Steve Sturgis, Yuma, Arizona, is reported to have sold a string of lambs off alfalfa fields in that area to Swift and Company at $26.25; these carried summer shorn pelts.

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Pony Hart, Roswell, with Producers Livestock Marketing of Ogden, shipped a carload of "warmed-up" 900 pound steers to Visalia, California, feeders at $30.50 per hundredweight. He also bought, at Albuquerque, a load of bulls at $26.50. Hart said that they had orders for a good many heavy feeder cattle from California buyers.

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Harvey Martin of San Angelo last week bought 2000 wooled ewe lambs from Jim Espy of Fort Davis at $20 per head; the lambs were guessed to weigh around 70 pounds.

In addition, Martin bought one load of mixed calves from John Oates of Fort Stockton at 35 cents straight across.

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Lem and Jack Jones of Junction bought two loads of cows and calves from S. Perner of Ozona at $250 a pair.

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Omaha claims the distinction of being the world’s largest cattle market, having sold 1,781,786 head in 1951 as compared with 1,728,386 for Chicago.

45 YEARS AGO

A.O. Bales of Texline, Texas, bought 84 mixed breed steers weighing 804 pounds at $17.25 from Asa Willis, Texline, delivered March 8; he also bought 45 steers averaging 700 pounds at $18 and 36 heifers weighing 670 pounds at $17 from Higgins Bros., Texline.

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John Jennings of Canyon sold one load of fed heifers weighing around 800 pounds and delivered them last week to Amarillo Packing Co. at $18 cwt.

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Barry Hall and J.D. Center of San Antonio bought two loads of whiteface steer yearlings weighing around 700 pounds from Billy Raney of Uvalde for immediate delivery at $16.60 cwt.

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Frank Hinkson, Muleshoe, Texas, sold 540 good to choice mixed Angus calves to Russell Ellsaesser of Sublette, Kan., at $18.50 for the heifers and $21.50 for the steers, to be delivered March 27-28 with a 15-percent cut; these calves are estimated to average around 475 pounds.

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O.W. Ballerstedt, Seymour, Texas, sold 90 two year-old steers weighing around 950 pounds for June 1 delivery to Bob Mayer & Co., Denver, at $18.25.

40 YEARS AGO

W.H. Kimble of Amarillo sold 140 steer yearlings, some Hereford and some Angus, averaging 800 pounds, at $23.50, no shrink, delivered last Saturday to Colorado buyers. He also sold to Colorado feeders 102 similar yearlings weighing 733 at $23.85 for delivery this week without shrink.

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J.C. Bellah, Canyon, sold 250 short yearling heifers expected to weigh 525 to 550 pounds at $25 for April 1-20 delivery and 100 steers described as good Herefords expected to weigh 800 to 850 pounds for March 20-April 1 delivery at $23.75, all to an Amarillo buyer.

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W.D. Price & Son, Pampa, sold, to Ralph Britten of Groom, 225 steers described as "good Mexicans" weighing 706 pounds at $23.50, delivered last week; also similar cattle at $23 for delivery this week.

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Dean Cluck of Gruver is reported to have sold 500 to 600 heifer yearlings expected to weigh about 600 pounds at $24 for late April to May 1 delivery to Nebraska buyers.

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Shirley Fox, Amarillo, sold 200 choice Hereford steer calves expected to weigh 425-450 pounds at $30 for April 1 delivery to Tom Cobb of Claude, Texas.

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Champion fat lambs at the San Angelo Fat Stock Show last week were the top crossbreeds shown by LeLois and her brother Reese Lutich of Fabens; and the top finewool, shown by Bert Colvin of Big Lake.

35 YEARS AGO

Torpey Cattle Co. of Los Angeles, Calif. bought 1050 good mixed breed steers weighing about 500 pounds at $25.90 from Martin Gossett of Dumas, Texas.

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Bill Riley of Marietta, Okla., bought 598 choice Angus heifers weighing 519 pounds at $24 from George Higgins, Seymour, Texas.

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Charles Arnett and Cecil Dellinger of Clayton, N.M., sold 35 four year-old Hereford springer cows at $235 per head and 20 two year-old Hereford springer heifers at $210 per head to a Maxwell, N.M. buyer.

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Mrs. Peach Smith of Stratford sold 100 Angus and black baldface heifer yearlings weighing 627 pounds at $23.25 to a Colorado buyer.

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Nortex Feedlots at Dalhart sold 137 steers weighing 1045 pounds and grading 60 percent choice at $23 to a Texas packer.

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Wendell Sims of Happy sold 204 good Okie steers weighing 675 pounds at $24.50 to an Amarillo buyer.

30 YEARS AGO

Winters & Co. and Winters & Byrd, Lampasas and San Angelo, sold about 15,000 oldcrop mutton lambs in the Lampasas, Del Rio and San Angelo areas at $28.50 to Monfort of Colorado.

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Baca Cattle Feeders, Midland: 200 steers weighing 1025 lbs., 60% choice, $35.25.

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Charlie Dunlap, Vaughn, N.M., sold to a Clovis buyer 740 choice Hereford steers weighing around 500 pounds at $45 delivered.

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Master Feeders, Hooker, Okla.: 500 steers weighing 1100-1150 lbs., 65% choice, $35; 141 steers weighing 1075 lbs., 75% choice, $35.50.

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In Texas the last large string of oldcrop pasture lambs sold at $28.50 for May 1-10 delivery. In San Angelo's auction, 75-85 pound oldcrop feeder lambs were strong at $28.50-29.50, 90-95 pounds $27.50-28.50, enjoying demand from Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma.

25 YEARS AGO

New Mexico shipped 1,127,120 cattle to other states during 1976, eight percent more than the previous year, the New Mexico Crop & Livestock Reporting Service said. Inshipments were 678,249 head, down 20 percent. Texas received by far the largest number of New Mexico cattle, 599,556 head.

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Jim Miller, Miller Feed Yard, Satanta, Kan., bought in Southwestern Kansas a load of No. 1 Okie feeder heifers weighing 600 pounds at $32 delivered.

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B.A. Kelly, Pleasant Hill, sold to an Albuquerque buyer 70 mixed breed steers weighing 735 pounds at $36.

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Ron Brunson, Texico, N.M., sold to a Friona buyer 40 mixed breed heifers weighing 500-525 pounds at $32.

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Lubbock Feedlot, Lubbock: 300 heifers, 825 lbs., 60% choice, $34.75.

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XIT Feedyard, Dalhart: 237 heifers, 875 lbs., 80% choice, $36.

20 YEARS AGO

Mac Grange, White Deer, Texas, sold off wheat to a Texas buyer 625 No. 1 steers weighing 625-650 pounds at $65.

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Alva Parker, Portales, N.M., sold off wheat to an out of state buyer 400 No. 1 heifers weighing 600 pounds at $56.

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John Gunter, Muleshoe, sold off wheat to a Texas buyer 200 No. 1 steers weighing 725 pounds at $62.50.

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Steve Grau, Clovis, sold off wheat 140 No. 1 steers weighing 650 pounds at $62.50.

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Jackie Roberts, Clovis, sold off wheat to Bill Crenshaw, Taiban, N.M., 48 No. 1 heifers weighing 780 pounds at $54.

15 YEARS AGO

Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in the Texas Panhandle 300 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 675-700 pounds at $65; 75 No. 1-1½ Okie steers weighing 725-750 at $67 and 240 N0. 1-1½ Okie and crossbred steers weighing 575-600 at $65.50.

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Sugarland Feed Yards, Hereford: 157 steers, 1150-1200 lbs., $64; 204 steers, 1150-1200 lbs., $63.50; 290 heifers, 1025 lbs., $62.50; 92 heifers, 1025 lbs., $62.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 120 steers, 1075 lbs., 50% choice, $62.

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Bob Campbell, Durant and Kemp, Okla., bought in the local area 48 black baldface, redneck and Charolais cross choice steers weighing 466 pounds at $77.84; 148 No. 1 Okie and crossbred heifers weighing 355 at $72.99; 64 No. 1 crossbred and exotic cross heifers weighing 464 at $68.43.

10 YEARS AGO

In New Mexico direct trade choice and prime 110-125 pound slaughter lambs brought $60-62. Montana had 95-100 pound lambs at $65, and Wyoming slaughter lambs weighing 125-130 pounds brought $65-65.50. In Washington 110-125 pounders made $60.50 delivered at double dressed weights.

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JB Cattle Co., Abilene, sold on a delivered basis to Kansas buyers one load of choice steers weighing 539 pounds at $93.91, also one load of No. 1 Okie heifers weighing 437 at $89.65.

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Clayton Cattle Feeders, Clayton, N.M., 108 heifers, 1000 lbs., 45% choice, $79.

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Veribest Cattle Feeders, Veribest: 80 steers, 1100-1150 lbs., $78; 90 heifers, 1025-1050 lbs., $78.

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Sugarland Feed Yard, Hereford: 772 steers, 1150 lbs., 55% choice, $79; 190 heifers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $79.

5 YEARS AGO

In Territory wool trading, South Dakota sold 6000 pounds of 62-64s, bellies out and untied 3-3½ inch staple and high yielding, at $1.18 f.o.b.; in Colorado, 50,000 pounds of lamb feedlot wool, 64-70s, BOU, high yielding, was 85 cents f.o.b., a load with a light amount of moderate mud 72 cents.

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Direct feeder cattle trade in the Northwest as confirmed by USDA totaled 1100 head. Medium and large No. 1 steers weighing 750-825 pounds brought $68.50-69 f.o.b. Idaho, Washington and Oregon, similar heifers weighing 750-800 pounds $63.50-65.

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Nortex Feedlot, Dalhart: 1551 steers, 1100 lbs., 50% choice, $68; 303 heifers, 1025 lbs., 50% choice, $68.

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PACO Feedyard, Friona: 304 steers, 1125-1150 lbs., 50% choice, $68.

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Hitch Feeders, Hooker, Okla.: 293 steers, 1175 lbs., 50% choice, $68.

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Ewes with lambs in San Angelo brought $61-65 each. In Billings 95-100 pound stock ewes brought $92.50.