Show I 1 0 aVEST 1 L 1 e i OCl T SITUATION I 1 i some of the bloom that the cattle market has been showing for the past two months was effaced this week under the combination of heavier receipts and a sa s1 slow ow outlet for the dressed product packers claim that increasing resistance to current high prices for beef has slowed up the flow of meats from plant to consumer and this was reflected back to the live cattle market there was however no surplus of the grades of beef steers and comparable grades of heifers heffers hei fers these maintaining a fairly firm basis with spots as much as we higher in early rounds new all time highs for this market were recorded in sales of 1281 lb steers at 33 35 and kolb STO KO lb heifers heffers at 33 however the trade manifested signs of weakness towards the close of the period even on good steers while definite price raids were made on cows and bulls ranging f from rom around to as much as 2 per cwt cat better grade cows eased we ac to 1 while many of the medium and lower grade cows sagged to 2 under a materially narrowed demand for such classes while a few good cows commanded 27 or better during the week late sales above 2550 were few and far between with bulk of medium to low good kinds ranged 21 to 24 with commoner descriptions in the 20 bracket cutters largely 1850 to 1950 and canners mainly 16 to 18 some shelly sorts at 14 to 15 bulls dropped to 24 21 to 2050 on sausage kinds with a few beef kinds at 2750 to 28 calves and dealers were mostly rac to 1 lower than the previous week 30 being practical top in late rounds quite a few stockers and feeders showed up and the market in this division held fully steady fleshy feeders ranged up to 10 30 slid and good stockers up to 29 A good many plain and medium stockers however cle cleared ared at 23 to 27 hog supplies were lighter and prices advanced 1 to good grain fed butchers sold at 29 to 30 and sows bows climbed to a 20 to 1 22 I basis feeder pigs moved at 2650 to 2950 also reflecting an upward trend fat lambs also worked higher under limited offerings ggs A few e good to choice spring lambs sold at 2750 to 2875 the latter an all time high at this point ewes at 1225 and good clipped ewes 10 to 11 A few new crop feeder lambs sold at 19 to 20 and a few feeding ewes at 8 |