Kelly Hartley of Centralia, Oklahoma, this week bought from Earl Huffman of San Angelo 115 plain steers which averaged slightly over 400 pounds at 36 cents a pound, with a 10 percent cut at 34 cents. Hartley also bought from Huffman 45 heifers in the same bunch at 34 cents a pound.

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George Jones of San Angelo Wednesday received the Randy Chandler mutton lambs, about 2000 head at 30 cents a pound.

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W.J. Ausmussen of Agar, Sough Dakota, bought through the San Angelo Livestock Auction Company, 1095 mutton lambs. These included 600 lambs averaging 56 pounds from Sparks Boatright at $28.25.

Jack Shaw of Fort Worth bought at the same sale, 530 yearling muttons consigned by Bob Owens of Fort Stockton at 24 cents a pound.

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Morris Freeman of Texhoma, Oklahoma, has bought, from John Birdwell of Lubbock, 600 steer yearlings for November 1 delivery at $35.50 cwt. These will load at Muleshoe, Texas, and are expected to weigh around 600 pounds.

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Harvey Martin of San Angelo last week sold to J.N. Jasaway, a Kansas buyer, 223 Angus cows at $250 per head. These are bred to calve in November and are some older cows which Martin recently bought from Sol Mayer of San Angelo.

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If pulled wool production continues at the rate prevailing up to September, the total this year will set a new low record. It would amount to only 27 million pounds compared to last year’s tonnage of 32 million pounds, which was the lowest on record.

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Ed Mayfield of Sonora and A.E. Neal of San Angelo recently sold 480 two year-old medium to good quality steers to Wieller and Wieller of South St. Paul at 30 cents; these averaged 780 pounds and were loaded at Timber Lake, South Dakota. Mayfield and Neal have also sold 124 heifer yearlings recently at $32.50.

45 YEARS AGO

W.G. Alexander of Laverne, Okla., bought from Ira Sally of Liberal, Kan., 150 steer calves weighing about 300 pounds at $20 for Oct. 15 delivery at Kit Carson, Colo.; these are to be trucked 15 miles and weighed straight.

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Mrs. J.J. Ray and Clyde Hudson of Goodnight, Texas, are reported to have sold 137 mixed calves weighing 436 pounds at $19 straight to Raymond Brandenburg of Rochelle, Ill., delivered Sept. 28.

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J.T. Trew, Alanreed, Texas, sold 135 steer yearlings averaging 797 pounds at $17 and delivered them Sept. 28 to Wallace Locke of Amarillo; they were weighed at the ranch with three percent shrink.

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Ralph Queen of Alamosa, Colo., sold 370 choice quality yearling steers weighing 600-625 pounds at $18.125 (splitting the difference between $18 and $18.25) to A.G. Wood of California for Oct. 10 delivery at the ranch with three percent shrink.

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W.H. Eubank, Hereford, Texas, sold 110 good young cows, all springers except seven with small calves, at $92.50 per head to S.N. Fahey of Oakdale, Calif., for delivery this week. These cows are estimated to average about 1000 pounds.

40 YEARS AGO

Ed Baldridge of Clovis, N.M., sold 307 steer yearlings, Herefords and Angus expected to weigh around 675 pounds, at $23 for delivery this week to a Kansas buyer.

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C.T. Wagnon, Cheyenne, Okla., sold 125 mixed calves weighing 425-450 pounds at $26 and $28 for delivery this week to Puckett Bros., Sayre, Okla.

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Bill O’Laughlin of Miami, Texas, sold, off his ranch at Rye, Colo., 500 short yearling steers weighing 555 pounds at $23.50 and delivered them last week to Charlie Ford of Amarillo.

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George and Gary Simms of Panhandle, Texas, sold 874 steers described as just good Herefords weighing 659 pounds at $22.50 and delivered them last week to an Amarillo buyer; also 295 plain quality Mexican steers weighing 687 at $18.50. Simms & Rushner sold 296 plain Mississippi steers weighing 605 at $20.50, also delivered last week to the same buyer.

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West Texas wool trade in the past week was dull. Only limited lots of fall wool were moved at 35 to 45 cents, including a little last week in San Angelo at 42½ to 45 cents.

Mohair trade is also at a standstill. Some buyers say they would pay 81½ cents on fall adult, but warehousemen say little is available at that price.

35 YEARS AGO

The Australian meat board announced that a total of 27,182,400 pounds of beef, 4,233,600 pounds of mutton, 293,440 pounds of lamb and 31,360 pounds of offals will be shipped to the U.S. and Canada.

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Commercial slaughtering plants in Texas produced 149.2 million pounds of red meat during August this year, or 13 percent more than a year earlier, the USDA reports. Production of red meat during the first eight months this year totaled 1094.4 million pounds. Cattle slaughter in August totaled 220,000 head, 21,000 more than in 1965.

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Troy Whatley of Tucumcari, N.M., sold 200 No. 1 Okie steers weighing about 675 pounds at $25.75 to Jewel Avent of Tulia.

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Lyons Ranch at Cuervo, N.M., sold 149 Hereford feeder steers weighing about 825 pounds at $25.40 to a New Mexico buyer.

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Tommy Thompson of Santa Rosa, N.M., sold 100 Hereford mixed calves weighing about 400 pounds at $28 and $30 and 20 Hereford steer yearlings weighing 600 pounds at $26 to an Amarillo buyer.

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Stephens Bros. of Anadarko, Okla., bought 450 young Angus cows, a few with small calves on the ground, in the Amarillo area at $225 per head.

30 YEARS AGO

Eighty-two Hereford bulls averaged $560 in the V.I. Pierce production sale. Top price was $1575, paid by Lazy Y Ranch, Brownwood.

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Phillip Schneemann, Fort Stockton, sold 2000 mixed Rambouillet lambs weighing about 72 pounds at $24.50.

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Heaton Cattle Co., Pampa: 62 steers weighing 1200 lbs., 70% choice, $31.75.

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Mrs. Fay Ainsworth, Bledsoe, Texas, sold to Cliff Key, Tatum, N.M., 160 choice Hereford calves, heifers weighing 400 pounds at $35, steers 425 at $40.

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Frontier Feedyards, Guymon, Okla.: 220 steers weighing 1050 lbs., 65-70% choice, $31.75.

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Swisher County Cattle Co., Tulia: 160 steers weighing 975 lbs., good and choice, $31.40.

25 YEARS AGO

Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was an estimated 752 million pounds, three percent less than the previous week and 14 percent more than the same week a year ago.

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Northern Colorado feedlots were quiet, but some fed lambs were sold out of Wyoming at $42.

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Moody Farms & Feed Yards, Pampa, bought at the Amarillo Livestock Auction 181 No. 1-2 Okie heifers weighing 553 pounds at $27.80 f.o.b. the feedlot.

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Master Feeders II, Garden City, Kan.: 2500 steers, 1050-1225 lbs., 80% choice, $35.50 and $35.75.

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Reynolds-Wilson Cattle Feeders, Carrizo Springs, bought in that area 100 No. 1 crossbred steers weighing 600 pounds at $31.50.

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Doc Hagan, Yoakum: 180 heifers, 750 lbs., mostly good, $34.

20 YEARS AGO

Colorado Beef Producers, Lamar, Colo., bought in that area 360 No. 1 Okie steers weighing about 750 pounds at $64.75.

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Supreme Feeders, Liberal, Kan.: 340 steers, 1125 lbs., 80% choice, $66.75; 375 heifers, 975 lbs., 75-80% choice, $64.

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Jarboe-Lackey Feedlot, Parsons, Kan.: 441 steers, 1192 lbs., 65% choice, $107 in the beef.

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Ralph Britten, Groom, bought in the Pampa area 600 steers, No. 1 with end of Brahman crosses, weighing 750 pounds at $63.50.

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Klemme Cattle Co., Springfield, Mo., sold on a delivered basis to Nebraska buyers one load of No. 1 heifer calves weighing 397 pounds at $57.20.

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XIT Feedyards, Dalhart: 546 steers, 1100 lbs., 75% choice, $67.

15 YEARS AGO

Producers Wool and Mohair Co., Del Rio, sold 279,304 pounds of wool in a 68-90 cent range, bulk 82-85 cents.

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F&F Cattle Co., Little Boquillas Ranch, Fairbank, Ariz., sold for Dec. 1 delivery to a Southern New Mexico rancher 200 bred native heifers at $425 per head; for Oct. 9 delivery as agent for Almeda Land & Cattle 300 No. 1 yearling steers to weigh 700 pounds at $62.

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Duncan Ranch, San Angelo, sold 150 crossbred heifers, mostly Brangus and Braford, bred to begin calving in January, at $550 per head.

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Stiles Cattle Co., Cuero, bought in the local area 126 No. 1 crossbred steers weighing 382 pounds at $75.10; 113 similar steers weighing 428 at $72.70.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 614 steers, 1125 lbs., 70% choice, $60.50; 492 steers, 1125-1150 lbs., 60% choice, $60.

10 YEARS AGO

West Texas feeder lambs moved direct at $51-52, several thousand in the Fort Stockton area going to the Imperial Valley of California.

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Walter Lasley & Sons, Stratford: 307 steers, 1180 lbs., 60% choice, $73.

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Luckey Custom Feedlot, Devine: 150 steers, 1100 lbs., 20% choice, $72.

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Bill Ragland, Brenham, bought in the local area 138 No. 1 crossbred and Okie heifers weighing 498 pounds at $85.25; 142 No. 1½ crossbred and Okie heifers weighing 437 at $84.10; 164 similar heifers weighing 471 at $82.55.

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San Angelo Feed Yards, San Angelo: 65 heifers, 750 lbs., $75.

5 YEARS AGO

Feeder lambs moving direct in West Texas sold for $88-93 with most sales at $90. Recent sales in Colorado had 90-100 pound feeders $83-85.

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Flint Hills Feed Yard, Emporia, Kan.: 500 heifers, 1050 lbs., 50% choice, $73; 300 steers, 1150 lbs., 50% choice, $73.

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Vann-Roach Cattle Co., Fort Worth, bought in Oklahoma for November delivery 400 No. 1 Okie steers to weigh 725 pounds at $63.50; in the Texas Panhandle one load of No. 1 crossbred steers weighing 750 at $63.50; also 425 No. 1 Okie and exotic steers weighing 850 at $63.25 and 250 similar type and weight steers at $63, plus 400 No. 1 English and exotic crossbred heifers weighing 775 at $60.

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North Platte Feeders, North Platte, Neb: 400 steers, 1300-1325 lbs., 60-70% choice, $73.

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Sugarland Feed Yard, Hereford: 166 steers, 1200 lbs., 50% choice, $72; 81 heifers, 1050 lbs., 50% choice, $72.