| Show GOOD CONSUMER DEMAND LESS CATTLE SLAUGHTER EXPECTED TO prospects for continued contina A strong consumer demand for beef and veal smaller cattle andi and calf slaughter this year than last and higher average prices of practically all grades of slaughter cattle e a are re reported por tedas as probable b by livestock economists cono mists of animal husbandry department part ment atthe at the utah state agricultural college on the authority of a spring out look rep report of thi the bureau of agricultural economics ji it was stated that slaughter supplies of cattle and calves probably will continue to be relatively large until pastures pasture become an important factor in the feed Bi situation tuition in in late may arjune or june for the entire year however slaughter i 1 supply probably will be somewhat smaller than in n 1936 prices of the better grades of slaughter cattle are expected to advance c e somei somewhat h at further from present relatively high levels and prices odthe of the lower grades graden to advance yanca seasonally until may pr or june pric prices es of the lower grades usually decline after mid spring but this year the bureau expects the decline to be less lesa than average in view of p prospective F continued improvement in consumer demand for meats the market supply of heavy well finished cattle was reported sharply reduced during the past two in months the number of cattle on feed was much below average this winter and further reductions in marketing of such cattle appear likely it was stated |
