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LIVESTOCK. 203
NUMBER AND VALUE, TEXAS LIVESTOCK
Following tables, giving number and value of Texas and U.S. livestock. 1950 and 1951,
and other data as indicated, are according to reports of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
(Total numbers and total values in thousands.)
,Numbers , ,------ Farm Value
a-1951 Preln.---,
*Class of Avg. Pct. r-Value Per Head-- - Total Value----
Livestock- 1940-49. 1950. Number. 1950. 1950. 1951. 1950. 1951:
All cattle .. ...... 8,409 8,574 9,260 108.0 $104.00 $142.00 $891,696 $1,314,920
tMilk cows....... 1,468 1,283 1,309 102.0 139.00 181.00 178,337 236,929
Hogs 2,129 1,701 1.786 105.0 20.80 24.40 35,381 43,578
*All sheep 9,264 6,756 7.119- 105.0 15.38 21.77 103,877 154,962
Stock sheep 9,079 6,638 7,036 106.0 15.40 21.80 102,225 153,385
Goats . .. 3,213 2.295 2,433 106.0 5.70 9.50 13,082 23,114
Horses 538 352 324 92.0 35.00 28.00 12,320 9,072
Mules ............. 360 139 120 86.0 48.00 41.00 6,672 4,920
Chickens ... ...31,629 27,384 25,884 95.0 1.11 1.15 30,396 29,767
Turkeys ... 859 755 755 100.0 4.80 5.00 3,624 3,775
Total ........ ... .. ...... ... ..... ..................$1,097,048 $1,584,108
NUMBER AND VALUE, U.S. LIVESTOCK
(Total numbers and total values in thousands.)
r - -Numbers Farm Value - ,
,-1951 Prelim.
*Class of Avg. Pct. -Value Per Head- ---Total Value-
Livestock- 1940-49. 1950. Number. 1950. 1950. 1951. 1950. 1951.
All cattle ......... 78,826 80,052 84,179 105.0 $123.00 $160.00 $9,847,676 $13,441,384
tMilk cows ....... 26,157 24,573 24,579 100.0 177.00 218.00 4,342,234 5,367,735
Hogs ..... ... 62,346 60,502 65,028 107.0 27.10 33.20 1,641,313 2.161,835
$All sheep .... 46,143 30,743 31,505 102.0 ... .... 547,750 827,933
Goats .. ..... 3,213 2,295 2,433 106.0 5.70 9.50 13,082 23,114
Horses ........ 8,581 5.274 4,763 90.0 45.80 43.40 241,362 206,729
Mules .......... 3,268 2,149 1,990 93.0 99.40 82.00 213,547 163,094
Chickens .. 489,368 480,834 466,686 97.0 1.36 1.45 655,326 677,676
Turkeys ........ 6,961 5,986 5,975 100.0 6.25 6.39 37,418 38,197
Total ............... ..................................$13,197,474 $17,539,962
*The number of livestock not on farms, i.e., in cities and villages, is not included in these estimates.
tIncluded in "All cattle." tIncluding sheep and lambs in feed lots on feed for market
Texas only, estimates for other states not available.(Continued from page 202.)
Receipts from sale of Texas livestock and
livestock products during 1949 and 1950 were
broken down as follows by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture:
Livestock and Products- 1949. 1950.
Cattle and calves .... $425,514,000 $489,168,000
Dairy products .. 117,252,000 120,564,000
Eggs ............... 79,829,000 62,891,000
Hogs .... . .. 62,092,000 62,731,000
Chickens, mel. broilers. 39,332,000 42,362,000
Wool ............... 29,352,000 33,719,000
Sheep and lambs .... 24,842,000 28,800,000
Turkeys ............ 21,293,000 22,411,000
Mohair .............. 6,538,000 10,674,000
Miscellaneous poultry. 3,946,000 3,395,000
Other (horses, mules.
bees, honey, beeswax) 3,330,000 2,966,000
Total .............$813,320,000 $879,681,000
CATTLE RAISING
One of the oldest agricultural industries in
Texas, beef-cattle raising went through two
Centuries of slow development before begin-.
ning the swift evolution of recent years.
All cattle and calves on farms, Jan. 1, 1951,
were estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics at 9,260,000. the highest
number on Texas farms and ranches since
1902. While the present number is below that
attained in the era before the conversion of
large areas to cultivation, the productivity
of the present industry is greater than at any
previous date because of the better breeds
and the improved feeding methods.
More than 11 per cent of all cattle and
calves in the United States were on Texas
farms and ranches Jan. 1, 1951, and Texas,
was the leading state in cattle population.
There had been four years of decline pre-
ceding 1949 when farmers and ranchmen be-
gan building up their breeding herds, largely
in response to the rising price of beef. The
increase during 1949 and 1950 was princi-
pally in the number of beef cattle.Commercial movement during 1950 amount-
ed to 1,455,441 cattle and 563,631 calves, a
total of 2,019,072. In 1949 the movement was
1,374,008 cattle, 432,795 calves; total, 1,806,803.
Fort Worth is the principal market, followed
by San Antonio, with lesser movements to
Dallas, Houston and other packing points.
A large percentage of Texas cattle normally
go to other states for fattening. Movement
to Fort Worth in 1950 was 483,791 cattle and
245,290 calves, including truck movement of
460,975 cattle and 240,171 calves. Intrastate
movement exclusive of Fort Worth was 113,-
333 cattle and 70,305 calves.
The largest interstate movement in 1950
went, as usual, to Kansas, totaling 214,317
cattle and 30,977 calves. Most of this ship-
ment was for fattening on Flint Hills Blue-
stem pasture. Movements to other states in-
cluded: California, 138,634 cattle and 41,843
calves; Colorado, 115,560 cattle and 7,388
calves; Illinois, 69,290 cattle, 19,663 calves;
Missouri, 65,161 cattle and 16,642 calves; Iowa,
57,180 cattle and 7,276 calves. Smaller move-
ments were to Oklahoma. Nebraska and New
Mexico.
Shipments into Texas including shipments
through Fort Worth were 358,317 cattle and
71,727 calves during 1950, with principal move-
ments from New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona.
Kansas, Colorado and Louisiana. Movement
of cattle varies considerably from year to
year, depending upon the market, and the
weather conditions in Texas and in areas
where Texas cattle are shipped to be fattened.
The annual calf crop is approximately
3,600,000. This number plus inshipments of
300,000 to 400,000, is balanced by slaughter
and shipments to other states as given
above, farm and other purely local slaughter,
and the annual death of 300,000 to 400,000
cattle and calves other than by slaughter.
Slaughter in Texas during 1950 amounted to
950,000 beef cattle averaging 811 pounds live
weight and 823,000 calves averaging 431
pounds. This totaled 770,450,000 pounds live
weight for cattle and 354,713,000 pounds for
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