Show the ari JL 0 HA livestock v I 1 A i situation OA artia A tin one of the problems brought on by the recent hood flood disaster in southern california was to keep a POP population of nearly three million people in metropolitan los angeles angelea supplied with fresh meat first it was waa it a tremendous task to transport livestock to the market then came the difficulties in hauling meat to the hundreds of retail shops but the great job was accomplished complis hed with vIrtu virtually all y no interruption ter tor of packing plant dign t or marketing operations significant Is the fact that during the week ending march 12 cuttle cattle out of 1738 received came in ili by truck and the proportion was about the on hogs hoga and shee sheep p normally at this season of the year railroads bring in the greater part of livestock for the los angeles market but rall rail lines were washed out and bridges were gone rail executives eo cooperated operated closely with trucking concerns and the flow of livestock to the market was never seriously interrupted interrupt el truck drivers were forced to travel over dangerous detours detour ford streams and take chancer but they came through I 1 while there was never any effort or desire to profiteer on livestock because of this disaster there was waa some natural advance in livestock values yet vet in checking back higher fat stock prices on the los angeles market were pretty much in sympathy with advances at nearly all other livestock centers there Is widespread belief that values on the better grades of livestock may be fairly well maintained at present levels everything now ind indicates leates that instead of having baving a burdensome supply of beet beef cattle lambs lamba and hogs bogs the opposite la Is true prices have been revised I 1 upward from the disastrously low levels reached earlier this year it la Is to be hoped that livestock prices may be fairly well stabilized at somewhere around present levels liggs this week on the los loa angelea market are back in the 1006 1000 racket bracket the best since last november but prices still offer the consumer pork at relatively reasonable prices lamb prices are iv below a year ago though greatly improved over the low period earlier in the year it seems likely that WO we will seo see a greater spread in cattle prices with more attractive prices on the best grades of feed fed st steers rs possibly a greater price differential fe ferent re rutial ial between the ahe plainer plaisir g grades rades of steers and cows |