Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-30
COMEBACK IN MEAT
PRODUCTION NOTED
J I, DURING YEAR 1922
Over 1000 Cars of live Stock
Reached South st. Paul Yards Dur
ing Year; Big Increase Over 1921,

South st. Paul, Mimi. Dec. 3d.
Wind-up OF the years live stock bust.
ness at this market focuses attention
on the big comeback which meat pro
duction has experienced on north.
western farms since the slump OF last
year. Unofficial but practically com
plete figures, obt1inable at the close OF
the week showed that more than H..
600 carloads of live stock reached the
yards in 1922 az compared with 58,470
carloads the preceding year
In this comeback North Dakota
has played no small part, standing
second only to Minnesota in volume
of supplies shipped to the South st.
Paul market during the period. The
North Dakota shipments aggregated
about 1880 carloads Of all classes of
stock, a gain of Virtually one-third
over the contributions from that state
the preceding year,
Total receipts for, the year were
about 10000 cattle, t456,S00 calves,
I2,515,00O hogs and soc, 900 sheep, the
latter being the only class to show de-
cline from the preceding year. The
totals In 1921 were: Cattle 623,515,
calves 36l,311, hogs 2,209,51S and
sheep 632,s65.
Aside from Minnesota and North
Dakota the main contributors to mar
ket supplies have been Canada, Mon
tana, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
There has been a substantial Increase
IN the arrivals from the western prov
lnces of Canada in spite of the fact
that tariff rates were advanced ma
terially the past summer just as the
range movement was getting we'll UNI
der way.
Closing market conditions of the
"ank n n n yy0n, yy~r~ o. 49, 49, -
IN the, main were better than those
prevailing at the close Of 1921 not
withstanding the fact that feed prices
are now higher ganerallytthan a year
ago. Virtually all classes of stock
sold better late this week than at the
same time last year. ~
For the week there was Il general
falling off in receipts locally and at
other leading western markets because
or the holiday Monday. Moderation
In the weather following the severe
old of the preceding week served to
stimulate shipping on the later days,
however, with h result that supplies
expanded some near the close,
Killing cattle prices strengthened
somewhat in the final week Of the
year with carlot sales between $4,000
$40 and odd head on up to $3.50
$50 a cWt. while packers asserted
their Willingness to pay as much as
Sl1.00 1890 for prime finished bull
locks. Nothing was presented with
the right kind Of quality to test them
u on such statements but the latter
price a been paid earlier in the
month when market conditions were
no stronger generally than at present.
S12 mark stands as carload peak
for 1922 on this market.
In the COW and heifer cla ssi HcotioD
there was a fair sized representation
put a large share of the assortment
dairy Gull stuff from Minnesota.
North Dakota and Wisconsin,. One
load OF south Dakota heifers which
had been fed corn since the new crop.
came in set the months carlot ton
wednesday at $500 and a few odd
mead reached $500. The showing UP
to $500 300 or over. was relatively
small and bulk of the female stock
earned from $500 down to 1926, cut
tiers and Gamers trailing to the scales
at S2.25@3.OO. $500
Buils gained some and %bolognas sold
late largely at s3.5O@4.25. Stocker
and feeder steer trade was slow with
N4.oo Ms5.75 taking majority while ex-
tremes sold at $4,000 ZOO. Veal
calves advanced to %201G9S .5O. basis
while some selected calves registered
at $500 @9.25 lac.
itog prices advanced mildly the first
l'alf OF the wecs. followed by slight
Ieacs!on late which left the trading
Ha,'s at WS 81 r.liehy against
bulk sales OF sG.9c az 90 year earlier.
t'ul!: OF the native lambs showed
about Pa, cents average gain over d
week ago with lato sales; mainly at
%lo@14 and a few UP to sl4.25. Fat
sheen were strong for the period. go
Inc mainly Ut s5.GO@7.0O and occa-
sional!y up TO $3.50. Dakota feeding
lambs were quotable at $11.50 to
$1,000 Or a little more for best kinds.