Angelo Feeder Lambs,
Cattle Trade Upward

SAN ANGELO — Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-3 higher last week, slaughter cows $1-2 higher, slaughter bulls firm to $2 higher and stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 3107 head.

Feeder lambs sold firm to $2 higher this week with the greatest advance on lambs weighing under 70 pounds, slaughter lambs firm, slaughter ewes uneven, good and choice firm to $2 higher and other grades weak to $2 lower. Receipts totaled 10,788 head, with 60 percent slaughter ewes, 15 percent feeder lambs and the balance mostly goats.

Feeder lambs: medium and large 1-2 40-70 lbs. $70-76, 70-90 lbs. $67-70, few $70-73, 90-100 lbs. $65-68.50; medium and large No. 2 40-70 lbs. $63-70, 70-90 lbs. $60-67, 90-100 lbs. $60-65.

Slaughter lambs: choice 2-3 shorn and wooled 100-135 lbs. $64.50-69; good and choice 2-4 slaughter ewes $27-36, utility and good 1-3 $30-40.50, utility 1-2 $24-32, cull and utility 1-2 $18-24, bucks $30-40, few thin $24-30.

Stock ewes: medium and large 1-2 yearlings $65 per head.

Meat goats: slaughter billies and wethers 100-150 lbs. $60-100 per head, 150-205 lbs. $100-142.50; nannies 70-110 lbs. $42-52 cwt., thin 60-90 lbs. $30-40, choice and prime kids and yearlings 40-80 lbs. $71-80, choice 40-100 lbs. $60-70, few 100-130 lbs. $60-65, good 40-80 lbs. $55-60.

Angoras: choice 80-115 lbs. $40-44.50 cwt., choice kids 30-50 lbs. $71-77.50, good 40-55 lbs. $62-70.

Feeder steers: medium and large No. 1 few 200-300 lbs. $92-94, 300-400 lbs. $85-93, 400-500 lbs. $76-87, 500-600 lbs. $69-79, 600-700 lbs. $64-69, 700-800 lbs. $63-67; medium and large 1-2 200-300 lbs. $80-90, 300-400 lbs. $73-85, 400-500 lbs. $66-76, 500-600 lbs. $59-69, 600-700 lbs. $58-64.50, 700-900 lbs. $56-63.

Feeder heifers: medium and large No. 1 300-400 lbs. $71-79, 400-500 lbs. $64-74, 500-600 lbs. $63-68, 600-700 lbs. $62.50-66, 700-800 lbs. $61-65.50; medium and large 1-2 200-300 lbs. $70.50-77, 300-400 lbs. $60-70, 400-500 lbs. $56-65, 500-700 lbs. $54-63, 700-900 lbs. $53-61.

Slaughter cows: breakers 1100-1450 lbs. $28-35, boners 900-1250 lbs. $27.50-33, high yielding 1100-1250 lbs. $33-35, lean 800-1000 lbs. $20-27.50; yield grade 1 bulls 1400-2100 lbs. $40-46, high yielding $47, low yielding 1100-1600 lbs. $33-40.

Stock cows: medium and large 1-2 young 750-1050 lbs. $46-50, young and middleaged 800-1150 lbs. $33-41.50; medium and large 1-2 bred young cows and heifers $450-500 per head, medium 1-2 $320-450; medium and large 1-2 cows with 100-300 lb. calves $505-615 per pair, medium 1-2 cows with 100-300 lb. calves $400-500 per pair.

Representative sales:

Cattle: Robert Hodges, Ozona, five steers, 344 lbs. $93; Robert Eaves, McCamey, 11 steers, 375 lbs. $86.50; 11 heifers, 302 lbs. $79; Pam Hengst, San Angelo, 25 steers, 518 lbs. $79; 34 heifers, 580 lbs. $66.50; Bob McNutt, Pecos, 11 steers, 426 lbs. $87; 10 heifers, 403 lbs. $73.50; Circle H Ranch, San Angelo, 15 steers, 422 lbs. $86; 13 heifers, 443 lbs. $73; Wardlaw Brothers, Sonora, 10 steers, 513 lbs. $78.50; 11 heifers, 572 lbs. $66; Wallace Ranch, Sonora, 16 heifers, 534 lbs. $66.50; R&F Ranch, Mason, 22 heifers, 520 lbs. $67; Joyce Phillips, Rocksprings, five cows, 1268 lbs. $34.50; L.O. Box, San Angelo, three cows, 1135 lbs. $33; Jim Herring, Ballinger, bull, 1675 lbs. $47.

Sheep: T&S Farms, San Angelo, 220 lambs, 68 lbs. $75; 45 lambs, 79 lbs. $69.50; Calvin Miller, San Angelo, 44 lambs, 71 lbs. $70, 11 lambs, 48 lbs. $72; Gene Jones, Christoval, 16 lambs, 77 lbs. $70; Mike Stephenson, Gouldbusk, eight lambs, 69 lbs. $75; H&E Farms, Eola, 49 lambs, 97 lbs. $68.50; Johnston Brothers, Water Valley, seven lambs, 103 lbs. $67; Cole Garner, Levelland, nine lambs, 125 lbs. $67; Sunny Mead Ranch, Idalou, 29 lambs, 125 lbs. $66.

Meat goats: Bobby Brunson, Littlefield, 21 head, 68 lbs. $73; Jim Britton, Oklahoma, 18 head, 70 lbs. $65; Aubrey Kothmann, Menard, 30 head, 72 lbs. $69; John Damron, Big Spring, 10 head, 68 lbs. $76.