Show my le ESTOCK Z SITUATION union LOS UNION STOCK YARDS with government sets seta sides taking a good portion of the current beef slaughter meat shortage on the pacific coast territory reached the point where many retail meat markets ceased to operate during the past week but in the face of this there was a material pick up in cattle receipts both at the los angeles union stock yards and at the 12 leading market centers at los angeles the week turned out approximately cattle versus the preceding week and corresponding period a year ago go while at I 1 markets available supplies were about TO 00 ahead of the week before but about that much under a year ago the market tone was mildly uneven but on the whole demand was broad and any shift in the price pendulum was towards a stronger level of prices most killing classes closed the week fully steady with extremes as much as 2 c higher on steers and to we c higher on upper grade cows calves and veal ers were inclined to weaken most sales ranging kc to zoe under high point of the previous week local offerings were largely of california origin relatively few out of state shipments reaching market one load of good lightweight kansas steers brought ila 17 50 with other sales of good steers not ed at to 17 10 bulk of me diuri to good grass and short fed steer offerings cleared at 15 to 10 TO a few 1450 to 1173 1175 and plain grassers gras sera down to 13 and under A few loads of good young cows sold at 11 to 1450 U 50 with moat mo st medium to rood good cows turning at 1150 to 1350 medium to good heifers heffers sold at 15 1 to 1025 1625 A few good calves reached but 14 50 0 to 16 took bulk of medium to good kinds several loads of fles fleshy f feeders sold at 1150 to i a and nd quite a few useful yearling stockers brought 1330 1350 to 0 0 i quite a few stock cows sold at 10 to 11 hogs remained on a steady basis ceiling prices takino most offerings butchers held at 1 ISO sows bows at 13 15 ol 05 01 and scattered lots of feeder pigs moved at 16 to 17 a few be lights up to Is 18 bell no change was reported in I 1 shear and lambs A few good laak brought 13 15 to 15 r 3 with abo larnol kinds nominally quotable to ls 10 ce few SO 80 lb ib clipped lain lambs ibs br brof k 1375 ough ba |