Lamb Prices Steady For Most Part
Feeder lambs remain in short supply across the country. On some Texas markets killers are taking the available supply. Numbers are winding down in Billings, and prices were a couple of dollars higher. A fairly good run in Newell, S.D. was as much as $10 higher. Otherwise, prices held near steady.

Plains Slaughter Cattle Trade Stalled Again Over Price Gap
Plains feedlots and packers remained at arms’ length through midweek, separated by a $3-4 price gap.

Texas Slaughter Kid Prices Highly Variable, Mostly Off
Slaughter kids found a mixed-up price trend on Texas markets this week. After the previous week’s rain-influenced higher trends, prices fell sharply at some markets this week. On Friday Goldthwaite was $8-10 higher and Monday Hamilton followed with $5-10 higher prices. Junction on Monday was $5-8 lower. On Tuesday San Angelo fell $10 and Fredericksburg was $12-15 lower.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

Pickens Seeks Water District To Gain Eminent Domain Power
Vernon Cook is facing a dilemma. As a resident of the semi-arid Texas Panhandle, he opposes shipping water from rural Roberts County to metropolitan areas down-state. As Roberts County judge, he must follow the laws of the State of Texas.

House Ag Committee Chairman Combest To Leave Post In May
Republican Rep. Larry Combest, a nine-term congressman and the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said Tuesday he will resign in six months.

Combs "Outraged" At Mexico’s Failure To Deliver Owed Water
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs is expressing "outrage" at Mexico’s failure to provide a concrete plan to deliver long-owed water to South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley, but the governor of Mexico’s state of Chihuahua says reports that his state has plenty of water are false.

Judge Rules For Beef Checkoff, Against Fines For Non-Payment
In a mixed decision, U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull has ruled the beef checkoff constitutional but dismissed more than $12,000 in fines against a Montana couple who refused to pay it.

TP&W Reports Bright Outlook For This Year’s Deer Season
The distinctive measured crackle of twigs and leaves. A telltale snort. The first glimpse of antlers as they leave a brushpile.

Activist Group Continues Work To Stop Public Land Grazing
Jimmy Goss has survived wildfires, flash floods and being struck by lightning while herding cows in the Sacramento Mountains. He's not sure he'll survive the Forest Guardians.

F&WS Allows More Exemptions To Jumping Mouse Protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued an amendment to a special rule concerning the officially "threatened" Preble's meadow jumping mouse in Colorado and Wyoming.

Dock Strike Adversely Impacted Meat Sales To Japan And Korea
Exports of U.S. meat to Japan and Korea in October, especially chilled pork, were adversely affected by the West Coast longshoremen's dispute, the U.S. Meat Export Federation reported during its annual board of directors meeting here.

Dan Erickson Claims PRCA All-Around Athlete Award
For the second time in his four-year career, versatile cowboy Dan Erickson of La Junta, Colo., has claimed the prestigious Linderman Award.

Nation’s Feeder Cattle Prices Some Higher As Fields Dry Out
Yearling feeder steers and heifers sold firm to $1 higher across the country in a light test last week. Steer and heifer calves traded steady to $2 higher, the Southern Plains and Southeast turning sharply higher at midweek.

Superior Livestock Video Sale Offering Totals 24,500 Cattle
Superior Livestock Auction offered 24,500 cattle, mostly feeders, in their regularly scheduled video sale. Consignments were from 26 states. Yearlings sold steady to $1 higher, calves $2-3 higher.

Steers And Heifers $1-3 Higher In Angelo Special Sale Monday
Steers and heifers were $1-3 higher here Monday in the season’s seventh special feeder sale at Producers Livestock Auction.

Angelo Lambs Weak, Feeder Cattle Firm
Feeder and slaughter lambs sold weak this week, slaughter ewes weak to $2 lower; nanny goats were weak to $2 lower, kids $10 lower. Receipts totaled 12,241 head, around 45 percent slaughter ewes, five percent slaughter lambs, five percent feeder lambs and 45 percent goats.

Most Saba Saba Steers, Heifers Sharply Higher
Feeder steers sold $4-6 higher, heifers $3-5 higher, fleshy, unweaned kinds discounted $8-10, slaughter cows and bulls steady, stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 2472 head. Mason did not sell last week, the first week of hunting season.

Domestic Wool Supplies Short, Australian Prices Mostly Up
U.S. wool trading remains slow, primarily due to limited supplies. Demand was moderate to good, the best demand for staple length combing wools, the least for short wools, especially lamb wool under two inches.

Abilene Feeder Steer, Heifer Price Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $2 higher, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 lower, stock cows and pairs $10-20 higher. Receipts totaled 2511 head.

Fredericksburg Feeder Cattle Prices Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 lower. Receipts totaled 828 head.

Billings Feeder Lambs Find Higher Market
Feeder lambs sold $2-3 higher, slaughter ewes $1-3 higher. Receipts totaled 996 head.

Most Brownwood Feeder Cattle Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers under 600 pounds sold $2-6 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady, stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 853 head.

Coleman Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $1 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady, stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 398 head.

Producers Internet Offers 1700 Cattle
Producers Internet auctioned offered 1700 feeder cattle from Florida and Texas, all for current delivery.

Goldthwaite Killer Lambs, Goats Higher
Feeder lambs were scarce, slaughter lambs $5-10 higher, slaughter goats $8-10 higher. Receipts totaled 2201 head.

Hamilton Sells Most Feeder Cattle Higher
Yearling steers sold $2-5 higher, calves $4-7 higher, heifer yearlings higher, calves $3-5 higher, slaughter cows $1-2 lower, bulls steady, stock cows and pairs steady.

Fredericksburg Lambs Firm, Goats Decline
Feeder lambs were scarce, slaughter lambs steady to firm; slaughter goats were $12-15 lower. Receipts totaled 4437 head.

Junction Lambs Strong, Kids, Nannies Lower
Lambs sold strong, other sheep weak; kid goats were $5-8 lower, nannies $5 lower. Receipts totaled 3019 head.

Milano Feeder Steers, Heifers Trend Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts totaled 2375 head.

Llano Feeder Steers, Heifers Move Higher
Feeder steers sold steady to $5 higher, the full advance on weights under 600 pounds, heifers under 550 pounds $2-3 higher, heavier weights steady, slaughter cows and bulls weak. Receipts totaled 1028 head.

Decatur Feeder Calves, Yearlings Sell Higher
Feeder steer and heifer calves and yearlings sold $1-5 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady, stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 2624 head.

Wehrmann-Donnell Bull Sale Tops At $12,750
The seventh annual Wehrmann-Donnell bull sale averaged $1910 per head on the 150 bulls sold, including 90 yearlings and 60 coming two year-olds.

Colorado City Steers Steady, Heifers Rise
Feeder steers sold mostly steady, heifers $3-4 higher, slaughter bulls steady, stock cows and pairs steady to $50 higher. Receipts totaled 365 head.

U.S. Meat Production 3% Above A Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 946.5 million pounds, 1.8 percent less than a week earlier and three percent more than a year ago. Cumulative meat production for the year to date was up 3.4 percent at 40.05 billion pounds.

Kansas Direct Feeder Cattle Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers moving direct in Kansas were firm to $1 higher on a light test last week. The weather was mild with temperatures in the 70s. Wheat has been growing with recent rains and the warm weather. Sales were confirmed on 6092 head.

Boxed Beef Values Up $.96 For Week
The national comprehensive boxed beef cutout value of all steer and heifer sales last week was up 96 cents at $108.54.

Coming Up...
November 14 — North Texas Cattle Improvement Association’s Value Added Premium Stocker/Feeder Sale, Decatur Livestock Market, Decatur, Texas. November 14 — Special Stocker and Feeder Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction, San Saba, Texas. November 18 — Giles • Krier • Merrill "Profit Proven" Commercial Angus Replacement Female Sale, Pratt Livestock Inc., Pratt, Kansas.