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null cow slaughter was mcr 6 million head.
I liese unusually low rates of slaughter relative to inventories would have resulted in unprecedented increases in cows on hand except for rhe fact that the number of heifers added to the herd has been unusually low, points out one observer. T hus, during the last three years of withholding rows Worn slaughter for one more calf crop, the average age of the national beet cow herd has increased.
It stands to reason that- these older cows can’t be retainer indefinitely. So when the liquidation of them begins, it is likely to mean substantially increased cow slaughter and by the same token, cheaper prices on utility beef. "Illis will have a bearish effect on better beef, of course, just as the scarcity of utility beef the past two years has helped tin- better beef ($mmand a higher price.
So far in I960 we are seeing a slight increase in cow slaughter. In the first six months of this year, the federally-inspected total was 1.983.000 head, compared with 1.808.000 head in the same six months last year.It is ‘estimated that in the third quarter of this year it will reach 1,075,000 head, compared with only 943,000 head a year ago. This would seem to be in line with the prediction that only a moderate increase in cow slaughter is to be expected this \ ear.
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