
for the earlier years.
Stocks of meat at the end of the
month at five principal packing cen
ters are given as 90,170,S7O pounds, the
total being the smallest reported for
the year. Live stock receipts during
the month at Boston, New York, Phil
adelphia and Baltimore, included 9l,-
365 head of cattle, 39, S32 calves, 243,-
1862 hogs and 1865 sheep, all these
figures being smaller than for October,
1908 and 1909.
The foreign shipments of animals
and meat product for the ten-month
period of the present year show a
notable decline since 1906, when the
foreign trade i'm these articles may be
said to have reached its largest de-
Velopment. Thus the ten months eX-
ports of cattle in 1906 were 428,741 in
number, compared with only 81, ,1O3
head exported during the ten months
of the present year. The total value
of animals exported during the ten
months of 1906 was $39, ,137,3IS, while
like exports for the ten months of the
present year were valued at $l1,914, GAG
only. The quantity of fresh beef
shopped during the ten-month period
in 1906 was 224, 100, 021 pounds, as com
pared with 46, S34 ,99l pounds in 1910.
Exports of canned beef declined dur
ing the same period from 34,023,139
pounds to S,355, ,927 pounds; those Of
bacon from 319,704312 pounds to f95,-
1S9, ,357 pounds; those of hams from 1856
S36,199 pounds to 110,30l SOB pounds;
those of lard from 592, S47 $50 pounds
to 302 185. .736 pounds, while the value
of all meat products exported dc
clined from Sill, ,720, 366 for the ten
month period in 1906 to 5,0l3,113 for
the corresponding period in the present