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Goldthwaite Feeder
Lamb Prices Steady
GOLDTHWAITE (Oct. 2) Feeder lambs were
steady, slaughter ewes and bucks steady, stocker Spanish
nannies mostly steady; slaughter Spanish kids and muttons
$2-4 higher, all other classes of slaughter Spanish goats
steady; stocker Angora muttons steady, all classes of
slaughter Angoras steady. Receipts totaled 4200 head.
Sheep: medium and large No. 1 feeder lambs 50-85 lbs.
$65-75 cwt.; slaughter lambs 85-135 lbs. $52-65 cwt.;
ewes, cull $22-26, utility 2-3 $30-32, good 2-3 $38-44;
bucks $26-28 cwt.; Barbados, lambs 50-80 lbs. $47-53,
ewes 70-80 lbs. $30-38, bucks 95-155 lbs. $36-45 cwt.,
Barbado ewes and lambs $14-17 per head. Angora goats:
nannies 40-55 lbs. $30-35; muttons 70-80 lbs. $37-38.50
cwt.; fat muttons and billies 80-90 lbs., $35-36.50; kids
40-55 lbs. $52-61; thin nannies and muttons 20-28 cwt.
Spanish goats: nannies $30-45 per head; half-Boer nannies
$55-70; half-Boer kids $45-85; half-Boer billies $85-125
per head; choice and prime kids, 15-35 lbs. $60-76, 40-65
lbs. $63-74; fat nannies 80-130 lbs. $40-50, thin nannies
$25-38; muttons 75-125 lbs. $64-82; billies 80-175 lbs.
$55-70 cwt.
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