45 YEARS AGO

Harold Newman of Fort Worth has bought around 3500 lambs from various stockmen in the Eden area recently at 18 cents for fresh shorn lambs and up to 20 cents for lambs with No. 1 skins.

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V. Lee Matney of Amarillo bought two carloads of steer yearlings weighing 750 pounds at $21 from John Archer of Shamrock, Texas. They were delivered March 7 off wheat fields and went to Nebraska feeders.

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Steve Langenegger of Burns, Kansas, bought one load of steer yearlings weighing 520 pounds at $21.50 from Wertheimer-Colorado Cattle Company of Amarillo for immediate delivery.

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Jack Cisco of Roswell this week bought a load of clipped fat lambs from Smith Peters, also of Roswell, at 20 cents per pound.

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Champion finewool lamb of the San Angelo Fat Stock Show last week was shown by Wayne Sharp of the Tom Green County 4-H Club. The lad had just reason to be proud of his victory, since competition in the sheep division of the San Angelo show, and particularly in the finewool division, is about as strong as you'll find.

40 YEARS AGO

Lloyd Littlefield of Sudan, Texas, bought 300 yearling and two year-old ewes at $30 per head in the wool and received them recently in the Walsenburg, Colo. area.

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Walter Smith, Wyoming, Ill., bought, from Harris Mullin, Dalhart, 160 Hereford yearling heifers weighing around 660 pounds at $25.50 cwt.

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Earl Goodrich of Hartley, Texas, sold 80 heifer yearlings expected to weigh about 600 pounds at $22.50, no shrink, for April 1 delivery off wheat to Jess Hill of Bushland, Texas.

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Harvey Martin of San Angelo last week bought 996 high quality whiteface yearling ewes in the wool from Joe Clayton, Ozona, at $32 per head.

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Oklahoma goat raiser Earl Patton "pioneered" Angoras on his small acreage near Calera 27 years ago, though his neighbors had little faith in his project. Today (March 13, 1958) he's still in the goat business and some of his neighbors are running more goats than he.

35 YEARS AGO

O Bar Ranch of Guymon, Okla., sold 190 steer yearlings averaging 505 pounds at $27.50 and delivered them to a Kansas buyer. These were mostly Angus.

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Ed Reed of Claude, Texas, sold 105 steer yearlings, choice Herefords weighing 530 pounds, at $27 and delivered them to Frank Cobb of Tulia.

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New Mexico wool production last year was up two percent from the year before and totaled 10,557,000 grease pounds. National production was down six percent from 1961.
Value of the New Mexico shorn wool clip was estimated at $4,540,000, up four percent from 1961.

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Carl Shores, Clovis, N.M., sold 110 three year-old heavy springer cows, good and choice quality Herefords, at $240 per head to Clarence Newcomb of Trinchera, Colo.

30 YEARS AGO

Sauble Ranch Co., Springer, N.M., has leased pasture to Leroy Williams of Carrizo Springs, Texas for 800 steers at $25 for the season beginning April 1 and extending to Nov. 1; Williams has an option to put the cattle out immediately and pay an additional $1.50 per head for the last two weeks of this month.

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The southern part of the TO Ranch at Raton, N.M., has been leased by a Scott City, Kan., cattleman represented by Baldy Ward of Tucumcari at $22 per head for 1000 steers to be pastured from April 15 to Oct. 15.

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In the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming, around Worland and Greybull, the Howard Flitner, Whaley Bros., Melvin Howe and Michelena Grabert (Grabert Bros.) clips totaling around 10,000 fleeces brought 40-44 cents, and the James Allemand clip of 5000 fleeces at Casper brought 42 cents. These prices were f.o.b. shipping points.

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Chow Tex Feed Lots, Muleshoe, sold 112 good and choice 800 pound heifers at $24.90 and a load of short-fed good and choice 770 pound heifers at $25 to Texas packers.

25 YEARS AGO

Ferol Smith, Des Moines, N.M., sold and delivered to a Kansas buyer 300 Hereford and black baldface with a few Shorthorn heifer and steer calves weighing 367 and 387 pounds at $60 and $70.

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Clay Whorton, Hollis, Okla., sold to a Clarendon, Texas, buyer 760 No. 1 Okie steers weighing about 800 pounds at $50.

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Rip Barrett, Pampa, sold to a local buyer 144 good Okie steers weighing about 600 pounds at $56.

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Ducky Gallo, Dalhart, bought in that area 300 Hereford and black baldface steers weighing about 650 pounds at $54.

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Ingalls Feedyard, Ingalls, Kan.: 191 steers, 1125 lbs., 90% choice, $47.

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Dumas Cattle Feeders, Dumas: 165 steers, 1100 lbs., 75% choice, $46.

20 YEARS AGO

Davidson Feed Pens, Pecos, bought in South Central Texas 78 plain No. 2 Okie and crossbred heiferettes weighing 600 pounds at $366.15 f.o.b. the feedlot.

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D.E. Bratt, Archer City, sold to a Texas buyer 174 No. 1 and better steers weighing 750 pounds at $46.50.

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John Womack, Canyon, sold out of Pre-Feeders Feedyard, Summerfield: 185 steers, 1020 lbs., 85% choice, $46.50.

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Coronado Feeders, Dalhart: 1192 steers, 1025-1050 lbs., 75% choice, $47; 99 heifers, 900 lbs., 70% choice, $43.50.

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Ralph H. Garrett, Kosse, sold to an out of state buyer 400 No. 1 Okie heifers weighing about 600 pounds at $42.25.

15 YEARS AGO

Rocksprings Wool and Mohair sold 22,279 pounds of choice spring kid at $6.519. Warehouseman D.L. Cloudt termed it some of the choicest spring kid he has seen in years, staple length four inches and better.

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Sam Howell, Elida, N.M., sold off wheat to a Texas buyer 450 mixed breed steers weighing 625-650 pounds at $67.50.

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Tommy McGee, Elida, N.M., sold to a Texas feedyard 78 Hereford and black baldface heifers off grass and cake, weighing 603 pounds at $59.

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Davidson Feed Pens, Pecos: 96 heifers, 925 lbs., 60% choice, $61; 70 heifers, 800 lbs., $58.

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Colorado Beef Producers, Lamar, Colo.: 179 heifers, 1045 lbs., $61; 190 Holstein steers, 1080 lbs., $93 in the beef.

10 YEARS AGO

Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in the Texas Panhandle 700 No. 1 Okie heifers weighing about 700 pounds at $74.

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The Midwestern electronic auction sold one load in Minnesota at $81 shorn, $79 wooled.

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Pre-Feeders Feedyard, Summerfield: 202 steers, 1060 lbs., 60% choice, $70.50.

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PACO Feed Yard, Friona: 107 heifers, 975 lbs., 40% choice, $68.50.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 91 steers, 1050 lbs., 65% choice, $70.75; 77 steers, 1050 lbs., 60% choice, $70.50; 346 steers, same weight, 55% choice, $70; 140 Holstein steers, 1250 lbs., $64; 92 heifers, 950 lbs., 60% choice, $69.50, and 189 same weight and grade, $69.

5 YEARS AGO

Bill Porter, representing Bluegrass Cattle Co., Bowling Green, Ky., sold on a delivered basis to New Mexico buyers one load of No. 1-plus steers and bulls weighing 300 pounds at $120, also one load of heifer mates weighing 300 at $105 and one load of black baldface and black mottlefaced heifers to make cows, weighing 500 at $94; to an Oklahoma buyer one load of fancy No. 1-plus heifers weighing 300 at $108.

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In Texas, several cars of original bag average adult mohair traded hands at 70 cents per grease pound f.o.b. various warehouses.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 1300 steers, 1150 lbs., 55% choice, $81.50.

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Reeves County Feeders, Verhalen: 180 heifers, 1075 lbs., 50% choice, $81.

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Nortex Feedlot Co., Dalhart: 330 steers, 1140 lbs., 65% choice, $82; 410 steers, 1120 lbs., 55% choice, $81.50.