Old 10 yrs plus cows are slaughtered every day. According to USDA website there are 30.8 million hd of beef cows that have had a calf (so they are at least two years old) in the US on Jan 1 2011. If the average useful life of a beef cow is 10, farmers and ranchers are keeping 10% back for replacements every year, and 10% are removed from the herd, by death or culling. At any rate There's about about 3 million hd that would meet your qualifications.
Someone else had mentioned horse hide, are you sure the belts weren't normally made from horses which is now illegal to slaughter in the US?
No one is selecting for hide thickness, there are no EPD's for it. Maybe you should call the Angus Association and push for thicker hided cattle. I doubt it will have any effect on the price or availability of your belts.
To some it up, the farmers/ranchers have NOTHING to do with this supply/demand issue.
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