Page § Second Section THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, BO,

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Pe,

from the 1957 average of $402.
In the fat stock section of the
sale, prices ranged from $21.50

marcete — LIVESTOCK — rnansuy xen | Strong Cattle Market Is Ref

St lected In Kamloops Sale —

From the Off 5 i
ce of the C.C.A. Strengthening cattle market was reflected at So jtoe 20° OF é
4 the Kamloops bull and feeder sale w “] | = i = From this district, Shella
US. GRNERAL CANADA GENERAL | ot animale brought top Teese e when both ciasses [22 graded A minus in the show. | Hopkins, both B bulls. Lee's 941, pound animal in the
_ Continued searcity of supplies} Ro g ie enttle seceipia | “yp = rte j Alkali Lake Ranch Ltd. paid]. Of the b minus Frerefords, open singles class brought
in all sections of the country, coupled with a broad demand: {i ie 104, head or Hereford ee i Tor a bull contributed by |Dan Leed paid $450 for one con-| $25.25 per hundred. An animal
enabled the cattle market tg jbulls on offer brought an aver-|srend ehay i : Hines and Son, and $925| tributed by K and J Herefords: in the same class, weighing 796

reach new highs this week and,

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of $697, compared to! Alex A. Mi

‘or another bull by the same Mr. Fletcher paid $475 for 2 pounds and contributed by Dan

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in some instances, prices were gach date ere yee TOP piles ae oe, SASL. im tebe, Di MyStewart, of Ashcroft. — beontrivutor: |Henry Rottacker animal, and|tee, brought $22.50.
at best levels in over five years. levels. All major markets na Top Hlce in the show last week One district ranch hought| St. Joseph's Mission purchased Onward Ranch purehased one
Gains of 600 to 1.00 per owt. |voncca at Malan markets was $2,150.00, paid for the three animals from among the|a pelix M. Abel Hereford for]for $350 contributed by D. M.
Were uncovered all the way from| neluded all grades, while some | $700, and a shorthorn con-|@ mM. Stewart Total commercial meat output
the midwest to the far west.|amonton and Letabrines one jwibuted by dames “Tumer for] Guston Dunaway’ _piireneseel te Canada during 1957 amounted
a | $970. Mel Moon purchased aj two shorthorns, both contributed | to 35,000,000 pounds or five per-

Once again, best buying demand
centred around the hetter grades
where greatest gains were made.
Thus, the range of prices again
widened and now is widest in
years,

As the market moved up, there
were a few scattered loads of
steers here and there that made
new record that go back quite
a long time. At midweek, one
load of prime steers—and they
weighed almost 1,500 1b—made
a top of 37.25 at Chicago, the
highest since early 1953.
Omaha had choice prime steers

at 31.25, Portland a top of
2 0 i: vas 5
27.75 on choice, and several|®* 28,000, but this number was General Freight and
4,000 more tan in tie same
short loads at Los Angeles made x Lumber
28.50, the best priee since| eek 2 Year ago. The reduction _ Se =
Sad 4 from last week was evenly invest in higher profits ;
January of this year. ee
= divided between eastern and from your farm! Buy
This upturn on a few Joads of |p ainie mart Quality was nin F | #
toppy steers tends to distort the high analysis Elephant Brand GARAGE AT HORSEFLY

picture slightly, fer they repre-
sent less than two percent of
the cattle sold. However, other
grades of fed offerings have
moved up some, but not as much

as the top. There are still a lot : d ; David Stanley, 13: Barrie Clayton,’ 12, and Robin Jones, 12

cattle. Buyers for export were . : ; :
f good and choice steers sellin, : ore i launch housing campaign for birds through the Bird House r & ATLAS
Of soda! and ‘cliotes | Particularly active on western| — BuiiGing competition sponsored by the Metropolitan Toronto He OOPR NAS

at 25.00 to 26.00 in the midwest
and from 25.50 to 26.50 in the
west, where the market is start-

ing to move away from cornbelt é {| Politan area in age groups eight to 14. Cash prizes up to $60 a= PILING
eee y Markets continued to feet the and wood-working tool Kits will be awarded to winners in the ee ORY
. ctfeots of keen competition from| final competition at the Canadian National Sporiemens Shere fan EES
VANCOUVER buyers for export and feeder| March 14-22. & = FERTI LIZERS
B.C. stockyards sold by auc-| cattle i

tion Tuesday: 94 cattle, 14

calves. Market steady for kinds|evident in Alberta, where most
offered. sales were 50c above last week. PUT PEP IN YOUR STEP a 5S
Common to medium See laaee feeder steers were bought cee = = BOX 304, WMS. LAKE
17.00 to 19.5 good keifers,|at Toronto for 21.00 to 2 AND EXTRA MILES r fo C. ib {| Lf A ° e 2
17.00 to 20.90; common to/and Winnipes was active ana|] {pp PRTRA MILES IN aripoo Cattlemen's Association ||| rnone 148 armes Eres.

-dium heifers, 15.00 to 16.50;
d young beef cows, 16.00 to
good heavy beef cows,

4 ay
J 00;
60 to 15.25; good dairy cows,

ae 24.00; Edmonton was 50c le : Se
13:00 10 15.00; canners and | 21.00, stock calves at 22.00 to your repairs to... =

eutiers, 10.00 to 13.00; gved |higher with steers 18.75 to Tl 10
buss, 16.50 to 19.00; good veal/20.50, stock calves 17.50 to & now
calves, 25.00 to 32.00; good | 22.80, and Lethbridge bulked at Phone 18 na oe

heavy calves, 20.00 to 23.00.

iwere down 2,

were up 75c. Heifers followed
the lead set in the steer division
and the gains here were mainly
50c, but some Alberta lots were
only 25¢ better and some up as
much as 1.00. Cows were under
some pressure at Toronio,
maintained steady rates, wh
Winnipeg and Calgary cashed
50c or more higher and Edmon-
ton moved up 1.00, U.S, demand
taking a fair share of the
Alberta offering.

SLAUGHTER CATTLE

Cattle arrivals at stockyards
000 head this week

reported lower at Toronto, but
about on a par with last week
at western outlets, and the
week's supply indicated a pei
centage near last week's 39 per-
cent choice and good slaughter

markets and the week's south-
ward movement gave promise of
exceeding last week’s 7,400 head,

Enthusiastic Scarborough, On couts David Venn,

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12,

and Region Conservation Authority to stimulate interest in
wildlife and other conservation projects. Competition is open
to all scout troops. cub packs and boys’ clubs in the. Metro-

prices were firm to
stronger. This was particularly]

strong at 20.00 to 22.00. Cal-
moved up 25¢ to 50 to sell
good feeder steers for 19.50 to

20.00 to 22.50.

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and Margaret Freding for $750.|§590 for one and $660 for the
Orville Fletcher paid $575 t~ | other.

a Holloway Bros. B Hereford,! average price for shorthorns
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Herefords, paying $450 for a from the 1957 figure of $366.
McKim Bros animal and $475 The 12 Aberdeen Angus bulls

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