Bill and Kelly Owen of San Saba this week bought about 3200 mixed lambs from Bar S Ranch, Mertzon, for delivery between now and Feb. 1 at buyer's option at $17 cwt. The lambs are estimated to weigh around 75 pounds now.

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Lester Urschel, Canadian, Texas, sold 334 cows, a few with calves and the rest springing, at $95 per head to Phil Furguson, Woodward, Okla., delivered Nov. 27. These were five to six years old.

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Del Cluck of Gruver sold two loads of heifer yearlings weighing 650 pounds at $17.70 to an Oklahoma buyer, delivered Nov. 29.

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Joe Mayer of Ozona is reported to have sold around 900 mutton lambs to Owen Parks of San Saba at $16.75 cwt.

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P.F. Hawkins of Gruver, Texas, sold 180 steer yearlings weighing 601 pounds to Cliff Augustine of Texhoma at $19, delivered Nov. 23.

40 YEARS AGO

Perkins & Boyd, San Angelo, sold 139 fed heifers and steers for delivery by Jan. 1 out of Union Feed Yards, Blythe, Calif., at $23.75 to Los Angeles packers, weighed at the yards with four percent shrink. These cattle have been on feed since July 15.

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Lee Perkins of Talpa sold 172 head of crossbred calves originally from the Lake Charles, La. area, at $24.50 delivered to Blythe, Calif. These averaged 204 pounds and sold to Lee Cattle Co., Los Angeles.

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Tom Price of Pampa, Texas, sold 90 to 100 steer yearlings expected to average near 750 pounds at $22 for immediate delivery to Denver buyers.

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Jack Drake of San Angelo bought last week and received this week 1687 summer shorn feeder lambs weighing about 78 pounds in the Carta Valley area at $15 cwt.

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Fred and Charlie Marshall of Arch, N.M., bought 84 mixed calves weighing 413 pounds in the Tatum area at $26 and $28, delivered Nov. 21.

35 YEARS AGO

The T-4 Cattle Co., Tucumcari, N.M., sold 500 cows averaging 950 pounds at $12 to F.G. Collard, Amarillo.

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Mexican calves and yearlings, generally good and choice Herefords or Angus, were crossing at the rate of 1500 to 1800 head per day at the El Paso port of entry; additional numbers were entering at Presidio and Antelope Wells, N.M. The bulk of these trades were at $22-23 for calves weighing around 300 pounds and $20 for yearlings between 400 and 500 pounds. One reputation set of Chihuahua Hereford steer calves weighing around 450 pounds sold out of second hands at $23.

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Howard Kinkead Estate, Tucumcari, N.M., sold 136 heifer and steer calves weighing 450 and 513 pounds at $19 and $22.50, and 45 cows weighing 1035 at $11.50 to Rollin Ryan, Powersville, Mo.

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Leroy Russell, San Angelo, bought 150 mixed Angus calves from Lea Allison, Sonora, and 50 head from George Allison, Sonora, at $19.50 for heifers weighing about 450 pounds and $22.50 for steers weighing 475.

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Ray Barr, Amarillo, bought 105 steer calves weighing 448 pounds at $23 in the Amarillo area.

30 YEARS AGO

Dayton Barkley, Gruver, representing Vann-Roach Cattle Co., Fort Worth, bought 600 No. 1 Okie steers averaging 650 pounds at $30.50 off Panhandle wheat and 1425 No. 1s with a few No. 2s weighing 675-700 pounds at $30.

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Chick Northcutt, Silverton, delivered to a local buyer 100 Hereford steer calves weighing 458 pounds at $35.

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James Barr, Dalhart, sold 250 Hereford, Angus and black baldface steer yearlings weighing 725 pounds at $30.50 to a local buyer.

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Possibly 1½ million pounds of 12 months wool were sold at various Texas warehouses for prices ranging from the mid 40s to 51-52 cents a pound, based on about $1.05-1.10 clean. About two million pounds of mohair were sold at mostly 45 cents for adult. Both wool and mohair were down substantially over recent weeks.

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Hitch Ranch Feed Lot, Guymon, Okla., sold 459 steers weighing 1080 pounds grading 75 percent choice at $27.75; 303 steers weighing 1050 pounds, 75 percent choice at $27.85; and 70 Holstein steers weighing 1200 pounds at $25.

25 YEARS AGO

Six companies, four in the U.S., one in Argentina and one in France, control 95 percent of the world grain trade, Jim McHale, Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary, said at the recent World Food Conference in Rome. The American companies he listed were Continental Grain Corp., Cargill, Inc., Cook Industries and Archer-Daniels. The others were Bungle Corp., Argentina; and Drefus in France.

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Lehmberg & McMillan, Mason, sold to a northern Panhandle buyer 200 mixed breed heifers and 300 steers weighing about 375 pounds straight across at $21.50 and $26.50.

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Billings, Mont. sold about 2000 lambs at auction, fat lambs to a $38.50 top, feeders mostly $35-37.50.

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Texas appeared to have the strongest fat lamb market, some choice fed lambs in No. 1 pelts $42.50-43 and feedlot operators starting to ask $44.

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Gene Pickard, Albany, bought 80 Hereford steer calves weighing 455 pounds at $31 from Morris Miller, Albany, for W.J. Goode, Seymour.

20 YEARS AGO

Kansas and Oklahoma buyers helped spark the breeding ewe market to a $4-6 higher level, solidmouth bred ewes $50-60 per head, one set to $63.

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Dick Wellborn, Datil, N.M., sold to a New Mexico buyer 75 Hereford and black baldface bred heifers weighing about 700 pounds at $700 per head.

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H&W Farms, Tulia, bought in the Longview area 105 No. 1 steers and bulls weighing 469 pounds at $85.25 delivered.

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J.T. Moore, Tucumcari, N.M., sold to a Vega, Texas buyer 122 heifers and steers, Herefords with a few mixed breeds weighing 468 and 512 pounds at $73 and $83.

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Bill Wallace, Tucumcari, N.M., sold to a Clayton, N.M. buyer 95 Hereford and black baldface heifers and steers weighing 465 and 540 pounds at $80 and $90.

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Don Nelson, Tulia, bought in the Amarillo area 105 Hereford and black baldface steers and bulls weighing 350 pounds at $99.50 delivered.

15 YEARS AGO

Phillip Tate, Clovis, N.M., sold to a Hereford, Texas feedyard off summer pasture at Santa Rosa, N.M., 450 mixed breed steers weighing 722 pounds at $64.

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USDA reported 2700 head of lamb selling in South Dakota at $68.50 for No. 1-2 pelts, $67.50 wooled.

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Gary Don Martin, Roswell, N.M., bought in that area 136 Hereford and black baldface steers weighing 388 pounds at $69.50, also 135 similar heifers weighing 363 at $56.50.

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Texas Livestock Marketing Assn., Fort Worth, sold out of the Abilene area to a Texas Panhandle buyer 120 steers weighing 680 pounds at $63.50.

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Miller Feed Yard, Satanta, Kan.: 625 steers, 1200 lbs., 65-70% choice, $67.50.

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Tom Johnston, Tucumcari, N.M., sold to a Texas Panhandle buyer 170 Hereford and black baldface steer calves weighing 620 pounds at $65.

10 YEARS AGO

A Virginia special lamb sale moved 650 head, high choice and prime $57, choice $56.25.

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Crockett's Cattle Connection, Bowie, sold on a delivered basis to Texas Panhandle buyers one load of red and black baldface and exotic cross steers and bulls, no more than one-eighth Brahman, weighing 260 pounds at $121.09; one load of exotic steers weighing 450 at $94; one load of No. 1 crossbred steer and bull calves weighing 421 at $93.47.

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Bar G Feedyard, Summerfield: 409 steers, 1075-1100 lbs., 60-70% choice, $77; 1859 heifers, 975-1025 lbs., 60-705 choice, $77.

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JM Cattle Co., Abilene, sold on a delivered basis to Oklahoma buyers one load of No. 1 Okie heifers weighing 502 pounds at $83.87, also one load of No. 1½ Okie and crossbred steers and bulls weighing 537 at $81.94, to a New Mexico buyer two loads of No. 1 Okie and crossbred heifers weighing 479 at $82.80; to an Arizona buyer one load of No. 1-1½ crossbred steers and bulls weighing 550 at $82.60.

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Blackwell, Okla. had its first lamb teleauction in many weeks, selling one load of choice and prime lambs weighing 116-117 pounds at $59.

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Hitch Feeders No. 1, Hooker, Okla.: 546 heifers, 1000 lbs., 65% choice, $77, 198 steers, 1150 lbs., 65% choice, $77.

5 YEARS AGO

More than 11,500 slaughter ewes crossed into Mexico last week to bring the total for the year to 588,148. This week it should top 600,000, but it will be fully 30,000 below year-ago levels.

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McLean Feedyard, McLean: 240 heifers, 1050 lbs., 50-60% choice, $68.

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Tejas Feeders Inc., Pampa: 641 heifers, 1050-1100 lbs., 50% choice, $68; 333 steers, 1100-1200 lbs., 50% choice, $68.

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Cattle Town Inc., Hereford: 313 steers, 1050-1200 lbs., $68.

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Carson County Feedyard, Panhandle: 76 steers, 1150 lbs., 50% choice, $68.