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Show U . S . BUREAU PREDICTS PREDICTSRISE PREDICTSRISE RISE IN CATTLE CAT1E PRICES PRICESI PRICESPiedictmg PRICESPiedicting I ; calvesII II Piedictmg Pledlctmg Piedicting fewer ewer cattle an and calves calveswill calveswill will be slaughtered this fall than last lastyear lastyear lastyear year , the buieau bUleau of agricultural eoon coon eoononucs cooncritics econcnucs onucs critics said Thursday that cattle prices pricesare pricesare pricesare are expected e'pected epected ' to average much higher higherduring higherduring durmg during > the next five flve months The mid midsummer midsummer midsummer summer outlook report of the bureau bureausaid bureausaid bureausaid said that the drouth forced heavy heavymalketmg heavymaiketing heavymaiketmg malketmg maiketing last fall The eduction leductlon ieduction i , It i isaid itsaid , , said ald Is expected to be chiefly in slaugh slaugh- slaughter slaughter slaughter - - ter calves and the better grade of steersConsmner steersConsumer steel's steels steers steel'sConsumer ' Consumer Consmner demand is lS improved unproved now nowthe , the bureau added , and the improve improve- improvement Improvement improvement - ment is expected to inciease Inctease inCI ease This im- im improvement improvement Im Improvement - - provement coupled with smaller sinailer sinailerslaughter smallerslaughter slaughter supplies it said prcbably prcbablywill probablywill .ill ill will , . result In higher prices from now nowuntil nowuntil nowuntil until late fall faU or eaily eally winter The Theadvan Theadvance Theadvance advan advance in prices pnces , it continued contmued , aIso also aIsomay alsomay alsomay may include lower grades of oattle cattle cattle.especially cattleespecially . , especially if there is lS a strong demand demandfor demandfor demandfor for cattle for feeding feedmg and restocking |