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WAITING FOR WHEAT, these mixed calves near Baird have been disappointed for some time, but their country harvested a bit of rain recently, shortly after the camera passed by. Lest anyone get ideas, that camera magic hasn't worked very well at other times and places.

Lamb Prices Hold Steady Once Again
Fat and feeder lambs held steady for the most part again this week as carcass prices remained unchanged. Carcass prices have been the same now for nine consecutive weeks.

Midweek Standoff On Cattle Follows Good Price Gains
Plains fed cattle trade was at a standstill through midweek after a couple of weeks of significant price gains. Texas Panhandle feedyards had moved fewer than 1700 head on a live basis by Texas Cattle Feeders Association count.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

Panhandle Sheriff Spent Most Of His Life Training Animals
Rolling down North French Street, James Robertson hollers "Tiny," and the team of mules pulling the wagon turns left behind Perk's Fina Station. Robertson yells "Buster," and the two 1700-pound mules arc to the right into the parking lot.

East Texas Cattlemen Share Stories From Earlier Days
Doyle McAdams and Alvin Stutts have ridden many a mile together, roped more than their share of outlaw steers, and have wild tales to share for each and every escapade. The two have been friends since Stutts went to work for McAdams' grandfather when he was about 14, and they've worked alongside each other on and off ever since.

Meat Trade Expert Gives View Of World Outlook For Future
The competitive environment of other meats is a major challenge confronting beef producers around the world today, says a French-based international researcher.

Governor Announces Two-Thirds Of Texas In Drouth Emergency
Gov. George W. Bush declared an emergency in two-thirds of the state last Thursday, amid worries that the unusually dry winter may give way to a summertime drouth more ruinous than last year's.

Low-Level Bomber Training Opponents Seek Out Stenholm
Farmers and ranchers opposed to an Air Force plan that would allow B-1 bombers just hundreds of feet above their property are taking their complaints to U.S. Rep. Charles Stenholm.

Study Shows "Greenhouse Gas" Trails Warming, Not Leads It
It looks like the "global warming" alarmists may have things exactly backward. For the last several years they have constructed a veritable industry around claims that human activity — mostly in the bad old capitalist world — is on the verge of overheating the earth, melting polar ice caps and causing all sorts of other horrors.

Drouth, Other Federal Ag Aid Won't Be Available For Months
Livestock owners who suffered hay and feed losses in last summer's drouth will have to wait several more months for promised federal aid.

Gore Skinned Mules, Slopped Hogs While Inventing Internet
Vice President Al Gore is truly a legend in his own mind, a Renaissance man without peer. Launching his Year 2000 presidential bid in Iowa this week, the Washington-reared son of a wealthy and powerful U.S. senator sold himself to audiences as a gin-u-wine sodbustin' pioneer.

High-Tech Company Applying Techniques To E.Coli Tests
A high-tech company known for diagnostic systems used in medical tests has adapted the technology to detect E. coli bacteria in food. Experts say it could help combat foodborne pathogens by offering faster and more accurate test results.

Undervalued Cuts Get Boost Thanks To Computer Software
The beef checkoff program is taking a high-tech approach to marketing undervalued beef cuts in certain international markets, thanks to a new computer software program created for foreign foodservice operators and distributors.

Wheat Group Overhaul Underway, Prompted By Kansas
Cattle and sheep organizations aren't the only groups coming under fire from dissatisfied producers. The nation's largest wheat lobbying group, plagued by overspending and mismanagement, has instituted a series of belt-tightening moves under pressure from Kansas growers.

Hitch Mulling Recusal On Okie Ag Board Vote
The Oklahoma attorney general's office wants to keep Paul Hitch, a member of the state Agriculture Board, from voting on matters dealing with a company that buys his hogs.

House Passes Bill On Ag Bankruptcies
Farmers struggling after a year of falling prices would continue to have additional bankruptcy protection under a bill the House passed last Thursday.

Judge Orders Habitat Declared For Minnow
In a decision that will result in major changes in water and land-use in New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande valley, a federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for an officially "endangered" minnow this month.

Montana Imposes TB Tests On ND
Montana has put restrictions on the movement of North Dakota cattle after a Morton County dairy herd was found to be infected with bovine tuberculosis.

Justice Antitrust Enforcer To Tour
The Justice Department's chief enforcer of antitrust laws is going to Minnesota next month to meet with producers about their concerns with agribusiness mergers.

Calf Roper Cody Ohl Takes Houston's All-Around Title
Cody Ohl, the two-time and reigning world champion calf roper of Stephenville, Texas, showed Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo fans how good he is with a rope by winning the rodeo's all-around title and the $25,000 cash bonus that came with it.

Texas Fed Cattle Trend Higher In Liberal One-Day Movement
Slaughter steers and heifers closed $1 higher in Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma feedlot trading last week. Trade was slow except for active movement Wednesday, when the bulk of the cattle changed hands.

Nation’s Feeder Cattle Prices Mixed In Spite Of Higher Fats
Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly $2 lower to $2 higher last week with a few more declines than advances; the calf country of the Southeast was as much as $4 lower. There was no definite pattern relating to sex, calves or yearlings.

Superior Livestock Video Sale Offering Totals 45,000 Cattle
Superior Livestock Auction offered nearly 45,000 feeder cattle at their regularly scheduled video sale. Trade and demand were termed moderate, delivery mostly current to June.

Angelo Lambs Steady, Feeder Cattle Higher
All classes of sheep and lambs sold steady this week. Two day receipts totaled an estimated 12,000 head and included around 40 percent feeder lambs at a special spring lamb sale.

Junction Feeder Lambs, Stock Angoras Steady
Feeder lambs sold fully steady, slaughter lambs steady, slaughter ewes steady; stock Angora goats steady, slaughter kids $2-5 higher, other slaughter Angoras $2-4 higher; stock Spanish nannies steady, slaughter kids $4-6 higher, other slaughter goats $1 higher. Receipts totaled 5600 head.

Most Abilene Heifers, Heavy Steers Steady
Feeder steers weighing less than 600 pounds sold $1 lower, heavier weights steady, heifers steady, slaughter cows $1-2 higher, bulls steady, stock cows and pairs $20 higher. Receipts totaled 1142 head.

Domestic Wool Slow, Foreign Wools Higher
Domestic wool trading was slow last week, nearly at a standstill in most areas. Demand was light to narrow, and seller interest also remained light as most producers were unwilling to accept current bids.

Goldthwaite Feeder Lambs Trade Steady
Feeder lambs sold steady, slaughter lambs $2 lower, slaughter ewes and bucks mostly steady; slaughter Spanish kids mostly steady, other slaughter goats $3-4 lower, stock nannies $3 higher. Receipts totaled 4700 head.

Graham Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Lower
Feeder steers sold $2 lower, heifers $1-2 lower, slaughter cows and bulls fully steady, stock cows and pairs fully steady. Receipts totaled 1143 head.

Colorado City Feeder Steers, Heifers Firm
Feeder steers and heifers sold firm, slaughter cows steady, bulls $2 higher, bred stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 386 head.

San Saba, Brownwood, Mason Feeders Strong
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to strong last week in Mason, Brownwood and San Saba, slaughter cows and bulls steady to $1.50 higher, pairs and bred stock cows steady. Receipts totaled 1489 head at the three sales.

Cuero Cattle Prices Termed Mostly Mixed
Feeder steers and heifers were mixed, lower quality kinds selling higher and others about steady, slaughter cows $1-2 higher. Receipts totaled 1199 head.

Kansas Direct Feeder Steers, Heifers Mixed
Feeder steers sold weak to $2 lower in Kansas direct trading last week, heifers steady. The weather continued mild. Sales were confirmed on 4762 head.

Milano Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Lower
Feeder steers sold $1-2 lower, heifers steady to $1 lower, slaughter cows and bulls $2-3 higher. Receipts totaled 823 head.

Llano Feeder Steers Turn Sharply Higher
Feeder steers sold $3-4 higher, heifers steady, slaughter cows and bulls $2 higher. Receipts totaled 363 head.

More Wolves Released In Eastern Arizona
Four more "endangered" Mexican gray wolves have been released in the Apache National Forest.

Mexican Feeder Cattle Imports Total 34,
Feeder cattle imported from Mexico into the United States last week totaled 34,601 head.

U.S. Meat Production 6% Above A Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 863.3 million pounds, down 1.8 percent from a week ago and up six percent higher from a year ago. Cumulative meat production for the year to date was up 1.4 percent at 8.99 billion pounds.

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March 18 — Musick’s 28th Angus Business Bull Sale, at the Musick’s Sale Barn, Tucumcari, New Mexico. March 18 — Sonora Ram Performance Test Field Day and Sale, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Sonora, Texas. March 18 — Video Sale, Producers Video Auction, Fort Worth, Texas.