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Show Livestoclcj .ASituationsJ The annual stylo show for the livestock live-stock industry was held last week in I, os Angeles. Stockmen who attended the, Cleat Western Livestock show loimuvl that styles have changed and are changing, as far ai the lines and size of meat animals are concerned. Never before at any livestock show held en the Pacific coast did the meat, trade indicate in such certain terms that what is wanted is choice quality, lightweight carcasses. This is true of hogs, cattle and sheep. Judges selected the tidy, well finished fin-ished light animals for the big prize money and purple ribbons. At the auction auc-tion sales, buyers paid the greatest premiums for the small, compact par-1 eels of beef, pork and lamb. There was a different atmosphere in the sales ring when these well finished, : tidy animals were offered, biddjng being be-ing brisk and active, while on heavy animals of very good quality, there was very slow bidding. Thus th tock show proved its educational edu-cational valve to the livestock and meat packing industry. Producers j must aciji ah.t themselves with chang- j es in dtir.ruids. Styles change more j slowly in the livestock business, butj whin changes come, the producer must do his utmost to meet consumer .i:'inands. Clood bidding is essential towards the product ion of choice light quality animals. It is impossible to finish a rangey, long legged calf into choice beef as a yearling. lie won't finish. As a three-year-old, such an animal may have fdled the bill a few years ago, but the man who attempts to market heavy bullocks on present markets not only must sell at a reduced re-duced price but he is giving the meat dealers a product which meets very slow demand. As far as the sheepman is concerned, concern-ed, there is no secret about the fact that flockmasters must work out some means of producing a finished lamb weighing five to ten pounds less than is the case today. This is especially espe-cially true of the early spring lamb such as is produced in California. Unless Un-less these lambs go to market at lighter weights, they must sell in direct competition with heavy feedlot r.mbs. Topping out of range bands as -'.ey are fat will help supply the trade 1th lighter lambs and at the same time spread out the market period to ! letter advan ape all around. This year's grand champion steer was a compact, evenly fleshed and thoroughly finished animal weighing only 080 pounds. This represents the t iy peak of modern breeding and is the real answer to present day beef !ci"cnds rn the Los Angeles marie mar-ie t. liuye.s generally declared this ,-tfer. brcrur.o of bo'.h his light weight and parfii-t fleshing, to be the acme .f pr:feci!v.n as far os the Southern Cr.J.fornia ideal of baby beef is con-eeiriod. con-eeiriod. It would pay stockmen generally gener-ally to attend such stock shows and learn from practical men why such a sieer meets present demands and how such steers can be produced. |