45 YEARS AGO

William B. Wilson of San Angelo this week sold 70 clipped lambs expected to weigh around 85 pounds for delivery next week to Russell Hays of San Angelo at $18.50 cwt.

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Boots Harlan of Clovis, New Mexico, bought 137 steers weighing 405 pounds off cake and grass in the area at $20.50 on order for a Kansas buyer; these were delivered March 11.

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Herbert Butts of Spearman, Texas, bought four loads of plain quality steer yearlings weighing 600 pounds off wheat at $17.50 from Jerry Berger of Spearman, March 13 delivery.

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Buck Cone, Amarillo, sold 44 cows, coming three year-olds with calves, at $140 per pair to F.D. Dejornet of Dalhart, March 10 delivery.

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Reed Curtis of Amarillo sold 317 heifer yearlings weighing 600 pounds at $17.40, March 15 delivery, to Fred Hill of Phoenix, Arizona.

40 YEARS AGO

L.H. Woodford of Hereford, Texas, sold 162 heifer yearlings weighing 530 pounds at $31 and delivered them off wheat March 14 to Fred Fuqua, Tascosa, Texas.

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Frank Fuller of Clovis bought 300 longfed steers weighing about 1050 pounds for delivery this week at $27, delivered to the plant, from Bogle & Hance, Clovis.

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Cliff Neafus of Newkirk, N.M., sold 90 heifer yearlings and 275 steer yearlings estimated to weigh around 500 pounds for delivery this week off cake and grass at $32 and $34 for heifers and steers, respectively, to Buster Wheat of Allen, Kan.

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Gibb Timms of Rush Springs, Okla., sold 110 steers averaging 975 pounds at $25 and delivered them March 14 to Nebraska feeders through Ab Wright, Amarillo.

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Tavis Killough, Fort Sumner, N.M., sold 240 steers weighing 600 pounds off cake and grass at $32.50 to Missouri buyers, delivered last week.

35 YEARS AGO

Hereford Feed Lots delivered two loads of choice steers weighing 1300 pounds at $20.25 to John Hankins, Pampa, buying for an El Paso packer.

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Fred Daugherty, Clovis, sold 316 heifers weighing 476 pounds at $23 with a 10-mile haul and two percent shrink; these are described as choice quality Herefords.

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Elmer Rigoni, Roy, N.M., sold 120 steers described as good and choice Mexican Herefords weighing under 400 pounds at $110 per head to Ellen Scott, Roy.

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Among recent calf trades was the purchase by a northeastern New Mexico operator of 1200 heifer and steer calves weighing 340 pounds at $24 and $26 in the Lordsburg, N.M. area.

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Howard Martindale, Rocksprings, Texas, weaned a registered Charolais bull at exactly eight months of age when he weighed 1070 pounds. At 205 days of age the calf weighed 905 pounds.

30 YEARS AGO

J.H. Martin, Spearman, sold 425 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 616 at $27.90 hauled 10 miles and weighed straight to Lynn Hart, Gruver.

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Mrs. Mattie Price and her son Tommy Price, Tatum, N.M., sold 900 Hereford and Okie steers expected to weigh 650-675 at $27 for Nov. 1 delivery shrunk three percent to Lewis Cooper, Kenna, N.M.

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Charlie Hoover and J.T. Gilbreath, Hereford, were reported to have sold 416 good Okie 575 pound steers at $30.

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Tom Reed, Amarillo, sold 870 No. 1 and a few No. 2 Okie steers expected to weigh 600-625 pounds at $30 delivered off wheat, hauled 30 miles and weighed straight, to a feeder who plans to finish them in Three R Feed Yards, Hereford; 300 similar quality heifers to weigh 500 at $27 for delivery this week, hauled a short distance and shrunk 1½ percent; 600 No. 1 Okie steers weighing about 450 at $150 a head.

25 YEARS AGO

Swift & Co. bought about 18,000 spring lambs weighing mostly 95-100 pounds at $39 f.o.b. the Phoenix area from Bob, Rudy and Phil Echeverria, John Aleman, J.B. and Gene Etchemende and Gunther Thude; about 8500 in California, mostly in the Bakersfield area, at $38.50 f.o.b., similar weights.

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Homer Hill, Hart, bought in the Tulia area 77 Okie steers weighing 651 pounds at $40 payweight.

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D.T. Cattle Co., Vega, Texas, sold to a local buyer 105 Angus and black baldface steers weighing 607 pounds at $44, delivered.

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Wheatheart Feeders, Perryton: 213 steers, 1100 lbs., 55-60% choice, $42.

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Buck Sumners, Dalhart, bought in the Texas Panhandle 140 Hereford and black baldface heifers weighing 675 pounds at $40; 110 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 825 at $42.50.

20 YEARS AGO

Cattle and calves on feed dropped half a million head during February to 8.21 million March 1, six percent fewer than Feb. 1, one percent fewer than a year ago but nine percent more than two years ago.

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Jimmy Schell, Broadview, N.M., sold to a Hereford feedlot 172 Okie steers weighing 821 at $76.50.

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Guy Holmes, Portales, N.M., sold off wheat to a Texas buyer 72 crossbred heifers weighing 711 pounds at $74.

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Gordon Peterson, Dallas, sold off wheat near Hereford 388 good and choice black baldface and "English cross" heifers weighing 585 pounds at $84.

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Joe Lewis Powell, Elida, sold to a Hereford feedyard 80 Hereford and black baldface steers weighing 640 pounds at $85.

15 YEARS AGO

Sam Howell, Elida, N.M., sold to a Texas buyer 510 No. 1 native mixed breed steers weighing 685 pounds at $68.

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Dennis Henry, House, N.M., sold to a New Mexico buyer 70 mixed breed steers weighing 625-650 pounds at $67.

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Pinky Arledge, Seymour, bought in the Memphis, Tenn. area 270 No. 1 cutting bulls weighing 550 pounds at $62.75 delivered.

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Woody Taylor, Clovis, N.M., sold to a local buyer 57 mixed breed steers weighing 675 pounds at $67.50.

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Hugh Nash, Wilbur City, N.M., sold to a local buyer 50 black baldface steers weighing 715 pounds at $68.50 and 50 heifer mates weighing 645 at $62.50.

10 YEARS AGO

Producers Wool and Mohair in Uvalde has sold a container of average adult mohair at $1.40. A Texas mohair buyer says actual sales have been scarce.

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XIT Feeders, Dalhart: 834 steers, 1100 lbs., 70-75% choice, $79; 312 heifers, 1025 lbs., 70-75% choice, $78.50; 316 heifers, 975 lbs., 65-70% choice, $78.

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Cattle Town Inc., Hereford: 189 heifers, 975 lbs., 65% choice, $78.

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USDA quoted some California spring lambs off alfalfa fields at $78, shorn oldcrops $70.

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Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 95 heifers, 1000 lbs., 45% choice, $77.50; 71 heiferettes, 1000 lbs., $73.50.

5 YEARS AGO

Slaughter lambs in San Angelo brought $55-60 on 100-110 pounds, a few up to $62.50. Weights of 110-135 pounds turned at $50-56, a few newcrops $68.50.

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PACO Feed Yard, Friona: 146 steers, 1175 lbs., 50% choice, $75.50; 151 heifers, 1000 lbs., 50% choice, $75.50.

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Nortex Feedlot Co., Dalhart: 517 steers, 1125 lbs., 60% choice, $75.50; 49 heifers, 1025 lbs., 60% choice, $75.50.

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Sugarland Feed Yard, Hereford: 491 heifers, 1000 lbs., 50% choice, $75.50.

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Clayton Cattle Feeders, Clayton, N.M.: 189 plain heifers, 1050 lbs., $75; 213 plain heifers, 975 lbs., $75.