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Texas Ranchers sent their longhorns on cattle drives because the demand of the cattle in Texas was low. But high in the north and east. Demand and supply affect the price of nearly everything that was bought and sold - not just the cattle.
Hoe did supply and demand affect the price of cattle
by using under ground artesian wells. these are wells from which water flows under natural pressure with out pumping.
Cattle were butchered for meat for the soldiers, creating massive shortages in the Eastern part of the USA. A shortage creates a great demand, and in order to meet that demand, there needs to be a source of supply. Thus, this high demand allowed future ranchers and cowboys to travel west and herd cattle back east to quench this demand for beef.
price is the main factor which affect demand and supply and other factors which affect demand and supply are change in income weather change living standard of people alternative things superior to inferior
The supply of cattle hides decreased.
Decrease
Barbed wire fences prevented cattle from roaming around freely and rustlers from stealing the cattle.Cattle overgrazed the plain grasses which meant there were higher chances of stampedes and cattle deaths.Bad weather (Blizzard and droughts) caused abundant supply of cattle; prices of cattle drop sharply and became unprofitable for cowboys.The advent of windmills meant ranchers could pump more water from the ground and kept cows fenced to roam the moist grasses.More railroads were built in Texas which cattle could not roam as much as they used to and transportation was easier for cattle pickup.
supply and demand
They drastically reduced the distance the ranchers had to travel to sell their cattle, as they often grazed on the great plains - but the introduction of the cross continent railway system allowed a much easier transportation of cattle from point A to point B.
Cattle raising is important to the cattle industry because it keeps a constant supply of calves that are used for beef.
Limited water supply