45 YEARS AGO

A.M. Harkey of Mason has sold about 2000 oldcrop mutton lambs at 20 cents a pound for delivery out of the wool late this month to Shaw and Johnston of Fort Worth.

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A.C. Hewgley of Lampasas sold about 700 two year-old ewes for May delivery out of the wool at $21 per head for the ewes with lambs and $15.50 for the dry ewes.

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Buck Britt of Clayton sold 200 steer yearlings expected to weigh 425 to 450 pounds, to Grover Jones of Clayton at $25 cwt., May 1 delivery.

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Fontayne Elmore of Clarendon bought 300 cows, 185 with calves, from Bob Lindsey of Borger at $160 each.

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Joe Clayton of Ozona is reported to have sold about 2500 stocker mutton lambs which he wintered at Brownwood for May delivery out of the wool at 17 cents per pound.

40 YEARS AGO

Ralph Collinson, Amarillo, bought 87 steer yearlings weighing 581 pounds at $28.50, delivered last week, from Leon Wilhelm through Ab Wright, both of Amarillo.

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W.E. Schott of Silverton, Texas, sold 105 cows, about 75 with calves and the rest springers, at $225 per head to Mrs. J.H. Burson, Silverton, for April 19 delivery.

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Jewel Avant of Tulia bought, from Ray Brownfield of Brownfield, Texas, 75 plain quality Angus steers averaging 950 pounds at $24.50 and received them last week off wheat.

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Harvey Martin, San Angelo, bought and received 300 ewes and lambs from Preston Dudley of Mertzon at $27.50 per pair.

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Kay Green of Clovis sold 70 steer yearlings weighing 700 pounds at $27 and delivered them March 29 to Kenneth Cook of Vega, Texas.

35 YEARS AGO

Cheri Slikker of Bakersfield, Calif., a student at Bakersfield Junior College, was crowned Miss Wool of America at ceremonies in San Angelo last week.

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The Diamond A Feedlot in Roswell, N.M., sold 320 fed steers weighing 1000-1050 pounds to the Allen Meat Co., San Francisco, at $23 f.o.b. the lots.

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Joe Keast of Dalhart sold 450 good to choice steer yearlings weighing about 600 pounds at $26 delivered to Cecil Cornelius of Denver.

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Ray Barber of Amarillo sold to a local buyer 90 heifers weighing about 500 pounds at $25 in the Hereford area.

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The USDA estimated this week that red meat production under federal inspection during the first three months this year set an all-time record of 6056 million pounds; this would be 5.1 percent above actual production during the first quarter of last year and 9.7 percent above the same period of 1961.

30 YEARS AGO

McDonald Wool Co. Inc., Menard. sold about 13,500 pounds of graded spring kid mohair at $1.10 per pound; various warehouses in Central Texas were reported paying $1-1.02 for spring kid, 52 cents for yearling, and 35 cents for ungraded adult hair.

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Master Feeders Inc., Hooker, Okla., sold 615 steers weighing 1050-1200 and grading 75-80 percent choice at $26.25 to Kansas and Texas packers.

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Bill Eubanks, Happy, sold 220 Hereford, Angus and black baldface and a few No. 1 Okie steers weighing about 600 pounds at $26.25 to Tulia Feedlot.

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F.J. Hommel, Clarendon, sold a load of 1164 pound steers grading 75 percent choice on the rail at $43 on choice and $41.50 on top goods to Armour & Co., Fort Worth.

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W.E. Schott, Silverton, bought 525 Hereford, Angus and black baldface steers weighing 612 pounds net at $26.25 in the Vigo Park area northeast of Tulia, Texas.

25 YEARS AGO

Skip Cartwright Livestock, Texhoma, Okla., bought in the Spearman, Texas area 400 choice No. 1 Okie heifers weighing about 650 pounds at $46.

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Cecil McCoury, Lampasas, sold 60 head of 4-6 year-old crossbred cows with half Charolais calves weighing about 200 pounds to Bill Sanders, Rochelle, at $600 per pair.

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Buck Sumners, Dalhart: 167 fed steers weighing 1100 lbs., 80% choice, $45.

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Owen Bros. Custom Feeding Co., Morton, Texas: 300 steers weighing 1000 lbs., 65% choice, $44.50.

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Potter Craig, Clovis, bought in the Clovis area 105 Holstein steers weighing 490 pounds at $52.

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Blair Cattle Co., Blair, Neb.: 123 steers weighing 1135 lbs., 80% choice, $45.50.

20 YEARS AGO

Ike Wiggins of Wagon Mound was named New Mexico Cattleman of the Year by the New Mexico Cattle Growers' Assn. during the annual convention at Albuquerque.

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A. C. "Bub" Smith, Amarillo, sold 100 choice Hereford and black baldface cows with 58 calves at $425 per cow.

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Buck and Jim Sumners, representing B&J Cattle Co., Dalhart, bought in the Oklahoma Panhandle 285 No. 1 heifers weighing about 600 pounds at $48.

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Fairleigh Feed Yard, Scott City, Kan.: 800 steers, 1125 lbs., 75-80% choice, $52.

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Supreme Feeders, Liberal, Kan.: 196 steers, 1100 lbs., 80-85% choice, $52.

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Owen Bros. Custom Feeding Co., Morton: 166 heifers, 825-850 lbs., 30-40% choice,$47.

15 YEARS AGO

The Wisconsin teleauction quoted shorn lambs at $65, wooled $63.

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William J. Goode, Seymour, sold off wheat for June 1 delivery to a Panhandle, Texas buyer 200 Hereford steers to weigh 800 pounds at $65.

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Junction Stockyards, Junction, bought in the Sierra Blanca, Texas area 169 Brangus heifer and steer calves weighing 375 and 401 pounds at $70 and $80, for delivery to North Central Kansas.

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The incentive payment level for wool sold in the 1982 clip year will be 100.3 percent. For mohair it will be 56 percent, USDA has announced.

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Balmorhea Feeders, Verhalen: 180 heifers, 550 lbs., good, $64.50; 65 heifers, 700-800 pounds, good, $60.

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Master Feeders, Hooker, Okla.: 60 steers, 1100 lbs., 70% choice, $71.

10 YEARS AGO

The Midwest electronic lamb sale Wednesday moved one load of shorn lambs out of North Dakota at $72, weight 125 pounds.

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Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in the Texas Panhandle 500 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 750 pounds at $81.

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Lometa Livestock Inc. Wool and Mohair sold about 90 percent of a 100,000 pound offering. Top price was $2.875 per grease pound for some oldcrop lamb wool. Finewool from Central Texas oldcrops ranged from $2.13 to mostly $2.60, crossbreds mostly $1.15-1.80.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 949 steers, 1060 lbs., 70% choice, $74.

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Phil Gjerstad Cattle Co., Dodge City, Kan., sold out of Rex Stanley Feedyard, Dodge City: 265 steers, 1150 lbs., 60% choice, $74.

5 YEARS AGO

Steve Patton, Melrose, N.M., bought in that area two loads of No. 1 heifers weighing 721 pounds at $81.16. Patton sold a set of exotic cross heifers weighing 675 at $84.

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Vann-Roach Cattle Co., Fort Worth, bought in Central Texas three loads of No. 1 crossbred and exotic heifers weighing 725-750 pounds at $79.25.

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The incentive rate for wool sold in 1992 will be $1.662 per dollar of sales, that for mohair $4.364. Unshorn lambs will be supported at $4.92 cwt.

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XIT Feeders, Dalhart: 1931 steers, 1150 lbs., 60% choice, $82.50; 212 heifers, 1000 lbs., 70% choice, $82.50.

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Sugarland Feed Yard, Hereford: 419 steers, 1175 lbs., 50% choice, $82.