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<br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />Texas longhorns - South Fork, Colorado <br /> <br />2. livestock Production <br /> <br />Cattle are the most important 1 ivestock commodity, and are <br />commonly found in combination with related hay and feed grain <br />production on the same farm. Forest lands are increasing in <br />importance for summer range. The future expansion of range <br />cattle operations depends to a large degree upon the avail- <br />abi1 ity of these grazing lands. For example, during 1974, <br />grazing on National Forest and Bureau of land Management lands <br />consumed some 64,000 and 34,000 animal unit months (AUMS) <br />respectively. Assuming 35 percent of the total AUMS to be <br />sheep, with a wholesale value of red meat produced at $58 per <br />AUM, and the other 65 percent of the total AUMs to be cattle, <br />with a comparable value of $26/AUM, the wholesale red meat <br />value of sheep and cattle production approximates $1,989,000 <br />and $1,656,000 respectively. (These figures are not the <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />V-20 <br /> <br />003410 <br />