Triplett Cattle Company of Amarillo has contracted 200 good quality yearling steers from Nelson Ainsworth, Milnesand, New Mexico, for October delivery at 30 cents a pound with 10 percent at 29 cents. These are expected to weigh around 700 pounds at delivery.

Triplett also bought and received 500 steers of various colors and averaging 684 pounds from Odell Ryan of Perryton, Texas; these were shipped to California.

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Les Parker and Bill Price of Stratford sold three loads of three year-old cows and calves to a Mr. McNutt of Morse, Texas, at $350 a pair.

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Charlie Waller of Roswell last week sold 1500 four year-old ewes at $26 per head to Earl Powell of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. These ewes will lamb in May.

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Ray White of Clovis, New Mexico, representing Producers Livestock Marketing Association of Ogden, has bought 1100 wooled wether lambs, including 600 from J.P. Moss and 400 from Ralph Cooper, both of Floydada, Texas, at 24 cents a pound. White also bought 350 wooled wether lambs from R.F. Bennett of Lockney, Texas, at $23.75 per hundred-weight. In addition, he has bought 500 ewes and lambs at $24 per pair.

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Shelby Jersig of Clovis recently bought 129 choice Angus heifers weighing 502 pounds from Fred Dodson and Bill Hulett of Amarillo at $37 cwt. He resold these to Ralph R. Johnson of Clovis at $37.50.

45 YEARS AGO

J.D. Center and Joe B. Lloyd Jr., San Antonio, bought 260 whiteface yearling heifers and heifer calves from Pete Lewis of Eagle Pass for late March delivery at $16 for the yearlings and $18 for the calves; these weigh 300-400 pounds.

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Hez Abernathy of Clovis sold 1000 Angus steer yearlings estimated to weigh about 450 pounds at $20 to Austin Keesley of Hannibal, Mo., for delivery between March 20 and April 20 with 10 percent cut.

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Arthur Lytton of El Indio, Texas, sold 400 Santa Gertrudis type feeder steers, three year-olds expected to weigh close to 1000 pounds, at $16 for immediate delivery to A.B. Spencer & Son, San Antonio; these are Laurel Leaf bred (Sarita East) steers in the Kingsville area.

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Max Bassman of Amarillo bought, from George Porter, Amarillo, 350 choice quality heifer yearlings weighing 550 pounds at $18.50 with 45 sorted out, delivered last week.

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Smith & Sherle of Hobart, Okla. sold a load of Angus cows and calves at $140 per pair to Ted Cunningham of Clinton, Okla., delivered last week.

40 YEARS AGO

Dennis Kotara of Panhandle, Texas, sold 245 good Hereford heifer yearlings expected to weigh 550 at $24.50 to Vernon Wolff of Norfolk, Neb., for delivery this weekend.

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Jerry and Billy Connor, and Harry Pletcher of Farnsworth, Texas, sold 500 heifer yearlings described as "Alabama Herefords" weighing 430 pounds at $24.50, delivered last week to Ralph Britten of Groom.

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George Diedrichsen of Bancroft, Neb., bought on Illinois order 375 good Angus steer yearlings expected to average 675 pounds at $25.50 for March 27 delivery from Rex Hall of Dumas, Texas.

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Tom Reed of Clovis sold two loads of fed steers weighing 1180 pounds at $25.25, delivered last week, to Haas Davis Packing Co., Mobile, Ala.; also two loads of 1080-pound steers at $25.25 to San Juan Packing Co., Fresno Calif., delivered last week.

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Ross Rentfro, Amarillo, bought 400 young Hereford cows with 150 calves on them now at $220 and 17 registered bulls at $300 for now to March 30 delivery from Wayne McCuistian of Tucumcari, N.M.

35 YEARS AGO

The Texas Panhandle's feedlot industry, already huge in comparison with what it was a few years ago, will soon be getting two more lots of major size, one at Stratford and the other at Bovina. The Stratford lots are to be known as Stratford Feedyard Inc., and the other feedlot, to be built by the Parmer County Cattle Co., located about three miles southwest of Bovina.

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Roy G. Bagley & Sons of San Saba sold 1000 fresh shorn blackface muttons weighing 74 pounds at $19 cwt. to Carroll Farmer and Buster Trotter of San Angelo. They also sold 250 blackface ewe lambs weighing 74 pounds in the wool at $24 cwt. to a Panhandle buyer.

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C.B. Erdwurm of Clovis, N.M., bought 100 Okie steers weighing 550 pounds at $24 in the Clovis area.

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Wheatheart Feedlot, Perryton, Texas, sold 350 steers weighing 1200 pounds and grading 85 percent choice at $23.25 to California packers.

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Littlefield and Witt of Groom bought 150 Hereford yearling heifers weighing 400-425 pounds at $95 per head from Tom Roberts of Trinidad, Colo.

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Ralph Britten of Groom bought 170 No. 1 Okie heifers weighing 575 pounds at $22 from frank Campbell of Wellington.

30 YEARS AGO

California confirmed 460,000 pounds of wool selling, including 340,000 pounds of original bag 62/64s at 25-26.25 cents grease and 120,000 pounds estimated relatively low in yield at 20-22 cents grease.

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Woods & Deffke, Eaton, Colo., sold 1600 fed lambs in No. 1-2 pelts at $31.25 delivered to Scottsbluff, Neb.

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Parker Cattle Co., Wayside: 120 steers weighing 1225 lbs., 75% choice, $35.

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Jewel Avant, Tulia, bought in the Grants, N.M. area 465 Hereford heifers and steers weighing 550 pounds straight across at $33.50 and $39.

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Tom Henry, Happy, sold to the Dimmitt Feed Yard, Dimmitt, 200 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 600-650 pounds at $39.

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Wheatheart Feeders, Perryton: 1019 steers weighing 1075 lbs., 75% choice, $35.

25 YEARS AGO

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the seven major feeding states March 1 totaled 7,546,000 head, down seven percent from a year ago but up 38 percent from the unusually low level of two years ago.

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Roswell Wool & Mohair Co. sold 200,000 pounds of lamb wool at 78-90 cents private treaty, bulk around 83-84 cents.

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Armand and Craig Smith, Clovis, sold to Cattle Town Feedlot, Hereford, 301 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 646 pounds at $38.

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Abilene Cattle Feeders, Abilene, Texas: 196 steers, 1100 lbs., 75% choice, $38.50.

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Dale Cattle Co., Abilene, bought off wheat in the Stamford area two loads of No. 1 Okie steers weighing 650 pounds at $38; bought in the Big Springs area one load of Okie steers weighing 800 at $37 and a load of No. 1 Okie heifers weighing 550 at $32.50.

20 YEARS AGO

Lambs on feed in the seven major feeding states totaled 680,000 head March 1, up two percent from a year ago.

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Dick Compton, San Angelo, bought in the San Saba area about 10,000 oldcrop mostly feeder lambs weighing 100-110 pounds at $60.

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Larry Nelson & Son, Tulia, sold off wheat to a Gruver buyer 124 No. 1 steers weighing 695 pounds at $63.50.

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Blake Inge, Dora, N.M., sold to a New Mexico buyer 60 Holstein steers weighing 674 pounds at $53.

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Supreme Feeders, Liberal, Kan.: 418 steers, 1100-1125 lbs., 80-85% choice, $67; 462 heifers, 975 lbs., 80% choice, $64.50.

15 YEARS AGO

Bill Porter, Lebanon, Tenn., sold out of that area on a delivered basis to Texas buyers one load of No. 1 steer and bull calves weighing 260 pounds at $91.60, also three loads of No. 1 steers and bulls weighing 360 at $82.80 and one load of No. 1 heifers 310 at $72.40.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 643 steers, 1050 lbs., 65% choice, $65; 127 steers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $64.50; 1050 steers, 55% choice, $64; 127 heifers, 60% choice, $63.50.

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Dimmitt Feed Yards, Dimmitt: 339 steers, 1175 lbs., 75-80% choice, $65; 192 steers, 1100-1150 lbs., 65% choice, $64.50.

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Caprock Industries, Gruver: 1000 steers, 1125 lbs., 70% choice, $64.50.

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Davidson Feed Pens, Pecos: 45 steers, 1040 lbs., 40% choice, $64.80 delivered.

10 YEARS AGO

Slaughter ewes in Texas sold at $35 to $47. In the Midwest they brought $30-38, and in Pennsylvania $35-48.

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Dimmitt Feed Yard, Dimmitt: 697 steers, 1050-1200 lbs., 60-65% choice, $79; 589 heifers, 1000 lbs., 60-65% choice, $79.

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Walter Lasley & Sons, Stratford: 281 steers, 1100 lbs., 50% choice, $79.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 111 steers, calf-feds, 1000 lbs., $79; 76 steers, 1125 lbs., 50% choice, $78.50; 129 steers, 1150 lbs., 45% choice, $78; 142 heifers, 1100 lbs., 55% choice, $78.50.

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Lykes Brothers Feed Yards, Edroy: 226 heifers, 950 lbs.,$77.

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Cattle Town Inc., Hereford: 212 steers, 1125-1150 lbs., 55% choice, $79.

5 YEARS AGO

Superior Livestock Auction offered more than 36,000 feeder cattle at their regular video sale. Consignments were from 22 states and Mexico.

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Recent sales in Wyoming had 85-100 pound lambs for October delivery at $105. Slaughter lambs in San Angelo were $97-101, a few up to $103.

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Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in the Texas Panhandle 200 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 725 pounds at $68; in New Mexico 140 No. 1 Okie heifers weighing 650 at $65.

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Carrizo Feeders, Texline: 845 steers. 1200 lbs., 50% choice, $68; 100 heifers, 1100 lbs., 50% choice, $68.

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Sugarland Feed Yard, Hereford: 777 steers, 1175 lbs., 50% choice, $68; 244 heifers, 1050 lbs., 50% choice, $68.

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In Junction this week 90 pound ewe lambs brought $112 cwt.