Show ars L I 1 I 1 uldon flock W cattle slaughter in ili tile tho united states la 19 going ahead on tho the largest scalo scale in ili history indicating in no uncertain terms tim tho fact that american cattlemen are arc doing their part in ili supplying vitally needed went moat in fit the tha food for victory program april slaughter figures recently made available show allow that federally inspected Inspect oI slaughter of cattle in ili tile united states at 0 in ili that month were the largest tor for april on record tho the increase iner paso over a year ago amounted to 21 per cent and exceeded exe ceded tile the five year average for that month by 26 per cent slaughter of cattle for the first tour four months of 1912 exceeded a year ago by 21 per cent und and tho the five year average by 26 per cent the april hog slaughter wan also tile tho largest for that month on record the total being for the first four months of 1942 hog slaughter under federal inspection increased 28 per cent over the five year average the april slaughter of sheep and lambs lamba was also tile tho largest for that month OH record and during the first four months montha of 0 tile the year was 10 per cent higher than the five year average despite the record slaughter figures prices are considerably higher than a year ago this Is due to the greatly increased domestic consumer buying power being added to lease lend purchases for export to the united nations thu the greatly increased demand tot for livestock if Is very vary noticeably noticeable on oil tile tho los loa angeles which la iii the clearing cloar liiK house for GG pet pel cent of 0 all tile the cattle slaughtered in 18 por per cent ot tile heep and lamb slaughter mul anti GO por per cent of tile tho hog claugh daughter tor during tho the last wook week in may alay strictly good bood steers wore quoted at 1326 1325 io to 1350 ined nied luin to rood good grades at 1166 to 1300 find and coin co ninion mon on oil down to 10 a cwt cat A year ago the extreme top on oil atoori aloo ift on oil the log loa angeles market was wag 1110 cows aro are now soiling selling at ae to with best beat young cows cowa up to 10 as compared with an all extreme top tell of on oil cows cowa a year ago nulls bulls which are arc now selling at to 11 were quoted at to a year ago and native vealous at 13 to 15 compare with an extreme top of 1350 1360 a year ago tile tho hog top at 1476 1475 compares with 1046 a year ngo ag and top lamba at 1325 compare with a year ago |