Special Sales Higher
In Mason And San Saba

(Note: The following report was unavailable last week)

Lightweight steers and heifers were $2-3 higher in special stocker and feeder sales at Mason and San Saba July 8 and 11, heavyweights $1-3 higher, packer cows and bulls steady, bred cows and young pairs strong in a special replacement sale at San Saba. Receipts for the two sales totaled 2772 head.

Feeder steers: choice lightweight calves $95-117, mediumweight $88-101, heavyweight $78-85; choice yearlings, lightweight $77-87, heavyweight $68.50-75; No. 2 calves and yearlings $70-78.

Feeder heifers: choice lightweight calves $88-95, mediumweight $80-88, heavyweight $72-78.50; choice yearlings, lightweight $70-75, heavyweight $60-70; No. 2 calves and yearlings $65-75; shorties and plainer calves and yearlings $58-70.

Slaughter cows: low yielding $30-33, medium yielding $34-37.50, high yielding $38-42.50; bulls, high yielding $53-57.50, medium yielding $50-53, low yielding $46-49, feeder bulls $45-52; heiferettes and young stock cows $48-68, choice bred cows $700-870 per head, medium to good bred cows $600-690, plainer and older bred cows $500-580; cow-calf pairs, choice $950-1290 per pair, medium to good $650-850, plainer and older pairs $550-625.

Representative Sales:

L.C. Miller Ranch, Brownwood, seven steers, 357 pounds $110; 12 heifers, 423 pounds $93; Jones North Ranch, Brady, 32 steers, 431 pounds $99.50; Pete and Sam Sloan, San Saba, 13 steers, 554 pounds $89; four heifers, 589 pounds $81.50; J.R. Reeves, Bangs, three steers, 573 pounds $87.50; Ron Elmore, Frost, 10 steers, 603 pounds $80.50; Leonard Ranch and J. Mark Martin, San Saba, seven steers, 661 pounds $79; six heifers, 628 pounds $78.50; Deep Creek Ranch, Ardmore, Okla., nine heifers, 496 pounds $139; 20 heifers, 547 pounds $138; Pat Clifton, Doole, six long bred Brangus heifers, $860 per head; Gorman Farms, Hall Summit, La., 10 long bred tigerstripe cows, $870; 13 long bred Brangus cows, $860; four long bred Brangus pairs, $1290; 22 long bred tigerstripe pairs, $1260; Hofmann and Stengel, Mason, steer, 395 pounds $106; nine heifers, 561 pounds $82; three steers, 557 pounds $88.50;
Bart and Betty Strayhorn, Rotan, steer, 605 pounds $86; heifer, 345 pounds $86; Keith Wallace, Sonora, 45 steers, 583 pounds $84.50; 24 heifers, 530 pounds $83.50; heifer, 620 pounds $76.50; Bill Rogers, Mason, three steers, 640 pounds $84.50; R.L. Street, Sonora, six heifers, 588 pounds $77.50.