Show c fetock MY e ka SITUATION ff q M offid fords LOS ANGELES STOCK YARDS COMPANY august 1949 cattle supplies at los angeles this week ran almost 1000 head heavier than a week ago and neary 1800 head heavier than for the same week of last year demand No however wever was good and the market is closing up with very little price change when compared with a week earlier best outlet has been for the dry fed offerings but they were in very small supply and most buyers were forced to dip into lower grading kinds which resulted in good support for all offerings the dressed meat trade continues to move along at a good pace demand this week was not quite as strong as a short time ago but most packers report a good clearance as the week ended pork items item were weakest in the market for packers appeared anxious to keep a complete clearance at all times some blau slaught ht eiers now feel that pork production may expand shortly hence small inventories are wanted good grading fed cattle were in the minority here all week and on most sessions they were the first to clear over the scales with rates holding fully steady medium and plainer grass cattle were a ittle slow at times but are generally in line with the close of last week heifers heffers are unchanged and cows are a bit stronger bulls lost about but there is no change in calves or dealers ve alers most of the better quality cattle showing some feeding sold this week from 2350 to 2000 2600 with one load making the weeks top of gau u while odd head sold up to 27 ia the bulk of the plain and medium grassers sold from 1900 to 2250 with common kinds down to 1800 and below A few loads of fed heifers heffers sold from 2300 1300 to 2124 2424 but most offerings were medium grades that went at 18 00 to 2100 with common offerings under ur atler the inside prices there appealed to be a little better demand for cows toward the close of the week and while some medium kinds might be a little stronger most of the quotations are in line with the close of last week beef offerings bulked from 1450 to 1550 with good cows bringing 1000 1600 and only a few eligible to sell at 1650 or above canners and cutters sold in a range of 1100 to 1250 the practical top on heavy sausage bulls was 1950 with the bulk selling upward from 1800 too to light weight grassy kinds going at 1750 and less dealers sold sparingly at 2 za with most medium to good offerings at 2200 to 2150 while the bulk of the calves went down from 2150 most replacement cattle went at 1800 1800 to 2100 hog prices weakened and losses of 10 to ra ate aie general on butchers while sows bows are around steady the late top on a few hogs was with most of the 10 to lb ib weights going at 2200 upward hogs weighing up to lbs ibs sold down to 1800 1800 sows bows bulked from 15 1300 1500 00 to 1700 sheep and lambs are quoted mostly steady A few spring lambs sold up to 2325 with good 70 lb ib feeders at 2000 old ewes were scarce with best slaughter grades quoted at or a little above A new streamlined registration system has hag been set up but registrar IV 11 II bell has urged all prospective students to send in cheit applications for admission and their records of high school credits well ahead of time science and mee mec hancs are the watchwords of the vamped revamped re postwar campus extensive construction st has provided new facilities for technical training i in n many lines the auto mechanics and aeronautics people are arc now settled in their new spacious technology building they teach everything from diesel to jet engines in the finest structure f for or technical training in the intermountain region agricultural engineering likewise has improved equipment and quarters finishing touches are being placed on the 0 poultry plant which is expected to hel help P usher in a new era of b etter better quality and production in utah chickens and turkeys more than UN scientists are busily making nature give up her secrets they are developing Jev eloping new high producing disease resistant varieties of cereals and other crops and working to solve many other problems they are being aided by excellent equipment such as the electron microscope spectrograph and ultracentrifuge ultra centrifuge in fact more than well trained men and women fine Is laboratories b and classrooms and libraries containing books await the 1949 50 students the agricultural experiment station and the extension service are both hard at work on their variety of statewide state wide services thus this year is one of the busiest in the 60 10 year history of the college |