| Show Sz 1 los Ios An Angeles eles April 27 1027 1927 There l is III i no question but that the trend In III the beef cattle Industry Is U toward lighter weight but when average weights fights are nrc considered consider consider- ed I this does dol not necessarily mean lighter weight weil carcasses IS in in viewing the supply JH as n a whole In rn 1025 1924 de despite pito pite the tho mo most t marked trend yet It 1 registered d toward lighter and younger beef animals statistics show that In averaging approximately approximate approximate- ly Iy dressed beef carcasses for the year the weight was forty forty- one pounds moro more to the carcass than that recorded on nearly head utilized utilised In the record year of ot 1018 1918 In rn 1020 1924 carcasses averaged pounds as ns compared with pounds in 1018 1918 and the live Iho weight averages n were around seven forty pounds he heavier in 1920 as ns com coni compared ared with eight Ight years prior The Tho result of ot this was that thit the total pounds o of f beef heet reached nearly one half billion Lillian breaking previous annual records despite the fact tact that over one million million mil mil- lion fewer animals were represented in the 1920 total than in 1918 At first glance strange as it may seem Mem with an established trend to toward toward to to- ward lighter beef animals still w we e I have tho the fact tact established Ift the carcasses arc are heavier This of of course cours e is accounted for by the fact that weights are arc more uniform an and d through better breeding and finishing finishIng finish ing the dressing pe percentage is better bette r and the light or cull end of the animals going to market Is reduced to the minimum With the maintenance of a larger number of beef animals of medium weight and n a smaller number of poor quality and fewer pounds the average is bolstered up until it more than the tho larger l number numer of heavy henvy gillie tte which h formerly were seen on the markets In the past few weeks high sales have been blen recorded for heavy steers and without an nn analysis one might assume that the demand was going gning ing hack back to that type However it should be reco recognized that only a limited number of these heavy steers ers can be he absorbed by the market the demand being represented largely by bythe bythe bythe the high class hotel club and restaurant ant trade trude While prices may even be he at a premium until this narrow demand is filled after it is taken care of the saturation I point has been ree recalled hed and offerings beyond that point as n a rule rull meet with very little re re- This feature should be considered considered con con- when quotations which appear appear ap ap- pear to be premium prices are arc re recorded recorded re re- corded on heavy beef animals as the number of head of course moving movin at those prices price governs The quotations quotations quota quota- that really mean the most are those hose that represent the bulk of the sales and it is evident that the medium medi medi- um and lighter weight well well finished finished steers will continue to occupy the center of the stage in that class |
