, 1923-07-25
Wyoming Livestock
Condition Good

Cheyenne, Wyoming: Wyoming
ranges are the best in years, the lamb
crop will be a fourth larger than last
year, an average calf crop with cattle
showing a remarkable increase in con
dition are the outstanding features
of the Wyoming livestock industry
according to the monthly report is
sued the Division of Crop and Live
stock Estimates of the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture from it's Wyo-
ming Office.
RANGES
Wyoming ranges are the best in
years and reports from over the state
indicate that the crop Of grass and
other forage is unusually heavy. Pros
poets for feed this fall and winter are
most promising. A few reports Of
dry spots came,from the northeastern
section of the state. High ranges are
late but feed prospects are good. The
condition of the ranges are 102 per
cent of normal'a gain of 8 points dur
ing June.
CATTLE
Cattle improved wonderfully dur
ing June and some Of the old time
stockmen report that they have never
seer cattle take on flesh more rapidly
With the good feed the prospects for
beef are very good and grass fat cat
tie should be ready to nov a little
earlier than last season. The condi-
ton of cattle is 90 per cent z points
higher than on June first. Losses
have been light and for the first half
of the year is estimated at 8 per cent
which is considerably below the loss
es during the same period last year.
Calf Crop: 1t is estimated that 81
calves were born during the first half
of the year for each 100 cows on hand
January 1 and that about 6 per cent
a net calf crop of 81 per cent or about
100000 head, which is about the same
as last year. Cattlemen report that
due to the dry conditions on the range
last fall that there will be more late
calves than last year and some Sec
tons will have a few more dry cows
than last year.
Prospective Movements: The re-
ports received in this office indicates
that from Is to 20 per cent more cat
tie will be available for shipment than
last fall. The movement however will
be measured to a great extent by
financial conditions, prices and the
future outlook for the cattle business
during the next 60 to 90 days. Cattle
men are very much discouraged by
present prices and the price that they
in turn must pay for other commodi-
ties, as it is very evident that the pre-
sent cost of production is above that
received for cattle.
SHEEP
Sheep are in very good condition
and have improved on good feed dur
ing the past month, and a condition
of 101 per cent, a gain of 2 points dur
ing June is reported. Losses have
been light and are estimated at AZ
per cent since January 1 while losses
last year during the same period were
nearly double this number.
Lamb Crop: The Wyoming lamb
crop is good and losses have been
light but reports from over the state
indicate many dry ewes, which in
some cases run from 20 to 80 per cent
The net lamb crop is placed at ~ per
cent, it is estimated that 80 lambs
were born for each 100 ewes on hand
January l and that 10 per cent of the
number we're lost. This would indi-
cate that on July 1 the state had
about 1,451 900 lambs compared to
LISA 900 lambs one year g or a gain
of 26 per cent owe last year. The
1000 crap urag ont ghorf hxr tLa Ia,-.r
losses during the May storm, but
sheepmen report there are more dry
yves than last year.
Prospective Shipments: Reports
from over the state indicate that the
lamb movement this fall will be from
10 to Is per CEN heavier than last
season and that the movement of old
sheep will range from 5 to 10 per cent
higher than last year. Some sections
report that there will be n tendency
to hold eve lambs and sell off old
ewes, as it is evident that some sec
tions have more than the usual num-
Der Of old ewes, due to the tendency
to sell eve lambs the past few years.
As it is rather early to forecast the
movement, so far there has been little
evidence of contracts or sales of
lambs for fall delivery, early in the
season some contracts we're made in
Johnson County at about 10 cents,
while recent reports of lambe sales
come from the central part of the
state with prices at from 0 to 10
cents.
Wool: June was marked with
practically no sales and offers of 80
to 43 cents, growers seemed to hold
firm for higher prices and it now
seems that most of the clip unsold
will be shipped or consigned. About
80 to 40 per cent of the clip has been
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