Heavy Lamb Takes Big Price Jump
Heavy lamb carcasses are dwindling in numbers and packers are searching for them, which prompted a $15 jump in price last week. At that, the price is still considerably less than for lighter weights.

Lower Bids Trim Plains Fed Cattle Trade To A Trickle
Prosperity is fickle, even the red-ink type of prosperity the fed cattle trade has seen the last few weeks. This week’s Plains fat trade started out sluggish at a dollar lower and quickly slipped from there.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

Home Feeding Operation Pays For One Hill Country Rancher
Robin Giles has been feeding his own lambs at home since about 1982. For him, retained ownership has been a paying venture.

Rotational Grazing Was Part Of Ranch Improvement Program
Most ranchers are willing to try new tools to help improve their bottom line. Sally Youngblood turned to an old tool that has helped her ranching operation here in the Texas Panhandle.

Producer Cooperative Teams Up With Farmland National Beef
U.S. Premium Beef LTD, a closed cooperative based in Manhattan, Kan. and owned by U.S. beef producers, has entered an agreement to purchase 50 percent of Farmland National Beef Packing Company, L.P.

Koch Beef Is Seeking "Perfect" Cow; Doubts They'll Find One
To Kansas-based Kock Beef Company, the final determinant of a successful cattle program is the consumer with a fork.

Understanding Water Rights Changes Requires Background
Senate Bill 1 is not an integrated, complete statute which you can read from page one through page 196 and have a complete understanding of water rights in Texas.

NCBA Applauds Capital Gains, Death Tax Reductions In Bill
Years of effort to gain tax relief for cattle producers paid off today with the announcement of a tentative agreement by the conference committee working out the differences in House and Senate tax relief proposals.

Wolf Scheme's Ulterior Motive To Scare People From The Land
In May 1994, Denver Post environmental writer Mark Obmascik welcomed the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park with this incredible line of reasoning: "Wolves are killers ... They don't think fawns are cute and cuddly; wolves look at Bambi and see fresh meat. Sometimes they look at humans the same way ...

Forest Service Tells Ranchers In Southwest Grazing May End
The U.S. Forest Service put New Mexico and Arizona ranchers on notice Friday that their grazing permits may be altered before expiration following a court ruling won by environmentalists last week.

Death Tax Revision Hailed As Crucial To Future Of Ag
While death and taxes remain life's surest bets, farmers, ranchers and small business owners hope Washington's new budget deal means taxes after death aren't quite as automatic.

Century-Old Ranch Broken Up In Passage Of Generations
Don McIvor holds forth about his longtime home, a cherished family legacy, and it's like listening to a protracted sigh.

Brush Sculpting Meets In Uvalde, Abilene
Two brush sculpting symposia have been set for Uvalde and Abilene on August 21-22 and September 17-18, respectively. "Brush encroachment is a two-edged sword for managers of Texas rangelands," said Dr. Dale Rollins, Extension wildlife specialist in San Angelo and coordinator for both events.

Senate Bill Seeks Ag Research Boost
A bill moving in the U.S. Senate would boost spending on agricultural research by $780 million over five years, a move lawmakers say is crucial to meet a growing world population's demand for food.

More Livestock Virus Cases Hit Colorado
Six new cases of a highly contagious disease that causes lesions on the lips, mouths and throats of livestock have been confirmed in Colorado, bringing the statewide total to eight.

Superior Livestock Video Sale Offering Totals 103,000 Cattle
Superior Livestock Auction offered more than 103,000 feeder and stock cattle in their Video Royale V special sale here. Consignments were from 28 states and Mexico.

Alfalfa Sprouts Seen As Source Of E-coli
Say "E-coli" and what comes to mind? Hamburger, of course, but increasingly it appears that people are contracting the potentially deadly bug from non-meat sources - it just doesn't make the papers.

Steer And Heifer Prices Steady In Angelo Special Sale Monday
Trading was termed active and demand good, the quality attractive, including many bunches of fresh, preconditioned, native cattle.

Calf Roper Mike Johnson Wins All-Around At Cheyenne
Oklahoma cowboy Mike Johnson, a 14-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier, went into the final calf roping round of the 101st annual Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo leading the average race with a two-round time of 24.2 seconds.

Angelo Feeder Lambs Steady, Cattle Weak
Feeder lambs sold generally steady this week, slaughter lambs firm to $2 higher and slaughter ewes weak to $1 lower. Receipts totaled 10,789 head.

San Saba, Brownwood Mason Cattle Steady
Cattle Prices in general were steady last week in Mason, Brownwood and San Saba except choice lightweight steers $1-3 higher. Receipts at the three sales totaled 3124 head.

Coming Up ...
Aug. 8—Special High Dollar Calf and Yearling Sale, Junction Stockyards, Junction, Tex. Aug. 9—Rhodes Ranch Complete Dispersal, Colorado City Livestock Market, Colorado City, Tex. Aug. 13— Associated Auctions Video Sale, Clovis, N. M.