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D.M. Martinez of Roy, New Mexico, is reported to have sold 150 steer calves for October delivery to Bill Croft of Lewis, Kansas, at 20 cents a pound. The calves are expected to weigh 375 to 400 pounds on delivery. __________ Cotton McDade of Clayton, New Mexico, this week bought one load of mixed Angus calves from Helen Swagerty of Clayton for October delivery at 18 and 20 cents on the heifers and steers, respectively. These calves are expected to weigh over 400 pounds on delivery. __________ Approximately 500,000 pounds of Texas 12-months wool sold at various West Texas warehouses last week and buyers were dickering on several clips early this week, but few additional trades were reported closed up to Wednesday. Prices were firm, possibly slightly higher, on purchases last week. Several cars sold in the San Angelo area at 65 to 76½ cents per pound, grease basis. Mohair shearing is in swing throughout the goat country and the fibre is accumulating in warehouses. Offers of 76½ cents for adult and $1.01½ for kid hair are being refused by most growers. __________ Dick DeLong of San Angelo has sold 600 whiteface yearling ewes at $13.50 per head. __________ In West Texas, several strings of choice stocker steer calves sold at $20 to $21. The latter price was bid and refused on 500 head this week on the Panhandle. At the same time, other good and choice steer calves were sold at $17 to $19. 45 YEARS AGO Homer Bennett, Clovis, sold 212 Angus steer yearlings expected to weigh near 600 pounds at $25 to Hez Abernathy, Clovis, for Oct. 8 delivery. __________ Tye C. Terrell of Santa Fe has bought the Lovelace Livestock Co. lambs at Corona, N.M., for October delivery at $21.60 and $22.60. __________ Jack Bradley of Hereford sold 200 heifer yearlings expected to weigh around 800 pounds at $24 to Sam Ketch of Rocky Ford, Colo. The heavier heifers will be delivered Sept. 1 and the lighter end in late December. __________ Fred Ball of San Angelo received 650 blackface lambs in the Alpine area that averaged 104 pounds. These were bought several weeks ago from Gay Merriwether. The lambs all went to packers at $22.50 cwt. __________ Haney Tate of Clovis, N.M., bought 100 mixed calves weighing around 425 pounds at $31 straight for delivery this week from J.V. McAdoo, Van Horn, Texas. 40 YEARS AGO John Frantz of Hartley, Texas, is reported to have sold 286 heifers weighing 608 pounds at $18.50, delivered late last week to M.J. Hankins of Stanton, Neb. __________ Wayne Cleveland of Canadian, Texas, sold 900 steer yearlings expected to weigh 675 pounds at $20 for Sept. 1 delivery to Colorado feeders. __________ Charlie Schwartz, Junction, reports contracting approximately 15,000 lambs in the wool for Oct. 1 delivery in the Edwards Plateau area south and west of Junction at $18. Much of this area has had from one to five inches of rain in the last two weeks. __________ Kain Cattle Co., Lubbock, last week bought 237 Holstein steers averaging 716 pounds off of grass in the Sherman, Texas area at $14.50; the steers were put on feed at Caprock Cattle Co.’s feedyards in Lubbock. __________ Bud Linsom, Las Vegas, N.M., sold 115 heifer yearlings at $17 and 185 steers at $19, described as just good cattle expected to weigh around 600, for Oct. 15 delivery to an Oklahoma buyer. __________ Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Bell of Laredo have recently sold their ranch west of Roundup, Mont., to Ralph and Hildegarde Ebeling of Round Mountain, Texas. The Ebelings took possession of the ranch June 1. The Bells recently purchased the Art Rustuen ranch northwest of Grassrange, Mont., and have assumed possession. 35 YEARS AGO Veribest Cattle Feeders, San Angelo, sold three loads of 1050 pound steers grading 70-80 percent choice at $27.50 to Texas packers. __________ Wheatheart Feeders, Perryton, sold 930 steers weighing 1075-1175 pounds, grading 70-75 percent choice, at $27.60 to Kansas City, Mo. and Oklahoma packers. __________ JWJ Cattle Co., Rawls, Texas, sold 181 No. 1 Okie steers weighing about 700 pounds at $26.50 to an Amarillo buyer. __________ Texico Feed Lots, Texico, N.M., sold 135 steers weighing 1000, grading 60 percent choice at $27.20 to a New Mexico packer. __________ Gouvion & Rutherford, Amarillo, sold 208 steers weighing 1140, grading 85 percent choice, at $27.60 out of Hereford Feed Yards to a Texas packer. 30 YEARS AGO Rex Allen, Hollywood cowboy star, will be an active supporter of the 14th annual Cattlemen's Roundup for Crippled Children this year, as he has been for the past 12 years for the West Texas Rehabilitation Center in Abilene. __________ The San Angelo lamb auction offered no fats. Choice heavy feeders 70-85 pounds were mainly $34-35, choice stocker lambs 50-70 pounds $34-37, plainer lambs $30-34. __________ Castor Farms & Feed Yards, Farwell: 300 heifers weighing 725 lbs., 50% choice, $51. __________ Potter Craig, Clovis, bought and received in the Portales area 120 Hereford and black baldface steers weighing 525 pounds at $65.20 and 60 Okie heifers weighing 525 at $53.80. __________ Dan Hardisty, Clovis, bought in the Dora, N.M. area 700 Okie steers weighing about 700 pounds at $60.50. 25 YEARS AGO Charles P. Drummond, Pawhuska, Okla., sold to an Iowa farmer feeder 180 Hereford and black baldface steers weighing 751 pounds at $58. __________ Buddy Cattle Co., Dodge City, Kan., bought in the Greensburg, Kan. area 116 choice Brahman cross steers weighing 800 pounds at $57. __________ Homer Hill & Son, Hart, bought in the Romero area 120 Hereford and black baldface steers weighing 996 pounds at $55. __________ Confirmed screwworm cases in Texas as of Wednesday totaled 304, an increase of 33 cases over last week. Arizona, with 2454 cases, is up 166 cases, the same level of increase as the week before last. __________ Fairleigh Feedyard, Scott City, Kan.: 350 steers, 1150 lbs., 80% choice, $51; 280 steers, 1100 lbs., 80% choice, $50.75. 20 YEARS AGO Ted Rush, Forrest, N.M., sold to an Amarillo buyer 360 No. 1 steers weighing 725 pounds at $59.50. __________ Barnes and Victory, Vinita, Okla., bought in that area about 800 No. 1 steers weighing 800-850 pounds at $58-59. __________ Chris Britten, Groom, bought in Western Oklahoma 200 No. 1 heifers weighing 680 pounds at $52.50. __________ Mayfield & Moss, Bellevue, Texas, sold to a Nebraska buyer 270 mixed breed heifer and steer calves weighing 560 and 610 pounds at $58 and $66. __________ Carl Griffin and son Bill, Tahoka, along with Ron Thompson, Happy, sold to a Dalhart buyer 400 crossbred steers weighing 800 pounds at $57, plus 300 similar steers weighing 750 at $58. 15 YEARS AGO Blackwell, Okla. had its first teleauction in several weeks, selling 420 head at $59.50. __________ Si Watkins, Fort Worth, sold to an Abilene, Texas buyer 65 Brangus first-calf heifer pairs with baby calves, at $800 per pair. __________ Producers Wool and Mohair Co., Del Rio, appeared to be the biggest mohair seller, committing its entire fall adult accumulation at $1.50. Tonnage is estimated at 300,000 pounds. __________ Walter Lasley & Sons, Stratford: 364 steers, 1100-1125 lbs., $71.50; 229 heifers, 1050 lbs., $70.50. __________ Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 250 steers, 1100 lbs., 65% choice $71; 157 heifers, 1050 lbs., 65% choice, $70. 10 YEARS AGO In San Angelo choice and prime slaughter lambs weighing 100-130 lbs., earned $57-62. Midwest had fats $61-69.75 and in teleauction there prices were $64.75-66.75. __________ Walter Lasley & Sons, Stratford: 801 heifers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $74.50. __________ Hitch Feeders, Hooker, Okla.: 627 steers, 1200 lbs., 50% choice, $74; 458 heifers, 1050 lbs., 50% choice, $74. __________ Nortex Feedlot Co., Dalhart: 266 steers, 1140 lbs., 60% choice, $74; 90 heifers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $74. __________ Dimmitt Feed Yards, Dimmitt: 292 heifers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $74; 87 steers, 1175 lbs., 60% choice, $74. 5 YEARS AGO Producers Video Auction offered 17,000 feeder cattle in trade and demand that were both termed moderate. Receipts were mostly from the southeastern and south central states, several from north central states. Delivery is mostly current through November. __________ Total red meat supplies in freezers July 31 decreased three percent from June, but were up three percent from July 1997. Frozen beef supplies were unchanged from last year at 302,447,000 pounds, four percent less than the previous month. __________ Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 867.8 million pounds, 1.9 percent below a week earlier and 2.2 percent above a year ago. __________ Heavy rain over a large portion of the hill country and West Texas accumulated three-day totals from Sonora to Del Rio ranging from 10 to 20 inches and caused severe flooding and possible livestock losses. __________ McCloy Feedlot, Morse: 38 heifers, 1075 lbs., 60% choice, $57.50; 87 heifers, 1150 lbs., 40% choice, $57; 94 steers, 1250 lbs., 50% choice, $57. |
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