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April 21,1
Less meat available than in ’81
Report predicts beef supply rise
United Press International
I WASHINGTON — An in
crease in the number of cattle in
•feedlots being fattened with
.grain means beef supplies will
rise a little in late spring and
summer, but meat supplies will
continue to be less than last year.
In its quarterly report, the
Agriculture Department said
Monday the number of cattle
fattened in feedlots prior to
slaughter rose 2 percent f rom a
year ago for the first year-to-
year hike on April 1 in four
years.
Transfers
proposed
by Braniff
United Press International
DALLAS — In an attempt to
speed up a Civil Aeronautics
Board decision on the fate of
Braniff International Airlines'
money-losing South American
routes, the airline is proposing
transfer of the routes to other
The Civil Aeronautics Board
said last week it would not be
able to act until July on a propos
al in which Pan American World
Airways would pay Braniff $30
million to fly Braniffs South
America routes for four years.
If the CAB approves the Pan
Am deal, it must be submitted to
the governments of the foreign
nations involved.
“That’s why it’s important to
get this thing resolved very
quickly,” Braniff Vice President
Sam Coats said Monday. “Those
governments are sovereign na
tions. I’m sure they wonder
whafs going on.
“The quicker we can get the
decision from the CAB, the
quicker the United States gov
ernment can give official notifi
cation of the change in opera
tions to the governments in
volved and get their approval.”
The CAB urged Braniff to
discuss with other airlines the
sale of the routes.
“We are doing it (talking with
other airlines),” Coats said. “We
feel this transaction needs to be
completed very quickly. We’ve
seen a sharp drop off in South
American traffic and there’s a
lot of uncertainty.”
Coats said Braniff had been
contacted by several airlines in
addition to Pan Am, including
“very strong” approaches made
by Eastern Airlines and Air Flor
ida and an indirect approach
from Western Airlines.
cattle and calves sent to feedlots
was more than expected. Feed is
less expensive than it was, he
said, adding that cattle feeders
are beginning to reach a point
where they’re showing a profit.
The department’s Crop Re
porting Board said the number
of heifers and heifer calves
being fattened prior to slaugh
ter was 3.11 million, 10 percent
more than a year ago.
Gustafson said the increase in
the number of heifers sent to
feedlots might lead observers to
believe that producers are send
ing them to slaughter rather
than breeding them to enlarge
herds, but he said: “It’s too early
to say too much on it.”
The department said cattle
feeders planned to send 5.21
million head to slaughter in the
current quarter, 2 percent more
than in the second quarter of the
past two years.
Gustafson said as more cattle
are sent to feedlots, the number
of grass-fed cattle being slaught
ered will decline.
As part of an overall reduc
tion in the frequency and extent
of agricultural reports, the de-
ced i
partment reduced the number
of states surveyed in the quarter
ly cattle-on-feed report from 23
to 13.
Seven states are surveyed
monthly for smaller cattle-on-
feed reports.
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Marketing of fed cattle in the
first quarter totaled 5.44 mil
lion, down 2 percent, the lowest
number marketed in the 13
states since the first quarter of
1975.
Feedlots polled in this report
were in Arizona, California, Col
orado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, " South Dakota,
Texas and Washington.
Following release of the re
port, department analyst
Ronald Gustafson said cattle
marketings should rise margin
ally in late spring and in sum
mer. However, total supplies of
red meat and poultry will con
tinue to be down because of re
ductions in pork output, he said.
Pork supplies are expected to
be down 9 percent to 13 percent
in the next couple of quarters,
he said. Pork producers are
making a profit, but analysts say
that price increases to consum
ers have been moderated by the
sluggish economy.
The department said cattle
and calves sent to feedlots in the
first quarter of this year totaled
5.57 million head, 16 percent
more than a year ago.
Gustafson said the number of
He said he knew of no direct
approach from American Air
lines, Braniffs chief domestic
competitor. American has said it
will seek authority to fly to South
America from a Texas gateway.
“I continue to feel that Amer
ican is more interested in killing
the deal than in doing the deal,”
Coats said.
Braniff owes 39 creditors
$733 million and continues to
operate at a loss. The $30 mil
lion from Pan Am would help
alleviate its short-term cash-flow
problems.
Braniff already has received
$7 million up-front money from
Pan Am for the deal.
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