PICTURES DON'T LIE, but they can be deceiving. These cows, bulls and juicy calves appear to be standing in good summer grass; a closer look, however, reveals an abundance of annual broomweed, a byproduct of good fall and spring moisture. Even sheep country was covered this year.

Lamb Prices Show Weaker Trend Again
Fat and feeder lamb prices were lower again this week with declines mostly around the two to four dollar mark.

Plains Fed Cattle Gain $2 In Brisk Early-Week Trade
Persistence has paid off for Plains cattle feeders. Last week they held firm in the face of $63-64 bids and eventually ended up moving more than 112,000 head at a steady $65.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

Alfred Helmers Has Ranched Girvin Country For 55 Years
For a young man just starting out in ranching, paying interest and feeding through a drouth can be an expensive way to learn the business. Alfred Helmers says the lessons he learned under those difficult circumstances have remained with him a long time.

Field Day Focuses Attention On Soon To Open Lamb Plant
As the grand opening for the new San Angelo lamb and goat slaughtering facility, Ranches' Lamb of Texas, rapidly approaches, part of the afternoon program at last week's sheep and goat field day here focused on value-added programs.

Matadors Still Remembered Fondly By Oldtime Cowboys
All the stories that are swapped here during the Matador Cowboy Reunion each year seem to begin with, "I was riding with Rosie Deaton when ..."

Tyson Foods To Buy Hudson After Beef Recall Wounding
Tyson Foods, the nation's largest poultry producer, said last Thursday it was buying Hudson Foods for $642 million in cash and stock.

Anthrax Cases Found In Texas, But Nothing Out Of Ordinary
Anthrax. The sound of the word puts teeth on edge and has been known to give stockmen unsettling dreams. This year it's doing the same for some Texas sportsmen, probably unnecessarily.

TSGRA Gears Up For Referendum; Voting To Be Sept. 26-Oct. 10
Speaking here last week at the annual sheep and goat field day, Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association president Tim Turner, San Angelo, provided an overview of the upcoming referendum on sheep and goat promotions.

Southwest Stockmen Fighting Back With Lawsuit On Grazing
Arizona cattlemen are trying to stop the U.S. Forest Service from enforcing new grazing regulations.

Federal Land Managers Slooow In Completing Rules Changes
The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management takes years, and in some cases nearly a decade, to make the kind of changes Western Republicans want in logging, mining and grazing rules, an audit said last week.

Next CRP Signup Announced, But Program Facing Glitches
Farmers nationwide will have five weeks beginning in October to apply for government contracts to pay for idling "environmentally sensitive" land, say U.S. Agriculture Department officials.

Longhorn Meet Focus To Be On Cooperative
The Cattlemen's Texas Longhorn Registry will gather at City Council chambers here Saturday, Sept. 20 for the group's seventh annual membership meeting.

Angelo Lambs Lower, Cattle Move Higher
Feeder lambs weighing under 70 pounds sold steady this week, heavier weights weak to $2 lower, slaughter lambs $5-6 lower, slaughter ewes uneven, mostly firm to $2 higher.

Llano Feeder Steer, Heifer Trends Mixed
Feeder steers and heifers under 500 pounds sold $2-4 higher. Receipts totaled 869 head.

Most Colorado City Cattle Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-3 higher, slaughter cows $2 higher, bulls steady, replacement heifers higher, cow-calf pairs steady. Receipts totaled 1571 head.

Loose Ends

Coming Up ...
Sept. 12—Superior Livestock Auction's Video Cattle Auction, Superior Studio, Fort Worth, Texas. Sept. 12—Special High Dollar Calf and Yearling Sale, Junction Stockyards, Junction, Tex. Sept. 12—Bobby Edmond Horse Sales Panhandle Ranchers Select Gelding Sale, Tri-State Fairgrounds, Amarillo, Tex.