Show I 1 aisig STOC SITUATION s union livestock prices have advanced sharply Bliar ply carrying values to tho the highest or nearly tho alio highest levels lit in several years yeara choice butcher hogs last week reached 1325 and fully 25 por per cent ol at the hogs weighing to 2 10 ills ibs sold abold at the alio top price this compares with an extreme top ot of 1245 on the samo same day at kan kail sas bag city the sharp advance in hog prices in the face of increased in tho country as a whole indicates the broad demand for pork in ili tho war effort and for civilian consumption cattle prices have also worked unevenly higher good fod fd steers aro are bolling boiling at 12 to 1260 1250 a cwt cat and 1300 was paid for bof odd dd head indicating the quotation which may be placed on full loads of really choice long fed steers good quality cows are bolling at to and odd head as high as 1026 a cwt cat common and medium cows are quoted at to 9 0 some fleshy dairy cows mado made one dairyman dalry dairy maii mai brought in a truckload ot of dalr cows culled out of his herd hard they toy averaged per cheadl hulls are lit in broad demand lit at to GO and na L high as aa 1060 a cwt cat milk dealers aro bringing siim 1450 to no 10 and ft a higher quotation seems in ili some medium to good stock culves and yearlings yearnings year lings want to ft a country buyer at 12 ft a cwt cat ther them la Is it a smaller email or than normal supply of fed available ili hi tho the los loa angeloa area which lit in part accounts for tho the relatively strong market tor for tod foci steers it Is probably probable that lit in order to supply tho the broad demand for good quality beef southern california packers will have to draw upon feedlot feed lot supplies supplier from more distant areas than usual california agricultural leaders might wall conter center much of their effort upon In increasing cresIng pork production in tho far western states california Is importing about 70 per iper cent or more of tho pork consumed lit in the state in tho the war lOt effort tort when transportation facilities cili ties should bo conserved toi fat war purposes it would indeed bo be helpful it california farmers fann orsi as both a patriotic and busl aggs proposition would increase poil I 1 reduction production to a point where the Is producing A a much larger percentage of its home requirements I 1 |