TENS OF THOUSANDS of this bull's distant kindred went up the trail to Kansas railheads in the previous century, and thousands more stocked ranches from the Rio Grande to the plains of Canada. Most of their descendants have long since been replaced by British and later European breeds, but the hardy old Longhorn still lives on, a generally colorful reminder of what once was.

Lamb Prices Appear To Stabilize
Lamb prices appeared to stabilize somewhat this week after the second week of steady meat prices. Feeder lambs were anywhere from $5 lower to $5 higher. Fat lambs were mostly steady, though Midwest markets were lower each day.

Fed Cattle Down, Back Again In Cautiously Positive Trade
Plains fed cattle trading was another sad story through Tuesday this week, by which time the Panhandle area had sold 31,000 head at $59, a dollar lower yet again.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

South Texas Feeder Survived Through Willingness To Change
Graham Land and Cattle Company has been in the custom growing and finishing business since the mid-1980s when Charles Graham, DVM, bought out Harrell Cattle Company.

Cowboy Turned Bit And Spur Maker Because It Paid Better
When Billy Klapper first started making bits and spurs down around Paducah, only one other fellow in the neighborhood was making them, and that was the legendary Adolph Bayers.

Editorial
NCBA Positions On Disclosure, Checkoff And Labeling Conflict
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association won one and lost one on Capitol Hill last week. The Senate voted to include a meat labeling amendment the group supports in its version of the agriculture appropriations bill, but Senators also approved a price disclosure amendment the organization opposes.

U.S. Forest Service Attacks On New Mexico Must Be Stopped
The U.S. Forest Service is fencing New Mexico ranchers out of business, and the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau is asking the state's congressional delegation to put a hard stop to this latest attack on our citizens by the federal government.

Clinton Announces Wheat Buy, Congress Promises Other Aid
Citing a "dangerous moment" for hardpressed American farmers, President Clinton announced in his weekly Saturday radio address that the federal government will buy wheat worth $250 million to boost farmers' prices. The wheat will be donated as humanitarian relief in Sudan and elsewhere.

Texas Hay Hotline Reactived; Taking Large Volume Of Calls
The Texas Department of Agriculture has reactivated its Hay Hotline to put ranchers who need hay in touch with producers who have hay for sale.

Trains, Elevators To Be Scarce Once Grain Harvest Is Underway
With back-to-back record wheat harvests filling Kansas elevators, farmers probably will be dumping more grain than twice as corn and other fall crops on the ground this October much as they did an industry group said.last year,

ADM Price-Fixing Trial Paints Picture Of Global Conspiracy
A Japanese executive testified last Thursday that meetings were held around the world in a conspiracy by agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. and other companies to fix the price of a product that spurs growth in pigs and chickens.

Local Beef Retailing Project In Colorado Has Twin Purposes
Routt County shoppers soon will get a chance to buy locally produced beef while helping to preserve open space in the quickly growing area.

Rookie NM Game Commissioner Blunt About Predator Stance
There is a perception among many people that mountain lions in New Mexico are vanishing, that their protection must be adamantly enforced.

Climate Readers Say La Niña On The Way
Climate experts from around the world gathered in Boulder last week for a summit on the weather phenomenon La Niña, El Niño's cool sister.

Utility’s Annual Survey Shows Plains Feedlots At Record High
Almost seven million cattle were fed in Eastern New Mexico, the Oklahoma Panhandle and the Texas Panhandle and South Plains in 1997, according to the annual survey of a West Texas utility company.

Peta Now Claiming Milk Is "Racist"
Bill Clinton may or may not have inhaled, but there’s little doubt that his vice president’s pals are inhaling something. Animal rights activists are now attacking the dairy industry as "racist."

Yogurt Giant Being Mean To Pole Cats
"YOGURT MAKER UNFAIR TO STINKERS." That — though not necessarily in those words — is what animal rights activists are saying about Minneapolis-based General Mills, whose distinctive-looking Yoplait yogurt cups are said to be trapping scavenging skunks.

Cattle Count Down Two Percent In USDA’s Mid-Year Inventory
Talk of premature cow herd rebuilding was all the vogue early last year, but that was scotched by a mid-year inventory showing a two percent decline in numbers, a trend confirmed by the Jan. 1 annual inventory.

Wild Horse Control Dilemma Subject Of Federal Hearing
They make their home under the expansive skies of the American West. Descendants of the mounts of 16th century conquistadors, these feral mustangs roam the landscape where they feed, frolic — and breed.

Ty Murray Takes All At Recent Calgary Stampede Rodeo Event
Six-time world all-around rodeo champion Ty Murray reminded everyone at the recent Calgary (Alberta) Stampede just why he has seven PRCA gold buckles in his trophy case, not to mention that he also owns rights to the 1993 world bull riding championship.

U.S. Sheep Numbers Continue To Decline
The total number of sheep and lambs in the United States on July 1 was down five percent from a year earlier at 9.4 million head, according to a report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Cattle On Feed Up Two Percent In Seven Main Feeding States
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter July 1 in the seven leading feeding states totaled 8.29 million head, up two percent from the same date last year and 19 percent above July 1, 1996.

Feeder Cattle Prices Decline In Face Of Various Negatives
Short receipts, weak slaughter trade, hot, dry weather, high feed costs, and a bearish cattle on feed report were contributors to last week's declining feeder cattle market nationwide.

Texas Fed Cattle Move Lower Again; Most Feedlots Current
Slaughter steers and heifers were mostly $1 lower in a bearish live trade last week in Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma feedlot trading.

Domestic Wool Quiet, Aussie Sharply Off
Domestic wool trading was at a complete standstill last week, demand light and seller interest limited due to recent sharp declines in prices.

Angelo Feeder Lambs Steady, Cattle Lower
Feeder lambs sold steady this week, slaughter lambs not well tested, slaughter ewes weak to $1 lower. Receipts totaled 18,035 head, about 55 percent ewes and 30 percent goats.

Lampasas Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Lower
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2 lower, slaughter cows and bulls $3 lower. Receipts totaled 732 head.

Producers Video Sale Offers 7700 Feeders
Producers Video Auction offered 7700 feeder cattle at their regularly scheduled sale. Cattle were from seven states and Mexico, trade termed active and demand moderate. Delivery is mostly current through October.

U.S. Meat Production 1.1% Above A Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 836.2 million pounds, two percent more than a week earlier and 1.1 percent above a year ago.

Colorado City Feeder Cattle Sell Softer
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to weak, slaughter cows and bulls $2-4 lower, young stock cows steady. Receipts totaled 690 head.

Goldthwaite Lambs Up, Most Goats Much Lower
Feeder lambs sold steady to $5 higher, slaughter ewes and bucks $5-8 lower; slaughter Angora goats $6-8 lower; stock Spanish nannies steady, slaughter kids $5 lower, nannies and muttons steady, billies 2-5 lower.

Abilene Feeder Cattle Trade Steady To Lower
Feeder steers and heifers weighing under 500 pounds sold steady, over 500 pounds $1-2 lower, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 lower, stock cows steady, pairs strong.

Milano Feeder Steers, Heifers Steady To Off
Feeder steers sold $1-2 lower except 400-500 pounds steady, heifers $1 lower except 400-500 pounds steady, slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Junction Lambs Lower, Stock Angoras Steady
Feeder lambs sold $3-5 lower, stock ewes $3-5 lower; stock Spanish nannies steady, slaughter classes $3-5 lower; stock Angora goats steady, slaughter $2-5 lower. Receipts totaled 6500 head.

Graham Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Lower
Feeder steers sold $1-2 lower, heifers $1 lower, slaughter cows steady to $1.50 lower, pairs steady. Receipts totaled 1884 head.

San Saba, Brownwood, Mason Feeders Higher
Yearling feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $1 higher in Mason, Brownwood and San Saba last week, weights 500-600 pounds $1-4 higher, steers under 475 pounds $1-3 lower, slaughter cows and bulls steady to $2 lower.

Llano Feeder Steers, Heifers Move Lower
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $2 lower, slaughter cows $1 lower, bulls steady. Receipts totaled 600 head.

Fredericksburg Feeder Steer Prices Steady
Feeder steers sold steady, heifers $1-2 lower, slaughter cows and bulls $2 lower. Receipts totaled 1471 head.

Loose Ends

Coming Up...
July 23 — Angora goat Performance Test Field Day, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Sonora, Texas. July 25 — World of Miniatures 9th Annual Production Sale, San Antonio Rose Palace, San Antonio, Texas. July 28 — Special Calf and Yearling Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction, Brownwood, Texas.