Show the livestock situation by 3 A mcnaughton uton the irlie fat cattle macket inar icet continues to curry a strong undertone on oil tile alio lot los angeles union stock yards despite doino slowness lit in tho ro re hilll trade marketing resistance to anny further advances lit in beef costs or there Is n definite shortage lit in numbers nuin bora of fat cattle aval available for slaughter ana to no indication ill of tiny sizeable increase in I 1 supplies for some weeks to co como 11 rn most lilot of california range feed Is making in a k 1 n K very unsatisfactory growth duo due both to cool weather rind find insufficient rainfall As a result of short grass crops in III most parts of california it seems certain that tho movement of nf grass gram fat beef to const coast markets will mill lie be later than usual it la is possible that unless general rains are arc received very ery soon there may bo some distress of thin cattle to feed feedlots lots bild irrigated pastura 4 in the sacramento valley ley thi the situation Is very cry serious mid it Is reported ported ic that rainfall for tile season from july 1 to robba a nry ry 1 as 8 lias been beell tile the smallest since 1870 not only Is there ground tor for serious concern regarding the spring mid and qui summer niner grass beef supply but brit it also wems seems likely that unless arm rains are had in ili the early part of march there may lo be a larger percentage of thin spring thau than last year all in III fill all indications point to some shortage in it both beef and limb lailla supplies in III dullni tile the ilex next t GO 60 days nt at tho least tilo the result Is that cattle and lambs moving out of tho the irrigated valleys particularly lilt lie imperial in southern california and all tile salt iziver coli country in ill central arizona are arc meeting very active inquiry on tho 10 los angeles market tito tho of hogs continues to be of heavier volume than luring during tile the last several years but demand Is broad indicating that consumers are turning to relatively low priced boric pork to offset the smaller beef supply at tills this writing good grades of fell fed steers are selling on the los loa All angeles geles market nt at to and choice long fed steers steer S are a re considered quotable to 10 1060 GO or better cows corta co are in fictive active demand with most sales nt at to and many fat cows up lip to a cwt cat or better the hog bog market around 8 GO to 9 a ewt with some sales sale of grain fed hogs up to pat fat lambs are selling mainly at 8 to 8 GO a cwt cat koth both cattle catt le and at ia lamb inn I 1 b prices 1 r ices are a r 0 well arell above aboe a year ago while ilog hog prices are slightly lower |