Show jeffis fl 1 SITUATION beler CA ards for the first time in many months a distinctly bearish tone enveloped the cattle market during the week with new gover government ament slaughter quota restrictions in in force demand was curtailed and in the face of light offerings buying interests were able to enforce declines on the rank and file of killing stock with cows bearing brunt of the loss relative scarcity of beef steers helped to sustain values on such stock but even steers were weak to vie lower for the period with possibly spots off a little more cows forming a liberal quota of the weeks marketing worked ac to T ic lower while ceif ers closed steady to 2 arc c under the high levels of the previous week bulls finished weak to 2 ic off while calves and dealers lost about half a dollar in the shuffle A small contingent of stocker and feeder material cleared at prices indicating no great change best steers in load lots cleared at 17 0 to 1761 i though odd head touched liscio 1860 the overriding ceiling bulk of medium to good steers sold largely at 16 to 1711 1710 with a few mediums 14 to 1 I 1 jd 50 and some common kinds down to 1225 to 13 A few strictly good cows sold 11 14 to 1475 but after monday sales above 1314 were scarce and most medium to good grass cows moved in a range of 1150 1134 to 1325 with 1250 to 13 stopping good dairy types i in n late rounds A good many common cows brought to 11 while cutters sold mainly at eszo to 2 and canners around 7 to sa some choice 0 ia 7 lb ib feed heifers heffers sold at 17 and a load of ib heifers heffers later a commanded the same price other heifers heffers sold largely at 13 to 1510 the weeks extreme top on dealers was 1725 i but little sold above 1050 1650 after the opening day A few lots of stockers and feeders earned 14 to 11 2 i stock ceif ers ranged up to 13 and several loads of young stock cows brought N 0 to 11 all hogs held on a steady basis butchers butchee s of all weights continued to sell at 1 I 1 aw ta the ceiling and sows bows at 1505 1 0 A few feeder pigs brought ag to IT 17 scattered small lots of good spring lambs sold at 1450 to A and a few feeder lambs brought 11 5 0 to prices were little changed with the preceding week |