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Show LIVESTOCK NOTES Los Angeles Union Stock Yards, April 12 Despite some weakness in the cattle market early last week as buyers made determined efforts to bring cattle prices down more nearly in line with wholesale ceiling prices, the market reacted later in the week and is fully steady with a week earlier. Cows of common and medium gradf which were unevenly lower early in the week closed with strong de. nand and all declines were regained. regain-ed. Recent action of the O P A served to assist meat packers in handling civilian deliveries 0 f meat 'but they are still working under the handicap cf live animal prices in excess of wholesale price ceilings. There is a threat of placing ceilings on prices of cattle, cat-tle, hogs and sheep but it is hoped that the government will accept a program offered by the livestock and meat industry. This program would call for the elimination of all quotas, restrictions and price ceilings after needs of the armed services and lend-lease have been met. The industry believes that point rationing of meat could be handled in such a way as to control con-trol prices without the chaos that would be caused by attempting to place ceiling prices on livestock, wholesale and retail meat cuts. The first grass cows of the season sea-son arrived on the Los Angeles market last Friday and scored out at $13 a ewt. These cows were $14, subject to sorting three head well bred Herefords and indicated the excellent food conditions in the southern San Joaquin valley. Choice Arizona fed steers last week scored $17.35, highest price ever paid at the Los Angeles, Union Stock yards. Other fed steers, grading medium to choice, cleared at $15.25 to $11.25, common com-mon and medium steers $14.25 to $15, and some inferior steers and rough Mexicans brought $12.50 to $14. Medium to good heifers cleared at $14 to $16, common down to $13 and under. Aside from the California grass-fat cows at $14, medium to good cows cleared at $12.75 to $13.50, common and medium grades $11 to $12.50, cutters cut-ters and common cows $9.50 to $10.75 and canners on down t( $S.2o and under. Bulls are selling mainly at $11 to $13 and up to $13.50 for well-covered bulls. Native Na-tive vealers are going largely a $15 to $17.50, slaughter calves at $13.50 to $16.50, and a load of mixed feeder calves went to the country at $16.50. Some fleshy feeder steers went to a feedlot at $15.75, yearling stockers at $15, pu ej-gxj ib sjaoo;s uouuuoa $13.75, and stock cows at S9.50 to $10. v |