45 YEARS AGO

Prosser Martin of Del Rio recently bought 95 heifer calves in the Llano area weighing 400 pounds at an average price of $21.25 cwt., and a load of mixed calves weighing around 350 pounds in the Brackettville area at $17 to $20 to put in his feedlot at Del Rio.

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Floyd Brown of Adrian, Texas, sold 700 good age cows to Fred Bauer of Denver, Colorado, at 12 cents per pound; these were delivered November 4.

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Charlie Waller of Roswell has bought several thousand old ewes recently at around $4.50 to $5.50 per head. Included were 500 from Charlie Fuller of Picacho at five cents per pound, 400 from Kim Yoder of Roswell at $4.75 per head, 250 from Wade Corn at $5 per head, and 200 from Rhoda Harris of Roswell at $4 per head.

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Richard Adams of Amarillo has bought 62 steer yearlings from Epps Brown of Sunray, Texas, at $24; these were delivered October 27.

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Lee Merrill of Clovis recently delivered 200 steer yearlings weighing 643 pounds at $25 to Texas and Producers Livestock Marketing Association of Kansas City.

40 YEARS AGO

Buck Cone of Amarillo sold 140 purebred Hereford cows, three and four years old, 60 with calves and the rest springers, at $225 per cow to Fred Finch of Dalhart.

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Don Kuper of Dalhart bought 83 choice quality stocker cows, five year-olds of TO breeding, at $162 per head from the Harlan ranch at Bueyeros, N.M., delivered Nov. 3.

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Gale Eastman of Amarillo bought 1270 heifer yearlings estimated to weigh around 500 pounds at $19 for delivery this week from George and Gary Simms of Panhandle.

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Ed Claborn of Clayton sold 68 mixed calves weighing 500 pounds at $22.50 and $24.50 to George Wiggins, Clayton, delivered Oct. 30.

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Charlie Waller of Roswell bought and received 1500 blackface lambs averaging 88 pounds at $21 cwt. from Carl Lewis, delivered in Roswell off Lewis’ ranch in the Guadalupe Mountains east of Artesia.

35 YEARS AGO

Hall Medford of Amarillo sold 102 steer yearlings, choice quality Herefords averaging 600 pounds, at $26 to Bud Brainard of Canadian.

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N.C. Crites of Clayton, N.M., sold 200 steer yearlings weighing 625 pounds at $26.50 and delivered them to a Panhandle buyer.

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W.A. Rush, Elida, sold 60 fancy quality Hereford steer calves averaging 317 pounds at $34 delivered to Bob Berry of Gage, Okla.

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Charles Dunlap of Vaughn delivered 887 steer yearlings averaging 643 at $24.50 to Sol Bouziden of Alva, Okla.

30 YEARS AGO

Ferol L. Smith of Des Moines, N.M., sold 164 Hereford steers weighing 711 pounds at $24.50 and delivered them to Torpey Cattle Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

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Junction Warehouse Co. sold 30,000 pounds of fall adult hair at 32 cents.

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Texline Commercial Cattle Feeding Co., Texline. sold 86 heifers weighing 960, grading 60% choice, at $24.25 to a Memphis, Tenn. packer.

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Johnny Daniel of Perryton sold 600 Hereford steers of Mexican origin weighing a little more than 500 pounds at $24 delivered off Nebraska pasture to a Nebraska buyer.

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W.J. Hill Jr. of Bushland sold 47 choice 807-pound heifers that yielded 59.74% at $41 on the rail to a local packer.

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The USDA reported that the average price received by farmers and ranchers for wool on Oct. 15 was 38.9 cents per pound.

25 YEARS AGO

Gordon Whittaker, Eagle, Colo., sold 1100 feeder lambs weighing in the 70s at $29.75 delivered to a Northern Colorado feedlot.

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Ray Paddock, Leadville, Colo., sold 900 feeder lambs weighing about 78 pounds at $30 f.o.b. Salida, Colo. to an Oregon feeder.

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Taylor Feedlot, Dimmitt: 173 steers weighing 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $34.

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Les Parker, Stratford, bought and received from Alexander & Alexander, Gruver, 150 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 721 pounds at $43.75.

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Ralph Britten, Groom, sold to a Pampa feedyard 114 Holstein steers weighing about 550 pounds at $200 per head delivered.

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Moody Farms & Feed Yards, Pampa: 200 heifers weighing 750-775 lbs., 50-60% choice, $35.50.

20 YEARS AGO

Ralph Britten, Groom, bought in the Durham, Okla., area 150 No. 1 Okie steer calves weighing 325 pounds at $41.

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Jim Gray, Tokio, representing Porter & Gray, sold to a Pampa buyer 325 preconditioned steers weighing 400 pounds at $39.50.

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The exportation of bobcat pelts has been outlawed. The ban was ordered by the Endangered Species Scientific Authority, a federal agency. The agreement prohibits export of all cat skins from the 82 participating nations, simply because it is a cat.

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Hartsell T. Ash, Throckmorton, bought on order in the Stamford area 98 No. 1-2 Brahman crossbred steers weighing 584 pounds at $34.

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Kearny County Feeders, Lakin, Kan.: 173 steers, 1060 lbs., 80-85% choice, $41.

15 YEARS AGO

Jeff and Fred Ashley, Melrose, N.M., sold to a Texas buyer 1000 Okie heifers weighing 600 pounds at $59.

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Martin Ranch Co., Maljamar, N.M., sold to a Texas buyer 100 mixed breed steer calves weighing 548 pounds at $67.

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Chris Britten, Groom, sold to the Carson County Feedyard, Panhandle, 270 No. 1 steers weighing 750 pounds at $64.

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Babbitt Ranches, Flagstaff, Ariz., sold to an Arizona buyer about 600 cows weighing around 1050 pounds at $35.

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Rocksprings Wool and Mohair sold 35,000 pounds of fine adult mohair at sealed bid for $1.90 per pound. The hair was in original bag, the goats sorted in the chute before shearing.

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Davidson Feed Pens, Pecos: 73 heifers, 975 lbs., 60% choice, $57.50.

10 YEARS AGO

The Oklahoma-OK Sheep Expansion electronic sale sold out of Perry and Porum, Okla., one load weighing 108 pounds at $71 in No. 1 pelts, $69 wooled.

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Thedford Fry, Spur, sold 55 choice 3-6 year-old crossbred springer cows with a few calves at $625 and 44 similar age Brangus cows at $600, these also calving.

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USDA reports 1150 cattle selling direct off Oklahoma range in slow trade including: medium and large No. 1 steers weighing 420 pounds at $87.15 and 800 pounds at $69; also large No. 2 steers weighing 535 at $60, all sales for immediate delivery.

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3K Cattle Feeders, Hereford: 450 heifers, 1000-1050 lbs., $64.

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Phil Gjerstad Cattle Co., Dodge City, 114 heifers, 975 lbs., 60% choice, $63.50.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 669 steers, 1100 lbs., 70% choice, $65; 430 heifers, 1000 lbs., 70% choice, $64.

5 YEARS AGO

Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was an estimated 816.3 million pounds, 2.8 percent above the previous week and 7.4 percent above the same week a year ago.

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Jim Riffel, Stockton, Kan., bought out of Kansas and Northern Oklahoma 83 native heifers weighing 703 pounds at $83.08, also 31 heifers weighing 768 at $82.85 and 69 heifers weighing 760 at $80.46, plus 33 heifers weighing 739 at $79.38, all delivered to Nebraska feedlots.

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Luckey Custom Feedlot, Devine: 250 steers, 1100 lbs., $74.25.

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Cattle Town Inc., Hereford: 253 steers, 1200 lbs., 60% choice, $75; 80 heifers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $75; 86 Mexican crossbred steers, 1125 lbs., 35% choice, $73.50.

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XIT Feeders, Dalhart: 3649 steers, 1150 lbs., 60% choice, $75; 462 heifers, 1025 lbs., 60% choice, $75.