ABOVE THE TORRENT, these sheep west of San
Angelo were grazing serenely last week just a few
feet above the flooding Middle Concho, swollen by
runoff from a downpour in the Barnhart area. The
two locales are separated by only a few miles as
the crow flies, but the water took a cicuitous
route via Tepee Draw and was a couple of days
making the trip.Lamb Prices
Continue To Lose Ground
Fat and feeder lambs continued their
downward price trend this week. Trading was
limited in many areas, particularly in Texas,
where most auctions were closed for the 4th of
July holiday.
Midweek Rush To Unload Cattle Knocks $2
Off Plains Fat Price
Plains feedlots, hoodooed by forecasts of
larger numbers later this summer, were ripe for a
rout and found a good enough excuse Wednesday
when the futures board broke.
PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES
RANGE
SALES
Retired
Hereford Man Shares Fond Memories Of Bygone Days
One of the original organizers of the
Concho Hereford Association and a well-known
Hereford breeder from Concho County, Jack
Williams will be 86 in a couple of months.
Couple
Finds Longhorn Steers Popular As Mounts In
Parades
Most cattlemen talk about weaning weights,
carcass characteristics, fertility and markets.
Don and Ja-nnet Williams talk about how good
their cattle are with kids.
Panhandle Family Maintains Swiss
Heritage Century Later
It's been more than a century since
Abraham Finsterwald arrived here to make this
land safe for settlement. Today, his grandson is
still keeping the place safe, although he's
wearing a different uniform.
Sheep Producers Still Waiting For
Weeks-Overdue Trade Edict
American sheep producers are impatiently
waiting for President Clinton to decide whether
to sanction foreign producers exporting lamb meat
to the United States.
Judge Gives EPA Sweeping New Power Over
Manure Application
A federal judge has ruled that land
application of manure should be labeled as a
"point source" for pollution.
BLM Approves Buffalo On Idaho Allotment
The Bureau of Land Management has given
Medicine Lodge Ranches permission to graze 300
head of buffalo on a trial basis northeast of
Dubois.
Packer Organization Files On Report Law
The American Meat Institute is challenging
South Dakota's mandatory livestock
price-reporting law as a way to defeat similar
national legislation, said state Sen. Frank
Kloucek, who sponsored the bill in the
Legislature.
Garrett Nokes Earns $5186 At Recent
Nebraska Rodeo
Garrett Nokes did more than win a little
extra traveling money last weekend. He earned
more cash than any other cowboy in the PRCA.
Feeder Cattle And Calf Prices Steady
Across Nation Last Week
Feeder cattle and calf prices were little
changed across the country last week, generally
averaging around steady.
Texas Fed Cattle Prices Lower Last Week
In Wednesday Trade
Slaughter steers and heifers sold $1 lower
last week in Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma
feedlot trading. A few late trades indicated
additional pressure. Trade was slow except for
Wednesday, when most movement took place.
Angelo Feeder Steers, Heifers Trade
Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady last
week, slaughter cows and bulls firm to $1 higher,
stock cows and pairs were steady. Receipts
totaled 1562 head.
San Saba, Brownwood, Mason Feeders
Strong
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to
strong last week in Mason, Brownwood and San
Saba, some 500-600 pounds $1 higher, slaughter
cows and bulls steady, pairs and bred stock cows
steady to $25 higher. Receipts totaled 2184 head
at the three sales.
Fredericksburg Steer, Heifer Prices
Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady,
slaughter cows $1-2 higher. Receipts totaled 815
head.
Milano Feeder Cattle Prices Trend Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady,
slaughter cows and bulls steady to $1 higher.
Receipts totaled 1147 head.
Most Abilene Cattle Prices Called Higher
Feeder steers sold $1-2 higher, heifers
steady to $2 higher, the advance on weights under
400 pounds, slaughter cows and bulls steady to $1
higher, stock cows steady, pairs $50-75 higher.
Receipts totaled 1319 head.
Goldthwaite Feeder Lambs Turn Higher
Feeder lambs sold $2-3 higher, slaughter
ewes $5-8 lower, slaughter bucks $3-5 higher;
slaughter Angora goats $2-5 higher; stock Spanish
nannies steady to $4 higher, slaughter classes
$6-10 higher except billies steady. Receipts
totaled 5000 head.
Most Colorado City Cattle Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-4
higher, slaughter cows and bulls $2 higher, bred
stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 562
head.
Graham Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Lower
Feeder steers sold $1.50-2 lower, heifers
$1-2 lower, slaughter cows and bulls steady,
stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled
1915 head.
Cuero Cattle Prices Termed About Steady
Feeder steers sold about steady, some
300-400 pounds higher, heifers about steady,
slaughter cows and bulls about steady. Receipts
totaled 1347 head.
U.S. Meat Production Up In May; Lamb
Lower
Commercial red meat production for the
United States in May totaled 3.6 billion pounds,
up one percent from the 3.58 billion pounds
produced in May 1998.
Kansas
Direct Feeder Cattle Weak To Lower
Feeder steers sold weak to $1 lower last
week in Kansas direct trade, heifers weak.
Weather across the state was wet with spotty
thunderstorms every evening. The damp conditions
have made wheat harvest slow with little
harvested at this time. Sales were confirmed on
10,704 head.
Domestic Wool Slow, Aussie Trade Lower
Wool trading remains slow under narrow
demand. In Territory trading the past few weeks,
Wyoming sold 40,000 pounds of 22-22.5 micron,
classed and skirted, three inch-plus, average
yield at $1.20 delivered clean; Colorado moved
118,000 pounds, bellies out, 24-25 micron,
staple, average yield at 38-41 cents net
producer; New Mexico sold 20,000 pounds, bellies
out, staple, 25-26 micron, average yield at 40
cents f.o.b.
U.S. Meat Production 4.5% Above A Year
Ago
Total red meat production under federal
inspection last week was estimated at 865.8
million pounds, 1.5 percent less than a week
earlier and 4.5 percent more than a year ago.
Cumulative meat production for the year to date
was up 2.3 percent at 21.9 billion pounds.
Letters To The Editor
Loose Ends
Coming Up...
July 6 — Special Stocker and Feeder
Sale, Llano Livestock Auction, Llano, Texas.
July 7-10 — Superior
Livestock Auction’s "Weekend In The
Rockies" Video Sale, Sheraton Steamboat
Resort & Conference Center, Steamboat
Springs, Colorado. July 10 —
1st Annual Summer Horse Sale, Western Livestock
Auction, Midland, Texas.
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