Show J e live 0 stock it U at 10 los angeles may 23 A california cattleman who had just sold his steers at the los angeles union stock yards to order buyers tor for shipment to the middle west was amazed to read on the dinner menu at his los angeles hotel that evening we serve eastern beet beef exclusively it seems paradoxical that on the one hand middle western buyers because of shortage ot of good beet beef in that territory are buying thousands ot of california cattle while on the other hand certain eating places on the pacific coast still feel that they must go to some other section in order to obtain choice beet beef it to Is not difficult to visualize that this so called eastern beet beef Is a cut from a western steer due to improved feeding and breeding practices the western cattle man today Is producing beet beef ot of quality equally as good as any other part of the country because of the abundance of good teed feed in fix california this season against the shortage ot of teed in the middle west caused by the 1934 drought california beet cattle are now in demand in the very center of 0 the corn belt it was not so many years ago that the western cattleman always had to market most of his cattle to middle western buyers however then it was not a ease case ot of the california eattle cattle being ot of better finish but because there was not sufficient consuming volume on the pacific coast to absorb more than a small proportion ot of the beet beef produced in those days there were no cen aral markets in california and the cattleman was in the position of waiting tor for a buyer to come along and make him an otter offer today that situation is vastly changed with tho the development ot 0 great urban population on tho the pacific coast great slaughtering and packing centers have been developed and the cattleman never has to look for a cash market tor for his stock he can always ship to a public stock yards where he Is certain to got the full value of his livestock as determined by competitive peti tive bidding on the open market added to the broad demand existing from local packers the central market at los loa angeles Is now fortified further because of demands by eastern order buyers to partly offset the shortage of beet beef in the middle west this situation has brought about a highly competitive demand tor for cattle at los loa angeles with the result that on the better grades of beet beef cattle there has been no slump in values despite the tact fact that numbers of cattle in california are the largest in a good many years the open public market tor for livestock has proven a boon to the california cattleman even during the period ot of depres depre lson the cattleman remembers that he always had a spot cash market tor for his livestock on the open market now that times are improving and buying power Is on the the improved situation ts reflected in the sharply higher prices being paid tor for cattle re as against a year ago |