—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Jan, 10, 1958
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Growing Trend to Feeders
Meeting
By Harold F. Brehnyei
Ag Econ Du., AMS
Cattle feeding is a growing in
dustry Its expansion has helped
cattleman to meet keen competi
tion for the consumei maiket in
this country.
slaughter of steers inci eased
L\ almost two-thirds between
1951 and 1957 This nearly equals
the 80 per cent increases in broil
ci production during the same
penod. Actually, the volume of
steer beef produced is still almost
three times that of commercial
bioler meat It is double the
volume of all chicken meat
Cattle feeding is in its second
penod of fast growth The first
vas in the late 1930’s Then
volume‘'nearly doubled The pre
sent penod began about 1950. As
incomes increased after the ws/r.
consumers stepped up then de
mand for beef in general, and
even more, then demand lor the
higher grades of beef from fed
cattle
Merchandising changes have
contributed to stronger demand
foi U S Choice and U. S. Good
beef Recently, enthusiasm for
gulling of beef outdoors has in
creased the demand for high
giade beef also.
Another factor leading to more
feeding has been a larger produc
tion and declining price for feed
After rising stadilv the last few
jears, the feed harvest set a new
record in 1957. Farmer’s prices
received for feed grains have gen
erally declined since 1951 In Nov.
e nber, they were the lowest since
1949
Moreover, interest in cattle
feeding is a typical feature of the
peaksupplv phase of the cattle
cede A shift from cow-and-calf
operations to feeding was a big
factor in the reduction of total
cattle numbers that began during
1Q56 and is still going on
Finally, cattle feeding has ex
panded because new technologi
cal methods have been used in it
i ioie extensively than in any
ci her phase of rasing or feeding
i<>eat animals Examples aie stil
bestrol and use of mechanical
feed dispensers in commercial
f_cdlots
Apart from its geneial increase,
tncre have been thiee maior
cnanges in feeding operations
First, feeding is no longer con
£’ied to the Com Belt It has ev
piudd greatly in the West and is
i.-. u growing in the South
Since the early 1930’s the west
e*n Coin Belt has increased its
/an 1 inventory of cattle on feed
1. 60 per cent The eastei n Corn
Eelt has done even better, doubl
t!g its inventoiy But cattle on
f ed in the West now are 3 5
t mes more numerous than they
v ere 25 years ago
California now has seven times
£i many cattle on feed as it did
i■> the early 1930 s Washington
a id Arizona six tunes as many
Tne West now accounts for a
fourth of all cattle on feed on Jan
1 and for an even larger per cent
c r annual marketings of fed cattle
Second, the feeding period has
\ jen shortened In this, the West
been in the forefront Feeding
i California is intensve and lasts
only about 120 days California
cattle aie fed to a slightly lower
g.adc than Corn Belt cattle Fevv
c " reach high Choice oi Pi ime
California refills its fcedlots
t ucc duung the ycai, Colorado
c ice The Corn Belt feeds a bit
tiorter than formerly, but still
v ill not average a complete se
cond turnover during the year
Thud change is the emphasis
ci modelately high finish Fewei
coai sc and underfinished cattle
i ovv go to slaughter and extreme-
I high finish in cattle has become
Ess popular as outlets for high
Cooice and Prime beef have
f-trunk The langc of high Good
to middle Choice probably repre
s. nts both current preference and
t">e direction to which feeding
been going
Some Competition
1 The big volume of feeding help
ed to lift total beef output to its
1956 record high and to keep it
almost as large in 1957. This hap
pened not only because of the ex
tra weight to which fed cattle are
carried, but also because it caused
more Calves to be retained for
feeding instead of being slaughter
as calves.
In most past cycles, slaughter
of calves increased sharply as
total cattle numbers leached and
passed their creat. In this cycle,
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In 1957, a third more steer than
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er.
As total cattle numbers are de
creasing, declines in slaughter
and beef output can be expected
for several year. However, if
cattle feeding stays large, it could
pre\ ent as much of a reduction as
often occurs.
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