Show enri asto ak situation situate lom I 1 JAM TOR early predictions of smaller fall marketing of cattle are being born out by the decreasing supplies reaching the markets following th tho I 1 e clean up of the graab gaass cattle run A well sustained demand indicates that a continuation of the jeneral general upward trend in price or at least the maintenance of lot n strong position may he be looked forward to rills being of course a continuation ot of the general cycle which alch we have been passing through in the past three years the Tho demand for feeder cattle Is reported about the same asa aba year ago with somewhat higher prices but the s situation Is different in that heavy cattle to RO go in tor for short feeding per lods loda are in broader demand than light weight cattle the price levels prevailing for heavy cattle should increase the marketing of short fed offerings fe but on the other hand the good ranges th this Is season will have a tendency to hold back large numbers of well bred cattle for re stocking there seems to be no question but that tile number of cattle marketed this fall will be smaller than tor for this season during the past five years and it la is even now being predicted that the marketing next year will show how a further decline this situation of course will balance itself up to a certain extent as when beet beef prices price reach a certain level other food stuff come in direct competition with beet beef and through the switching of the demand to other commodities a reaction in the market Is brought about it was recently polled out in this his connection by a close observer that it Is not a satisfactory condition to allow boe beet f animal prices to reach the point where the price of tile the finished product Is out of line with other commodities modi ties which are more or less competitive peti tive |