Fat, Feeder Lamb Prices About Steady
Fat and feeder lambs held fairly steady in most areas this week, aside from a little up and down shift where supplies were not in sync with demand. Dressed lamb carcasses held steady last week at $187.50-188 on the East Coast with the limited supply finding a relatively good demand.

Plains Fed Cattle Prices Up $1 In Wednesday Trade
Texas Panhandle feedlots repeated last week’s performance, adding a dollar to fed cattle prices after rebuffing stready to lower offers. Some feeders liked the feel of power so well that by Wednesday afternoon they were turning down the extra dollar and holding for a $2 pickup at $66.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

Feeder Sees Need For Cattle Market Change, But Unsure How
There's something different about this 22,000 head feedyard south of Interstate 40 near the small Texas Panhandle town of McLean.

Beef Company Formed To Help Packer Develop Branded Product
There has been much talk of late that commodity beef is outdated and that the beef industry must redirect its efforts toward new, innovative marketing techniques identifying specified consumer targets if it expects to continue competing with other meats.

Senate Leaders Seeking Input On Sweeping Water Regulation
Water is the lifeblood of our existence, but it is something we tend to take for granted when Mother Nature's been generous. Texans assume water will flow from the tap when they prepare to make a pot of coffee, wash their hands, take a bath, or simply get a cool drink on a warm day.

Cattlemen’s Association Adopts Variety Of Policy Statements
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, meeting here recently, adopted a variety of policies for 1997.

TSGRA Votes To Begin Immediate Work On State Referendum Plan
Approximately 150 members and directors of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association met at the Sonora Experiment Station recently to discuss different ways of funding association activities in view of the apparent failure of the national sheep and wool checkoff.

Govt. Turns Supply, Demand On Its Head
Government has a funny way of looking at many issues; in the case of supply and demand, it appears that government gets its best view while standing on its head.

Clinton Budget Includes Fees For Food Safety Inspections
The Clinton administration’s budget proposal includes nearly half a billion dollars in new fees for food safety inspections, a scheme that has raised alarms in the agriculture industry.

Senator Wants BLM Rules Written Anew
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig wants Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to order a new start on proposed Bureau of Land Management law enforcement rules that the Idaho Republican contends go too far.

Angelo Feeder Steers, Heifers, Lambs Steady
Feeder and slaughter lambs sold mostly steady this week, slaughter ewes steady to weak. Receipts totaled 7845 head. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady last week, slaughter cows and bulls firm to $1 higher, stock cows and pairs sharply higher. Receipts totaled 4336 head.

On The Edge Of Common Sense
By Baxter Black
It is the year 2020. I am 74 years old. I quit team ropin' last year. Never did win a buckle. The U.S. Team Ropin' Association kept raising the age limit to tie on. If I could have hung on six more years I might have finally caught up. They never would put me back to a two handicap. Doin' good at that one ropin' in 1996 cost me a lot!

Unregistered Bull in a Hotel Lobby
Choice gleanings from 45-plus years of Unregistered Bull.
"As if things weren’t already mixed up enough," said John, "I see now where they’re talking about the Mexican border being opened up for cattle, maybe by fall. This comes as a jolt on top of statements about a month ago that the border was as far from being opened as it was three years ago.

Pokin' Fun
By Doc Blakely
The Motor Carriers Association is a fancy name for a bunch of "good old boys" who used to be known as truck drivers. In their recent session in Seattle, they held meetings, looked at new equipment, and swapped tall tales.

Shortgrass Country
By Monte Noelke
U.S. sheep numbers dropped below eight million head last year. In 1950, a benchmark and banner year for the business, the count showed a sheep population of over 52 million head. In the shortgrass country alone before the Big Drouth of that decade, herders stayed so far behind in the sheep pens drenching and shearing, a meaningful tally was difficult.

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