Lambs, Lamb Meat Find Weak Market
Fat lambs continued their soft trend that started last week with prices lower in most reporting areas. Dressed lamb lost about $3 last week on the top end of the quotations, though some heavies held steady. There is very little price difference on East Coast weight ranges now; 55 pounds and down are $184.50-189, 55-85 pounds $188.50-189, and 85 and up $183.50-188.50.

Fed Cattle Market Some Better, Motivated By New "Fundamentals"
Packers came back to the market this week. They did it uncharacteristically early, and they paid 50 cents to $1 more in the doing — all for a golf game, it appears.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

Economist Davis Sees Brighter Days For Beef In Near Future
"You've been through the worst," said Texas Extension Service economist Ernie Davis. "Now, you may get to go through the best."

Buffalo Hunting Era Short, But Full Of Color And Drama
Dr. B. Miles Gilbert is an anthropologist with a degree in theology and a fascination for buffalo hunters. A native of Pampa, Texas, Gilbert now lives in Eagar, Ariz., by way of Lawrence, Kan.; Columbia, Mo.; Laramie, Wyo., and several other towns with noted schools.

Agriculture Is A Challenge For Family-Held Corporation
Gaddis Farms, a family-held corporation, has been in operation for right at 100 years. Naturally, as the family grew, the number of heirs has grown. That in itself challenges any family-held corporation, and today's limping agricultural economy adds yet another challenge.

Demand For Preconditioned Cattle Exceeding Supplies
A good deal of attention has been focused again on the importance of 45-day weaning programs for stocker cattle. Such programs are certainly not new, but the realization that producers can actually be paid for following certain protocols is something new.

Research Feedyards Promise Leading Role For Panhandle
With the dedication of two research feedyards in the Texas Panhandle this month, James Herring, head of Amarillo-based Friona Industries, says the area could develop into the leading beef research center in the country.

Continued Cow Reduction, Much Corn Bodes Well For Cattlemen
After dropping last fall, the cattle market has been showing signs of improvement this year as cattle liquidation continues.

United Way Fronting Eco-Radical Groups
Caren Cowan always thought the United Way helped people. Now she's questioning just which people the United Way helps. "At least one regional United Way has become the pawn of radical environmental groups," says Cowan, the director of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association.

Feds Refuse To Kill Depredating Grizzly
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied a Wyoming Game and Fish Department request that a suspected cattle-killing grizzly bear be killed.

Famous Indian Battle So Well Known That Truth, Myth Merge
History is written by the winners of its battles, but historian Dr. T. Lindsey Baker says even the winners may offer conflicting stories of historical events.

NLPA To Handle Funds For Nat'l Sheep Center
The National Livestock Producers Association Board of Directors approved a measure during their summer board meeting in Colorado Springs that will allow NLPA to act as an intermediary with the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center to disburse and loan funds for U.S. sheep and goat industry improvements.

NM Cities Pondering Suit On Water Uses
A number of cities, including Albuquerque, are debating whether to join the State of New Mexico and an irrigation district in the lawsuit they filed this month to force federal biologists to analyze and state the costs of protecting the habitat of a minnow in the Rio Grande.

Market Reforms Must Begin In The States
The battle to reform markets and save the family farm must first be fought in the states before moving to the nation's Capitol, a group of state legislators said Friday.

PRCA Recognizes A Half-Dozen Inductees Into Hall Of Fame
The most successful timed-event cowboy in the history of professional rodeo led a field of six new inductees into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame here during the sport's recent annual induction ceremonies.

Steers, Heifers $1-2 Lower In Angelo Special Sale Monday
Steer and heifer prices were $1-2 lower here Monday in the season's fifth special feeder sale at Producers Livestock Auction Co.

Nation’s Feeder Cattle Prices Higher Last Week, Calves
Dry weather, consumer demand for beef and Friday's cattle on feed report were the bellwethers for the week’s cattle trade. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $2 higher in most areas, but calves and short yearlings were mostly steady to $2 lower with the Southeast as much as $4 lower.

Cattle On Feed Up Two Percent In Seven Main Feeding States
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter Aug. 1 in the seven leading feeding states totaled 7.88 million head, up two percent from the same date last year and five percent above Aug. 1, 1997.

Texas Fed Cattle Trade Stymied Last Week; Formulas Set Record
Slaughter steers and Heifers were not well tested last week in Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma feedlots.

Angelo Feeder Lambs Mixed, Cattle Weak
Feeder lambs weighing less than 70 pounds sold firm to $2 higher this week, heavier weights weak to $2 lower, slaughter lambs not well tested, slaughter ewes weak to $2 lower. Two-day receipts totaled 13,324 head, around 60 percent slaughter ewes, 10 percent feeder lambs and 30 percent goats

San Saba, Brownwood, Mason Feeders Higher
Feeder steers sold steady to strong last week in Mason, Brownwood and San Saba, a few 600-650 pounders $3 up, heifers steady to $2 higher, replacements $2-5 higher, slaughter cows and bulls $1-4 lower, pairs and bred stock cows steady. Receipts totaled 5046 head at the three sales.

Llano Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Lower
Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-2 lower, slaughter cows $1-2 higher, bulls $2 higher. Receipts totaled 642 head.

Abilene Feeder Steers Higher, Heifers Lower
Feeder steers sold steady to $1 higher, heifers steady to $2 lower, slaughter cows $1-2 higher, bulls steady, stock cows and pairs weak. Receipts totaled 1479 head.

Junction Lambs Higher, Stock Angoras Steady
Feeder lambs sold $2 higher, slaughter ewes and bucks mostly steady; stock Angora nannies mostly steady, slaughter nannies and muttons $5-6 lower, other slaughter Angoras $1 lower; stock Spanish nannies $2 higher, slaughter muttons steady, other slaughter goats $3-5 lower. Receipts totaled 7400 head.

Lamb Meat Imports Jump 9% In June
Lamb meat imports in June amounted to 3228 metric tons, according to the Foreign Agriculture Service. The June volume is up 40 percent from June 1998, and up nine percent from May 1999.

Milano Feeder Steers Higher, Heifers Steady
Feeder steers sold steady to $1 higher, heifers steady, slaughter cows $2-3 higher, bulls steady. Receipts totaled 977 head.

Domestic Wool Quiet, Aussies Open Lower
Wool trading was at a standstill at the producer level last week, most growers reluctant to accept current bids. Demand and seller interest was light.

Goldthwaite Feeder Lambs Trade Steady
Feeder lambs sold $1 higher, slaughter ewes and bucks steady; stock Angora nannies steady, slaughter kids $4 higher, other slaughter Angoras steady; slaughter Spanish goats mostly steady, stock nannies $3 higher. Receipts totaled 5500 head.

Fredericksburg Feeder Steers, Heifers Higher
Feeder steers sold $2-4 higher, heifers $1-2 higher, slaughter cows and bulls $2 lower. Receipts totaled 1749 head.

Lampasas Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and bulls $2-3 lower. Receipts totaled 1030 head.

July Beef, Red Meat Equal Record Output
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.78 billion pounds in July, equaling the previous record high for July set in 1998. The accumulated January through July red meat production was up three percent at 26.5 billion pounds.

U.S. Meat Supplies Up, Pork At Record
Total red meat supplies in freezers July 31 at 815.9 million pounds were nine percent above July 1998, but down four percent from June 1999. This was the eighth month in a row that pork exceeded the 500 million pound mark and also a high for the respective month. The previous record July high total pork stocks was 415 million pounds set in 1998.

Kansas Direct Feeder Steers, Heifers Weak
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to weak in Kansas direct trade last week. The weather was a little cooler with highs in the mid-90s, but moisture was scarce. Sales were confirmed on 6722 head.

U.S. Meat Production 1.7% Above A Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 885.2 million pounds, .5 percent more than a week earlier and 1.7 percent more than a year ago. Cumulative meat production for the year to date was up 2.3 percent at 28.7 billion pounds.

Colorado City Feeder Cattle Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold firm to $2 higher, slaughter cows steady to $2 higher, bulls $2 higher, bred stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts totaled 903 head.

Graham Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Higher
Feeder steers sold steady to $2 higher, heifers steady to $1 higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady to $1 higher, stock cows $20 higher, pairs fully steady. Receipts totaled 1290 head.

Most Cuero Cattle Prices Turn Lower
Most feeder steers and heifers sold lower, except roping calves and 600-700 pound steers higher; slaughter cows and bulls sold lower. Receipts totaled 2235 head.

Coming Up...
August 28 — Special Replacement Female Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction, San Saba, Texas. August 29 — Mills County Meat Goat Association’s Fall Production Sale, Mills County Civic Center, Goldthwaite, Texas. August 31 — Special Stocker and Feeder Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction, Brownwood, Texas.