Show SITUATION am seem at flit fiss the united states will need about 27 billion pounds of meat miring dining ili the next 12 months to take care caie of requirements of civilians armed aimed forces and export this Is based upon requests from the secretary Sec of agriculture but it seems likely that the peak of at heavy slaughter tor for this 1 year ear may have passed and chicago meat trade authorities belleve bellee that we may fall four our billion pounds short of 0 our goal unless there la is very definite action taken to encourage livestock feeding the trouble rests witia tny extreme difficulties in carrying out tile marketing of beet beef di due toi toi complex nature of the meat business there apparently la is not sufficient price pi ice spread between the tha market prices of feeder steers and tat fat steers steels a situation that roust must be ironed out to encourage the finishing of beet beef the tact fact Is that tile the scale of 0 prices precludes pi collides pro fit in feeding cattle desp despite te the abundance of feed and forage and the large number of people who have the knowledge and facilities to produce an abundance of choice beef cattle feeding has declined lu in the middle west and also in the fa fir r ivest est central arizona teed feed lots are estimated to be carrying a third fewer cattle than a yeal eai ago and the decrease in the big southern california cattle feeding area is estimated at 15 yer pei cent there la Is onty only one means of producing more meat during the perl 0 d of the war and that Is through u gh feedlot finishing we cant produce 0 duce m more 0 r animals because e ca 11 1 th the e law laws s 0 of f nature tell us that it takes a mater of years eais to breed bleed more moie cows and permit the growing of calves to the point w here I 1 t they hey become animals weighing 1000 pounds or 01 more moie dut we can put to pounds gioie weight weigh on all cattle we have by b i storing restoring the feedlot finishing and we ve can increase Inci ease the weight of millions of pigs we now have by longer feeding periods ilog hot prices pi ices havo have declined fur from the recent peak and t the e top on tile the los angeles mar I 1 ket t last week dropped 0 1535 16 35 cattle prices pi ices also worked lower last week particularly on cows which w worked aked to boc lower at the el close ose of the week medium quality fed steers brought 13 to 1326 13 2 C and good fed steel B s were quoted to 14 or r better comin common on steers including mexicans 10 to 12 good quality fed heifert heifers reached 1350 13 50 and 11 60 last week grass glass heifert heifers 10 to 12 range cows are now bringing to 1076 1075 and strictly good cows up to 11 or better dali dairy cows for slaughter mostly 8 to 1 25 bulls 10 to 1125 11 25 native nathe healers 13 to 15 and up to ag 16 for foi choice range lunge calves 1150 11 50 to 1350 13 50 feeder steers went out at 11 to 11 1150 50 feeder heifert heifers to 1060 10 60 medium to good quality lambs are aia quoted at 13 to |