Show MEAT PRICES LOWER THAM AT ANY TIME SINCE 1924 0 CHICAGO meat prices at the pres pree sent time are lower than they ba have va b aen een since 1924 it was pointed out today by charles D carey prominent bromine n t lave stockman block man ot of C cheyenne he yenne wyo in a statement to the national LIV 0 stock and meat board 0 of which he be Is chairman there has been jo a boty decline in meat meat 15 prices r ices all along alone t the he line during recent months mr carey staled wholesale prices ot of beet beef pork and iamb are down and these declines have reflected in the retail market ln arket the consumer can now sa a tiffy his bis wants in the way of meat at prices lower than they have been in seven years year 8 according to the board chairman take beef for example annual average prices tor for all slaughter cattle declined from 1068 58 per pounds in 1929 to in 1930 a drop of oc over ac a pound or 10 per cent the downward trend ot of slaughter cattle has been accompanied by simular trends and greater declines in wholesale beef prices these declines also iso have been evidenced in the retail prices and to bear out this fact mr carey quoted figures compiled from the bureau Dureau of labor statistics which showed that retail beef priced tor for the country as 28 a whole have declined 6 5 cents per pound or 14 per cent from december 1929 to december 1930 he pointed out aurthur that a special survey by the U S department of agriculture covering about 1000 retail shops in new york ady showed that the average composite price of all retail cuts of good grade at steer er beet beef had dropped 8 13 1 3 cents a pound pound or 20 per cent from the first six elx weeks in 1929 to the same period this year in order to show exactly what these prices mean to the cattlemen and to the housewife in actual dollars and cents mr carey took as an example a 1000 pound good grade live steer the steer sold tor for less during the first six weeks oi of this year than it did during the same period in 1929 he be said the carcass of this steer which would weigh pounds brought less than two years ago the trimmed sa leable retail cuts total ling only pounds were bought by the consumer tor for ries less than an equal amount of meat of the samo same quality would have cost during the period in question in 1929 when it Is considered that a lard lar ger part of the family budget goes for meat than for any other one food the present trends in prices ore are of great importance to the abe housewife who purchases pur chanes nea the family supplies uD pIley 11 said eald mr carey not only are re cattle prices down to the lowest levels sance 8 I 1 a ce 1924 but the hd t beef bee f supply la is ample to meet au all of the consumers require requirements in speaking of the other meats mr carey quoted figures showing the de cline la in w wholesale h 0 less I 1 0 pr prices 1 ce a of pork park and lamb cuts in chicago by contrasting the prices prevailing pre valline during the last week in january 1930 and the same period of cf 1931 these figures showed that resh fresh pork prices including loins hams shoulders boston butts and spare ribs had declined irom from 24 to 42 per cent prices of cured pork cuts including smoked hams barns smoked bacon smoked picnics be bellies illes tat backs and lard had declined from 3 to 31 per cent lamb and mutton carcasses were down from 22 to 34 per cent |