Bob Lindsey of Borger, Texas, sold 200 mixed calves for March 10-25 delivery to Wayne Weir of Denver at $18 for heifers, $20 for steers.

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Tom Pugh of Texhoma, Okla., sold two loads of two year-old steers weighing 862 pounds at $20 to Walter Wilmeth of Spearman, Texas. These were delivered Dec. 8 and were shipped to Illinois feeders.

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Carl Funderburg of Amarillo sold 31 heifer yearlings weighing 460 pounds at $17 and 33 steers weighing 505 at $19 to Fred Saltzman of Hereford, Texas, delivered Dec. 13.

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Joe Longhome of Dalhart sold 271 Angus cows, 67 with calves and the balance springers, at $100 each. These were two to five years old. They went to a Mr. Whatley of Paducah, Texas, and were delivered Dec. 3.

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Fred Hill of Phoenix bought 150 mixed yearlings from W.H. Kimble of Amarillo at $18 for heifers and $19.50 for steers, delivered Dec. 9. The heifers averaged 717 pounds, the steers 856.

40 YEARS AGO

Bill Barnes of Camargo, Okla., sold 291 choice fed heifers, weighing around 900-950 pounds after 130 days on feed, at $23.50 for Dec. 15-25 delivery out of the Boone Feedlots at Dalhart, Texas.

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Mid-West Feed Yards, San Angelo, bought and received last week 2200 wooled feeder lambs weighing 77 pounds at $16 from Bill Upton, San Angelo.

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J.D. Amend of Amarillo sold 400 plain mixed breed steers weighing about 700 pounds at $20.50 for Dec. 15 delivery to a Kansas buyer.

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C.F. Augustine of Lamar, Colo., bought 100 choice stocker cows four to five years old, 76 with calves and the balance springers, at $200 for the pairs and $190 for the springers and received them last week in the Grenada, Colo. area.

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L.S. Brown of Dumas, Texas, sold 100 steers estimated to weigh about 750 pounds at $22 for delivery this week to an Amarillo buyer.

35 YEARS AGO

Ed Castleberry, Dalhart, sold off his ranch at Romero 100 steer calves weighing about 350 pounds at $24 to Orville Burtis, Kansas City.

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The Mexican government again temporarily removed for an indefinite period a $1.50 cwt. export duty on steers crossing into the United States. Movement during late November consisted of 300-350 pound steer calves at $22-23 and 400-550 pound yearlings at around $20. The bulk of these cattle, crossing at the rate of 1800 per day at El Paso, were out of the state of Chihuahua and were good and choice Herefords and Angus.

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Adolph Hill, Hooker, Okla., and Raymond Chandler, Dalhart, sold 470 Hereford and Angus steers weighing about 775 pounds at $20.40.

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Cotton McDade, Clayton, N.M., received 310 steer calves weighing 310 pounds in El Paso at $23.50 from J.K. Rose of El Paso and Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. These were sent to McDade's ranch at Clayton.

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Kenneth Cook, Vega, sold 146 cows weighing 800 pounds to Richardson Seed Co., Vega, at $125 for 17 head with calves at side, $78 for 75 dry cows and $75 for the rest.

30 YEARS AGO

An old Ringling Bros. elephant barn was to be used by a private company in Peru, Ind., in a sizable confinement-rearing project for lambs. The innovators hoped to raise 3000-5000 head in total confinement.

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Tom Reed, Amarillo, bought 1350 choice Hereford, Angus and black baldface steer calves weighing 397-403 pounds at $36.60 delivered to Friona out of Mississippi.

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Ralph Britten, Groom, bought and received 80 Hereford and Angus steers weighing 650 pounds at $31.50 from Billy Fields, Groom.

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Texline Commercial Cattle Feeding Co., Texline, bought 400 Hereford and Angus steers weighing about 675 pounds at $32 in the Felt, Okla. area.

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Homer Hill & Sons, Plainview, bought 63 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 800 pounds at $28 delivered and 60 similar steers weighing 600 at $30 from John Clark, Lazbuddie; also in the Olton area 102 Angus and black baldface steers weighing 492 at $34.

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Hugh Cooper, Santa Rosa, N.M., sold and delivered 475 No. 1 Okie steers weighing 590 pounds at $31.85 to Pioneer Order Buyers Inc., Friona.

25 YEARS AGO

Red meat production under federal inspection last week was estimated at 710 million pounds, 20 percent above Thanksgiving week and one percent above a year ago.

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Buck and Jim Sumners, representing B&J Cattle Co., Dalhart, bought in the Texas Panhandle 142 Okie steers weighing 550 pounds at $27; 120 No. 1 Okie heifers weighing 500 at $24; and in eastern New Mexico 200 Hereford, Angus and black baldface steers weighing 410 pounds at $29.50.

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Jimmy Cluck, Dimmitt, bought in the Hereford area 200 Hereford heifer yearlings weighing 428 pounds at $25.50.

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Herschel Caviness, Causey, N.M., bought in the Elida, N.M., area 150 packer cows weighing 900 and 925 pounds at $16 and $17.

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Bill Porter, representing Clarendon Cattle Co., Clarendon, sold to a local buyer one load of good Hereford cows, 3-5 years old, weighing about 900 pounds, about half with calves and balance heavy springers at $240; and one potload of Hereford, Angus and black baldface steers weighing 480 pounds at $30.50 delivered.

20 YEARS AGO

Paul Horney, Ft. Sumner, N.M., sold to an Oklahoma buyer 300 choice mostly black baldface heifer and steer calves weighing 425 and 455 pounds at $85.50 and $95.50.

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B.M. Medlin Ranches, Maljamar, N.M., sold to a local buyer 40 aged Hereford cows weighing about 900 pounds at $450 per head.

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Potter Craig, Clovis, bought on order in the Clovis area 142 No. 1 heifers weighing 597 pounds at $71.20.

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Cattlemen's Commission Co., Oklahoma City, sold 180 running age mixed color cows, black, black baldface, Charolais and Hereford crosses, with 30 percent calf crop on ground and balance springers weighing 900 pounds at $625.

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Ralph Britten, Groom, sold to a local buyer one load of choice Hereford steers weighing 463 pounds at $90.

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Swisher County Cattle Co., Tulia: 625 steers, 1100 and 1140 lbs., 65-70% choice, $69.50.

15 YEARS AGO

Elton Green, Clovis, N.M., bought in Mississippi 135 No. 1 Okie steers and bulls weighing 350 pounds at $70 delivered.

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Chris Britten, Groom, bought in Western Oklahoma 65 crossbred heifer and steer weaner calves weighing 400 and 450 pounds at $56 and $66; in the Claude area 130 choice heifers weighing 725-750 pounds at $61.

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The Blackwell, Okla. teleauction sold a load of lambs weighing 107-108 pounds at $63.25 shorn, $1 less for wooled.

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Davidson Feed Pens, Pecos: 135 steers, 1100 lbs., 60% choice, $67.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 790 heifers, 975 lbs., 70% choice, $66.

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Jarboe-Lackey Feedlot, Parsons, Kan.: 95 Brahman cross steers, 1025 lbs., 65% choice, $107.50 in the beef.

10 YEARS AGO

Ranchman's Wool and Mohair, Brownwood, sold a little more than 800,000 pounds of adult hair, spring hair at $1.15 per grease pound, fall hair $1.10. Ranchman's in Ingram sold 225,000-250,000 pounds of fall adult in a $1.07-1.12 range.

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Jim Riffel, representing Sarter Inc., Stockton, Kan., bought in Kansas 121 English-bred steers weighing 818 pounds at $84.50, also 62 steers weighing 801 at $84.50 and 117 similar heifers weighing 673 at $83.15, plus 70 heifers weighing 627 at $83 and 674 heifers weighing 654 at $82, as well as 133 heifers weighing 692 at $81.60.

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Coronado Feeders, Dalhart: 2938 steers, 1125 lbs., 70% choice, $77, 839 heifers 1050 lbs., 70% choice, $77.

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Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in New Mexico 80 choice exotic cross steers weighing 600 pounds at $88, also 110 choice exotic cross heifers weighing 550 at $82 and 140 No. 1 Okie heifers weighing 700-725 at $79.

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Colorado Beef, Lamar, Colo.: 475 steers, 1150 lbs., 65% choice, $76.50; 370 heifers, 1050 lbs., 65% choice, $76.50.

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Dumas Cattle Feeders, Dumas: 600 steers, 1100 lbs., 65% choice, $77.50.

5 YEARS AGO

Miller Feedyard, Satanta, Kan.: 341 steers, 1200 lbs., 50% choice, $70.

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Heritage Beef Cattle, Wheeler: 609 heifers, 1100 lbs., 50% choice, $70; 442 steers, 1200 lbs., 50% choice, $70.

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Henry C. Hitch Feedlot, Guymon, Okla.: 2331 heifers, 1050 lbs., 50% choice, $70; 1423 steers, 1200 lbs., 50% choice, $70.

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Cattle Town Inc., Hereford: 183 steers, 1175 lbs., 60% choice, $70.

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Clayton Cattle Feeders, Clayton, N.M.: 315 steers, 1150 lbs., $70; 265 heifers, 1025 lbs., $70.