45 YEARS AGO

Max Riley of Roswell is reported to have bought the Clardy Farms lambs there at $16.50 cwt. These are Rambouillet feeders, around 1600 head weighing about 72 pounds.

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Jim Black of Lovington, New Mexico, sold 147 steer calves weighing 417 pounds to Coberly and Coberly, Gove, Kan., at 26 cents per pound; these were delivered November 5.

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John Shirley and Leopold Meyer of Albuquerque are reported to have bought around 1700 feeder lambs from Fred Corn of Roswell for delivery this weekend at $17.25 cwt.

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Pete Cluck of Gruver, Texas, sold a load of young crossbred Brahman cows at 15 cents per pound to Carl Franks of Oklahoma City and delivered them November 6. He also sold two loads of young cows, a few with calves, at $160 per head to Greeley, Colorado, buyers for November 15 delivery.

40 YEARS AGO

Jay Jones of Goodwell, Okla., bought 140 heifer yearlings weighing 700 pounds at $19.75 for Jan. 5 delivery from Jack Dettle of Stratford, Texas; these will be shipped to Iowa feeders.

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Elmer Melton of Pampa, Texas, sold 55 mixed calves weighing 400 pounds to Fred Vanderberg of Pampa, at $23 and $25, delivered this week.

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Emory Addington of Elkhart, Kan., bought 208 cows weighing 905 pounds at $13.50 from Leonard Zielke, Amarillo, delivered last week.

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J.C. Thomas Jr., Plainview, Texas, bought on order 101 Angus stocker cows, three to seven years old, at $157 per head and received them Nov. 4 from C.M. Dyer’s ranch at Clines Corner, N.M. There seven calves on the cows.

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Good and choice slaughter lambs were quoted $21 to $22 in Fort Worth, where a few medium to good stocker and feeder lambs sold from $19 to $20.

35 YEARS AGO

Truitt Cattle Co., Amarillo, sold 147 "good mouth" stocker cows at $180 per head and delivered them to Waldo Hayworth of Arthur, Neb.

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Melvin Phillips, Stratford, sold 160 steers averaging 435 pounds at $29.75 and delivered them to Dellinger Cattle Co., Clayton, N.M.

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Pete Cluck of Gruver sold 200 feeder heifers averaging 650-675 pounds at $24.25 to Jack Freeman of Texhoma, Okla.

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Carl Franks of Guymon, Okla., bought 500 good mixed breed steers weighing 750 pounds at $24 from John Daniels of Perryton, Texas.

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Union Feed Yards, Blythe, Calif., bought and received 500 steers, most of them crossbreds and Okies, weighing 757 pounds at $22.50 from James Doneghy of Clarendon, Texas.

30 YEARS AGO

Robert K. Field, owner of the 07 Ranch at Bronco, Texas, reports he recently sold 79 registered Hereford females to Jere C. Caldwell of Danville, Ky., along with two herd bull prospects.

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Horner’s Wool & Mohair Co. in Uvalde sold 15,000 pounds of good quality yearling mohair at 48 cents per pound, according to J. Olen Ham, manager.

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Driggers Land & Cattle Co., Santa Rosa, N.M., sold 200 dry cows weighing 944 at $15.90 to an Oklahoma buyer.

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Nortex Feedlot Co. at Dalhart sold 128 steers weighing 1100 and grading 65 percent choice at $25.30 to Swift & Co. at Guymon, Okla.

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Easley Feed Yards, Hereford, sold 126 good and choice 1050-pound steers at $25.75 to an out-of-state packer.

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Tulia Feedlot sold 350 steers weighing 975 pounds and grading 70 percent choice at $26 to a Texas packer.

25 YEARS AGO

Cattle entering Texas from New Mexico during October totaled 32,231 head, the Texas Animal Health Commission reports. Shipments of all cattle from Texas to other states during the month totaled 443,687, sheep 31,765.

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Sam Britt of Pasamonte Ranch, Clayton, N.M., sold to an out of state buyer 240 Hereford steer yearlings weighing 662 pounds at $45.25.

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Mesa Verde Feed yards, Wildorado: 702 steers weighing 1050-1100 lbs., 80% choice, $34; 83 steers weighing 1050 lbs., 65-70% choice, $33.65.

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James A. Bullard, Hereford, sold to Gary Thompson, Las Vegas, N.M., 207 mostly Hereford heifers summered at Ft. Union Ranch, Watrous, N.M., weighing 570 pounds at $41.

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Rip Barrett, Pampa, sold to Richard Pitts, Amarillo, 140 good Okie steers weighing about 590 pounds at $46 delivered.

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Prairie Cattle Co., Tulia: 445 Holstein steers weighing 1200 lbs., $33.

20 YEARS AGO

Red Rock Land & Cattle Co., Logan, N.M., sold to a Kansas buyer 1500 Okie steers weighing 700 pounds at $39.40; also to a Kansas buyer 400 mixed heifers and steers, Hereford-Brangus and Angus-Brangus crosses, weighing 487 and 518 at $37 and $45.

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Charley Radcliff, Elida, N.M., sold to a Texas buyer 87 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 841 pounds at $38.

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The Texas Cattle Feeders Assn. elected Leon Miller Jr., Eagle Pass, its new president at San Antonio.

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Silas and Ida McCabe, Elida, N.M., sold to a Colorado buyer 230 Hereford and black baldface heifer and steer yearlings weighing 650-700 and 700-750 pounds at $34 and $39.

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Kinsolving & Kinsolving, Crossroads, N.M., sold to a Texas buyer 300 Hereford and black baldface steer yearlings weighing 750 pounds at $39.

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Doc Hagan, Yoakum: 200 heifers, mostly good, $37.50.

15 YEARS AGO

Burguete Ranch Inc., Vaughn, N.M., sold to Edwin Cain, Clovis, 1350 mutton lambs weighing 90 pounds at $46.50.

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Ray Holtzclaw, Bakersfield, Calif., bought in the Lakeview, Ore., area 350 mixed breed steers weighing 600 pounds at $64.50.

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Quiensabe Cattle Co., Datil, N.M., sold to a New Mexico buyer 200 crossbred steers weighing 450 pounds at $70.

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Jerry Don Martin, Roswell, sold to an Oklahoma rancher one load of 6-8 year-old pregnancy tested Hereford stocker cows weighing 925 pounds at $325 per head.

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Master Feeders II, Garden City, Kan.: 635 steers, 1085 lbs., 70% choice, $62.

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Cotton McDade, Amarillo, bought in that area 186 yearling steers weighing 550 pounds at $65.53 delivered to Oakley, Kan.

10 YEARS AGO

Tommy Mayberry, Columbia, Tenn., sold to a Matador, Texas buyer five loads of young stocker cows weighing 850-900 pounds at 4490 per head, delivered.

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Rudy Schenkel, Dallas, bought in the Tyler area 140 thin Mexican steers weighing 550-600 pounds at $67.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 65 steers, 1025 lbs., $66.50; 70 steers, 1125 lbs., 45% choice, $65.50.

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National Farms Feedlot, Parsons, Kan.: 618 steers, 1125 lbs., 65% choice, $105 in the beef.

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Texas feedlot lambs a year ago were mostly $65-66.50. East coast dressed trade was $145, 140 and $135. The trend was upward.

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Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in the Texas Panhandle 200 No. 1 Okie and crossbred steers weighing 700 pounds at $74.

5 YEARS AGO

Steve Patton, Melrose, N.M., bought in that area a load of exotic cross and English cross steers weighing 800 pounds at $80.

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The U.S. Mohair Marketing Board recently sold a couple of cars of adult mohair spring adult 75 cents per pound f.o.b. the warehouse and fall hair 72.5 cents. About a month ago, prices were at 67 cents.

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Hitch Feeders, Hooker, Okla.: 604 steers, 1175 lbs., 50% choice, $75; 646 heifers, 1050 lbs., 50% choice, $75.

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Veribest Cattle Feeders, Veribest: 47 heifers, 950-1050 lbs., $74; 47 Mexican steers, 1000 lbs., $73.50.

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San Angelo Feed Yards, San Angelo: 140 heifers, 775 lbs., $74.