45 YEARS AGO

C.S. Lips of San Antonio has sold 450 stocker Hereford cows off his ranch near Falfurrias to Maurice Cohen of San Antonio at 22 cents a pounds for immediate delivery.

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Paul Harden of Ashland, Kansas, bought a load of steer yearlings averaging 525 pounds this week at 35 cents a pound through Augustine Livestock Commission Company, Texhoma, Oklahoma.

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Robert Alexander, Jr., of Gruver, Texas, sold 115 steer yearlings weighing 800 pounds to Cline Cattle Company of Amarillo at 33 cents per pound.

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H.P. King of Ima, New Mexico, last week sold through the Clovis Cattle Commission Company 30 Angus heifer calves which averaged 359 pounds at 42 cents a pound.

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Walton Kothmann of Menard last week shipped three loads of mutton lambs which he had bought for Nebraska feeders at 26 cents a pound; they averaged 71 pounds.

40 YEARS AGO

Carroll Lewis of Clarendon, Texas, and O.O. Turner of Altus, Okla., recently bought and received 604 heifer yearlings averaging about 575 pounds at $15.35 from George Ray of Roy, N.M. They also bought, from Ray, 79 medium quality steer yearlings weighing 555 pounds at $15.50.

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John Blanton of Pershing, Okla. sold two loads of fed steers weighing 940 pounds and delivered them the first of this week at $19 to Armour & Co., Oklahoma, City.

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Marshall Cator of Sunray, Texas, is reported to have sold about 900 steers averaging about 800 pounds at $17.50 and delivered them last week to Fred Hill of Phoenix.

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In northern Wyoming, 1800 wether lambs recently turned off beet tops sold to go into feedlots last week at $17.35, the USDA reported; also, 1000 whiteface ewe lambs in the same area brought $19.25 cwt.

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From the Classifieds: Hay for Sale. We have several hundred tons of alfalfa and prairie hay. Very good quality. Also some in Illinois. Can deliver to most of Texas and New Mexico at $37 for alfalfa and $36 for prairie hay.—Glenn McIntee, Plainfield, Wisconsin

35 YEARS AGO

Cattle on farms in Argentina numbered 43.4 million head on June 30 this year, or five percent more than a year earlier, according to the annual survey there.

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Gooch Feedlots at Dalhart sold a load of fed heifers weighing 850 at $23.50 to Pinkney Packing Co., Amarillo.

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Bill Beatty of Amarillo sold 92 heifer and steer calves weighing 430 and 476 at $26 and $28, delivered to Melvin Barton of Dimmitt, through Ray Barber of Amarillo.

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Morrison Bros., Pampa, bought 300 stocker cows, four and five year-olds and weighing 1000-1100 pounds, at $215 per head from Buck Cone, Amarillo.

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Alex Inman of Reydon, Okla., sold and delivered 120 mixed calves weighing 350 pounds at $29 straight across to Bob Sherrod of McLean, Texas.

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The U.S. Weather Bureau’s weekly crop summary reported the corn crop only 50 percent harvested in Kansas and Missouri as of last weekend, and harvesting was at a standstill because of muddy fields.

30 YEARS AGO

Jim McAndrews of Hereford sold 170 heifers weighing 850 pounds and grading about 65 percent choice at $23.50 to a Texas Panhandle packer.

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Jerrel Gann of Guymon, Okla., bought 190 fed steers in the Oklahoma Panhandle at $24 on packer order. They weighed 1100 pounds and graded 65 percent choice.

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The Diedrichsen feedlots at Dumas sold 120 good and choice heifers weighing 825 pounds at $23.50 to a Texas packer.

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Texline Feedlots at Texline, Texas, sold 90 steers grading 80 percent choice and weighing 1096 pounds at $243 to a Texas packer.

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Homer Hill of Hart, Texas, bought 53 Hereford steer yearlings weighing about 700 pounds in the Logan, N.M. area at $23.

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J.B. Kimble Jr. of Clayton, N.M., sold 98 Angus and black baldface steer yearlings weighing 776 pounds at $24.40 to an Illinois feeder.

25 YEARS AGO

Epps Brown, Sunray, Texas, bought from the CS Ranch, Cimarron, N.M., 225 Hereford 6-7 year-old cows weighing around 1000 pounds at $225.

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Calvin Talley, Friona, sold to a Texas buyer 300 Hereford, Angus and black baldface steers with a weight stipulation of 625 pounds at $35.

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Hitch Ranch Feed Lot, Guymon, Okla.: 838 steers weighing 1150 lbs., 70% choice, $34.25.

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Sugarland Feed Yards, Hereford, bought in the Graham area 172 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 659 pounds at $36.75.

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Producers Grain Corp. Feed Yard, Hale Center: 130 Braham crossbred steers weighing 1000 lbs., good, $32.50.

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Nortex Feedlot, Dalhart: 375 steers weighing 1150 lbs., 80% choice, $34.50.

20 YEARS AGO

In Northern Colorado, USDA reported 2000 fat lambs weighing 106-108 pounds in No. 1 to mostly No. 2 pelts at $44 delivered.

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Abraham Cattle Co., Memphis, Tenn., bought from the Whitehead Ranch in Coahuila, Mexico, about 2500 choice Hereford steers weighing 375-400 pounds at $42.50 delivered to Del Rio.

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Halo Cattle Co., Elida, N.M., sold to an Oklahoma City buyer about 1200 Hereford, black baldface and a few mixed breed steers weighing 700 pounds at $35.

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Jersig Cattle Co., Clovis, N.M., sold to a California feedyard 500 Hereford and black baldface steers weighing 500 pounds at $38.

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Coronado Feeders, Dalhart: 618 steers, 1050-1075 lbs., 70-75% choice, $41.

15 YEARS AGO

Virgil Stine, Welch, Kan., sold to a Mississippi buyer 170 mixed breed steers weighing 536 pounds at $67.

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Roy P. Fort, Caprock, N.M., sold to an Oklahoma buyer 200 mixed breed steers weighing 890 pounds at $60, also 100 heifer mates weighing 850 at $52.

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A.D. and Ken Graves, Bartlett, Kan., sold to a local buyer 167 mixed breed heifers weighing 727 pounds at $55.50.

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Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in the Texas Panhandle 300 No. 1 and better steers weighing 700-725 pounds at $64.

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Dimmitt Feed yard, Dimmitt: 746 steers, 1100 lbs., 75% choice, $64.
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Bill Jackson Cattle Co., Antlers, Okla., bought in the Muskogee, Okla. area one load of No. 1 steers weighing 675 pounds at $65 delivered to Kansas, also one load of similar heifers weighing 550 at $57 delivered to West Texas.

10 YEARS AGO

The Blackwell, Okla. teleauction was strong at $73.50 for one load weighing 113-114 pounds.

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Stiles Cattle Co., Cuero, bought in the local area 107 No. 1 crossbred steers weighing 449 pounds at $68.60; 94 similar steers weighing 477 at $67.20.

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3K Cattle Feeders, Hereford: 125 steers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $64; 150 heifers, 950 lbs., 50% choice, $62.50.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 313 steers, 1100 lbs., 60% choice, $64; 142 steers, 1125 lbs., 55% choice, $63.50; 88 heifers, 950 lbs., 70% choice, $63.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 1370 steers, 1100 lbs., 70% choice, $63.50; 400 heifers, 1000 lbs., 70% choice, $62.50,

5 YEARS AGO

Stiles Cattle Co., Cuero, bought in the local area 94 No. 1 crossbred steers weighing 496 pounds at $91.30; 88 similar steers weighing 562 at $87.90; 97 No. 1 crossbred heifers weighing 526 at $86.10.

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XIT Feeders, Dalhart: 2253 steers, 1100-1160 lbs., 45% choice, $73.50; 157 heifers, 1030 lbs., 35% choice, $73.50.

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Cattle Town Inc., Hereford: 94 Holsteins, 1250 lbs., $68.

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3K Cattle Feeders, Hereford: 150 heifers, 1075 lbs., 50% choice, $73.

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H&H Feedlot, Roscoe: 240 heifers, 1025-1050 lbs., $73.50; 65 heifers, 725-75 lbs., $77.