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Fat, Feeder Lamb Prices A Shade Soft
Fat and feeder lambs found a little softness around the country after a couple of weeks of fairly liberal slaughter, though liberal in regard to recent weeks and year-ago levels only. Slaughter the next couple of weeks should be reduced due to the holiday observance.

Plains Fed Cattle Sell Early Again, Gain $1 Again Doing It
Plains feedlots sold cattle on Wednesday for the fourth week in a row, and for the second week in a row they profited by it.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

A&M Economist Sees Pain In Ag, Says Livestock May Fare Better
The financial outlook for agriculture is not great, says a policy analyst from Texas A&M. Commodity prices will continue at low levels, and most ranches and farms will experience at least short-term cash deficits.

Gulf Coast Rancher Signs On To Safe Harbor Agreement
So-called "Safe Harbor" agreements between the federal government and private landowners have been extensively debated in a wide variety of circles, and support is varied even among various agricultural interest groups.

Western Representatives Back Plan To Return Wolves To NY
Congressman James Hansen wants to share wolves with New Yorkers. The Utahn, along with fellow Republican Joe Skeen, are co-sponsoring legislation that supports the re-introduction of the Eastern Timber Wolf to its original habitat in the Catskill Mountains of New York.

Wyoming Leads Court Fight To Keep Water
The director of the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts says the federal government is engaged in thievery of the most precious resource in the state — water.

Last Free-Roaming Buffalo Herd In Texas Now Behind Stout Fence
The last free-roaming buffalo of the Great Southern Herd have been penned. A little more than three dozen head of a historic herd gathered from buffalo that roamed the plains have been penned behind heavy timbers and oilfield cable at Caprock Canyons State Park here.

Campbell Blows Whistle On More Land Grabs By Clinton, Babbitt
Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell has sniffed out another Clinton administration scheme to lock away federal land without benefit of review.

Ecos Sue To Regain 4.8 Million SW Acres
A Tucson-based environmental activist group has filed suit to reinstate almost five million acres of so-called "critical habitat" for the spotted owl.

Ecos Have Stalled Long Enough To Make Wolf Removal Unlikely
Delaying tactics on the part of wolf promoters have accomplished their goal, it appears. The head of the federal wolf recovery program says removal of wolves released in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho may now be impossible, even if federal appeals courts uphold a judge's order to do so.

Innovation Is Important Tool For Rancher At Tip Of Baja
Rancho Dos Amigos, at the very tip of the Baja Peninsula, is conducting an interesting experiment this year. Climate controls the cattle business in this arid, desert country. Some years it only rains once, wet years twice.

Tentative Research Questions Safety Of Altered Corn Strain
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG said last Thursday that further study is needed to determine any real threat to monarch butterflies and other species from a strain of corn genetically altered to kill an insect pest.

S.D. Price Disclosure Law Is Creating Some Confusion
A new state law forcing meatpackers to report prices they pay for livestock may also require some auction markets and butcher shops to do the same, South Dakota Attorney General Mark Barnett said last week.

U.S., EU Ag Policy Heads Spar Over Ban At Beef Conference
The United States and the European Union have agreed to keep talking about their trade dispute over hormone-treated beef, but otherwise senior officials had no progress to report after concluding two hours of discussions late last week.

BLM Okays First Step In Nev. Easement Plan
A plan to protect agricultural land from development in Douglas County has received a formal go-ahead from federal officials.

Husband And Wife Have Both Set NFR As Goal For 1999
Mike and Sherry Cervi of Midland, Texas, pocketed a combined $3784 and two event titles at the recent $74,662 Redding Rodeo in Redding, Calif.

Texas Fed Cattle Prices Higher Last Week, Mostly On Wednesday
Slaughter steers and heifers closed mostly $1 higher last week in Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma feedlot trading. Trade was at a standstill until Wednesday, when movement turned active and nearly 80,000 cattle changed hands.

Nation’s Feeder Cattle, Calf Prices Turned Higher Last Week
Feeder cattle and calf prices turned higher across the country last week. Yearling steers and heifers were steady to $2 higher, calves close to steady with a few areas checking in steady to $1 lower.

Cattle On Feed Up Three Percent In Seven Main Feeding States
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter May 1 in the seven leading feeding states totaled 8.57 million head, up three percent from the previous year and one percent above the figure for May 1, 1997.

Superior Livestock Video Sale Offering Totals 15,500 Cattle
Superior Livestock Auction offered more than 15,500 feeder cattle in their regular video sale. Prices were termed a bit stronger, particularly on seven to eight-weight cattle. Trade and demand were moderate, delivery mostly current through September.

Domestic Wool Trade Still Slow, Prices Softer On Aussie Wools
Wool trading remained slow across the U.S., though it did improve from recent weeks. Much activity centered on warehouses in Texas, which offered wool at several special sales. Demand remains light for ample supplies of wool.

Angelo Feeder Lambs Lower, Cattle Steady
Feeder lambs sold weak to $3 lower this week, slaughter lambs weak to $2 lower and slaughter ewes firm. Slaughter ewes made up about 55 percent of the run, feeder lambs 15 percent and goats 30 percent. Two day receipts totaled 15,506 head.

San Saba, Brownwood, Mason Feeders Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $4 higher in Mason, Brownwood and San Saba last week, slaughter cows $2-4 higher, bulls steady, pairs and bred stock cows steady. Receipts totaled 2317 at the three sales.

Y.O Ranch Longhorn Sale Averages $1047
The Y.O. Ranch offered 123 lots at their 26th annual invitational Texas Longhorn sale for an average of $1047 per head.

U.S. Meat Production 5% Above A Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 892.7 million pounds, 1.9 percent more than a week earlier and five percent above a year ago. Cumulative meat production for the year to date was up 2.1 percent at 17.65 billion pounds.

Brangus Embryo Bulls In Camp Cooley Sale
The Camp Cooley-Las Brujas joint venture bull sale included 36 yearling Brangus bulls born from frozen embryos shipped from Camp Cooley Ranch to Mexico recipients that averaged $2868 per head.

Lampasas Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 higher. Receipts totaled 763 head.

Kansas Direct Feeder Cattle Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold firm to $2 higher in Kansas direct trade last week. Weather in western Kansas was mild with scattered evening thundershowers; central and eastern Kansas had 3-11 inches of rain. Sales were confirmed on 9340 head.

Graham Steer Prices Up, Heifers Steady
Feeder steers sold steady to $1 higher, heifers steady, slaughter cows steady to $1 lower, bulls steady, stock cows steady to $20 lower, pairs steady. Receipts totaled 2562 head.

Junction Feeder Lamb, Angora Prices Lower
Feeder lambs sold $2 lower, slaughter ewes and bucks mostly steady; slaughter Angora goats $1-2 lower; slaughter Spanish muttons and billies $2 higher, other slaughter goats $4 lower, stock nannies $5 lower. Receipts totaled 7200 head.

Abilene Yearling Steers, Heifers Up
Feeder steers under 500 pounds and heifers under 600 pounds sold steady, heavier steers $1-2 higher and heifers $1 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady, stock cows and pairs $20 higher. Receipts totaled 2082 head.

Better Quality Cuero Cattle Termed Higher
Better quality feeder steers and heifers sold higher, lower grades about steady, slaughter cows lower. Receipts totaled 1139 head.

Meat In Cold Storage 10 Percent Above '98
Total red meat supplies in U.S. freezers April 30 at 933.45 million pounds were up 10 percent from a year ago and five percent above the previous month.

April Meat Production Sets New Record Highs
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.82 billion pounds in April, up three percent from April's previous record high of 3.7 billion pounds produced in 1998.

Fredericksburg Steer, Heifer Prices Strong
Feeder steers and heifers sold strong, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 higher. Receipts totaled 996 head.

Goldthwaite Feeder Lambs Sell Steady
Feeder lambs sold steady, slaughter lambs $10 higher, slaughter ewes and bucks steady; slaughter Angora nannies $5 higher, stock Spanish nannies $4 lower, slaughter muttons and billies $7-10 higher, other slaughter goats mostly steady. Receipts totaled 5600 head.

Colorado City Feeder Cattle Prices Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows $1-3 higher, bulls steady, bred stock cows $50 higher, pairs $75-100 higher. Receipts totaled 1392 head.

Milano Feeder Steers, Heifers Steady To Up
Feeder steers sold firm to $2 higher, heifers steady with weights 600-700 pounds $2 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts totaled 703 head.

Most Llano Cattle Prices Termed Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-5 higher, the full advance on lightweights, slaughter cows $2-3 higher, bulls steady. Receipts totaled 471 head.

Coming Up...
May 31 — Messenger Ranch’s 3rd Annual Memorial Day Pasture Roping, Hollis, Oklahoma. June 2 — Dairy Sale, Tri-State Livestock Auction, Sioux Center, Iowa. June 5 — Greater Hill Country Hereford Assns Tour, Stonewall, Texas. June 5 — Fryar Cattle Company’s Maine-Anjou and Paint Horse Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction, Brownwood, Texas.