Show prices ice s for beef catt cattle le highest all classes and grades I lave have participated in advance since 1920 artini rr Tini wa by the united apart dihe I 1 initia of agrical t ure bottle tills 11 allt ave sold i tile aliu i for the SINIS it ilio il 10 IO when volun prices in ii os were nuie on oil a lila high li level ili elwe u of war ne cordIng to a gilr of tile ing cuttle cattle farhet Is sued fly i tile tho billeau of agricultural united states debit it tile ait it of agriculture all classes and gritt les of blittle linie have participated iti in the nil ill it UIL liCe tin tile price over cr last year ellid binl the alve year un ngo age ranging from IL 12 to 27 per lent cent ille pres elit callip amatively arat ively filah price lull leel fur for the bettor better grades of if fed steers Is unusual for tills cf the year itar says saia the bureau bure iu Is attributed partly to the filet that re ie belph of nil all cuttle cattle nt it tile corn hilt belt and eastern markets were fie 4 poi per cent smaller during dining tile hist first four months of tills year icar than turing luring the idine lod llod l lust last year there wits a consides consi dei italy larger decrease lit bolno of tile markets particularly those re belving a high proportion of fell uit cat tle the hie luin for weight illse tills lins boon been a factor lit in raising tile average acell 1 l price pi ice for the better grades of fed steers slaughtering was less during each of the past llo live years production fur for the first four moi illis exceeded hint for the alic saine period it year previous hut blut tills year ear proved to be un an exception beef produced pi deduced educed froin cattle slaughtered under fedi rill inspection lining tile ill hist st four mouthy of tins tills wits ais 3 per cent less thail wits ns produced in ili the suino saine period of if alost of the decrease occurred red in ili chirch und and april the lle live cost of these cattle to acis for the hie four averaged agal list in ili 1926 till ni adval lLe of 8 per cent over last year or 11 14 per cent over the five year average the boig chite trend lit in cuttle cattle slaughter tills hiis been upward espe tile number of liend head slaughtered under federal in ili and tile the quantity of beef which lah enoves into elian chan inels the generally higher lil glicr average prices for slaughter cattle during the past few years oars have heon been accompanied hy by increased inci eased total rind and per capital con coll of hoef beef indicating an increasing consumptive demand fur for tills product with total beet conan consumption apt ion increasing lix in ili population with etli consumers adjusted to tile the heni heavy beef consumption of tile the last tow few years and with the present trend of potential supplies downward tile alie outlook for tho the ladu industry Stry appears very ery tavor ahle able ja the alie strong stron g demand for stocker cattle 0 the past spring was reflected la in ASI on nil increased movement of such cattle out ut of southern oreas areas during the he T hat first four months of tills year ear cattle la ae receipts tit at southern marlyts increased ire liend head or 28 cent over oer the same period last year also the high er price for the lower loer grades of cat riff tie hits has increased tile the receipts of such al cuttle cattle at the small corn belt markets I 1 the decrease tle crease while small as to total bumbers amounted to 17 per cent period of overproduction ife the cattle industry for a number of years scars has been pl passing issing through a pel oil of overproduction avei production which alch has resulted in curtailment liquidation heny market receipts and consequently it u high slaughtering turing ratio to numbers remaining on farms and ranges tills has temporarily in a creased the tendency to market cattle ed at younger ngos resulting in a more of rapid turnover with tile the present 6 trend away from the lico pi of 0 ei aged grass steers our beef supply depends at 7 more on the feeder nd the lil higher gher price level for cattle 19 inn may y possibly be accompanied by some further culling and liquidation of 0 it range herds tins tills fill fall but we ve are op ap bei pro preaching aching tile the end of the period of 0 nd W over marketIng find and except for forced because of drought con caa ahn ra dit dillons lons the number of cattle forced z d on oil IT the ie slaughter market will be limited prices in western areas have hae in creased more than have prices tit at the central markets 9 breeding animals and growing stock fai are in strong hands and with avail atall 60 able pasture or range excessive market supplies of range cuttle cattle for ser oral erni years seem doubtful the total number of nil all cattle and bo calves in the 17 western states has declined lr about 1 per cent since 1920 bud and it the total for tho the united states has declined 1012 10 per cent willie while it Is lin sible bible to make any definite segregation between dairy and beef cattle beet beel cattia in the west seem to have hae de d creased fully 25 per cent during th the tt past seven years |