Different views seen on cattle herd rebuilding
SARASOTA, Fla. - Has 'Marketing Survey 79” held
rebuilding of the North as part of the .annual
American cattle herd meeting of Livestock
begun? It depends on what Marketing Association,
region one is talking about. Participants in the survey
according to veteran were LMA regional direc
livestock marketing tors, representing all sec
businessmen who'gathered tions of the U.S. and Canada.
here recently.
They provided conflicting
answers to that key question
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The directors were
generally optimistic about
livestock prices for the
coming year and into the
1980’s at the Jan. 13 survey,
but were wary about
whether the liquidation
phase of the curreht cattle
cycle is now over. A capsule
summary of the directors’
comments, including the
region they reported on:
Jack Torpey, Torpey
Cattle Corporation, Los
Angeles (Pacific South
west); noted that cattle
breeding stock “has been
depleted during the last two
years,' and I don’t know
whether it’s being rebuilt.”
His region will be short of
feeder cattle this year, along
with fat cattle, he said.
Earl Britton, Montana
Livestock Auction Co., Butte
(Pacific Northwest); said
that with “very good” feed
supplies and a “good” hay
crop, his region will be
rebuilding cattle herds this
year. Markets in his region
sold about 25 per cent less
cattle last year than 1977, he
said. The cattle market
should be “fairly good for
several years,” Britton said.
Joel Bennett, Saint Paul
(Minn.) Union Stockyards
(Northern Plains); reported
that total cattle slaughter
this year should be “slightly
below” 1978 as the herd will
be rebuilt. “1978 was an
excellent year for our part of
the country and 1979 looks
even better,” he said.
Paul Den Herder, Tri-State
Livestock Auction Co., Inc.,
Sioux Center, la. (Northern
Plains); noted that his
region, needed cattle since it
was in a “livestock deficit
area,” Den Herder said
“People who are replacing
cattle are getting a little
scared (about whether to
rebuild or not), including
some very stable
operators.” He said that his
area’s feed situation was
“excellent, both in quantity
and quality.”
J.D. Sartwelle, Port City
Stockyards Co., Sealy, Texas
(Southern Plains); Sart
welle, a veteran of over 40
years in the livestock
business, said the cow/calf
operator “has the best run at
profitability than at
anytime in history.” He also
predicted “$9OO-1,000
cow/calf pairs in a year or
so,” but added “We’re in a
very nervous situation right
now. The cattle market
might fall back on us in the
next few weeks... some
correction is coming.”
Charles Lugbill, Lugbill
Brothers, Inc., Archbold and
Columbus Grove, Ohio
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(Midwest); said that
because cattle numbers are
down in his region “it will
take longer to rebuild the
herd,” Lugbill said. He also
predicted a “big demand for
feeder calves,” but said he
wasn’t sure where they
would come from.
E.D. “Buddy” Neal,
Chipley Livestock Inc.,
Chipley, Fla. (Southeast);
Neal said he had “very little
or no experience” that the
cattle herd is being rebuilt in
his region. The buildup will
come, he said, “when people
decide that this market is for
real.”
Charles Leask, Livestock
Division, Saskatchewan
Wheat Pool, Regina
(Western Canada); Leask
Moore, dairy farmer,
Chester County, Pa., and
Robert Powell, Jr., super
visor of personnel,
Westinghouse. John Sch
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said his region was “moving
into herd rebuilding” and
that he expected about six
per cent fewer cattle'
marketings than last year.
One notable exception to the
liquidation phase, he said,
has been British Columbia.
“Producers there never
really sold off the cow herd.
They have 4 per cent more
cattle than they did in 1975.”
Lex Rutherford, United
Cooperatives of Ontario,
Toronto (Eastern Canada);
Rebuiling is “not hap
pening...liquidation keeps
going on and on,” Ruther
ford said. He also predicted
that “when the rebuilding
starts, whenever that is,”
there will be a 25-30 per cent
reduction in slaughter from
1978 totals.
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