Show the livestock situation ay iy 0 at i 0 1 I 11 1 1 there hoa has loeu been much dla dis eimon about isi in commodity prices it ae ems fair air to point out that beef mid and lamb prees show comparatively kompara lively little change from a your year ngo ago according to statistics just by the united baates department of agriculture A comparison part of wholesale meat prices in it now new york city in ill august na as compared with august of oc 1010 10 10 shows eliat tile tho 1011 beet edco amic 0 was 55 centa per pounds ligal list 1818 couts per pound a avar ogo tho the average price in new york lit in august was wai 2138 cl couta its per pound against 2161 2164 1 cents it year ago A shita advance lit in hog bog price has taken place tile the average pork price lu in yew new york olty in ili august being 21 cents per 1 pound against 15 1527 11 centa a year ago tile tho fact li 14 that cattle prices while ou on a generally y liams to producers bavo not shown much advance over our it year ago thu the average price irico of steers lu it leago lit in august Is given ua as 1200 lier pound against 1142 cc cents aits nits a year ag ago however lamb iamb prices ure art well above a year ago ilie hie average august price nt at achl ago rago being II 1103 W souls against cx centa alj a year ago thu j tile price ot meat liaa not 1101 advanced in relation ln to tho the price of live lainas tills undoubtedly being duo due in part to tile tho fact that sheep byproducts by products especially wool and pelts ard ahei bringing more motley money and thu tho the consumer of lamb la Is not paying tho the full advance reflected in ill the live market ou vie tho los augel Angol fra market priced griec havo have remained on a firm actable basis baals with tile the general trend slightly upward since january fed steers which were wiling lit at to 1025 at loj loa a dur ing 1119 tho the first week of 1041 are now quoted at 1070 1075 to 1150 with a few choice fed steers aluag at 1173 1175 to ito 1250 12 50 per ier pounds cows which were selling at tho the first 0 of the year at to 8 per pounds are now quoted at to TS 50 the extreme top on cowa early in the year was against ila au extreme of per pounds at this athla time ilog hog prices are holding firm at 1300 per pounds and better for grain fed to pound hoffs flogs while the extreme top at the he first of the year wag and a year ago the extreme top was per pounds |