UNDERWAY UNDER ESCORT, these cows pictured recently on the Chappell-Spade Ranch were strung out over some healthy looking country, and their own condition affirms that appearance. They are going into winter in good flesh, a situation that cannot be simulated later by any reasonable amount of sack feed.

Feeder Lambs Steady, Fats Take A Hit
Feeder lambs held fairly steady around the country, though a few areas showed a little softness, primarily to get back in line with other markets.

Plains Fed Cattle Prices Lose Another Dollar At $67
Plains feedlots moved a fair number of cattle this week in a narrow window of time Wednesday, and once again they had to give up a dollar to get it done.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

Yaqui Tatom Rode Many A Bronc And Captured Many A Maverick
Broncs, maverick cattle and Bill Tatom go hand in hand. Tatom, better known by most of his friends as "Yaqui" Tatom, has cowboyed for some 60 of his 77 years.

Colorado Post-Blizzard Haylift Public-Private Co-op Effort
The popping sound of a UH-1 "Huey" helicopter could be heard overhead, but this wasn't the opening scene of MASH on television nor a hot landing zone in a steamy jungle in Vietnam.

Editorial
Is Sheep Industry Vertically Integrating Or Simply Dying?
You can't tell the players without a program these days. Here we have a privately owned lamb packing plant, with lamb growers owning most of the stock, that sells a large share of its products to another packer who also owns stock in the same "private" plant.

West Texas Producers Hear About Value-Added Program
Producers from a seven-county area were on hand here recently at the West Texas Ranchers' Conference to learn more about stocking rates, herd health, cattle handling, bull selection and value-added alternatives

Washita Battlefield Historic Park Dedicated In Oklahoma
Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders are working with the National Park Service to develop Oklahoma's newest national historic site.

Aussie Proposal To Sell U.S. Self-Inspected Beef Rebuffed
The United States has rejected an Australian request to sell beef in this country that has been examined for safety by meatpacking industry workers and not necessarily by government-paid inspectors.

Mountain States Legal Group To Take On Bangs Rules Case
Mountain States Legal Foundation has agreed to represent Wyoming cattlemen in a dispute with state and federal regulators over brucellosis testing requirements for six Wyoming counties.

Market Group Likes The Look Of Two Government Reports
Given the level of concern within the cattle industry over increasing concentration, the Livestock Marketing Association is hailing a pair of recent government reports showing that two vital sectors of the industry are bucking that trend.

Nebraska Outfit Wins Working Cowboy Rodeo
Wilson-Sillasen Ranches, Arthur, Neb., won the 1997 Working Ranch Cowboys Association World Finals Rodeo in Amarillo.

Colorado Solon Backs Tax To Help Species
At least a few people in Colorado may be onto something - the radical notion that people who clamor for "endangered species" protection should help foot the bills.

S. Korea Ends Ban On Nebraska Beef
South Korea has lifted its embargo against Nebraska beef.

Referendum Fails; TSGRA Seeking Input
The Texas Department of Agriculture has released the official results of the recent referendum sponsored by the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association to finance promotion, research and education.

Rapid City To Host Beef Meet Dec. 9-11
The Range Beef Cow Symposium XV is scheduled for December 9-11 at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center here.

Jay Wilson Appointed Sheep Center Director
Jay B. Wilson, executive vice president of the California Wool Growers Association, has been named executive director of the new National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.

Superior Livestock Video Sale Offering Totals 39,000 Cattle
Feeder steers sold higher, heifers steady to lower. Consignments were from 25 states and Mexico, delivery current through mid-January.

Beaver Makes Run At All-Around; Mortensen Still In Strong Lead
For defending world all-around rodeo champion Joe Beaver of Huntsville, Texas, earning $4700 in a weekend would not normally be considered a gold mine.

Angelo Feeder Cattle Higher, Lambs Weak
Feeder lambs sold weak in a light test this week, slaughter lambs $2-3 lower, slaughter ewes fully steady.

Best San Saba Feeder Steer Prices Higher
Choice 300-475 pound feeder steers sold $2-4 higher, others steady, heifers steady, slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Jordan Female Cattle Sale Offers 3000 Head
Jordan Cattle Auction's special female Angus-Angus influence replacement sale around 3000 cattle.

Llano Feeder Steers, Heifers Mostly Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with choice heifers weighing 500 pounds and down $2 higher.

Junction High-Dollar Calf Sale Steady, Up
Good and choice calves sold steady to $2 higher in the special High Dollar Calf and Yearling sale at Junction Stockyards.

Wehrmann-Donnell Angus Bulls Averaged $2549
The Wehrmann-Donnell Angus bull sale offered 140 bulls, including 138 products of embryo transfers.

Coming Up...
November 22 — Five Star Auctioneer’s Webb Ranch Auction, Sedan, New Mexico. November 22 — Special Cow Sale, Clovis Livestock Auction, Clovis, New Mexico. November 22 — Hill Country Brangus Association’s 22nd Annual Brangus Bull Sale, Producers Livestock Auction, San Angelo, Texas.