Show monthly live stock letteri letter by J A mcnaughton vice president Wit j and general manager of the L A union stock yards july 1 1928 there has been a gradual tendency to 11 iron out the uneven cycles in cattle cattie marketing in california through the elin elimination on of excessive lecessi c receipts at certain periods of the year and periods period of excessively light supplies at other her times this happy situation is beina brought about through the utilization of past pastures here heretofore tolore v va a generally generall accepted iden idea that tempera tures turea were too high to admit cattle I 1 fec dinc arli and through the use of feed lots cant in summer months due to tile the ordinarily the california lun iuri oi afi glass lass cattle from f roni most parts of chef the state especially the actions naturally look to los angles as a marketing marke place are arc out of the way u by the close of july we have been short on oil beef material in august and september hon however ever it appears that the los angele angelez z market thi this year ear may look towards toward tile imperial valley to market sufficient cattle le to take up tip the usual sla slack ck period between the close of the california 81 cattle season and the beginning of f t the ie intel mountain marketing pet pei iod 0 1 aich generally does docs not get act under nay ay to any extent before the first of october imperial valley cattle feeders who until last year believed that excessively hot summer temperatures would cattle gains have as a result of successful feeding last summer laid in quite a number of cattle many of these cattle will be marketed during august and september should market conditions warrant wa irant ant A con sid erable number should be in good hesh for this period and those not fat fattening bening properly will ivill be carried ovel until the usual imperial marketing season in february march and april however however there appears to be a gen 1 bially stronger undertone in the trade and some further appreciation in val UPS is not unlikely un likel quite a number of well brod bred cattle were placed in summer uni nier feedlots feed lots earl in the season and these cattle also will be leady for market during the fe late s summer and fall month and receipts from this louice may be ejected to continue throughout the winter although in far from sufficient numbers to take c care are of the normal demand in los angeles eles for the better grades of stock there is of course some question a as to what proportion of the intermountain cattle may be marketed maik eted in les ios angeles this depends to sanie extent upon quotations at missouri Missour liver and eaten ea tem centers however it is certain that los ang angeles eles ii mill ill le ie a considerable number of out of state cattle this fall and the old la laws of supply and demand will reg regulate regula ula value values s sufficiently s to attract alb the usual ar quota ota of intermountain cattle this I 1 wa most parts of the southwest report good feed conditions this season but receipts from that source will ivill run rull lar largely el to calves and stockers fc and feeder s there is a good demand for stocker and feeder cattle at the los log angeles union stock yards at this time mostly from froin feedlot operators opera toris and from imperial valley cattlemen this demand will gradually increase until fall when california p pasture a s ture feeders will be on the market marke t for replacements placements asians price on oil feeder cattle are regarded by some cattlemen as relatively high in view of the prevailing be beef f cattle prices and some range rane feeders are holding back steer calves and young oung stock in the belief that they represent less cost than replacements would the upward dwina in hog price which started ome fc few w v weeks ago nas ms continued and towards the cloe of afi june top hog hops s ere selling at the highest t levels since last october eastern reports report are also of a bullish matuie on the hop box situation and the general trade opinion seems to bo be that we hae seen the 10 biow lo period of the alie hog market for some time to come the strengthening of beef values lues and the continuation of iamb irice prices at rather high levels has great 1 ay iy y aided in cleaning up the i tion cioll of hogs ano while boik product in ill storage are arc larger than noima the general hog situation appears to be sound and healthy despite g gibat ly increased interest inte iest in hog tion on tile pacific coat coast and in alie intermountain country the bull bulk of our hog continue to come from froin di distant tates states und and there is even economic and practical reason nason to continue to develop in tile the hog industry in it this section that california can call produce tile the choicest hogs for the california pack er trade was demonstrated lowi elds ids the close of june hen a shipment hip ment of barley fed harrows frona from kein count county sold at a Rub substantial premi premium urn over an other gozs hoars offered on tile the los lo angeles market marker there continues continue to be moi moie e and jid more interest manifest in the clini zt st mas inas diestock Li estock week to be held at the los angeles union stock yards I 1 december 3 3 to S entries have al 1 ready started coming in on tile the fat classes the effect of f uch ouch a fat fa t stock apoi tion upon the advancement ad valice ment of the li livestock industry ind cannot be overemphasized over oer emphasized exhibitions greatly gre accelerate public interest noti not only in the demand for the better meats but aid meat ill in general the show how should also be a vital factor in encouraging intensified d feed feeding iriz of cattle hos hogs and sheep in feedler feedlots feed lots s C cattle a atle supplies continue to come mainly fr from om california points point while just a few nv loads are arriving floal OLl outride tide states mostly from arizona local receipts have not been excessive although t oin 1 I 1 a su supply aply lias has been on bolh hand id t to meet anole I 1 tile the quality ty and finish of the majority of otTe offerings rings has not been up ill to standard showing that many delions ae lions ure tire running short on good feed zd id many half fat steers and cow hove evve been marketed good grade steers have been in fair supply but good meaty cows and heifers heffers have been conspicuous by their scarcity of offering of these being limited largely to odd head and small lots lot demand for steers steer was centered on oil well finished k kinds on LI lre lie e yea yearling and baby beef order and thie ti e kinds advanced 25 to 50 cents ha hair I 1 r fat steels especially roush rough weighty kinds kind bere iere ere not attractive to buyers and even good heavy steers were rather evell s no N 0 o appreciable change ill in price ce for these swab was and several hayri loads oa answering all vering the aboe above description crip tion were shipped to midwestern mid nid western markets market on through billins billing a condition which greatly reli relieve evel J the local macket inai ket good cows cari canair vivy ome weight eight and good light heffers heifers met active i and tile the small supply was picked up readily pi auces puces ices on oil these showed shoed advances advance of li 2 j to 50 cents while common a au ahi u medium kinds v cic slower to move nt it n t clofed steady to 25 cents higher in sympathy ym pathy with the advance on the better finished kinds bulls also showed oi of around 25 cents while ca canners tiner 1114 cutters clo closed ed in a strong pus A four car string of california steels topped at 1175 tl the 1 e only higher price being 1200 for a car of choice pound imperial fed baby beef heifers heffers hei fers serveul loads of other rood good steel sold filin to while the bis big majority of the steer supply half fat fac kinds solo sold bioni to 1075 witia a few loads at 1100 common steers including the majority of mexicans from to several small lots of good grass grasi heifers heffers averaging under pounds sold from 1025 to lo 1100 while plain half fat heifers heffers bic noted in fair fail supply aiom to 1000 good cos topped in carlots at with small lots loth of outstanding individuals individual higher A bev fe loads of other good cows went v ent over from to v while hile most of the cow stuff cleared floal to very thin cow on tile the cutter order sold down to SC quite a fe feu cons from nearby dairy sections marketed aloni sr 50 to with a few more desir able kinds hinds up to and better the canner and cutter trade coti linued aued plastically unchanged with a good portion odthe supply bein being made up of thin dairy type cows etters cutters moved cicely from to hile most of the canners turned within tile the spread of to S good beef bulls wele in demand but in rather light ii supply these kinds se selling aling from to the gen oral cral run of bologna t ti pes cleared from to while thin kin kinas s on the canned order sold old town down to and below f CAN cabes es demand broadened considerably dubini the last half of the month and even everything thing was na cleaned up ro roadel adil prices N biked unevenly higher and closing clo values value aang banged ed to higher than a month ago and from to big higher her than a i ear ago the practical top on calves calve the close of the month was IS 1550 although beall lots of selected d kinds bold higher the price spread of 1400 to 15 1525 25 took in the bulk of the supply the closing part of june these being largely to pound averages comparable kinds were here I 1 selling oiling from 1200 to 1375 for the fore part of the month while plain heavy calves turned from to 1150 with very thin kinds and throw outs down to with a few below hogs A decreased supply auppl the past two weeks and fairly active demand resulted zein rein in in sh sharp ar upturns upturn in prices upturns at rn midwestern mid id western estern markets also were contributing factors and closing values ere cre around higher than last months month close at the close of june 1265 was paid for a car of choice pound grain fed califor nias niah the bulk of to pound av averages aselage elage were re selling from 1225 to while mixed offerings and most of the to pou pound averages went 0 over c r from oto 1215 the price margin over kansas city at the close was as above the mark packing s os sold fold within a spread oi 0 to 1 t sheep the california spring pring lamb iamb season is practically completed for this year ail and offerings for the month have been comparatively light prices remained unchanged with the top for choice lambs lamb resting at 1550 several decks deck of medium and good 75 to 85 pound lambs sold from 1350 to 1500 with cull and common kind kinas s aiom to 1250 A good share of the owes marketed maik eted were from ii lin aerial valley and u ere cre good and choice shorn kinds weighing up to pounds i from to with ith an ail occa occasional ional lot at medium kinds were in light supply down to while v hile cull and common shorn acs according to finish and weight wei M turned nom flom to |