Feeder Lambs Turn Lower, Fats Higher
Feeder lambs in Texas found hard going this week with many markets losing around $5. Midwest markets were mostly steady under limited trading, though some sales were up sharply. Most of the western feeder lambs have been committed for future delivery and little new trading has occurred.

Fed Cattle Gain $1 In Early Trade, But Feedlots Want More
Plains fed cattle prices gained a dollar to mostly $69 on Tuesday before feedlots got the notion they’d like more. By Wednesday packers were still bidding $68-69 but feeders were holding out for $70.

Plains Feedlot Sales

Range Sales

Foster Brothers Have Auction Empire In Steamy East Texas
Don and Peewee Foster probably sell more cattle than anyone else in the state of Texas. "We've got three auction barns, but we've got four sales," says Don Foster. "We sell at Henderson on Monday. We sell at Emory on Tuesday and Saturday, and we sell here on Friday. At Emory, we sold 175,000 cattle at that one barn last year. Here we sold 120,000."

Lingering Winter Slows Effort To Return Yellowstone Buffalo
Deep snow in Yellowstone National Park is preventing Montana’s state Livestock Department from hazing about 65 buffalo back into the park.

Media, Extremists Lose Humans’ Place In Environmental Issues
By William Perry Pendley
Recently I was interviewed by a college student who was writing a paper on the Endangered Species Act. Early in the interview she asked, "I have the impression that one principle that guides you is your belief that human beings are more important than other creatures. Is that true and why?"

Europe And U.S. Reach Pact On Meat Inspection Methods
The United States and the European Union reached agreement last week on most meat inspection standards in a dispute that had threatened about $350 million in trans-Atlantic trade.

Driving Urge To Swing A Rope Breeds Need For Creative Fib
Several years back, I had a reputation for using a rope just a little too much. And I guess there was a day or two in my younger life that I pulled a rope down when it just wasn’t really needed.

Costs For Species Protection Climbing; Backers Back Away
The bills are finally beginning to come due for federal "endangered species" schemes, and as might have been predicted, those who pushed hardest for protection have no intention of paying them — they’ve passed that buck to the taxpayers.

House Passes One-Year CRP Extension On Wheat Acreage
Despite warnings that it could worsen wheat supply problems, the House passed a one-year extension of a land conservation program for farmers in winter wheat regions.

Aussies’ Meat Export Targets Made Public
South Korea is being targeted as an expanding market for Australian beef exports by the turn of the century as trade restrictions are eased in that country, a meat industry forum was told here late last week.

Angelo Feeder Lambs Lower, Cattle Firm
Slaughter lambs were not tested this week, feeder lambs $3-5 lower, slaughter ewes $3-5 lower, instances $10 lower. Receipts totaled 14,218 head.

San Saba, Brownwood, Mason Feeders Higher
Feeder steers sold $1-3 higher in Mason, Brownwood and San Saba last week, heifers $1-3 higher with replacements $3-5 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady, stock cows in good demand. Receipts totaled 2559 head at the three sales.

Higher Court Overrules Bunton Again On Edwards Aquifer Issue
Once again, a higher court has overruled Edwards Aquifer water pumping limits ordered U.S. District Judge Lucius Bunton.

New Take-Out Concept In Beef Not Desired
Dairy farmer Lowell Seward went looking for a missing calf last week and found it ready to be barbecued at a local camp.

World Grain Council Cuts Wheat Forecast
Global wheat production next season will be slightly lower than previously expected, the International Grains Council said late last week. The council raised its forecast on corn and maize, however.

Forest Service Plans To Burn Grasslands
Up to 17,000 acres of grassland on the Arizona-New Mexico border east of Douglas is to be intentionally burned next month by the U.S. Forest Service.

USDA Backing Loans On Beef Co-Op Stock
The U.S. Agriculture Department is offering loan guarantees to help ranchers in seven Northern Plains states start a beef processing and marketing cooperative.

R.A. Brown Replacement Sale Offers 650 Head
The R.A. Brown Ranch offered more than 650 replacement cows at their annual "The Cowman’s Sale".

Unregistered Bull in a Hotel
Choice gleanings from 45-plus years of Unregistered Bull.
"Outside of a lack of rich ancestors," sighed John, "I believe the absence of education and good sense hurts a man worse than anything else. I’m telling you, a backward child has a hard time in this old world.

On The Edge Of Common Sense 
By Baxter Black
If it were possible to clone human beings from history, what would they be doing today?

Pokin' Fun 
By Doc Blakely
The continuing saga of the battle between the sexes. Ladies, here's what he really means: "Take a break, honey, you're working too hard." Really means ... "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner." "It's a really good movie."

Shortgrass Country
By Monte Noelke
Every spring the county agent over at Mertzon and a veterinarian from San Angelo vaccinate the county’s riding stock for rabies and sleeping sickness. The more affluent, like the ropers and Shetland pony owners, also deworm their horses under the same program. Ranch horses are lucky to receive the shots.

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