Owen Parks of San Saba has moved 4000 to 5000 lambs into San Saba County recently, selling them to various people who will winter them. These included the John Abe March lambs for San Angelo, which Parks bought from Al DuMain; the Bill Freitag lambs from Mertzon; and the Johnny Henderson lambs from Ozona. Most of the lambs weighed from 60 to 70 pounds, about the ideal weight for the San Saba market. Parks himself is wintering about 5500 lambs, including 3000 blackface ewe lambs which he already has sold for spring delivery out of the wool.

Good rains have fallen throughout the San Saba area, grain crops promise excellent grazing, and range conditions generally look extra good for this time of year, Parks said this week.

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Alton Clark of Roswell, New Mexico, this week was reported to have received an offer of 27½ cents for his mutton lambs and 30 cents for his ewe lambs. This is one of the few remaining unsold lamb crops in that part of the country.

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The Gibbons Estate at Richland Springs, Texas, has bought 145 two-year-old bred heifers weighing around 600 pounds from Russell Hays of San Angelo at 29½ cents per pound, through Owen Parks of San Saba.

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Dick Morrison of Carlsbad, New Mexico, has bought 355 mixed calves form Louie Weinacht of Balmorhea at 30 cents a pound straight across. These calves will weigh about 400 pounds, Morison says, and are located at Balmorea, Pecos and Fort Stockton.

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L. M. Murphy of Johnson City, Texas, representing Thurmond and Cuneo, of Boston, has contracted a total of about 10,000 fleeces at Roswell, New Mexico, at 76½ cents. This wool was bought through the Roswell Wool and Mohair Company and the Bond-Baker Company. The W.C. Treat, A.R. Treat, E.J. Treat, Lloyd Treat, and the McGuire clips were included in these contracts.

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The run of fat cattle off Kansas grass is about over, Dick Arnett reported from Kansas City this week. By the end of next week probably 95 percent of the grass-fat cattle will have been sold.

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In what was proclaimed the second-highest cattle auction in the history, 306 lots of registered Herefords averaged $2138 each in the Switzer and Field dispersion sale at Gunison, Colorado, September 15. Top-selling animal was a bull, Baco OJR Royal 1st, purchased by Walton W. Thorp, Britton, South Dakota, at $46,000.

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The San Antonio goat market closed steady to strong last week. Mature animal were $11-12.50, a few to $13. Stocker nannies $8.50. Kids sold from $5 to $7 per head.

45 YEARS AGO

Mid-West Feed Yards, San Angelo, has bought several bunches of whiteface feeder lambs during the past week, including around 700 head from Dudley Bros., Sheffield; about the same number from Brock Jones and P.C. Perner, Ozona; and 1200 from R.R. King, Fort Stockton, all for immediate delivery at $16. Also, 1400 from Max Schneemann, Big Lake, for Oct. 5 delivery at the same price.

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Lewis Kinkead, Montoya, N.M., is reported to have sold 80 heifer yearlings to Pete Caviness, Clovis, for mid-October delivery at $17.50 cwt.

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Beck Atkinson, Amarillo, sold 250 steer yearlings weighing about 700 pounds at $18 to Kenneth LaFon, Amarillo, Oct. 2 delivery; and 100 heifer yearlings weighing 670 pounds at $17 to Johnnie Wilkins of Amarillo for Sept. 29 delivery.

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Koy & Childress, Roswell, are reported to have sold around 2500 feeder lambs to Max Riley, Roswell, for mid-October delivery at $17 cwt.; these are expected to weigh around 75 pounds.

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Jack Osborne of Amarillo bought 906 mixed calves weighing around 400 pounds from G.C. Brillhart, Spearman, at $17 and $20, delivered Sept. 22. Osborne sold 105 steer yearlings weighing 650 pounds at $18.75 to Illinois feeders, delivered Sept. 15.

40 YEARS AGO

Leroy Russell of San Angelo has bought around 8000 lambs in the past week, paying $13.25 to $14 cwt., depending on weight and quality, with crossbred blackface lambs to $14 and large bunches carrying a good ewe lamb end and lighter lambs a little higher than straight muttons and heavy lambs.

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Fair, warm weather hastened maturity of the corn crop in the main belt during the past week. Over half the crop is reported matured in Ohio and Kentucky, one-third in Nebraska, Minnesota one-fourth, three-fourths in Indiana, three-fifths in Illinois. In Missouri 90 percent of the crop is considered safe from frost damage.

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Gooch Feedlots at Dalhart sold 270 fed steers weighing around 1175 pounds at $23.75, delivered last week and this week to Supreme Beef Co., Lubbock.

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Jim Wagnen of Arnett, Okla., has sold 200 mixed calves expected to average near 400 pounds at $23 and $27 for Nov. 1 and Dec. 1 delivery to Davidson Bros., Arnett.

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Vernon Morgan of Amarillo sold 146 heifer yearlings weighing 626 pounds at $21 to Iowa buyers, delivered last weekend.

35 YEARS AGO

Santa Fe Railroad filed notice with the Interstate Commerce Commission that it is going to reduce cattle freight rates in the very near future.

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Elmer Rigoni of Roy, N.M., sold 350 yearling steers weighing 625-650 pounds at $23.75 to a Texas buyer.

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Allen Knorpp of Groom, Texas, sold 176 steer yearlings weighing 750 pounds at $24 to an Amarillo buyer.

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Excessive moisture has delayed harvest in almost all the Cornbelt and caused some crop damage from sheer flooding plus loss of immature corn in areas where sharp freezes have already occurred.

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Jess Hill of Bushland, Texas, sold and delivered about 350 steer yearlings weighing near 700 pounds at $24.50 to Homer Hill of Hart.

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Walnut Hill Feed Yards, Great Bend, Kan., sold a pen of 100 fed heifers weighing 915 pounds at $24.50 to Armour & Co., St. Joseph, Mo.

30 YEARS AGO

WL Bar Cattle Co., Folsom, N.M., sold 430 choice black baldface heifer and steer calves averaging 400 pounds at $34 and $38 to a Texas buyer.

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Jack Kyle and Robert Jackson, Santa Rosa, N.M., sold 1800 mixed breed steers weighing 675 at $29.40 to Texas buyers.

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Waymon Etheredge, Spearman, representing Clifton Cattle Co., Clifton, bought 620 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 660 pounds at $30.75 out of the Canadian area.

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Sheep Feeders Inc., Hereford, sold 1000 fed lambs in No. 2 pelts at $27.50 f.o.b.

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Homer Hill & Sons, Hart, sold out of their Dimmitt and Plainview feedyards 490 steers weighing 1160-1180 pounds, 85 percent choice, at $29.40.

25 YEARS AGO

Producers Wool & Mohair Co., Del Rio, sold 37,000 pounds of fall kid mohair at sealed bid for $3.0461 per pound. All bids were rejected on 224,000 pounds of adult hair.

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Wilbur Kemp, Tampa, Texas, sold off grass pasture in Oklahoma 400 No. 1-2 Okie steers weighing 625 pounds at $36.50 to Caprock Industries, Gruver.

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John E. and Larry Abboud, Sand Springs, Okla., bought out of Northeastern Oklahoma two loads of light Hereford heifers weighing 350-375 pounds at $22-24.

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Walton Lehmberg, Mason, bought from Howard Derrick, San Saba, 150 choice Hereford calves weighing about 500 pounds at $30 for heifers and $35 for steers.

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Ralph Britten, Groom, bought at Cheyenne, Okla. 180 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 650 pounds at $34 delivered price.

20 YEARS AGO

Charles and Tom Drummond, Pawhuska, Okla., sold to a Nebraska buyer 800 native Hereford, Angus and mixed breed steers weighing 775 pounds at $74.

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Outpost Cattle Co., Bazaar, Kan., sold out of the Kansas Flint Hills to Northern buyers 500 No. 1 and better steers weighing 800 pounds at $72.50.

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Jim Williams, Quemado, N.M., sold to a New Mexico buyer 67 Hereford and black baldface heifer and steer calves weighing 360 and 380 pounds at $75 and $85.

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Ronny and Ray Montague, Clovis, bought in Alabama 400 No. 1 steers weighing 400 pounds at $78. They sold to a Texas Panhandle feedyard 180 No. 1 steers weighing 629 at $74.40 and 175 similar steers weighing 599 at $72.

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Belle Fourche, S.D. sold some 88 pound feeder lambs at $63, some 70-75 pounders $64.50.

15 YEARS AGO

Cattle on feed Sept. 1 in the seven major feeding states totaled 6.14 million head, down nine percent from a year ago and eight percent from two years ago.

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National Farms Feedlot, Parsons, Kan.: 1148 steers, 1200 lbs., 70-75% choice, $90 in the beef.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 1003 steers, 1086 lbs., 70% choice, $56; 1001 heifers, 1000 lbs., 70% choice, $55.

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Among western range trades, USDA reported 700 Arizona mixed calves weighing 450-500 pounds at $54 on heifers, $64 on steers.

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Kansas and Nebraska feedlot operators were paid $57 for choice steers, both f.o.b. the lot and delivered to nearby packers.

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Western-Lockney Ltd., Lockney: 650 heifers, 975 lbs., 70% choice, $55.50.

10 YEARS AGO

West Texas Wool and Mohair Assn., Mertzon, traded 40,000 pounds of paint-free fall wool at 98.625 cents to $1.04625 per grease pound.

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In Northern California USDA confirmed 700 choice, few prime, wooled slaughter lambs weighing 110-125 pounds at $54.50-56.75, delivered and paying double carcass weight.

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Vaquero Cattle Feeders, Floresville: 200 steers, 1125 lbs., 60% choice, $78.50.

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Perry Feeders, Pleasanton: 25 crossbred steers and heifers, 750 lbs., $79; 25 crossbred steers and heifers, 850 lbs., $78.

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Lykes Brothers Feed Yard, Devine: 283 heifers, 925 lbs., 30% choice, $78; 101 steers, 925 lbs., 30% choice, $78.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 200 heifers, 975 lbs., 60% choice, $79.

5 YEARS AGO

Cal-Tex Feed Yard, Trent: 340 heifers, 1050 lbs., $64; 117 steers, 1150 lbs., $64.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 365 heifers, 1100 lbs., 50% choice, $65.

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Walter Lasley & Sons, Stratford: 425 steers, 1175 lbs., 50% choice, $65.

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West Plains Feedyard, Friona: 190 steers, 1200 lbs., 55% choice, $65; 207 steers, 1125 lbs., 55% choice, $64.

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Tejas Feeders, Pampa: 636 steers, 1200 lbs., 50% choice, $65; 553 heifers, 1100 lbs., 50% choice, $65.