Steers, Heifers $1-3 Lower
In Angelo Special Calf Sale

SAN ANGELO — Steers and heifers were $1-3 lower Monday in the season’s first special feeder sale at Producers Livestock Auction.

Trading and demand were moderate, the quality average to attractive, including several large bunches of fresh preconditioned cattle.

Yearlings made up 70 percent of receipts, which totaled 4228 head compared to 3483 for the same day last year.

USDA quoted prices this way:

Feeder steers: medium and large No. 1 300-400 pounds $$100-109, 400-500 pounds $$86-92, 500-600 pounds $80-90, 600-700 pounds $70-78.50, few $82-87, 700-800 pounds $68.25-73, 800-900 pounds $68-70; medium and large 1-2 200-300 pounds $100-106, 300-400 pounds $80.50-97, 400-500 pounds $73.50-86, 500-600 pounds $69.50-80, 600-700 pounds $62.50-70, 700-900 pounds $60-68.50.

Feeder heifers: medium and large No. 1 400-500 pounds $73-82, 500-600 pounds $69-77, few $78-79; 600-700 pounds $66-72; 700-800 pounds $64-67.50; medium and large 1-2 set 265 pounds $88, 300-400 pounds $69-80.50, 400-500 pounds $62-73, 500-600 pounds $58-69, 600-700 pounds $60-66,

700-800 pounds $60-63.

Show winners included:

Herefords: champion steers, 18 head consigned by Richard Windham, Baird, averaging 894 pounds at $64 cwt. or $572.16 per head; champion heifers, 11 from Driver Cattle Co., Big Spring, 626 pounds $66 or $413.16; reserve heifers, 11 from Will Humble, Sterling City, 457 pounds $69.50 or $333.60.

Angus: champion steers, Joe Ed Wise, Santa Anna, 10 steers, 589 pounds $85.90 or $482.80; reserve steers, 11 from Coralina Ranch, New York, 776 pounds $69.50 or $539.32; champion heifers, 10 from Joe Ed Wise, 564 pounds $67 or $377.88; reserve heifers, 11 from Allen W. Gilbert, Menard, 449 pounds $76.50 or $343.49.

Crossbreds: champion steers, 16 from Mike Priddy, Talpa, 539 pounds $75 or $420.42; reserve steers, 15 from Finklea Bros., Sonora, 522 pounds $77 or $401.94; champion heifers, 31 from 4-K Land & Cattle, Brady, 602 pounds $66 or $397.32; reserve heifers, 17 from Mike Priddy, 531 pounds $77 or $408.87.

Other ribbon winning cattle included:

Angus: Billy Hausenfluck, Eldorado, 11 steers, 559 pounds $80 or $47.20, also 16 heifers, 556 pounds $71.50 or $397.50; Margaret Galbreath, Sonora, 13 steers, 580 pounds $72.50 or $420.50; Rosa Whitten, Eldorado, 13 heifers, 434 pounds $75.50 or $327.67.

Crossbreds: 4-K Land & Cattle, Brady, 21 steers, 755 pounds $41.75 or $541.72, also 21 steers, 627 pounds $72.50 or $454.58, and 21 heifers, 722 pounds $67.50 or $487.35; Dan R. Duncan, San Angelo, 13 steers, 780 pounds $67.50 or $526.50; Otto Gottschalk, Ballinger, 20 steers, 741 pounds $69 or $511.29; John M. Moore, Pecos, 72 steers, 439 pounds $92 or $403.88; Kinklea Bros., Sonora, 10 steers, 594 pounds $75 or $45.50; Doris K. Chadwick, Sonora, 10 steers, 551 pounds $80.50 or $43.56; Westbrook Ranch, Sterling City, 21 steers, 490 pounds $86 or $421.40; J.R. Wales, Mertzon, 25 steers, 470 pounds $86.50 or $406.55; Jim Hughes, San Angelo, 27 heifers, 762 pounds $64.75 or $493.39; Dolan & McCoy Ranch, Goldthwaite, 10 heifers, 730 pounds $64.25 or $469.03; Randall Sneed, Winters, 17 heifers, 678 pounds $68.50 or $464.43; Thomason Land Co., Garden City, 12 heifers, 608 pounds $71 or $431.68; Mike Dolan, Mertzon, 24 heifers, 559 pounds $70 or $389.90.