Shippers of Texas sheep to California had plenty of trouble this week. Wednesday morning a proclamation forbidding movement of Texas sheep to California unless they had been dipped twice in lime and sulphur within 10 days before leaving Texas was awaiting the California governor’s signature.

Last Friday, directors of the California Wool Growers Association asked the state Department of Agriculture to insist on the two dippings in lime and sulphur. He’d talked to California state and federal authorities about this, asking that they admit sheep dipped in nicotine sulphate, which is used here altogether, but he was advised the California growers are "standing pat on lime and sulphur."

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Joe and Pete Moulton of San Angelo have sold 87 cows with calves and 13 heavy spring cows and five bulls to a Mr. Reeder of Duncan, Oklahoma, at $350 per head for the cows and $450 each for the bulls. These cattle were delivered this week; they were bought originally from Paul Turney of Sonora.

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George Sims of Vaughn, New Mexico, has sold 1000 mutton lambs for fall delivery to the Producers Livestock Marketing Association of Ogden at 35¼ cents per pound.

The Ogden Producers also contracted 1000 mutton lambs from Tom Seale of Vaughn at the same price, through Sims.

45 YEARS AGO

Fred Bauer of Denver, Colo., bought 350 feeder steers averaging 800 pounds at $16.50 from Kenneth LaFon of Amarillo, delivered March 29.

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Will Loveless, Eden, sold three loads of fat lambs to Mid-West Feed Yards, San Angelo, at $16.50 for those with fall shorn pelts and $15.50 for No. 1 and 2 skins.

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Noble Dunlap, Encino, N.M., is reported to have sold 200 choice steers weighing around 375 pounds to John Blackshear, Santa Fe, for May 1 delivery at $21 cwt.

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Andrew Chitwood of Clovis sold one load of choice quality springer heifers at $125 per head to H.B. Moberly, also of Clovis; the buyer shipped them to his Oklahoma ranch.

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Mid-West Feed Yards, San Angelo, bought about 700 wooled feeder lambs from Bud Hall of Christoval, at $15 per head; by weight, these figured about $17.50 cwt.

40 YEARS AGO

Sunshine Farms of Phoenix bought, from Gordo Cattle Co., Phoenix, the following cattle delivered last week off wheat pasture in the Amarillo and Vega areas: 720 steers, described as Mexico Herefords weighing 717 pounds, at $22.50; 180 steers described as good Okie type weighing 670 at $23.50; and 180 Brahman crossbred weighing 570 at $23.

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S.L. Makeig of Dumas sold 140 steer yearlings weighing 635 at $25, delivered last weekend to a Denver buyer.

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Chick Northcutt of Silverton, Texas, sold 85 steer yearlings weighing 564 at $26 for delivery this week to Foster Parker of Wayside.

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P.F. Hawkins of Gruver, Texas, sold 193 heifer yearlings weighing 570 at $24 and 296 steers weighing 665 at $25.50; delivered last week to Jack Steinmitz of Dodge City, Kan.

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Red Dortch of Stratford, Texas, sold 125 steer yearlings weighing about 800 pounds at $23.75 and delivered them March 30 to Leonard Freis of Amarillo.

35 YEARS AGO

Total meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 490 million pounds, up three percent from the previous week but four percent below a year ago, according to the Consumer and Marketing Service.

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Watkins Packing Co., Dalhart, bought 150 steers weighing about 1200 pounds at $26.50 from Texas Feedyards.

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Hereford Feed Yards sold 250 heifers weighing about 925 pounds and grading 75% choice at $26 to an Alabama packer.

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Tom Cobb of Tulia bought 650 Angus-Hereford crossbred steers weighing about 350 pounds at $110 per head from an Amarillo dealer.

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New Mexico sheep sales were restricted almost to pairs that sold at $19-25 for mixed age ewes out of the wool and lambs ranging from two weeks to two months in age.

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Mohair is dormant in Texas, the most recent sale being 65,000 pounds of fall adult hair at 57 cents per pound net to the warehouse at Uvalde last week.

30 YEARS AGO

Homer Hill & Sons, Hart, bought 300 choice Hereford steer yearlings weighing 625 pounds at $33.50 from Joe Grider, Melrose, N.M.

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Pre-Feeders Inc., Summerfield, bought 110 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 565 pounds at $33.50 in the Hereford area.

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Most of the available Flint Hills summer grass has been leased, a large part of it in the last 10 days at mostly $5.50-6 per acre, about the same as last year.

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Chow Tex Feedlot, Muleshoe: 110 steers weighing 1000 lbs., 65% choice, $31.65.

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Ramon Reynolds, Dalhart, sold 300 Angus and black baldface heifer yearlings weighing about 570 pounds at $31.50 to Speck Holliman, Dalhart.

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Joe Baker, Amarillo: 132 heifers weighing 683 lbs., 80% choice, $29.50 out of Texas Beef Producers, Dumas.

25 YEARS AGO

National Livestock Commission Co., Oklahoma City, bought on the yards 56 No. 1-2 Okie steers and bulls weighing 360 pounds at $43.90, 101 No. 2 Okie heifers weighing 424 at $33.12, 75 choice steers weighing 603 at $39.73 and 20 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 514 at $40.90.

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George W. Hammond, Clovis, N.M., sold to a Kansas buyer 200 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 630 pounds payweight at $40, delivered.

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Ray Starbuck, Clovis, sold to a Kansas feedlot 175 mixed breed steers weighing 668 pounds at $40.

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Pre-Feeders, Summerfield: 300 steers, 1000-1050 lbs., 65-70% choice, $37; 138 heifers, 825 lbs., 60% choice, $34.50.

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Billy Chesnut, Dalhart, sold to a local buyer 89 Okie heifers weighing 465 pounds at $32.25.

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Jackie Roberts, Clovis, sold to a Texas feedyard 100 black baldface steers weighing 600 pounds at $39 delivered.

20 YEARS AGO

Don Nelson, Tulia, sold to a local buyer 900 No. 1 and better steers weighing 650 pounds at $68.

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Latham Ranch, Dalhart, sold to a local feedyard 600 No. 1 steers weighing 750 pounds at $68.

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Jack Braly, Tulia, sold 287 steers, mostly Herefords with a few black baldfaces, weighing 587 pounds at $70.

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Wayne Martin Jr., Clovis, sold to a local buyer 150 native mixed breed steers weighing 625 pounds at $69.

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Dimmitt Feed Yard, Dimmitt: 2905 steers, 1050-1150 lbs., 70% choice, $63; 196 heifers, 950 lbs., 70% choice, $60.

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Leonard Freis, Amarillo and Denver, bought in the Amarillo area 650 Hereford, black baldface and Charolais cross heifers weighing 630 pounds at $61.50.

15 YEARS AGO

Texas Animal Health Commission reports 70,275 cattle entered Texas from Mexico during the month of March while 143,195 head came in from other states and 103,229 were shipped out of the state. Sheep inshipments totaled 14,466 head, outshipments 8051.

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Officials of the 1900-store Safeway chain have announced a new policy of cutting all external fat to a quarter inch on beef, veal, pork and lamb. They will make meat Nutri-Facts information available at the meat case.

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Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was an estimated 721.2 million pounds, seven percent below the previous week and 4.6 percent above the same week a year ago.

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USDA reports 2415 cattle selling direct off Oklahoma range including: medium and large No. 1 steers weighing 632 pounds at $56, also 725-750 pounds at $53 and 800-833 at $51-51.50; heifers weighing 478 at $56.70, 625-725 pounds $50.50-54.

10 YEARS AGO

On the Midwest electronic auction 129-133 pound wooled lambs brought $48.25-52 in Kansas and North Dakota. Slaughter spring lambs went at $60 in Virginia and $65-75 in Pennsylvania.

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Bill Ragland, Brenham, bought in the local area 227 No. 1 Okie and crossbred heifers weighing 491 pounds at $98.17; 193 similar heifers weighing 575 at $91.12.

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Abilene Cattle Feeders, Abilene: 264 steers, 1175 lbs., 55% choice, $81.

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Double A Feeders, Clayton, N.M.: 92 steers, 1075 lbs., $80.75.

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Cal-Tex Feed Yard, Trent: 600 steers, 1000 lbs., $80.50.

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XIT Feeders, Dalhart: 159 heifers, 1000 lbs., 60% choice, $82.

5 YEARS AGO

Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in the Texas Panhandle 200 No. 1 Okie and crossbred steers weighing 525 pounds at $61, also 150 No. 1½ Okie and crossbred steers weighing 625 at $55.50.

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Clayton Cattle Feeders, Clayton, N.M.: 164 steers, 1200 lbs., $62; 98 heifers, 1075 lbs., $62.

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Feeder lambs moving direct in West Texas were mostly $100-105. Recent sales in Colorado saw 100 pound oldcrops at $90.

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Mike Armitage, representing Country Cattle, Claremore, Okla., sold to Texas buyers 225 three year-old Brangus cows at $625 per head.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 1126 steers, 1250 lbs., 45% choice, $62; 122 steers, 1250 lbs., 40% choice, $61.