BEEVILLE —(Oct. 3)— The Shiner Ranch and Partners female cattle sale averaged $710.96 per head on 1292 head.

High selling lots included Courtland Farms, Bryan, eight bred Brahman heifers, $1000 per head; Byron Vassberg, Harlingen, 10 open registered Brahman heifers, $990; Thomas Ranches, Richards, 13 brown and mottlefaced bred heifers, $875; Earnst Wernecke, Kingville, 23 Braford pairs, $975; Melissa Rod, El Campo, 21 bred Brangus cows, $800; and Johnson Farms, Cleveland, two Brahman pairs, $1050.

Sale averages: 239 bred tigerstripe heifers, $725; 206 bred Brahman heifers, $804; 128 bred Brangus heifers, $646; 21 tigerstripe cows with calves, $978; 77 bred tigerstripe cows, $738; 49 Brangus cows with calves, $719; 83 bred Brangus cows, $711; 35 bred Brangus baldy heifers, $599; 19 second-calf tigerstripe pairs, $919; 37 second-calf bred Braford cows, $755; 19 first-calf tigerstripe pairs, $852; 50 first-calf Brangus pairs, $808; five first-calf crossbred pairs, $726; eight first-calf Brangus pairs, $787; 22 Brahman cows with calves, $868; eight bred Brahman cows, $775; 18 registered open Brahman heifers, $884; 81 open commercial Brahman heifers, $554; 30 bred Braunbray heifers, $750; 16 open Braunveigh cross weanling heifers, $417; 16 exposed Brahman heifers, $731; 21 bred Hereford heifers, $635; 60 open tigerstripe weanling heifers, $440; 17 open brown mottlefaced weanling heifers, $475; 21 open Brangus weanling heifers, $450; six registered Quarter Horse colts, $1333.