Feeder Lambs Move Higher, Fats Steady
Feeder lambs remain in short supply and sold on the higher side this week. Slaughter lambs were a little uneven but averaged about steady. Slaughter ewes were higher in Texas and lower on Midwest markets.

Fed Cattle Trade Once Again Faces Significant Price Gap
Plains feedlots and packers once again faced a wide gulf between bids and asking prices after last week’s negative market turn.

Texas Slaughter Goat Prices Sharply Higher For The Week
Slaughter meat type kid goats found sharply higher prices for the second week in a row.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

President Said To Be Partial To Perini’s Chuckwagon Fare
There probably aren’t many chuckwagon cooks who can say they’ve cooked for the President of the United States, let alone been a guest at the White House, and much less slept in the Lincoln bedroom, but Buffalo Gap’s favored son Tom Perini has.

Judge Orders West Coast Ports Reopened As Requested By Bush
A federal judge Tuesday approved President Bush's request to reopen West Coast ports, ending a bitter 10-day lockout that has cost the fragile U.S. economy $1 billion to $2 billion a day.

BLM Auctions Shoshone Sisters’ Cattle In The Face Of Protests
Despite protests and objections by an international human rights panel, the federal government has auctioned off a herd of cattle formerly owned by two Western Shoshone sisters who the government claims owe nearly $3 million in grazing fees.

Prairie Dogs May Be Source Of Worldwide Disease Spread
Warm, cuddly little prairie dogs, those furry critters that environmental activists want to put on the endangered species list, may be the cause of a contagious disease outbreak that could become worldwide.

Cloud Seeding Meeting Spawns Lively Debate At Littlefield
What was to be an informational meeting on weather modification here turned into a lively debate between two severe storm scientists, a consultant working for several of the weather modification programs in Texas, and a crowd of ranchers and farmers who have seen little rain this year.

Oklahoma Well Wins Contest For Best-Tasting Texas Water
The best well water in the Texas Panhandle comes from Oklahoma. Joyce Hamilton of Fargo, Okla., won the sixth annual Well Water Tasting here this summer.

Bush Administration Believes In Cooperative Conservation
The Bush administration believes that "cooperative conservation" is a critically important element of the Endangered Species Act. So says Ann Klee, counselor and special assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

U.S. Officials Discuss Border Trade Disputes With Mexicans
Officials from the United States and Mexico conducted the first meeting of a bilateral forum recently created to consult on agricultural trade disputes and areas of concern.

Texas Boys Victors In Second PRCA Bull Riding-Only Rodeo
The Heart O' Texas Bull Riding Rodeo, the second Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association bull riding-only rodeo, was won by Texas cowboys Casey Baize and Greg Potter.

Report Says Nation’s Food Supply Faces Terror Risk
The United States is vulnerable to terrorism aimed at farms that produce the nation's food, scientists say.

West Texans To Discuss Plans For New Groundwater District
Two public meetings are set for Oct. 7-8 in Iraan and Fort Stockton, respectively, to lay the groundwork for a proposed new Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District. Both meetings start at 7 p.m. in the towns' civic centers.

Growers Learn Basics Of New Standards For Organic Foods
Farmers and ranchers hoping for clarification on soon-to-be-implemented national standards for organic products found more questions than answers at an informational meeting recently hosted by the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union.

USDA Announces New Lamb Board Members
Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman has announced 13 appointments to the Lamb Promotion, Research and Information Board.

TFB Asks Bush To Act On Border Water Issue
The United States government has officially "reminded" the government of Mexico that it is now in violation of a 1944 water treaty, but Texas farmers and ranchers think stronger words are in order.

Nation’s Feeder Cattle Prices Follow Feds To Lower Levels
A limited supply of yearling feeder steers and heifers around the country sold steady to $1 lower last week. Ample offerings of steer and heifer calves traded $2-3 lower with fleshy unweaned calves as much as $5 or $6 lower.

Overfinished Cattle Push Fed Prices Lower Across Country
Direct fed cattle sales began trading $1 lower last week and closed $2 lower. Dressed basis sales followed the same pattern and wound up $2-2.50 lower.

Steers, Heifers Steady To Up In Angelo Special Sale Monday
Stocker steers and heifers under 500 pounds were firm to $2 higher and heavier weight feeders steady here Monday in the season’s sixth special feeder cattle sale at Producers Livestock Auction.

San Saba Special Sale Tops At $1510
Jordan Cattle Auction’s special replacement sale saw good demand on better pairs with numerous groups going for $1000-$1275. The highest price paid for pairs in special sales the past 18 months was paid for a group of Brangus that brought $1510 per pair.

U.S. Meat Production 2.5% Above A Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 917.6 million pounds, 2.4 percent less than a week earlier but 2.5 percent more than a year ago. Cumulative meat production for the year to date was up 3.4 percent at 35.3 billion pounds.

Lampasas Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Lower
Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-3 lower, slaughter cows and bulls $2-3 lower. Receipts totaled 1159 head.

Cuero Choice Feeder Cattle Trend Higher
Feeder steers weighing 350-500 pounds were $2-5 higher, others lower, choice heifer calves higher, slaughter cows and bulls $1.50-2 lower. Receipts totaled 2057 head.

Boxed Beef Values Off $2.50 Last Week
The National Comprehensive boxed beef cutout value of all fed steer and heifer sales last week was $2.50 lower at $109.49.

Colorado City Feeder Cattle Prices Lower
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-3 lower, slaughter cows and bulls $4-5 lower. Receipts totaled 617 head.

Angelo Feeder Lambs Steady, Cattle Weak
Feeder lambs sold steady this week, slaughter lambs firm, slaughter ewes firm to $2 higher; nanny goats were $2 higher, kids $2-5 higher. Receipts totaled 9600 head, around 40 percent slaughter ewes, 10 percent slaughter lambs, five percent feeder lambs and 45 percent goats.

Most Hamilton Feeder Cattle, Lambs Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows $2-4 higher, bulls steady, stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 411 head. On Tuesday lambs, ewes and nannies were steady, kids $2-4 higher. Receipts totaled 1226 head.

Fredericksburg Lambs Mixed, Goats Higher
Feeder lambs sold $2-3 higher, slaughter lambs $3-5 lower; stock and slaughter goats $8-10 higher. Receipts totaled 2155 head.

Coleman Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Decline
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $1 lower, the decline on weights under 500 pounds, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 lower, stock cows and pairs $20-30 higher. Receipts totaled 1063 head.

Fredericksburg Steers Rise, Heifers Strong
Feeder steers sold $1-2 higher, heifers strong, slaughter cows and bulls $2-3 lower. Receipts totaled 1926 head.

Decatur Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-2 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady to $1.50 higher, stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 1431 head.

Goldthwaite Lambs, Goats Hold Steady
Feeder lambs were too few for a test, slaughter lambs steady; goats were steady. Receipts totaled 832 head.

Most Mason, San Saba Feeder Cattle Lower
Feeder steers sold steady to $2 lower last week in Mason and San Saba, heifers $3-4 lower, slaughter cows and bulls steady to $2 lower, stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 4874 head in the two sales.

Domestic Wool Slow, Aussie Wools Higher
Wool trading remains seasonally slow due primarily to light available supplies. Demand was moderate to good following sharp price advances in Australia over the past two weeks.

Most Brownwood Cattle Prices Trend Higher
All classes of cattle sold steady on receipts of 361 head.

Abilene Feeder Steers, Heifers Steady To Up
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $1 higher, the advance on weights over 500 pounds, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 higher, stock cows and pairs $10-15 higher. Receipts totaled 831 head.

Llano Feeder Steers, Heifers Trade Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and bulls $2 higher. Receipts totaled 505 head.

Junction Slaughter Goats Move Higher
Slaughter meat type goats sold $6-10 higher, other sheep and goats steady. Receipts totaled 2153 head.

Most Milano Cattle Prices Termed Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-2 higher, slaughter cows $1-2 higher, bulls steady. Receipts totaled 966 head.

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October 10 — West Texas Rehabilitation Center’s 2002 Round-Up For Rehab Sale, Ranger Livestock, Ranger, Texas. October 10 — Special Stocker and Feeder Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction, San Saba, Texas. October 12 — Charolais Association of Texas’ Fall Roundup and Bull Power V Sale, Columbus Livestock Auction, Columbus, Texas.