Hindsight

50 YEARS AGO

Peach Smith of Stratford, Texas, sold 100 heifer yearlings weighing 511 pounds to Fred Bauer of Denver, March 17 delivery at $18.

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Boots Montgomery of Vega last Friday sold 100 choice to fancy steer calves weighing 420 pounds through Amarillo Livestock Auction Company at $22.30.

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Sid Powers of Amarillo sold to Frank Cooper, also of Amarillo, 72 mixed yearlings weighing 600 pounds at $18 and $20; March 23 delivery off wheat.

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Delmer Durrett of Amarillo sold to Buck Cone, also of Amarillo, 120 heifer yearlings weighing 540 pounds at $17.50 and 165 steer yearlings weighing 650 pounds at $19.50, March 21 delivery.

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Harvey Martin of San Angelo bought 1250 wooled feeder lambs weighing 70 pounds from Conn Johnson of Melvin at 20 cents a pound.

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Mid-West Feed Yards in San Angelo this week bought one load of stocker ewe lambs weighing 87 pounds in full wool at $20.50 from Mack Hartgrove, Paint Rock.

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Frank Begert of Canyon, Texas, sold 75 cows four and five years old, with 22 calves on them, to a Waurika, Oklahoma buyer at $135 per head, March 22.

45 YEARS AGO

Jake Carthel of Amarillo bought 74 steer yearlings weighing about 700 pounds for delivery this week off cake and grass at $27 from Jimmy Shelton of McLean, Texas.

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Bud Layton of Folsom, N.M., sold 66 cows with 16 calves on them at $280 per cow and delivered them recently to an Oklahoma buyer; the cows were threes to sevens.

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Wid Burchard & Son of Folsom, N.M., sold 100 short yearling steers expected to weigh about 480 pounds at $35 for May 1 delivery off cake and grass to Jimmy Price of Clayton, N.M.

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Walter Smith of Wyoming, Ill., bought 200 heifer yearlings expected to weigh near 475 pounds for March 25 delivery off cake and grass near Guthrie, Texas, at $31 from Dalby Fleming of Childress.

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Bob Lindsey of Borger, Texas, sold off his ranch near Hereford 270 mixed calves for delivery this week at $32.50 for the heifers, weighing 464, and $34.50 for the steers, weighing 520 pounds, to Lowell Winsor of Texline.

40 YEARS AGO

Cecil Henderson, Salina, Kan., bought, on order for American Stores at Lincoln, Neb., 125 fed heifers, described as choice and weighing 1000 pounds, at $37 on dressed basis from Young & Cooper, Wichita, Kan., delivered last week out of feedlots at Pratt, Kan.

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Hack January of Claude, Texas, sold 50 heifers weighing 563 pounds at $19.50, delivered last week off his north ranch to an Amarillo buyer.

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Rodney Smith of Happy, Texas, sold 277 steers, Herefords with some Angus on them, weighing 732 pounds at $21 and delivered them late last week to an Amarillo buyer.

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George Simms of Panhandle bought 80 steers from Herman Biggs there at $22.50 for some Herefords weighing 550 and $21.50 for some Angus weighing about 750 for delivery this week.

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Roswell Wool & Mohair Co., Roswell, N.M., accepted bids on approximately 40,000 pounds of the 130,000 pounds of wool offered in small lots during their sale Tuesday, reported James Goodrum, manager.

Prices of the accepted bids ranged from 36 to 50 cents for the wools, consisting of untied fall lamb wool and 12-months fleeces. Buyers were J.P. Stevens & Co., Nichols & Co. Another sale is scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday.

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L.A. Hudson of Groom bought 60 steers weighing 532 at $22, delivered this week from J.F. Ford of Bootleg, Texas.

35 YEARS AGO

T.B. Saunders, Fort Worth and Weatherford, in association with his son Tom B. Sanders IV and son-in-law Jim Calhoun, sold 2075 reputation Twin V and Spur brand Hereford steer yearlings for July 12 delivery at $30.25; the steers, expected to weigh 650-700 pounds at delivery, were sold to a Northern feeder through Wilderspin Cattle Co.

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Ernest Langenegger & Sons, Hagerman, N.M., "hedged" 400 heifers by contracting them for mid-August delivery to a California packer at $27.50. Some arrived at the feed pens the day they were contracted, the others the week before.

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Something new in the mohair trade was the manner in which mohair was displayed for sealed bid sales in Uvalde and Rocksprings. All the kid, young goat and finer adult was on the floor, 20 percent actually laid out for inspection and the rest available. Ten percent of the coarser adult was laid out. Several buyers lauded this feature but were less keen on the sealed bid system.

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Harry Burden, Pampa, bought 137 Herefords weighing 525 pounds at $26.50 in the Panhandle, Texas area.

30 YEARS AGO

Jimmy Hargrove, Clovis, sold and delivered to a Colorado feedyard 250 Hereford and mixed breed steers weighing about 575 pounds at $43.

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Travis Nuckols, Clovis, sold to an Oklahoma buyer 120 Angus and black baldface steers weighing about 600 pounds at $42.50 delivered.

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John E. Simpson Jr., Tulia, sold off wheat to a Lubbock feedyard 634 Brahman cross steers weighing about 640 pounds at $43 delivered.

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Floyd Cole, Hereford, sold to local buyers 700 Okie steers weighing 538 pounds at $45 delivered.

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XIT Feedyard, Dalhart: 300 steers, 1075 lbs., 70% choice, $42.

25 YEARS AGO

Leon Musick, Dora, N.M., sold to a Texas buyer 80 Angus heifers and steers weighing 650 pounds at $68 and $75.

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Butch Priest, Clovis, sold to a Texas buyer 50 Hereford and a black baldface heifers weighing 612 pounds at $78.75.

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Nortex Feedlot Co., Dalhart: 180 steers, 1075 lbs., 75% choice, $74.25; 120 heifers, 950 lbs., 75% choice, $71.75.

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Paul Rodman, Tyrone, Okla., bought in the Oklahoma Osage 92 No. 1 steers weighing 502 pounds at $97.50.

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Pid Luce, Melrose, N.M., sold to an out of state buyer 225 Okie steers weighing 725 pounds at $74.50.

20 YEARS AGO

Brooke and Stephanie Jones, Canyon, sold to a local buyer 88 No. 1 and better heifers weighing 600-625 pounds at $63.

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Davidson Feed Pens, Pecos, bought in Central Texas 141 No. 1 crossbred heifers weighing 345 pounds at $62.76 delivered.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 175 steers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $70.

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In Texas, feedlot operators sold lambs last week for $57-59; some light fed lambs in the 90-105 pound range were $59-60.

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Bill Porter, Clarendon Cattle Co., Clarendon, bought in the Tulia area 120 thin No. 1 and better steers weighing 436 pounds at $72. He sold to a local buyer 116 No. 1 and better steers weighing 550 at $67.25.

15 YEARS AGO

In Texas, some adult mohair has been sold for $1.40, a small amount of kid $3.75-4. In general, the market remains very quiet. Winter storms have caused late shearing and death losses.

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Hartwin Holmstrom & Sons, Georgetown, have sold 50 Brangus bred heifers for $750 per head.

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The USDA’s bi-weekly report on cattle imports from Mexico shows 55,093 feeder steers entering during the period Feb. 26-March 11. Since Jan. 1, imports have totaled 306,333 head.

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3-K Cattle Feeders, Hereford: 100 heifers, 1000 lbs., 60% choice, $78.

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Dimmitt Feedyard, Dimmitt: 257 steers, 1100-1125 lbs., 60-65% choice, $79.

10 YEARS AGO

Kansas fed cattle trade as of about noon Wednesday stood at just over 50,000 head, the going price $75 on live cattle and $120.50 on a few carcass deals. Nebraska reported the same price, and Midwest direct areas were getting $74-75 on a strengthening run.

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Luckey Custom Feedlot, Devine: 300 heifers, 1000 lbs., $73.

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PACO Feed Yard, Friona: 273 steers, 1175 lbs., 60% choice, $75; 106 Holsteins, $69.

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Lykes Brothers Feed Yards, Edroy: 177 heifers, 950 lbs., $72.75.

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XIT Feeders, Dalhart: 1426 heifers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $75; 1110 steers, 1175 lbs., 60% choice, $75.

5 YEARS AGO

Producers Video Auction offered 3700 feeder cattle at their regularly scheduled sale. Consignments were from five states, delivery mostly current to June.

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The Hereford Associates sold 100 Hereford bulls and 157 female lots in their "first annual" bull and female sale at Port City Stockyards. The bulls averaged $1523 and females, including pairs, bred, exposed and open, averaged $780.

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USDA reports 2225 head of feeder cattle selling direct off Oklahoma range and in the Northwest a total of 2750 head.

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Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in the Texas Panhandle for May delivery 785 No.1-1½ Okie heifers to weigh 700 pounds at $66; for current delivery 140 No. 1 steers weighing 750 pounds at $70.

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Vann-Roach Cattle Co., Fort Worth, bought in Central Texas for September delivery one load of Holstein-Brangus cross steers to weigh 425 pounds at $79, also a load of Holstein steers to weigh 425 at $72.

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