Steers And Heifers Weak To Off
In Angelo Special Sale Monday

SAN ANGELO — Steer and heifers prices were weak to $1 lower here Monday in the season’s fourth special feeder sale at Producers Livestock Auction.

Trading and demand were termed moderate, quality average to attractive, including several large bunches of preconditioned cattle. Calves made up 60 percent of receipts, which totaled 4280 head compared to 5056 at the previous special sale last month and 5796 for the same day last year.

USDA reported prices this way:

Feeder steers: medium and large No. 1 set 365 pounds $88, 400-500 pounds $75.25-81, 500-600 pounds $71.50-77.50, 600-700 pounds $64-73, few $74-75, 700-800 pounds $63-64.50; medium and large 1-2 300-400 pounds $73-85, 400-500 pounds $63-75.50, 500-600 pounds $60.50-71.50, 600-700 pounds $60-64, 700-800 pounds $58-63.

Feeder heifers: medium and large No. 1 300-400 pounds $72.50-77, 400-500 pounds $66-71.75, 500-600 pounds $62-69.50, 600-800 pounds $61-65; medium and large 1-2 200-300 pounds $76-80.50, 300-400 pounds $62-72.50, 400-500 pounds $56-66, 500-600 pounds $56-62, 600-700 pounds $56-61, 700-800 pounds $52-60.50.

Show winners included:

Herefords: champion steers, 11 head consigned by W.F. Edmiston, Eldorado, averaging 552 pounds at $72 cwt. or $397.44 per head; reserve steers, 11 from George B. Spence, Eldorado, 586 pounds $69.50 or $407.27; champion heifers, 10 from R.T. Foster Jr., Sterling City, 515 pounds $61 or $314.15; reserve heifers, 11 from W.F. Edmiston, 514 pounds $60 or $308.40.

Angus: champion steers, 60 from John Wade, Sonora, 640 pounds $73 or $467.20; reserve steers, 20 from Silas Brandenberger, Mason, 686 pounds $67 or $459.62; champion heifers, 12 from John Wade, 515 pounds $65.50 or $337.33; reserve heifers, 23 from J. Lee and Mary K. Foster, Sonora, 518 pounds $63.75 or $330.23.

Crossbreds: champion steers, 20 from Rocker B Ranch, Barnhart, 650 pounds $66 or $429; reserve steers, 52 from Cinco Cattle Co., Sterling City, 644 pounds $71.75 or $462.07; champion heifers, 10 from North Concho Ranch, San Angelo, 767 pounds $61.50 or $471.71; reserve heifers, 45 from North Concho Ranch, 674 pounds $63.50 or $427.99.

Other ribbon winning cattle included:

Herefords: Jim Bryant, Odessa, 12 steers, 630 pounds $66 or $415.80; Edmiston Ranch, Eldorado, 10 steers, 614 pounds $66 or $405.24; R.T. Foster Jr., Sterling City, 17 steers, 553 pounds $70.50 or $389.87.

Angus: R.T. Foster Jr., Sterling City, 12 steers, 641 pounds $75 or $480.75, also 11 steers, 592 pounds $68 or $402.56, and 12 heifers, 534 pounds $61 or $325.74; Ross Whitten, Eldorado, 11 heifers, 903 pounds $51 or $460.53; J. Lee and Mary K. Foster, Sonora, 12 steers, 658 pounds $66 or $434.28, also 26 steers, 586 pounds $71.50 or $418.99; John Wade, Sonora, 12 steers, 550 pounds $71 or $390.50, also 45 heifers, 586 pounds $64 or $375.04; Jerry Currie, Big Spring, 17 steers, 476 pounds $77.75 or $370.09, also 12 heifers, 465 pounds $71.75 or $333.64; Walter C. Pope III, Sonora, 11 heifers, 366 pounds $69.50 or $254.37.

Crossbreds: North Concho Ranch, San Angelo, 33 steers, 754 pounds $64.25 or $484.45, also 29 steers, 654 pounds $68.75 or $449.63; Copeland Bros., Sterling City, 20 steers, 744 pounds $64.25 or $478.02; Cinco Cattle Co., Sterling City, 15 steers, 691 pounds $64.75 or $447.43, also 67 heifers, 633 pounds $64 or $405.12, and 46 heifers, 528 pounds $69.50 or $366.96; Frank Davis, Sonora, 12 steers, 621 pounds $68.50 or $425.39, also 12 heifers, 596 pounds $66.50 or $396.34; Nancy Davis, Sonora, 12 steers, 631 pounds $65.50 or $413.31; Reid Pfluger, San Angelo, 11 steers, 546 pounds $75.50 or $412.23; Gene Whitehead, Menard, 29 heifers, 674 pounds $61 or $411.14; Rocker B Ranch, Barnhart, 23 steers, 640 pounds $62.25 or $398.40, also 64 steers, 569 pounds $68 or $386.92, 51 steers, 550 pounds $70 or $385, and 105 steers, 493 pounds $72.75 or $358.66, plus 20 heifers, 550 pounds $64 or $352, and 42 heifers, 566 pounds $60 or $339.60; Edmiston Ranch, Eldorado, 17 steers, 606 pounds $65 or $393.90, also eight heifers, 588 pounds $62 or $364.56; J.B. Whatley, Gardendale, 19 heifers, 590 pounds $65.50 or $386.45; Bob Johnson, Eldorado, 20 heifers, 591 pounds $65 or $384.15, also 14 heifers, 490 pounds $69.50 or $340.55; Brian Richards, Ballinger, 14 heifers, 536 pounds $62 or $332.32; Clyde Earwood, Del Rio, 24 heifers, 491 pounds $66 or $324.06.