In SAN ANGElO it`s - Livestock Weekly!

Vol. 12 - No. 15
Lambs Uneven
In Quality As
Well As Price
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SAN ANGELO,
Brown & Tovrea Sell YearliiiCJs
At $23-23.50, Fall Delivery;
Deliver Marlin Steers, $23.50_Brown & Tovrea of Dalhart sold
880 Hereford steer yearlings and
370 Angus and Angus-Hereford
yearlings, aU expected to average
around 700 pounds, at $23 for Sept.
1-10 delivery to a Kansas buyer;
they also sold, to the same buyer,
1100 Hereford steer yearlings expected to weigh near 650 at $23.00
Cor the same delivery date~ From
the Marlin area, Brown & Tovrea
sold 120 steer yearlings weighing
625 pounds and delivered them last
week to an fllinois buyer at $23.00.
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1960
Ke~p Buys lort Heifers For
Immediate Delivery At $23.50;
Hinkston AnCJus Steers, $27.50
$7 Per Yeu
H•19h Qual•ty
I
caHIe Steady,
0thers Easler
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A. J. Kemp of Dimmitt, representint Texas Livestock Marketing
Assn., Fort Worth, bought 625 me·
dium to good quality heifer yearlings estimated to _weigh near 600
pounds at $23.50 v .th 3 10 percent
cut for delivery this week from
So h
.
.
Fat and feeder lambs sold unA. R. Bort of Gruver Texas •
ut western cattle pr~ces thts
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.
week
ruled
steady
on
quahty
offerevenly steady to as much as $1 lowHe also bough~, from Frank Hmk- ings and weak to lower on plainer
er in Texas trading this week.
ston ~f Lazbu_dd1_e. 421 Angus steer kind for immediate to nearby de·
Movement reached peak \olume for
yea.rhngs we1ghmg 620 at $27.00, livery.
this year in Fort Worth and lead·
delivered last week. .
There was increased inquiry on
ing country auctions, and private
Kemp and R. B. Shtelds of the yearlings and calves for fall deliv·
trading was also quite active.
same fl.l"IIl sol_d , for Flower~ & Ward cry. A fair number of trades were
Aside from lambs, other sheep
of San Antomo, 408 fed heifers and consummated on yearlings, a lesser
classes bulked about steady with
s~eers at $25.75 !!nd $26.25 _for de- number on calves, the latter limitlast week although packer ewes
livery out o~ Triplett Feed~ng Co. ed by growers' reluctance to sell
s~owed a slower tendency at occapens at Bovma, Texas durmg the because of uncertain range condis10nally weaker levels.
1 next three weeks; these cattle ~ave lions and the difference in price
The spring lamb market's weak
been fed 140-160 days. Sh1elds ideas.
to lower quotations appeared to rebought, on order for a West Texas
.
S
feeder, 555 plain steers averaging
evera1 sets of steer ycarhn~s
flect poorer selection rather than
425
pounds
at
$20.SO,
delivered
last
were
put
under
contract
for
fall
m
narrower demand for high-quality
week in the Fort Worth area
recent days at. $23 to $24.00, up_ to
or high-yielding kinds. Slaughter
·
$25 on reputation bunches. The Jim.
lambs that would grade choice to
ited trade on calves for faH was at
prime continued bringing up to $23
$25 to $28 on heifers and $27 to
in town and country; but relatively
Texas eight-months wool found
$30 on steers. A persistent trade
few ~ere g~od enough to comm_and active demand in private transacreport that a string of Clround 3000
premaum bads and mo~t offermg~ tions over the past week. No sealed
mixed calves in southern New Mexsold 50 cents. to as much as $1 lo"'· bid offerings were held following
ico sold for fall at $28 and S30
~r at $20-22 masmuch as they were sales early last week at Sanderson
could not be definitely confirmed.
m very l_argc supply. Fort Worth and Alpine warehouses
Dealers at numerous Southwestern
had the b1ggcst Monday run (16,000)
·.
"points reported buyers are showing
since March, 1955; Producers Auc- Warehouses at Del Rao, Uvalde,
increased interest in contracting
tion in San Angelo had an estimat· Ozona and_ San Angelo mad~ sales.
calves, but continue reluctant to
ed 13,000 or more on \'redncsday Grease praces were two to three
GLOBE. Arizona - The "Globe meet growe~· ideas of prices.
and quoted fat Jambs (){f 50 cents, ~ents a. pound cheaper than at eat:lfeedcrs off 50 cents to $1 Feeder !er sprmg sales. The trade says th1s
yearlings," a concentration of most~me sections _of Te"'a~ and· New
spring lambs sold at S17 to $19, 1s mo~tly because later shorn wools
ly just good heifers and steers 1\fexaco arc gettang cr1bcally d_ry,
some "green" lambs Jowcr.
~ntaan more g~easc than the earlwhich were originally estimated to and _reports of stockmen rcsummg
.
.
aer wools. Quahty of the wool vartotal somewhere between 10.000 feedmg on the range .'\re more fre·
Fat yearlings, 1f not too heavy, ied widely, with most of the choice
and 15,000 head, have finally been quent.
were quoted $17·1?.50 m th~ coun· wool and best prices concentrated '
fairly well sold out, reports from
Good and choice light steers and
try ..a.nd o~nNJJ,·- to Sl8 an Forti 8 t Del a·0 · d 0zo
buyers indicated this week. Weis- heifers 450 pounds down for JmmeWorfll';'rceders sold mainly from ·
~ an
na.
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bart Cattle Co.. Denver, is reported diate delivery sold in town and
Del R1o Wool &. .Moha1r sold
$12 to $14 depending on weight.
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90,000 pounds of eaght-months at
to have bought several thousand country at $26 to ~ on heifers,
_Country d~alcrs sa} th~rc are 49-53'~ cents bulk !51-51'2 Pro- 1
head recently at prices ranging $28 to S32 on steers; stockers up to
stall a large number of yeat:lmg ~old ducer8~ Wool ' & Mohair, riei Rio,
from $22 to $24 for heifers and $23 600 pounds $24 to $27 on heifers
crop~ feeders for sale ~hale h1gh- sold 100 000 pounds of eight·
to $26 for steers, latest trades at and $25 to $28 on steers; feeders
gradang fats. are gettang rather months, bulk 50-51 !11. Ozona Wool
the lower end of the bracket. Pro· $22 to $25 and $23 to 527 on heif·
scare~. Steadan<:ss of _the slaughter & Mohair sold 100,000 pounds of
ducers Marketing Assn., Phoenix, crs and steers respectively. Offeryearl_mg trad<: IS attr1b~ted to _the eight-months at 48·5-1' 2· cents
bought another 1000 head for de-' angs of medium and plain stockers
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relat1vc scarcaty of choace sprmg.
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livery last week and next week at and feeders outnumbered quality
ers. And it's the concensus of trad- AI Dishman, De~ Rao, hought 170,$22 and $24; in the 450-head deliv- cattle at m_ost terminal and auction
ers that fat springers \I.On't be as 000 pounds of e1ght-mo!'ths from
ery last week, heifers weighing centers th1s week, and these sold
numerous from now on as was ex· U':alde W~ol & Mohaar Co. at
around 550 and steers around 600 generally $2 to $5 under better
pected earlier thjs season. San An· praces rangmg from 40 t_o 48 cents.
grades. Plain and medium stocker
gelo r ecorded the highest tempera· Western Wool & Moha1r Co. San MISS WOOL OF 1960 is Miss I pounds.
Of the unsold cattle remaining, and feeder heifers bulked a~ $15_ to
ture (107 degrees) in the nation last Angelo, sold 200,000 pounds of wool Patricia Shaw, a Deer Lod9e,
here,.most are priced at $23 and $25 $21, steers $17 ~o $23, and mferaor
Saturday; a big portion of the over the past week at 45-50 for the
ranch country needs moisture as ~tter 12-months, 40-46 for the best Montana beauty whose talents though a few. owners still ask $1 and. common kmds dow!l to $14.
well as cool w«:ather ~o produce eight-months.
for catchin9 the eye of beauty more. One report had it that re- Med~um to good cows wtth calves
maining cattle are somewhat heav- at. s1de brou_ght $160 l<;> $225 ~er
very many genume sprmg slaugh· d
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d' ·
pa1r, dependmg on qudhty and saze
ter lambs.
Leroy Russell Buys Lambs For
JU 9es are obv1ous. In ad 1flon ier than those that have gone.
of calves.
Qu~tations on breeding ewes put Immediate To Ju:te 10 Delivery; to bein9 pretty and shapely, John Zurick Steer Calves From
Fed cattle continued to sell mostly steady, and it is the continued
F'
d A $22 50 T $23 she is a student of J"ournalism
yel!rllngs at around $17 to $18 and F
t
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o
sohd mouths $10 to $12 per head ats 1gure
relative strength in the beef marNew Mexico Booked At $28
except fC!r scatt«:red deals i!l un· Leroy Russell, san Angelo, bought at Montana State University.
ket that supports growers' optimis·
To
Webster
&
Sons
For
Fall
tic outlook. An oft-heard quote in
usually hi~h quabty ewes se~lmg at for June 1 delivery 1000 mixed Her home state also produces
John Zurick of Stead, N. M.; has the trade by producers is that they
premaum figures to be kept m local feeder and fat blackface lambs at
sold 200 steer calves to E. D. Web- aren't ready to take off much on
breeding flocks.
$20 straight with a 65-pound mini- a lot of wool and sheep.
ster & Sons of San Angelo at $28 their cattle for fall so long as the
mum weight limit, expected to
cwt. for October delivery. These are fat market holds firm.'
Blackface Fat, Feeder lambs weigh 75·80 pounds, from Mr. and Dick Low Sells 1300 Steers
expected to weigh 400 pounds. The
Mrs. Robert Gordon, San Angelo.
Delivered At $18, $22 Cwt.
Websters have bought the Zurick Nebraskan Buys Feeder Steers
He received last week from Cope- For Fall Delivery At $24:
calves for several years.
CarroH Fanner & Co., San An· land Bros., Sterling City, 800 mixed
gelo, bought and received during blackfaces averaging 77 pounds at Located At Lubboc•, Gr•ts
Also, Zurick is reported to have In South Texas, On Panhandle
Dick Low of Lubbock has sold sold around 100 steer yearlings, the
the past week one load of blackface $20.00. RusseU figures fat lambs in
George Diedrichsen of Bancroft;
spring lambs at $18 for feeders and such purchases have been costing 1300 steer yearlings for October short-ages from his last year's crop, Neb., bought 184 coming two-year$22 for fats, weighing 72 and 80 about $22.S0-23, feeders $18-18.00. and November deliv~ry to Pony to another buyer for mid-October old steers weighing 872 pounds in
pounds respectively, from Scott Choice fats have been weighing 80delivery at $24.50 cwt.
the Vega, Texas area at S24.75 and
Hartgrove, Paint Rock; also a load 85 pounds, medium fats around 75 Hart of Artesia, N. M. at $24 cwt.
received them last week with a
at $18 and $22 weighing 70 and 80 pounds and feeders, 70 pounds.
j The sale includes 400 steers at Dilley & Son Sell Feeder Steers three-mile drive, a 40-m!le haul and
respectively from Elton Davis of At similar prices, he has contract- Grants, N. M. which will deliver
weighed straight. These were shipMertzon; and. a load of 95-pound ed other blackface lambs for deliv- • Oct. 20 and 900 at Lubbock which At $26-27, Immediate Delivery ped to Nebraska feed.?rs. He also
feeder yearhng muttons at $14 cry from now through Ju!'e 10. on deliver Nov; 1. The cattle are exD. C. Dilley & Son, Borger, Texas received last week, on order for
from W. J. Burrus, Ft. McKavett. fats, June. 20 on feeders, mcl_udmg pected to weigh near 650 pounds sold 318 steers weighing 725-750 Illinois· feeders, 65 steer yearlings,
the foHowmg sorted fat lambs. 1000 on delivery.
pounds at $26 for delivery this Herefords and crossbred, weighing
Dratces Buy fat Lambs At $22 from George and Frank p~mcre,
-----week off wheat to Nebraska feed- 729 pounds at $24 from Walker
Water Valley; 700 from W1lllam &
ers; also 160 steers expected to Bros., La Pryor, Texas.
Jac~ and Paschal Dr~ke, Produ- Bubba Foster, Sterling City; 800 Sneed Buys Feeder Steers For weigh 625 at $27 for delivery next
cers Livestock Auction <:o., San An· f~m Bill and Lee Reed, Sterling Immediate Fall Shipment West week.
Mixed Calves In Bellevue Area
gelo, bought and recetved about Caty; 2000 from E. S. Mayer & Son
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three loads of fat spring lambs, Sonora· SOO from Bob Mayer Sa~
~ F. Sneed of San Angelo has
Sell For Fall At $27 And $30
mostly blackfaces. this week weigh- Angelo: Also, a load f)f mixed fats shapped several load~ of ~rossbred Oklahoma YecwlinCJs Boolced
Carl Mayfield and 0. J. Orton of
ing 80-85 pounds at $22. They were and feeders from Tuff Whitehead feeder steers to Cahforma lately, For Oct. Delivery At $23
Bellevue, Texas sold about three
tops out of large bunches of pas- Del Rio, and a load from c. L: including four loads weighing 811
Dick Jackson of Guymon, Okla., loads of Angus calves, and J. T.
ture lambs in the Christoval, Rob· Meador & Son Elodardo.
pounds at $19 from Chas. H. Comp-.
ert Lee, Garden City and Ballinger
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ton, Breckenridge. He also contract- sold 200 steer yearlings, some of Spikes of the same area sold one
load of Hereford calves, to an Jlliareas.
AnCJUS Cows Delivered At 5235 ed 175 long yearling crassbr~s and them Angus and the rest crossbred nois buyer for fall delivery at $27
125 Herefords from Jack KJ.J"by of Hereford-Angus, for Oct. 1·10 delivSolid Mouth Ewes $12 50 Each
0. 0. Turner, Altus, Qkla., sold Meridian. for September delivery in ery at $23 to a Kansas buyer; these and $30 on heifers and steers re•
361 Angus cows, 235 w1th calves the Mullin area at $19 and $22 re- are expected to weigh near 700 spectively.
pounds at delivery.
Clayton Webster of San Angelo and the rest springers, at $235 per spcctively for shipment west.
last week sold and delivered a load cow to McCloy Bros., Stinnett, TexLoyd WriCJht's Calves Sell At
of solid mouth ewes to a Fort as; th~e were delivered recently Yearling Ewes Sell At $19 50 Heifers, Steers, $24-24.50
$29-31,
Delivery This Week
Worth buyer at $12.00 each.
and shtppcd to the buyers' ranch
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at. La Junta, Colo.
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Lacy . Noble, San Angelo, sold
Ralph Britten of Groom, Texas
Travis Killough of Fort Sumner,
1250 yearling ewes last week for bought 125 heifer yearlings and 115 N. M. has sold 300 mixed dry-win·
Suckle Buys Steer Calves, $31
Feeder Heifers Br1~CJ 24 Cents Johnny Johnston, Water Valley, at steer yearlings at $24.50 for the tcred calves for Loyd Wright of
Jimmy Suckla of Cortez, Colo.,
$19.5{) per head to a local ranch· heifers, weighing about 700.pounds, Ycso to Texas buyers for immedi·
bought 125 steer calves expected to
W. H; Kimble of Amarillo sold man for breedirig purposes. Of and $24 for the steers, weighing ate delivery at $29 on the heifers
weigh 385 pounds at $31 for June 170 heifer yearlings weighing about Spade Ranch breeding, they were near 850 pounds, from Warren and $31 on the steers; they're ex1 delivery from Paul Dean of Albu- 600 pounds at $24 for delivery this described as outstanding Rambouil- Krapff of Olustee, Okla., delivered pected to weigh around 320 and
querque.
week to Colorado feeders.
, lets.
300 respectively.
Mar 19.
8 Months Wool
Fairly Active
In Texas Trade
Most Yearlings
In Globe Area
Reported Sold
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Slaughter Cattle Active, Steadyi
Stockers Slow In Far West Trade
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Coming Up
May 19, 1960
West Texa! LIVESTOCK WEEKLY
Clovis Direct Trade
Slow And Steady
Page 2
3000 choice stocker calves were
contracted for October delivery at
$30 on steers, $28 on heifers, expeeled to weigh 425-475 pounds.
May 23-Special Commercial Angus
Cow Auction, Grenada Livestock
CLOVIS, N. M.-(USDA)-Direct
SAN FRANCISCO-(USDA)Midwest farmers are pushing to
choice 950 to 1000 pounds contract·
Exchange, Grenada, Miss.
trading on slaughter cattle and catch up with spring planting, de·
Direct trade on slaughter cattle out ed at $26 for July 15 to Aug. 15
stockers
and
feeders
continued
of California and Arizona feedlots delivery; 75 loads of high good to May 23-Special Commercial &
layed by prolonged winter weather.
was moderately active and mostly 40-70 percent choice 725 to llOO
Registered Hereford ·Sale, Fort slow, limited deals steady, last The Wall Street Journal predicts a
week.
Confirmed
sales
totaled
only
steady last week. A moderate vol· pounders over California and Ari·
Worth, Texas.
heavy corn and soybean production
ume of fat steers was contracted zona $25.90-27· 12 loads high stand- May 26--Chas. S. Tethrrow Estate 15 loads of fed steers, 12 loads of despite the delays. It reported tha t
heifers
and
about
4000
stocker
into July and August but country ard to mostly good 950 to 1200
Liquidation S~le, Dum-Bell
dry weather in some places came
steers and calves. Light showers too late for oats planting, so farmtrading on stocker and feeder cat· pound steers $25·26 m California,
Ranch, Hyanms, Nebr.
fell
in
the
higher
mountain
regions;
tie was rather slow. Lambs sold including five loads of the heavier May 28-29-Annual Horse Show,
ers turned to more soybeans and
elsewhere over the area there was corn instead, increasing the chances
fairly active, strong to fully 50 steers for June 15 to July 1 delivAbilene, Texas.
very
little
moisture.
Continued
dry
cents or more higher on both old cry; 36 loads compa~able. grades May 3~Annual Angus Stocker
that there will be new records in
conditions are becoming serious on these crops.
crop and spring lambs.
around 1~ POl!nde~s m Ar1zona at
Cow sale, Producers Livestock
non-irrigated grain fields and range
Slaughter steers: In northern Cali· $24-25_.50 mcludmg five loads at t~e
Auction San Angelo.
pastures.
fornia nine loads choice 1050 to top f1gure on delivered Phoenuc
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1100 pounders $28.25 delivered, basis; three loads commercial to June 3-Her eford & Angus Stocker
Fifteen loads of standard, good
over California and Arizona 156 low good 1000 pound steers $24 and
& Feeder Sale, Fort Wor th.
and low choice 750-1025 pound fed
loads high good to 60-90 percent four loads of standard and good June 4-Hereford & ~ngus Stocker steers brought $24-25.50 for current
Salina, Kansa s
choice 850 to 1200 pound steers 775 to 1100 pounds $23-23.50. On
& Feeder Sale, Abilene, Texas. to one week delivery; 12 loads of
SALE EVERY SATURDAY
$27·28 including at least 28 loads carcass basis, a load of good to June 4-Delta Feeder Ass'n Sale, standard and good 750-925 pound
Lonnie Wilson
at $28 and one six load string at mostly choice 950 pound steers sold Tri-State Stockyards, Greenville, fed heifers brought $22.50-24; about
Office Phone T.A. 75563
1000 good and choice 52.';-535 pound 1
the same price for July delivery; at $45, five loads of standard and
Miss.
Res. Phone T.A. 36892
couple loads mostly average to high good 700 to 800 pounders $42 on June 14-16-Registered Rambouillet stocker steers brought S27; around
choice 1200 to 1250 pounders $26.· good and $39 !>n standard. .
.
Ram Sale, San Angell).
75-27.50; 23 loads good to mostly
Slau~hter he1fers: In . Califorma June 25-Feeder Calf & Steer Sale,
H. W. WESTBROOK
C. A. COLE, J r.
the he1fer end of a . m1xed three
Bossier City, Louisiana.
West Texas Livestock Weekly loads of mo~tly c_ho1c~ yearling_s June 25-Eighth Annual Charolais
Published Evory Thursday At
sold at $27; m Cahforma _and An· & Charolais-Cross Consignment
2601 Sherwood Way
Phone 8127 zona a total C?f 44 loads high good
Sale, Capitol Livestock Auction,
WESTBROOK • COLE CO.
Austin, Texas.
to mostly cho1ce 750 to 1000 po~ds
Box 1606 San Angelo, Texas
lt•nch loan Carrespondent
Subscription rato $1 pot y01r; 15c por copy broug!tt $_26-27; a load of good With August 11·12-lOOth Annual ConCONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INS. CO.
STANLEY FRANK, Editor and Publisher
a sprmkling of sta!ldard and low
vention, California Wool Gr owers
412 Mc~urnotl Bld9.
DIAL 3555
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
Second CJ•ss Post•9• P•id •t
cho1ce 875 pound heifers $24.75 a_nd Assn. Jack Tar Hotel San FranSan An9elo, Texas
on carcass
14 heifers
lo!lds of$45.
chOice Sept.
cisco.'
'
800
to 875bas1s,
pound
3-H. c. Spinks Farms
&
~
For Efficient and Satisfactory Marketing •
Slaughter _calves: 126 head of Ranches Quarter Horse Sale,
good and cho1ce 450 pound Nevadas
Paris Tcnn
Consign Your Wool & Mohair to
brou_ght $26 w!tile in southern <;ali· Sept. 9.:....Chas: Waller P urebred
forma and Ar1zona a total of eight
Columbia Ewe & Buck Sale Ros·
loads mostly good 400 to 525 well Livestock Com.m. Co., 'RosfEEDS
pounds $25-25.60.
Well N M
Stockers and feeders: Some 2900
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Range Cubes • Feeds for
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
choice 500 to 850 PC?u nd yearlings Ewe And Lamb Sales Slower
horses • hogs • poultry •
sold at $23-24 on heifers, $2>26.25
16
E.
4th
St.
Tom
Richey· George C. Taylor
Phone 473 1
on steers· 300 mostly choice 600 to
ROSWElL, N. M. -Lambs and
dairy· etc.
850 pound year ling steers $24-24.50, sla.ughter ewes sold slow to lower,
We buy small lots of wool & mohair upon delivery
200 choice with good end 800 pound pairs steady to st! ong here last
Rolled Grains
feeder steers and heifers $24.30, week at ~swell Livestock Comm. ~;;=;;;;;=;;;;;;;;;;;;=;;;;;=;;;;;=;;;~;;;;;;=;;;;;;;;;;;;=;;;;;;;;~
362 good and choice 650 to 850 Co.. Recei~ts totaled 2787 head. a.
• pound feeder steers $23·23.50, and Cho1ce sprmg Jambs brought $21·
Ph. PO 3-4424 CLOVIS, N. M. a string of 1400 medium and good 2 1.80h, woofledd fee derbla$mbs $.18-18d··
850 pound feeder steer.; $19.50, all 50• s orn ee er 1am s 11· 13 , goo
in Arizona. In California, a couple slau~hter: ewes $6-7, canners $4·
e Outstanding modern facilities.
of strings totaling arountl 1500 good 5.50, sol.Id mout~ ewe~ $8-10 per
e Experienced management and personnel.
and choice 575 to 700 pound steers head, pa•rs $9-16, yearling muttons
e Unsurpassed reputation for reliability.
$26.50, 200 good and choice 850 $10-12.
e ldeaf location with respect to local and distant de·
~ound fles~y feeder steers $26 de·
A str ing of over 200 good and
hverehd ~asis, a total of 1900 good choice feeder steers to weigh about
mand, shipping facilities, availability of nec:wby supplies.
and c o1ce 625 to ~ pound steers 625 pounds sold last week in Wyo32-pages of information on how to $25-25.50,
600 mediUm and good ·
f
ll d 1·
S2
steers
525 to 625 pounds $25, two mmg o~ fa
e Ivery at
4. A
select, feed, fit, show calves and loads mostly
medium 650 pound long strmg of t~o-year-old steers
(Saturday when necessary)
manage beef steer & heifer projects Brahmans $24.50, around 1000 good wer e contracted m the same state
and choice 600 to 750 pound heifers at $23 ~or late August :md Septem·
Horse Sale every other MOAday (next sale May 23)
ber
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Brand ·new, 2 ·color $24-24.25, one string of 1600 mostly ;:
bool let with loh of good 600 to 650 pound $23·23.50.
pictures prepa red by Around 650 good and choice mixed
leaders in the b. .f calves sold in small lots, weighing
cattle industry shbws 350 to 450 pounds, sold at $27 on
Call or write at
you how to win suc- heifers and $29 on steers.
Lambs: In southern California at
cess with your beef
regardless least 4000 largely choice and prime
CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO
110 pound slaughter springers $22.·
J IM
future ofproiects
breed.
108, Jlt.
801
PAUL PRUITT
KEN WHITE
Box 668 • Ph. Porter 3-4431
TA 34 7..,
TA 7.2159
TA s.sut
85, total over 10,000 wooled and
Wilson Livestock Auction
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FEED~
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WESTERN WOOL & MOHAIR CO.
EL RANCHO MILLING Co
YOU GET IT ALL AT 'R&F' .
FREE CATTlE BOOK
for boys and girls
Cattle Sales Every Friday
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Salina, Kansas
~omm~~~o~a~prime~
CLUI LEADERS AND YO. AG. TEACHERS ferings
$22·22.75 including 25 load
Write for severa l c,pies to use for instruc·
tion or • s • guide for yau• club members.
Name _ _
RANCHERS & FARMERS
Livestock Auction Co.
Perry CaHie Co.
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Address_ - - - City.__
_ _ State_ - - Moil: A-rlcon Ant• • Au'n, 5), Joseph, Mo
spring shorn lambs at $22.75 for up
to July 15 delivery. Some 600 good
70 pound feeder lambs brought $21.
Around 5100 mostly choice old crop
Iambs expected to scale around 115
pounds brought $19.
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16th Annual San Angelo
ANGUS FEMALE
Good and choice feeder heifers,
expected to weigh around 600 to
650 pounds, were contracted in volume in western Kansas at $23.50
for September delivery and $22.50
for October delivery.
Distribution Sale
Res. Phone 6-7548
Office Phone 2·7093
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
Monday, May 30
lew Mexico Livestock Excha1ge, tao.
Albuquerque, N. M.
SALES EVERY TUESDIY-- 11 I. M.
Bonded Under Pnckers & Stockyards Act for Your Protection
at PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Located at Sa nta Fe Ra ilway Sto c kyards, at end
of South Williams St ., Albuquerque
Mail Address:
4032 Simms Court S. E.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.
The largest and oldest sale of
its kind in the U. S.
The EMPHASIS is on QUALITY!
Good & Choice Cows • • Cows with Calves •
Bred & Open Heifers • • from top
commercial herds
BeAheodt
Breed 8laclcs!
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Among consignments already listed are 30 pairs of straight 5-year-old
cows • • registered but without popers, and all with big calves: also 30
pairs of 4 to 7 year old cows and calves, reputation breeding, and two
loads of good dry cows from a Central Texas consignor.
This sale is open to the world; consignments welcome!
SPONSORED BY
Texas Angus Association
Marvi11 Couey, San Angelo, Pres.
Roland Blackwell, Ft. Worth, Sec'y.
SALE CHAIRMEN: Gerald Hc:wtgraves, Eldorado: Edwin Mayer, Jr., Barnhart
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West Texas LIVESTOCK WEEKLY
May 19, 19601 and h~ifers we bring in ~ere, and
kee-p em under quarant!ne for at
least 30 days. That's gotng to becostly, and sure- hurt this heifer
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Bangs Program Generally Favored
By Growersi Some Graziers Oppose
treatment," the dealer reported.
from $1 to $2 per head, depending
Two Programs Available
on number, circumstances, etc.
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The following regulations gener
a ao) ·e tah cou~:?,r eStl$na....:: ally (but not sf{fifica.lly nor all in.
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petition signed by three-fourths of elusive for a
s~tes) apply to
Countered a C~f! at M~z:!a, the cattle owners who own at least movement ?f heifers and co~s
one of t.!te few modt~ted-ttrtifted 51 percent of the cattle or county (steers aren t affected by !Jte. dtsBrucellOSis free areas m the state: in the area. They can pt'tition for ease, . and can mov~ freely m mter
''There's a decided economic one of two types of program. Until and mtra-state shipments without
The conflicting regulations of one of the leaders in getting a advantage in operation in a free testing is completed and the area Ban~ tests, f!lthough some states
various states and federal rules majority of Tom Green County cat- area, particularly if you raise is declared modifiect'-certified free requtre permds): .
Fede~al regula~tons and all state
governing livestock movement, mis· tlemen to sign a petition to get tile calves for s hipment and sale out it is considered a control area:
of state. The federal regulations State and federal officials super· regulations penrut free movement
understanding of the program, and county in the program:
ar! such that the whole state is vise the testing program.
to and !r001. any free or oon-,free
some honC$t differences of e>pinion
"Texas is away behind in this
gotng to have to eventually be
Texas laws provide f()(" two types area ~r state, of calfhood-vaccmat<>f. its value are creating complica- program, and if we don't get it
free, or have impossible restric- of program one of calfhood vac· ed he1~~rs under 30 months of age.
tions and stirring debate concern· cleaned up we aren't going to be
tions on cattle movement. We de- cination (Ty'pe I) and one of testing A certiftcate of proof of vaccination
ing efforts to clean up Brucellosis ab le to sell our cattle. Eventually
cided we might as well tackle the all dairy and registered cattle and must accompany those moving from
(Bangs disease) in Texas.
every county in Texas is going
problem, suffer the inconveni- 20 percent of the commercial cows non-free to f.t:ee ar~as. No Bangs
Generally, in areas (){ the state to have to be fre-e for their own
ences, and got it done."
and heifers in the county (Type ll). tests are. reqwred etth~r before or
where the majoc cattle operations protection."
Protested a Shennan County opCattle operators volunta:ily join aft:er shtpment on th1s class of
consist of running cow herds and
Argued a Hansford County (far
who runs a cow herd and tile program by petitioning as ex· heifers.
.
raising calves, there is good sup- no11Ul Texas) grazier who pastures erator
Cows .or hetfers ?f. all ages can
also buys and grazes heifers on plained above. The extension serv·
port of the program advanced by several thousand yearlin~ heifers wheat
and feeds them out:
ice is pushing the program, and has ll_lOVe wtthout restrictions or certia state law and Livestock Sanitary on wheat pasture each wmter:
"Evcn after you get an area de· set 1965 as the goal to make the f1cates from .any non-free or nonCommission regulations. In sections
"There's a petition being cir- dared free, some states won't ac· entire state a modified-certified ~ontrol area m the state. H moved
where running stocker yearlings,
yo~ cattle without' tests and free area. The service contends that mt.erstate.. fed~l reg~ators reparticularly heifers, in big numbers culated here, but I think some of cept
quarantine anyhow. I think it's the one of every four beef herds in the qutre testmg pnor to shipment exts the common practice, there is the boys don't realize what the individual cattleman's problem to state contains some Bangs-infected cept calfhood-vaccinated heifers unprogram can do to them. If the
opposition.
keep h!s cow herd clean, and not cattle, and some East Texas herds der 30 months. even if moving to
The divergence of opinions is area is put under control, it's somethmg to be run by the govern- may have as manr as 20 percent non-free areas m another state.
going
to
mean
we've
got
to
test
sharp.
ment. H this country is put in the i.nlecled animals. The argument is
Cows, a.ll non-va~inated heifers
Said a San Angelo cow rancher, every head of the 20 to 30 thous- program, it .me~s we will ha.ve to adV3n.ced that so many othec states and vaccmated ~ifers over 30
put a vetermanan on our payroll are free, or in control areas becom- months of ~ge movmg from a non·
and buy our heifers enough cheap- ing free and require stringent free !lfea tn the state to a free
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er to offset this cost. It's going to tests for 'Texas cattle.
area. m the state ~ out of state,
hurt the supplier who furnishes
,
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. rec_~utre Bangs te-sting by bleedin.g
IT'S
cattle f()(" gra:z.ing in this country . ~· ma1or1ty of our compeh- pnor to movement, and again after
too."
hon '" !he we-stern states have 30 days and before 60 days after
an edge 1n that they have alrNdy arrival at destination in the free
5 miles out of city limits on the Slaton Highway
A Dalhart dealer told of a Pa!'·
ach!~ved a modified-certified sta· area; during the 30 to 60• days beha.ndle oper•to_r ~ho changed h1s
t~, says C. M. P•tterson, exten- fore testing after arrival they are
CAnLE AUCTION every MONDAY • 10 A. M.
mu1d ~bout sh1ppmg 800 cows to
s1on veterinarian for the Texas under quarantine and have to be
Top Market Value Depends on Your Commission Man
grass m Kansas after he- le-arned
A&M College system.
kept in pastures separate from
he would have to test them in
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Texas for Bangs dise-ase- then ree laws reqwre tllat vaccmation
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test them after 30 days i~ Kansas. wofhooalvesstbeeithdone. by ab veterd, in.arian state's e ~~~ot ~c~odotht·r:!}
lubbock, Texas
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He wanted grass where he could or erar-tatoo the ~. Tests must be certified free areas because tlley
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CLAUD KEETON
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go without all that trouble, and ex- made by veterinarians. Cost of vac- ~aven't acted on uniform legisla·
POrter 3-5835
Mailing Address: Box 1527
pense. _He 5a!d he just wasn't going ~ion run:s about $1.50 per . calf tion. Most ~~. however, accept
Office Phone: SH 4-1473
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Heifers
under 8 months shipped
accredtuwoa
directly to recognized feedlots for
feeding and eventual slaughter are
generally exempt from the federal
and most state regulations, but are
shipped under quarantine with
permits.
Auctions and market centers in
Texas are providing separate
"clean" pens to handle caWe troni
the free counties of the state. Cat·
tle can be shipped from the auction
as though shipP,.ed from a free area
if they retain tdentity in the yards.
The above generalization does
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KEETON CATTLE COMPANY
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not, of course, cover all states'
regulations. AdviHs Dr. Charles
Koberg of San Angelo: "If in
doubt, wire for a permit."
Some entire states (for example,
New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada., l.ftah
and others) are declared Bru.ceUosis free. As of April 1, Te:ms had
only 10 counties recorded as freeJeff Davis, Presidio, Brewster, Terrell, Pecos, Crane, Ward, Wlllkler,
Borden and Coleman counties. Numerous other counties, mostly in
Central and West Central Texas,
have petitioned f()(" control and test·
ing for the Type ll program. Numerous Gulf Coast counties have
l):etitioned for Type I, or vaccina·
tion, program..
Texas range condition on May 1
was rated at 80 percent compared
with 77 peroent a month earlier, 82
percent a year ato, and the 10-year
av~ c1f 76 perceot. Texas range
cattle were rated at 81 percent com~ with 77 percent a montll earlIer, 82 percent a year ago and the
l().year avenge of 80 percent.
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May 19, 1960
Modern Cowboys Are Different
Says SMS Hand: They Sleep More
West Texas LIVESTOCK WEEKLY
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Stockers And Feeders Steady, good and low choice heifer calves
$24-28, medium $22.25-24; common
Pairs Weak At R&F Auction
and mediUm stocker <'ows $13-16,
CLOVIS, N. M.-(USOA)-A few
choice stockers and lightweight
feeders sold strong to 25.50 cents
higher in spots last wct•k at Ranchers & Farmers Livestock Auction
Co. Other replacements were little
changed except cow and calf pairs
which sold slow and weak. Receipts
were 1207 head, around 600 less
than the previous week. Around 80
percent were stockers and feeders,
mostly stockers grading good and
below and under 600 pounds. Cows
made up about 17 percent of the
run, including a fair quota of pairs.
Slaughter cows sold 25 to mostly
fully 50 cents higher, in spots up
$1 over the previous week's low
close; bulls sold stron~er. A fe"'
standard cows brought $16.30-18.70,
utility and commercial $14-16.40,
many above $14.50, canners and
cutters $12.20-14.80, mostly $12.50
up; utility bulls $19-20.80, a few
feeder bulls $17-19.50.
A few high good and choice feeder steers over 600 pounds brought
$23-26.30, good and rhoice light
weight stocker steers ~23.25-26.75.
a few short yearlings :1p to $27.40;
common and medium ~terrs $18.2022.80, inferior down to $15.60; good
and choice stocker and feeder heif
ers $21-25.70, a few short yearlings
$26-26.30, common and medium $1821; good and low choire stocker
includ~ng a load of 812 pounders
$13.50, a few 700-890 pou~d~r~
$104-126 each an~ some \~tth cal"es
$140- 1 ~0 per patr, many $150-175
per patr.
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from the ranch country in West
Texas Livestock Weekly. $7 year.
bossed, a lot of good cowboys in
his time. He has worked for the
Swenson Land & Cattle Co. since
1918, starting as a mule-c;kinner on
a water wagon and working up to
wagon boss, a job he held for 25
years. The best cowboys, in Dixon's
opinion, aren't those who were the
toughest and most fearless, but the
men who could work cattle with
the least effort and a minimum of
"handling."
He remembers Buck Shipman,
now a resident of Lubbock, as one
of the top cowboys who worked for
him.
"Buck could take a young horse,
and make a real cowpony out of
him. He knew how to handle cattle
gentle-like. Anytime he was workBob Dixon
ing . a herd, or one critter, he al4b
and is
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ways seemed to be in the right ole, was another cowboy readily reALWAYS
place at the right time."
called by Dixon.
Royce McClaren, now of Semin"He could fill a hole, but he was
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a wild cowboy. He would take a
string of plain broncs for his
Serving Clovis and trade area
mounts; that's all he had in his
ATTENTION CATTLEMEN!
since 1907
string. If one of 'em would get gentic, he gave it to somebody else,
We can supply you with any kind of stocker
THE CITIZENS BANK
and got him another bronc."
cattle you desire.
OF CLOVIS
Dixon worked on some week-long
Member F. D. I. C.
trail drives, from one S~lS outfit to
Roping Calves - Angus - Hereford
another part of the ranch, some300 Main
Clovis, N. M.
Brahmans - Crossbreds - All Weights timcs several counties :~way. He has
memories of some particular cattle :st~e=e::r=c~al~v=es~$~26~-~3~1,~m~ed~i~u~m~$~24~·=26~;~~~=~~==~=::::==::::;
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which gave him trouble.
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Call or write for further information
Clean 'em up with
the outfit more than one animal's
share of trouble. Onre the bull got
IRVING HAYES, SR.
SAN- TEX phenothiazine
out and McClaren and another cowP. 0. Box 532
WELSH. LA.
boy were sent after him. The bull
Day Ph.: 9 a.m. 'til noon, 89141, Welsh, La. Night: 5172, Fenton, La. charged McClaren's horse and
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knocked the cowboy out of the saddle. The unseated rider hugged the
ground, trying to stay motionless
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\\hile the bull stood sniffing and
over him. Soon, the bull
sell throu~rh PRODUCERS of Phoenix! slobbering
walked away. McClaren bot up and
yelled at the animal, thinking it
would frighten away. Instead it
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came charging back, and McClaren
again had to play dead until it left.
Keep 'em clean with
t.'
"The next time he didn't holler.
He made a quiet break for the
SAN-TEX phenothiazine SALT
nearest tree, where the bull kept
him until help came," Dixon reASK YOUR DEALER
calls.
The bull got away again, after
tearing up the pens.
SAN-TEX FEED & MINERAL CO.
"The boss sent me and Burl Souls
(now a Hamlin, Texas resident)
San Angelo, Texas
P. 0. Box 1333
after him. He told u:;, 'You boys
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have to quarter him up and carry ,.
him in.' By George, we knew then
he meant get the old devil. We finally got it done by borrowing about
LEON AUSTIN, Manager
a dozen cows from another outfit
and driving them all b::ck to our
T ovrea Stockyards - Phoenix, Arizona herd.''
Dixon is still a cowboy, he says,
Agencies on all principal markets
because "I just kept staying with
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it, I guess."
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Those who work with him say he
is still a top hand.
Stockyards services available at Chandler, Ariz.
"You can walk up to every cow
Feed, water & rest • • truck transportation at present,
on this place," says Spur ranch
rail facilities available very soon.
operator Jim Barron. "Bob knows
One COMPLETE Angus herd sells
how to gentle them and handle
them without making them skittish."
Dixon is better than a fair hand
with a drag rope, too.
"He was helping brand at another
SMS ranch the other day," Barron
said. "He was heeling calves to the
Sale starts 11 a.m.
branding fire, and he kept a fairsize crew pretty busy ;:11 day. He
missed only a couple of loops all
day.''
By Loyd Hackler
SPUR, Texas-There have been a
~reat many changes in the life of
a cowboy in the past '1alf century,
but the most noticable has been
the amount of sleep a cowhand can
get now, says a man who ought to
know.
Bob Dixon, at 65 still a full-time
workmg cowboy on the Spur ranch
of the big SMS operations, said cowboys nowadays can get to bed earl
ier and stay there long"r than back
some 40 years ago.
"Nowadays we haul the horses
to the back side of the pastures.
Used to, he had to saddle up an
old pony in the dark and pump-tail
it to the splitting up grounds and
be ready to start roundmg up by
good daylight," Dixon 1elated.
Dixon has worked with, and
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SPECIAL
Angus Auction
MONDAY, MAY 23
Best Dodc)e Cattle Steady,
Lower Grades OH 50 Cents
DODGE CITY, Kan.-A total of
8940 head of cattle sold here last
week at McKinley-Winter Livestock
Comm. Co., including 1266 grain
fed and slaughter cattl~.
Better grade fed cattle sold
steady, lower grade steers 50 cents
lower; medium light yearling heifers were 50 cents lower, other yearling and feeder heifers steady; better yearling steers were steady,
lower grades 50 cents to $1 lower;
feeder steers 50 cents lower; cow
and calf pairs $25 per pair lower.
Top good and low choice fed
steers and heifers $25.50-26.50, average and high choice to $27.25; low
to average good $24-25.50, standard
to low good $22-24; top cutter and
utility cows $15-17, commercial to
$18.50, fed cows to $21; canners
and low grade cutters $13-15, shells
belo\~ SI3; bulls $18-19.75.
Good and choice yearling steers
$27-29.50, a few calf weights to
$31.50, one load of steer calves to
$32.90; heavier yearling steers $25.50-27, mediums $23--2.!).50, plain
kind $20-23; good and choice feeder steers $24-25.50, one load of
choice Angus feeders to $27.95, me·
dium feeders $22.50-24, plain kinds
$20-22.50, Holsteins $17-18.50; good
and choice light yearling heifers
$25-26.50, a few to $27.50, one load
of heifer calves to $30; good and
• choice feeder heifers $24.50-26, medium heifers $21.50-24; cows with
calves by side $175-200 per pair,
a few to $210.
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Grenada, Miss.
The complete herd of top grade
Angus consists of
770 Angus Brood Cows
These are top quality grade cows. 2 to 7 years old.
420 have calves at side, rest springers.
44 Herd Bulls
This is the BEST GRADE ANGUS
HERD ever sold east of the
Mississippi
Every animal TB and Bangs tested
Grenada Livestock Exchange
Ph. 1505
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Ph. 1505
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BUYERS' OPPORTUNITY"
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- - - - - - - --, 1200 pounders $25.35-26, mostly
Amarillo Range Sales S25.50; seven loads of good 1050·
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1200 pounders $23.25-25.25, inside
Seasonally Slow, Firm
for a load of Holstein steers.
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Slaughter heifers: Thir teen loads
A\fARJLLO-{USDA) - Country,1of choice 980-1020 pounders $25.75transactions last week were at a 26.25: 12 loads of high good and
seasonal lull, -available offerings choice 900-910 pounders $24.50-25.·
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c· ttl 15, bu lk $24.75-25.
marn Y sma 0 s 0 ce er a c.
Stockers and feeder steers: For
Interest in fall ~ontracts increased. immediate delh·ery, good and
Sales were conf1rmed on ~ver 9000 choice 760-1000 pound feeders S24stockers and feeders, pnces aver- 26.50, including 200 choice 809
aging steady. Around 66 loads of pounders $26.50; 200 choice 978
slaughter ste~rs and 25 loads of pounders $25 and two loads of
slaughter. herf~rs sold at mostly choice 1000 pounders $24.50; about
steady priCes, m spots stronger <>n 700 choice 600-630 pound stocker
steers. There was a _shortage ·of. steers $27-27.50.
choice slaughter cattle m area feedStocker and feeder heifers: Sales !
lots.
totaling over 1300 head good and
General rains are needed in the choice 550·700 poun de~ for imme- $25-26 on h eifers, $27.50-28 on
Tex~s Panhandle, northeastern New diate to J une 10 delivery $23.25- steers.
Mex1co and southw~stern Kansas· 24.50, latter: for over 500 good to
Fall contracts: In northeastern
rougha_ge and protem supplements mostly rh~1ce 650 pounders ~or :-lew :\texico, over 1600 good and
are ~emg fed m northeastern New June 10 dehvery; a~ound ~00 cho1~e choice 600-650 pound steer year·
Mex1co.
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700 pound feeders 1mmed1ate deliv- lings $23.50-24.50; for August and
Slaughter steers: Six loads of ery $24.30.
early September delivery, good
choice and prime 1400 pounders Stocker calves: Over 1000 good and choice 725-1100 pound feeders
$27.50;-seven·loads of 50-60 percent and choice 425-499 pound ste~r $22.50-23.75, inside for 1050-1100
choice, , ,balance good .1048-1200 calves $29·33, choice 400-440 pound pounders in Kansas Flint Hills.
pounders- $26.4():26.50; 46 loads of heifer calves $28-29; a few lots of
good, 20-40_-,-percent cho_ice 1050- good 400-450 pound stocker calves
By far the largest proportion of
the nearly 200,000 Angus cattle
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~ransferred each year by the Arne~~edlot Spa~e for Cattle or Sheep
tcan Angus Assn. are sold at prJ·
All new faclities • • in center of great feed producing area_ vate treaty, noted Milt Miller of
Bra~y, Texas, ass~ciation fieldman,
durmg the Amencan Angus ConJOHNSON'S CUSTOM FEEDLOTS
fere?ce at Texas A&M last week.
Durmg 1959 only about 30,000 such
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to Ind io Calzada, Sand e rson ra ncher an d comm ission dealer.
They bro ught $ I 3.50 with a th ree p ercent shrink, weighed
in Sanderson. The re were about 800 in the bunch a fter cutt ing out horned a nd wr inkled sheep and t hey were expected
to weigh around 85 pounds.
Victor Merfeld; OelWein~ Iowa, a
• couple of weeks ago received 255
Lambs Steady In N. Y. Trade ye¥Iing steers ayeraging 515 pay
NEW YORK-(USDA)-Steer and ~e1~ht from Dav1d James of Soncow beef sold steady, veal and calf ora at S26 cwt. These were J?Ut on
unchanged in dressed meat tradin" the Merfeld Ranch near Wmters,
t ere this ~eek. Old crop and spring Texas where. they will be summerhmb sold fully steady, pork loins _e=d=b=~=f=o=
re==s=h=IP=m
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fully $1 higher, Boston butts up $2," t'
fresh skinned hams mostly $1 up.
For Your New
Tr ading was moderntely active
CHEVROLET
and demand mostly good. Receipts
Car
or Pickup see
of all classes were normal.
Choice 600·900 pound steer carBill
Hemphill
casses $45-48.50, good 500-800 ,
Mustang
Chevrolet
· San Angelo
pounders S43-45, prime 120-150 ·
Phone 24561
Res. 9927
pound veal $55·61, choice $47-53;
choice and prime old crop lamb 3565 pounds 543-50, choice and prime
spring lamb 30-65 pounds ~-55·
pork loins $42-49, Boston butts $32:
39, fresh skinned hams $45·50.
Steer And Cow Beef Steady
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Fat L~mbs Strong, Active
Cattle Higher At Producers
SAN ANGELO- All classes of
cattle sold higher here last week
at Producers Livestock Auction Co. l
Receipts were 1500 head. Fat Jambs
were strong and active, lightweight
A ..csdentific. feeding of a IIUITIfeeder lambs weak. other classes
steady. Receipts were 7700 head.
bel~- () f ~teers in the largest t·omFat bulls $18·21, mediums $16-18; rnfrti!ll ft'edlvt iu Tc:.\a~ ck.uly
fat calves and yearlings $23-25, me- i:lern(>nstratcd the superior rcdiums $20-23, plain kind $15-20; fat
cows $14-17, canners and cutters sHih oproduced by a highly dfccSll-14; good stocker . steers S24 28; tin•· \\'Orm killer.
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plain kind $17-24; good stocker
Tire steers were divided into
heifers $22·25, , plain •/<i nd S17·22;
stocker cows \$14-17; · cows an·d •tm)lpt•lrs for a twelve week periodi aud W<'re t fed ~ e,xactly the
calves $145-210 ·per cpail·.
Old bucks $5-5.50, old ewes 54.50- same fi1tiot1s. Pen A contained
5.50; yearling muttons $13-16, old 1:3.5 ~ t7-'hs which were drenched
crop clipped feeder lambs Sl3.50i ".':ith-i[~·na-Bov. a cattle wormer
14, old crop fat lambs $15.50-17.
spring fat lambs $21-24.60, sprmg Jl1il<lt• r with "purified" phenothifeeder Jambs $17·19.50; ewes and a;.i,--;(;_' Peri ' B con'tained 136
lambs $14-17 per pair
steers which were -drenched
with ordinary green phenothi,l·
zirw. \ \"orm~
W('re not a serious
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prohkrn 'in . these cattle.
Aerial.·:Spt:aYingi:·s erviee
Our aerial spraying service is backed by five years'
experience. W e have two fully equippe~ planes an~.:....-~_:;{""'::;: 88-c:~
all other necessary equipment to do .a fir's t-class job - using MONSANTO products, one of th~ oldest and
finest chemica l lines in America today.
Free estimate on any job, no obligation.~ No job too large or too small
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The Tena-Bi>v drenched -.tt·ers
made an an·ra~e daily gain of
2.5 pounds at an average cost
of 22c per pound durin~ the
twl'h·e-week period. Those
treated with ordinary grt•cn
drench made an an·rage <Liily
l..(ain of only 2.:3 pounds at a
('ost of 2-k per pound. Total
weight of pen A (drenched with
Tena-Bov) was 30})32 pounds.
Pen B (given ordinary green
drench) weighed only 28,:379
pounds. Thus·'by ach1al weight
the pen of stePrs tre~ted ,,·ith
Tena-Bov Drench gained 2.453
pounds more than those given
ordinary green drench.
For example. a market price
of 25c per pound would make
t he steers in pen A worth
$613.25 more than those in Pen
Monsanto
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\Vorms cost you money everyday, whether your cattle arc on
pasture or in the feedlot. By getting rid of these costly parasites
. . . your cattle make bigger
gains and more profit for you at
less cost. Tena-Boy is available
through your dealer. Texas Phenothiazine Co., Box 4186, Fort
W or th , T exas.
packer slaughters this 1000-pound
West Texas LIVESTOC K WEEKLY
May 19, 1960
Page 6
it will produce a 600-pound
Chain Supplier steer
carcass. This is the weight of edible
carcass after dr essing away the
eviscer a, hide, head and feet.
Says Beef Sales . "Now this 600-pound carcass is
what we at the r etail level would
start with. The packer could sell the
Unlike
Oil
Wells
600-pound carcass, deliver it to the
COLLEGE STATIO!': _ Contrary retail store for the $260 that it cost
to suspicions in some quarters, the
supermarket operator isn't making
a killing on dressed beef. At least
so says Irvin R Rinehart of the big
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Go dfrey Co., ml wau ee, w tc supplies huge supermarket rhains with
beef and thousands of other war es.
Speaking before the American
Angus Conference here last week,
Rinehart gave this description of
the trip a "100Q-pound Angus steer"
makes fr om farm to packer to groeery store:
"The 100D-pound steer at 26c
per pound would bring the producer $260. Let's say it would grade
U. S. Choice, the quality which we
would select to merchandise in our
stores in Milwaukee. When the
Cattle Run Seasonally Low,
Stockers Higher At DalhCD't
DALHART, Texas-Cattle receipts
of 633 head were seasonally low
here last week at Dalhart Livestock
Auction Co. Slaughter cattle sold
steady, stockers 50 cents higher,
feeders steady.
Commercial cows brought S14 17,
canners and cutters $11-14; commercial bulls $18-19.50; good and
choice stocker and feeder steers
$24-27, common and medium $2024; good and choice heifers $22-25,
common and medium $18·22; good
and choice steer calves $28-32, common and medium $24·28; good and
choice heifer calves $25-29, common and medium $22-25.
him. as he would have left the J>ide,
bones, head and eviscera, pharrHa·
ceutical and fertilizer ingredients. ~.t:~':f;;;::»-4~''!
So the present value per pound f~r H~~l'i~'$'4
the 600-pound caracss at $260 IS
43lhc per pound, rather than the
S26c per pound it brought the
farmer.
"The cost of operating a retail
meat market is 10c per pound for
every pound of meat going across
the counter. This 10c per pound ineludes 5c per pound for labor; 3lhc
per pound for supplies, refrigeration and interest on investment or
equipment; and lhc per pound for
advertising and promotion .. Th!s
leaves 1c per pound for proftts 1f
everything moves out before shrink,
IT'S COMING . . • 24th Annual
Registered RAMBOUILLET Ram Sale
SAN ANGELO FAI RG ROUN DS
JUST A FEW of the 9400 goats that sold last Saturday at
Lampasas Auction, Inc., are pictured here. Muttons sold at
$10 to $ 11 per head, kids $6.50-8 per he ad, nannies $7 .501 1.50 each and nannies with kids $10 to $12 per pair. The
auction opened less than a year ago, and is one of the most
modern in the Southwest.
conversion or mark-down eat that
penny away.
"Now, with this 10c per pound
added to the cost of the carcass,
the new
of the 600 pounds of
meat
is value
53~c per pound or $320
JUNE 14 - 16
Sa le sta rts I 0 a. m . J une 16
c.~~~:~.~~$!!..~
for the 600-pound carcass. How are
we going to get our money back?
"Here's how we must do it: Onethird of the 600-pound carcass is
thrown away as waste fat, bone
and moisture shrinkage. Now we
All Types Wire
have left
only get
400 $320
pounds
from
which
we must
to break
even. The new value is SOc per
pound for 400 pounds, or $320.
Robert Nickel
Phone 3546
Night Phone 8597·1
Box 1266
About 25 percent of the original
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
600-pound carcass goes into the
competitive ground beef category,
which sells for 40c per pound. So
the ground beef portion (one-fourth
of the 600-pound carcass) is 150
pounds and, at 40c per pound, we
get $60 for it. This gives the re·
maining portion of salable beef
(250 pounds) a value of $1.04 per
Both CAnLE and SHEEP SALES each TUESDAY
pound. Of this 250 pounds, 100
pounds are sold for more than $1.04
Phone SH 6-6711
P. 0 . Box 445
and 150 pounds at less than $1.04.
Paul Coffin, Artesia SH 6-2502
"Does this give you a better understanding of why Porterhouse
Ray White, Roswell MA 2·1154
steaks bring $1.29 per pound when
the producer gets only 26c per
pound for his 1000-pound steer? Believe me, no one along the line is
getting r ich in this business."
However, Rinehart said, beef is
the leader in his stores' meat departments and his firm is so eager
to obtain the desired type of carcasses that it flies a meat selector
WEDNESDAY IF NECESSARY
every week to plants in Milwaukee
and ~ladison, Wise.; Austin, Minn.;
Register ed & Bonded with U. S. Depl of Agriculture
OUR MARKET REPORTED BY USDA Omaha, Neb.; and Cedar Rapids
and Waterloo, Iowa. The meat selector examines every carcass of an
already pre-selected lot of cattle,
"looking for quality, finish, signs
of bloom and firmness, color of
Twin Mountain Cedar Post Co.
"13 years at the Twin Mountains"
We deliver anywhere
New Mexico Livestock, lac:.
Latest livestock reports straight
from the ranch country in West
Texas Livestock Weekly. $7 year.
stocker cows $13-16, a few with
calves $152.50-195 per pair; a part
load of cows, mostly with calves,
$136.50 per cow, calves included.
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SALES MONDAY & TUESDAY
I<'ull details on our market reported
Every Morning except Sunday
7:00 a. m. CST- KGNC Amarillo
Ed Johnson ·:· Jay Taylor ·:· J. R. Taylor -:· M. T. Johrfson
Phone DRake 3-7464
P. 0 . BOX 668
Horse Sales Every Other Tuesday (next sale May 31 }
P. 0. Box 671
Phone POrter 3-5523
No permit necessary for out-of-state cattle or sheep
Zack Felton
Vernon Bradley
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The Charles S. (Jiggs) Tetherow Estate
meat texture
andoffat
cover,
and r
certainly
fineness
bone
and lack
of excessive trimmable fat.
"How important is this fineness
of bone and fullness of conformawill liquidate without reserve at PUBLIC AUCTION on
tion and trimness of outside cover?
It is so important to us that we
spend thousands of dollars every
year seeking out the individual
Sta rting at 12 o'clock Noon, Mountain Time
carcasses and lots of cattle which
have these characteristics. There
2100 Head of "Top Quality" Commercial Hereford Cattle
are so many undesirable cattle on
SALE W ILL BE HELD AT THE DUM-BELL RANCH
the market every day that we must
Located 9 miles north and 3 miles east of Hyannis, Ne br.
protect ~ur profits by seeing every
carcass m an effort to get only de·
(Regard less of weather)
sirable ones."
THURSDAY, May 26th, 1960
4-C Stocker Market Steady;
Cows Active, Up SO Cents
THE OFFERING WILL INCLUDE:
300 Very Fancy Hereford, 3, 4&5 year old cows, with calves at foot.
120 Top Quality Hereford, 5&6 yea r old cows with calves at foot.
225 Select Hereford first calf heifers, arou nd 75 ca_lves at f oot,
balance very close up to calving.
300 3, 4&5 yea r old Hereford cows, bred to calve this fa ll.
350 Hand .picked for qualit y, open 2 year old heife rs.
50 Angus cows, bred to Hereford bulls.
175 Lightweight Hereford last fall calves.
60 2&3 year old purebred Hereford bulls.
20 5&6 year old Hereford he rd bulls.
31 Fancy Angus yearling bulls. These we re selected by Mr. Teth·
erow f rom the Willow Grove Ra nch (Kreyciks) of Wood Lake,
Neb r. His plans were to use them for crossbreeding on his
Hereford heifers.
CLOVIS, N. M.-{USDA)-Stock·
er and feeder prices were mostly '
steady, in spots 25-50 cents higher
on stocker heifers and on other 1
stockers below 600 pounds here last
week at Clovis Cattle Comm. Co.
Ret·eipts totaled 1305 head, about
HO head less than the previous
week.
Slaughter cows opened fairly active at strong to 50 cents higher
prices and closed very active at
fully 50 cents to S1 higher than the
previous week; bulls were strong
to fully 25 cents higher.
Only in complete dispersals, in this instance necessitated by the
Standard cows $16.70-18.80, utildeath of Mr. Tetherow, does one have the opportunity to a(;quire
ity and commercial $14-16.40, mostin substantial numbers, the quality, breeding and ages represented
ly $14.50 up; canners and cutters
$12.50-14.60; utility and commer cial
in this sale. Here is an outstanding opportunity for "The Progresbulls $19-22.10, cutters down to
sive Cattleman" to improve his position for the long pull-age wise
$17.40, a few feeder bulls $17-19.50.
and quality wise-with foundation stock-free from dwarfism-lots
A few high good and low choice
of size and roominess-yellow-mellow-cattle with lots o" ·,ain abilover 600 pound feeder steers $23·
ity, go, and get there. Outstanding Herefords. They will be uni26.40, most medium and good feeders $20-22.80; good and low choice
formly sorted for ages and quality-all pairs proper ly mated, and
lightweight stocker steers $23.25·
sold in lots of 25-50-100 and even more head if desir ed.
26.70, common steers $18.20-22.80;
good and choice stocker and feeder heifers $21-25.80, a few choice
500-530 pounders $26-26.25, comR. L. (Dick} Davenport, Administrator
mon and medium $18-21; good and
low choice stocker steer calves $2631.30, medium $24-26; good and
Telephone Daytime 52 - Evenings 653, Valentine
choice heifer calves $24·29, medium
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Estate of Charles S. T etherow, Owners
Valentine, Nebraska
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Felony Hearing For
Sheep Dealers Set For
May 27 In Chica go
May 19, 1960 I the Sentry Food Stores of MilwauMexico Livest?ck Corporation .•
-- ·j kee, said supermarkets don't get
Mrs. N1xon s lawyer, John S.
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rich off foods they handle,. and
Boyle, sa_id one sheepman in Ogden,
especially not off beef. He cla1med
Utah cla1med the two men and :\1rs.
Nixon. owe him $92,000. Two shel'pa modern supermarket makes unly
a cent a pound ocr a dressed
men m Lamar, Colo. cla1m_ thl'y
beef carcass "providing everything CHICAGO, lll.-Two Chicago live- have $82.000 and $26,000 commg.
The Jllinois state attorney's ofmoves out well." If the beef doesn't i stock dealers are awaiting felony
sell readily and must he converted court hearing May 27 on charges fice said Lynch and Beilfus, \\-ho
into such things as hamburger or growing out of a sheep broker's were charged with operating a con q
stew meat to sell at a lower price, complaint that they bilked her of fidence game in a warrant issued
the market may take a loss.
$115,000. The two men arc Thomas April 21, apparently involved .!\Irs.
Several members of the audience J. Lynch, 42, of West Chicago and Nixon's name in their transactions
sniCfed derisively at Rinehart's John Beilfus, 35, of Chicago, who with the result that the sheepmcn
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...... statement that a store doesn't make were placed under $15,000 bond made claims against all three•
over $6 on a ,600-pound carcass of each after their arrest last month. A spokesman for the Union StockOf all the <·onfusing things about food prices.
beef, ~ut that s. what _he sa1d.
Mrs. Jessie Nixon, owner of a yards said the alleged transactions
the so called ••farm problem," the
\\'ho's reaping the profits which
Cham stores, mclu~ms: _supermar- brokerage finn with offices in the did not involve any livestock conmost confus in_g of all is the ques- must he somewhere between the kets,_ argue that their bigger p_ur- Chicago Union Stockyards, alleged signed for sale in the yards.
lion of who's making money off farmer's lower income and the chasmg power enables _them to g1ve the two men took money from her
housewife's higher food costs?
the farmer.
customers bet~er b~rgai':!S- But they but did not d£>liver the sheep. The
There are 2500 cattle on feed at
At the American Angus Confer- don't make th1s cla1m Without some complaint said Lynch and Beilius the Merrill Feed Yards in Clovis,
Food prices during the past year
r<•ached a record high. Farm in· ence in College Station last week, C'hallenge. IndeJ>enden_t growers ~ay operated from an office in Artesia, N. M. and bulk of these will be
come dropped 16 pcrct•nt. Politi · .1. C. Holbert, an Iowa farmer and ~bout al! the_ big chams are domg N. M. under the name of "The New ready for packers in .July and Aug.
cians seriously hent on getting into cattleman, said tht' "middleman's"
frecz1ng Independents out of ,..
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o!Cicc may have to promise more charges are up 28 percent from IS
business.
federal subsidies to alleviate furth - 1950. "This is on the increase. esC. Wilson Harder, who writes
<·r drops in farm income. Mean- pecially for beef," Holbert said.
editorial releases under the title ;
At the same meeting. lrvin Rine- "Washington and Small Business"
while. taxpayers show increasing
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antagonism toward heavier farm hart, assistant general director of for the National Federation of Inc>an. c;:rr.
nw c:::TT9'C.W.UU U'l.a.
'LE.at. CO'C.r.
~ubsidization <·ombined with higher • purchasing for the Godf:ey Co. and dependent BusineSS, Says SUpermarREPRESENTATIVE:
HOME OFFICE:
kets are selling everything from
w. c. " Bill" Hous•
PHONE CAPITAL S-29n
cashew nuts to hardware nuts bePHONE 7192
NATL. BANK OF COMMERCE BLDG.
cause they can't compete with the
ROTAN, TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
indepl'ndent
grocer
in
straight
food
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W e have had more moisture o ve r t his e ntire country
sales. (Everybody has to have a ;
than e ve r b efore in history. De mand is best for sto ckers.
propaganda machine these daysindependent grocers :ts well as
A good numbe r of fee d e r cattle are coming w e e kly.
chain stores.)
Rinehart, speaking for the chain
store's case, not only r.dmits that
YUMA, ARIZONA
supermarkets now offer shoppers a
No Tags •
No Excessive Handling • Better Service
vast list of non-food items; he expresses pride in the fact. A modern
supermarket today sells drugs,
toothpaste, shampoo, disinfectants,
Bud Owen, Auctioneer
Allen Swenson, Owner-Mgr.
and insl'cticides; all sorts of paper
Gateway to the Yuma & Imperial Valleys, Whe re Demand
items, from bathroom tissue to
DALHART, TEXAS
Day o r N ight Phone CH 9-4508
is Excellent for Crossbred and Choice Light Cattle.
pap<•r towels; light bulbs, cocktail
sh•mware, mouse traps: socks, stocking <·aps, lingerie and T-shirts; pots,
Ship to Araby, Arizona - On the main line of the · S. P.
pans, toasters and waffle irons.
H ere they come - - 600 head
"Non-foods in the grocery departNow under new management
ment accounts for 20 percent of
Bud I Emma P•lon
ht• Knapp, Mgr.
A. T. Spence Jr.
total store sales, but we are presu 2-1&41
AM 6-87&4
su 2-1&41
dieting that shortly the modern
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Pho.nJ., Arlx.
supermarket will dispense $1 worth
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Sale Every THURSDAY
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COLUMBIA
R ams & E wes II
Purebred
300 YEARLING RAMS
~~od 0~~{~~~~ [g~k~vl~~~ t~ .;~ri~i~:
back to the age of the general
300 SELECTED EWES
store, the only thing missing wi11
Selling at Roswell - Sept. 9
be the pot-bellied stove.''
Which still doesn't answer the
question of who's getting the gravy
from the farmer's production.
Cattle Mostly S'eady
At Yuma Livestock Sale
YUMA, Ariz.- Thc cattle market
was mostly steady on 1365 head
here last week at Yum,\ Livestock
Auction.
Sales included 42 Angus and
Brangus steers 608 pounds $23.10;
58 crossbred steers 599 pounds $22.20; 43 choice whiteface steer calves
347 pounds $26.50; 21 Okie steers
384 pounds S23.40; 21 crossbred
steers 473 pounds $23 ..t0; 33 crossbred steers 410 pounds $24.40; 33
mixed stl'ers 578 pounds $23; 20
I Brahman steers 378 pounds $23; 48
Brahman steers 398 pounds $21.75;
32 Brahman steers 439 pounds
$21.75; 37 medium whiteface steers
765 pounds $21; 22 medium whiteface steers 357 pounds $22.70; 39
whiteface steers 608 pounds $21.40;
39 crossbred steers 656 pounds
$20.20; 24 mixed steers 675 pounds
$20; 28 mixed steers 727 pounds
$20.40; canner and cutter cows
$11.50-13.
For outs tanding feed e r lambs & top wool clips
breed COLUMBIAS - - ctte nd
Annual Chas. Waller Columbia Sale
Friday, Sept 9, 1960
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
A 300 head string of good and
choice feeder steers expected to
weigh around 700 pounds contracted last week in Colorado for late
September delivery at $24. Good
and choice heifers for September
and October delivery have contracted in that state recently at $22.5{)
and $23.
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undesirable weeds or brush on your ranch.
'Call collect - - our season is short'
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artificial breeding program."
M•y 19, 1960
West Texu LIVESTOCK WEEKLY
Page 8
He repeated a statement he made - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - at the first Angus Conference six
years ago, that he would like to
increase the size of Angus cattle by
10 percent-at least, he said, that
applies to 80 percent of today's
ter beef, he injected a word of cau- Angus. He would make this increase e BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
tion:
in width and depth of body, adding . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .
"We must produce m?re uniform two percent more bone, six percent
cattle and as the breed grows old- more width of back and loin, and
er I am confident we will do so. two percent more depth of hindquarters. He called for cattle that
" Commercial Angus producers are neither coarse-boned, tall and
4 room house with bath, bunk house, and all
as • whole, in my opinion, are not rangy, nor of the Shetland pony
other buildinqs and equipment.
•s careful or willing to pay the type.
price for top bulls as are •ver•ge
Leaving the Angus hreed for a
located in the heart of New Mexico cattle country.
commerci•l Hereford producers. moment and discussing agricultural
This is my opinion and you m•y problems in general, Holbert quotOne mile south of las Vegas on U. S. Highway 85.
h•ve your own, but let us pro- ed a report from the magazine
duce a more uniform live prod- "U. S. News & World Report" show·
uct."
ing that since 1950:
Bill Blackmer, Mgr.
Holbert commended the herd
Workers' output in factories and
Las
Veqas, New Mexico
classification program of the Angus offices, per man-hour, went up 21
Phone GA 5-6622
P. 0. Box 1220
association as a "step in the right percent.
direction to improve uniformity."
Workers' wages per hour went
Artificial breeding is another such up 58 percent.
e RANCH LAND
e RANCH LAND
step, he said, but he added it is a
Farmers' output per man-hour
FOR SALE: 12.000 acres doodod, four sections
two-edged sword. "If at any time a went
up 65 percent.
stale lease; modern homo, big corrals; will
STREETER BROTHERS
man should progeny test a bull, it
Farmers' income for products
palluro 1000 yearlings year round. $20 por aero.
is before he starts a wholesale
10
North
Br~dw•y
went down one percent.
Write lor 2<43 or Phone '"· Walsenburg, Colo.
Billings, Mont•n•
During the 1~60 decade food
Phone AL 2.0551
prices to the consumer rose nine
SOUTHERN COLORADO
percent and middlemen's charges
RANCH
for processing and selling food Small mountaif!. ranch for 130. bead.
went up 28 percent while prices All new buildings, good 1r.1gat~d
400
received by farmers went down 12 meadows. Located on good _road m
JON MAYNARD
Dodge City, Kansas.
percent.
t~e _hear_t of the best huntmg and
A top grass outfit in 19" rainfall
ltoproselltlng MciCinloy-Winler Livestock
·
t d
fJShmg m the state. Good water area. Would summer 1400 yearF a_rm bUYIJ?g
Comm. Co., Inc. loiWfed order buying
power . o ay, ac- rights, school bus. This is a real
lings. 7080 acres deeded with
of stocker I Foedor cattle.
cordmg to this report, IS down 19 well improved ranch Good terms
Phone: Offlco, HUnter 3-4159;
percent from 1950 and stands at
·
· 300 in soil bank. Worl:ls of waltos. HU U7D.
the lowest level in 20 years.
Northern Montana ranch for 2000 ter with 7 stock pon<L;, 7 windDuring the first day (Thursday) sheep, could be converted to cattle. mills, 2 springs. Well sodded
LESLIE McBRIDE
of the session, other appearances 3000 acres deeded, 4000 acres state with buffalo, grama, blue stem,
Stocker and Feodor Cattle for Salo.
on the program were made by J. R. lease. Very well watered, creek wheat grass. Cedar breaks for
Phone Cit 5-4111, Cuero, Texas.
Stouffer, Cornell University, who runs through ranch. 450 acres culti- winter shelter. Mod~rn 9 room
MID-WEST FEED YARDS
demonstrated ultrasonic measure· vated, 150 acres wheat. Sheep can owner's home, modern foreman's
Phone '711, San Angelo, Toxu
ment of the rib eye in a live steer; be bought with ranch. $90,000 with house, good barns, sheds, corLouis
P. Merrill of Midlothian, Tex- $30,000 down and balance 15 years rals, etc. Pictures nvailable on
C. L. "SHOT" MILLER
request. $35 an acre, 29% down,
as, who talked on use of herd at 5%.
luyor of any kind of calllo.
good terms.
classification; Dale Engler, Burns,
Ph. Dlt 2·6354, 201 Wost 4111,
Kan., "Use of Records in Commer- One of the finest purebred setups
Amarillo, Texas.
cial Cattle Production" and w. A. in the state of Montana. Buildings VAN SCHAACK LAND CO.
E. L. MITCHELL
624 Seventeenth Street
Cowan, University of Connecticut, alone are worth $150,000. Will run
San Angelo, Texas, 1423 Grierson St,;
"Interpreting
Classification & Herd 250 cows. Good meadows, best range
Denver, Coloriido
Phone 3711. ltoprosentlng Molton
in the state, hunting and fishing.
Improvement Records."
Provision Co., San Antonio, Texas,
MAin 3-9333
$240,000. Brochure on request.
processors of cattle, sheep ' voets.
T. Brooks Porter of Austin disJ. W. NIX CATTLE COMPANY cussed "Merchandising Angus Cat- 1500 head ranch in eastern Mon· :==============~
tle Profitably in the Southwest," tana. Good location, best of buildFort Worth , Teras
21f livestock &cl1ango lldg.
and Herman Allen of Menard out- ings, 4 homes, lots of feed lots and
Office Ph. MA 4-J ltl; ltos. MA '-3697 lined progress of feeder calf sales corrals. This ranch is priced right.
or summer 500 yearlinqs
All ORDERS GET PROMn ATIENTION in Texas. Allen said such special Write for details. Ranch controls
with 300 pound average
sales, including those held in con- 40,000 acres. Ranch and cattle can
CLEO NORWOOD
junction with other breeds, offer be bought for .29% down.
ltoprounllng WortiMimor Cattle Co.
qain
1016 Rorlda St., l'llono Dltako '-7W
several advantages including opporAmarillo, Texas
tunity for less-than-carload sellers Good grass ranch 50 miles from
Well improved. Lots of
to obtain full market price for their Billings. Will run 400 cattle. Ranch
water, on pavement,
LEROY RUSSELL
calves; a chance for growers to get is presently running 150 cattle and
school bus, REA. 5
2420 West Avon" l
firsthand comparisons of their own 2200 sheep. Best grass in the state.
miles of town.
San Angelo, Texas. Ph011o 22104
cattle with those of other consign- No winter feeding, lots of water.
28 inch rain belt.
L. F. SNEED
ors; and publicity advantages deriv· 2 sets of buildings. $175,000 with
All deeded.
,.._ 017, S... Angelo, Tous
ing from advertising Angus and dis· up to 30 years to pay.
ltoprosentlng lallhausor I Moyer
Good hunting
playing
them
in
the
market
place.
All classes sheep and cattle on order
and fishing.
Newton Pierson: AL 9-7031
In the concluding address the
$105,000.00
SWIFT & COMPANY
first day, Irwin R. Rinehart of the
Shoop & lamb layln9 Divlslot~
Godfrey Co., Milwaukee, talked on
Call or write
FOR
TRADE
Chas. losoy, Phot~o: Office MA 4-3161 ,
"The Importance of Beef in the
Fort Worth, Its. Cit 5-711t, ArHnvton,
CLARENCE BAXTER
Modern Super Market." The chain $9,000.00 per month cash rent.
Texas. R. H. Rod:, Sa• Angelo, Texas,
store official made no Angus breed- Will trade this or other fine inRye, Color•do
Phone 2-5444.
er unhappy when he said that al- come property for 3,000 good
SOUTHON COLORADO
TEXAS LIVESTOCK MARKET- though Angus nor any other breed mother cows and choice operatING ASSN.
LAND & LIVESTOCK CO.
is perfect, "We do say that the An· ing ranch or several smaller
Ordor-luyors t. salosmOft for all
gus characteristics are the best ap- ranches. Free liens.
Walsettburg, Colo.
classes of cattle.
Box 1606-F, S.n Ar..-lo, Tens
proach to producing the carcasses
Iowan Praises Angus Progress,
Calls For Greater Uniformity
COLLEGE STATION-J. C. Holbert of Betendorf, Iowa drew a notunexpected round of applause from
the 300-350 cattlemen attending the
sixth annual American Angus Conference at Texas A&~t last week
when he opened his ke) note speech
with these words:
''The most favored food in the
world is beef. The best beef th•t
can be purchased comes from
Angus carcasses as proved by the
steel bl•des of me•t cutters everywhere. What an achievement!
What a distinction! What a product to merch•ndise! A leader of
le•ders .••"
The Iowa cattle breeder, feeder
and dealer has handled far more
Herefords than Angus in his stocker and feeder operations (Turkington Cattle Co.), and while praising
Angus cattle and Angus breeders
for their progress in producing bet-
- CLASSIFIED ADS FOR SALE
16 acres of land, sale barn, corrals,
Las Vegas Livestock Auction
-----------------------------.J
livestoclt Buyers Directory
cows
FRED BALL
Phone 6711 or 7447, San Angelo, Toxos
TONY BARCELONA
Order luyor
Phone TAylor 2-212S, lryan, Texas
R. G. (Indio) CALZADA
All Classes of Shoop & Cattle
Phone 01 5-2321, Sanderson, Toxa•
T.K.CHADDOCK
All kinds of stocker and foodor cattle.
l"hono L1 2-407; P. 0. lox 684
lrowlliVIIlo, Tons
R. R. CORDER
Goats, Shoop and Cattle
Ph. Murdock J-2705, Rocksprings, Texas
H. M. "HUB" CORN
Order luyor, Shoop and Cattle
Dunlap Itt., Roswell, N. M.
Pllono Main 2-e420, &t. 115
OTHO DRAKE
Phone 1706 or 5021, San Angelo, Texas
DON ESTES
Audionaor and Order luyor
Desdemona, Toxas, l'llona 2516.
CARROLL FARMER CO.
2112 Patrick, San Angelo, Texas
Pllono: Office 2-4051 • ltu. 2·5571
All classes of shaop bought on order.
MARTIN HARVICK
Shoop and Cattle on Order
Phone EX 2-:lln
o-a, Taus
C. T. JONES, Sr.
Quality range sltoop and cattle;
stocker and foodor calves and lambs
a spadalty. Ph- 2-D41 or 4202.
Sonora, Texas.
BEN KEELE, Order Buyer
OMlor In All ICJIWfs of Livestock
Phone &more 1-2494, lox 176
Tatum, Now Mexico
ERNEST KNOTT
Stoehr & Feodor C.Hto
" ' - Purlor J.-05.4; l:U Hlghl011d Dr.
Clovis, New Mexico
RUSTY KNOTT
Stocker I Feodor Cattle; Pll. ChapJ141l
10204; 511 l&tll St., Albuquerque, N. M.
KOTHMANN COMMISSION CO.
$Mop I Cattle. Office Phone 65
Jamie ICotlunamt, l'llono rl"*
C.rlofOfl ICothmann, Phone 249
Wonard, Tous
LEWTER FEED LOTS
lubbock, Tous
D. W. lowler, Manager
Phone SHerwood 4-4517 or
SWift t-~
A. W. LORENZ
Order buylnv, all classes of livestock.
Phofto Tit J-4210, loulah, North Dakota.
BUDDY MAJOR
Stoehr I Feodor Cattle
Phone Ul 4-2472, Magdalena , N. M.
ROY MARTIN
Dealer In all classes of shoop.
San Angelo, Texas- Phone 27'38
Your name in this Directory is
nusually effective, economical adertising. Write for yearly rates.
200 COW RANCH
1111 Martin, San Angelo, I'll. 5012
A. J. Kemp, Dimmitt, Tox. Ph. 523
BUSTER TROTTER
l'llono 2-1405, Sharon Hotel,
San Angelo, Texas.
VANN & SON, C•ttle Buyers
217 livestock &dian go lldg,
Fort Worth, Texas
All CLASSES OF CATilE
Office Pll. MA '-5417; Yards, MA
'-4696; Nlvllt, J. D. Va,., MA 4-t9Jl
CHAS. WALLER
Roswell, Now Mexico
Pll. MAin 21290 at Roswell or 6711 of
San Angelo, Texas.
WITTENBURG SHEEP CO.
Odus Wittenburg • l. W. Wittenburg
Livestock boug•t I sold Ofl order.
lor 164, l'llono Pit 5-502, Dol Rio, Tex.
JIM WOFFORD
llvostod: Order luyor t. Trvckot
P. 0. lox Ill, Cuero, Texas
Phone Cit 5-3935
AMOS WOMBLE
All classes of livestock haiWflod on
order. Phone 6156 or 171(04, San
Angelo, Texas.
LUBBOCK
Livestock Auction, Inc.
Lubbock, T exaa
• Startinq time 1 0 a. m.
.
PAUL NEWMAN, Mgr.
13th St. cmd Ave. D
&
McKinley-Winter
.
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DIRECTORY OF INSURED
LIVESTOCK HAULERS
BOB BLAIR TRANSPORTATION
Off. 2402 Harrison St., I'll. DR 24441
Amarillo, Texas
DEUPREE BROWN
Sales every TUESDAY
.
that we take such pains to seek out. ~=============~~=============~
In the parlance of the meat coolers,
any well-shaped, fine-boned, tidy
lot of carcasses is referred to as
Ka1111aa' Largeat Liveatock Auction
'Angus type.' This expression is as
{and the most modern auction to be found anywhere)
complimentary to the other breeds
as it is to you Angus breeders."
Fully •ir conditioned; perm•nent seating c•pac:ity for 550 persons
(See elsewhere for Rinehart's dein ules uen•; ule building includes fine rest•urM1t, western
scription of costs and profits of
WNr store, b•rber shop, veterinary supply store.
beef in the supermarket.)
The second day of the Conference included talks by Dr. Doyle
Sales every Tuesday
Wedneaday
Chambers of Oklahoma State University, "Dry Cows Are For the
Butcher cattle Hch Tuesd•y st•rting at 9 •· m.
Rich"; L. D. Wythe, Texas A&M,
Stockers & Feeders Weclnesd•y st•rting •t 9 a. m.
"Report on Angus Sire Groups";
Dr. 0. D. Butler, Texas A&M,
IN 1959 WE SOLD 262,130 CAnLE FOR $52 MILLION
"Heritability of Carcass Traits";
Thomas Marlowe, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, "Using Carcass
Information in Selecting Beef Cattle"; Lyle V. Springer, executive
assistant, American Angus Assn.,
"What's Ahead for Angus Herd Improvement."
Frank Richards, executive secre.
:.
107
Phone HUnter
tary of the association, was in
charge of the session. Next year's
Conference will be held in Athens,
Georgia.
Phone PO 3-4387
Bonded and Operated Under USDA Supervision
Offlco: 140 Culwell
l'llonos: " " • 6438
San Angelo, Teras
FAY LAWSON
Office St. A119ohn Holol
Dial 5151 • 4441· +M9
San Angelo, Texas
BILL TAYLOR
Phone 4544, San Angelo or
5-2141, Dol Rio (Cal Hutto, Mgr.)
BUNK TURNER
OHlco: 17Cie Pulliam
Dial 35Cie- ltosldonco 6072
San Angelo, Tous
LIVESTOCK COMM. CO., Inc.
Dodge City, Kansas
In Cf/ttle Feeding •. .
EXPERIENCE COUNTS!
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Suda~n
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Lives.t pc'IJ
F~eeding C;Q. )·L
ESTABLISHED 1940
BEN DAVIDSON
PHONE 5311
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JIM .DAVIDSON
BOX 97
SUDAN,_TEXAS .
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West Texas LIVESTOCK WEEKLY
May 19, 1960 1
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CLASS IFIED AD RATES - $1 minimum, 15 words or less; Sc per each additional word. Clauified
display $3.00 per inch for one insertion or $2.50 per inch two or more Insertions.
RANCH LAND
e RANCH LAND
e RANCH LAND
FOit lEST New M..lco C.ttle aMI Sheep
RANCHES FOR SALE
bnches write PltA6Eit MILLEit, bnch Spe·
Rain Belt Area-763 acres of
clalist, 204 South Kentucky, ltoswell, N. M.
wonderful grass and }Jay mead·
ow. Never failing stream, springs
and dams. Will carry 150 head.
RANCH FOR SALE
Good, modern improvements.
1400-Caw Ranch
$2.,000.00 annual soil bank pay·
Boise City, Okla.
ments. Priced at $60,000.00 with
One of the country's easiest
good terms.
Seven (7) miles north of Boise
and most econoonical operating
ranches. Total of 52,480 acres
City on 287 Highway. 960
500 Mother Cow Ranch. 8,000
with over a third of these being
deeded acres plus 4,000 lease,
acres deeded, 160 acres state
very cheap Federal and State
1,000 acres irrigated meadow.
leased land. Good improveleases ass1gned free to buyer.
Free decreed water fr om river.
ments;
buffalo
and
grama
Located near Miles City, Moillt.,
Two modern homes . and a good
with railroad pens and scales on
set of supporting buildings. Priccountry.
the ranch. Good fences; crossed with all equipment at $185,fenced into 21 pastures. Water·
MRS. STERLING GRAHAM
000.00. Terms.
ed by 3 artesian wells, 1 pump
Boise City, Oklahoma
HILL REALTY
well, 5 windmills, 15 springs and
Colorado Springs, Colorado
44 dams.
Cattle on this ranch are never
fed hay and are only fed cake
about 60 days each winter. The
FOR PRIVATE SALE
READY FOR SPRING?
winter pastures have the very
best kind of Natura l She lter,
750-acre Flint Hills Stock Ranch.
We have for sale some mighty
heavy grass cover, but most im·
Two modem homes; 250 acres of
fine Colorado ranches.
portant, they are loaded with
valley land broke for feed; 450
high-protein browse plants.
1. North Park-250 cow ranch,
acres good bluestem grass; bal·
owner says sell for $75,000.00.
One-half of owner's mineral
in
corrals,
catch
pens
and
ance
rights go to buyer.
2.
Gunnison
ArN-235 cow piolots of improvements. Extra
The top end of one of the naneer outfit, owner retiring.
good
fencing
and
cross
fences.
tion's best herds of Black Angus
Will sell with machinery at
Live creek through ranch. Close
cows can be bought with the
$76,000.00 and 29% down.
ranch.
to markets and good town.
3. Mountain Summer GrassPriced at $17.50 per deeded
3,764 acres deeded, 3,700 acres
For full information or appointacre. 29% down, 15 equal yearly
cheap Taylor grazing lease.
ment to see this excellent ranch,
payments including principal
Will handle 400 yearlings.
and interest.
contact:
Price: $65,000.00 with 25%
down .
DAINS REAL ESTATE
4.
Near Coloradt! Sprlng--.this
1500-Caw Ranch
AUCTION COMPANY
nice 960 acre ra nch is priced
Montana Best· 20 miles of live
Phone JU 2-2nO
at $48,000.000 and $15,000.00
and spring-fed creek water, 7
Silver Lake, Kansas
will handle.
flowing wells, 5 pump wells, 23
5.
NHr Fort Coll ins-nicely imreservoirs and several springs 1,.
proved mountain outfit for
water this ranch. 33,826 deeded
FOR SALE
125 cows. Three houses in
acres, 4480 acres leased; the best
pines. Price: $80,000.00.
grass land to be found anywhere.
Southern Colorado ranch j ust
The best proof is tllat the year·
across state line from New Mex·
For full information, contact:
ling steers have averaged 738
ico and Oklahoma. Must be sold
lbs. for the last 15 years. This
by May 1. Immediate possession.
BURGHART-HATTON, Realtor
ranch is veryr well improved with
5124 acres deeded, 640 state
3 extra mce modern homes,
lease. One owner for 39 years.
506 Exchange Nat'l Bank Bldg.
REA, telephones, barns, sheds
224 acres subirrigated alfalfa
Phone: Melrose 4-8882
and corrals. Ranch has been unand vega. 5 windmills 13-27 f t.
Colorado
Springs, Colorado
der same ownership tor 70 years.
deep. 7 miles of fishing boles
Price $20 per deeded acre,
and running water ; deer, quail,
leases assigned free; 29% down
pheasant, etc. 3-bedroom home,
e WANT TO LEASE
and 20 years to pay balance.
REA, telephone, 9 miles from
WANTED
TO LEASE: ltanch to run 100.150
pavement on good all-weathe!"
* ~ *
road. Good barns, corr.Us, load· cows or equivalent sheep. Must h•ve 9ood
We also have for sale a 200-cow
ing chutes, etc. About 1-5! min· improvements with erlra 9ood house. lOX
ranch; a 650-cow ranch; and a
erals leased $1 per acre. 29% 1606-E, San An9elo, Texas.
750-cow ranch. For details write
down, rest ln 10 years at 51h %.
or phone:
The answer w a rancher's praye PASTURAGE
er . $40 per acre on deeded, state
WELDON BIRDWELL
lease 20c. Call or write: CHAS.
Excellent Bluestem Pasture
ARNETT, Phone 340; or CECIL
Milligan Hotel Bldg.
And
care for 200 to 250 cows, up
DELLINGER, Phone 567, ClayMiles City, Montana
to 3 years.
ton, New Mexico.
R. C. KINZER
PE 3-2507 • Morris, Okla.
e
LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
Roping Calves
Club Orders or Small Lots
ERBY WILMETH
Phone PO 3-49n
Clovis, New Mexicc
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MONTANA
RANCHES
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Ranch Showplace
93 7 acres, 400 cultivated, no wasteland, 3 sets improve·
ments, $50,000 main house, 4 wells, II t anks, creek, steel
p ip e
corra ls, et c. Ra nch highly improved thro ughout,
high d e p reciat ion fe ed lots with automatic feed e rs • •
nothing b etter a nywhe re. Price $250,000.00 including
equipment, located 8 miles SW of C leb urne, Texa s.
Double-S Ranch
Divisio n Texas Me a t & Provision C ompa ny
P. 0 . Box 5236
Dallas, Texas
FOR SALE BY OWNER
2360 Acre Ranch - Ellis County
5 miles north of Milford, 45 miles south
of Dallas and Ft. Worth
Will Run 400 Cows
$85 per acre, part cash, will carry
balance.
See L. L. Cowan on ranch any ' time, or address
L. L. COWAN
Milford, Texas
e
UVESTOCK FOR SALE
FOR SALE: Registered Angus
bulls. 12 months old and older.
Priced from $250.
Tarlton Willingham & Sons
Phone 114 J 2, Hamlin, Texas
or 7621, Rotan, Texas.
FOR SALE: 80 bead good qual·
ity Hereford cows; about 40
cows with calves at side, rest w
calves soon.
Tarlton Willingham & Sons
Phone 114 J 2, Hamlin, Texas;
or 7621, Rotan, Texas
FOR SALE
80 one and 2-year-old Domino
bred registered bulls and heifers.
MRS. GEORGE E. McGOWAN
Phone 4241 • Vega, Texas
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LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
Angus Cows For .Sale
88 head of good age
commercial Angus cows,
65 calves from registered bulls and rest
calving now.
Also four
registered bulls.
HAL COURTNEY
On Farm Road 94 North
of Matador
Northfield, Texas
Ph. (Tell Exchange) Kl S-2422
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LIVESTOCK WANTED
WANTED: Sheep to p•sture. 6c-od 9r•n. c•n
look after them. C. S. SPILLERS, Cow9lll, Mo.
FOR SALE
120 head of good quality Angus
cows with 60 calves on them,
balance to calve soon.
J. C. MILLS
Box 726 • Phone CY 8-2593
Abernathv. Texas
FOR SALE
Roping Calve.._.ny number.
135 light mixed heifers and
steers; these are Brahman
cr05Sbreds weighing 250
lbs.
125 Her efor d and Angus heif·
ers and steers, weigh
around 250 lbs.
100 crossbred steers, 340 lbs.
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RANCH SUPPLIES
WANTED TO BU~
Used 10 to 16 ft. Aermotor wind·
mills and towers. Contact: Chas.
Schreiner Ill, 301 Main St., Kerr·
ville, Texas. Phone CL 7-5151 or
CL 7-4170.
e
HELP WANTED
RANCH HELP WANTED
Good wages, bouse and utilities
furnished. Must be between the
ages of 22 and 34 years old.
DON T. LEE
Box 1140 • Phone: HE 7.0362
Alamogordo, New Mexico
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MISCELLANEOUS
'WATER WITCHING
a Proven Fact'
Ranch or irrigation.
Terms on r equest.
PAUL M. EVANS
E V Ranch ·
Van Horn, Texas
100 Brangus steers, 350 lbs.
K&M CATTLE CO.
Carlyss, La.
Office Ph.: JU 3-3884
After 5 p.m.: JU 3-7047
0 ( JU 3-3889
Windmill Erection & Repair
Well Service
C.ll or write
SANTA GERTRUDIS
PREMIER'S
DAVID R. LIGON
8th ANNUAL AUCTION
186 Head pure breeding
stock-Bulls, Cows, etc.
Saturday, May 21st, 1 p.m.
Burden's Auction Barn
Ennis, Texas
(21 miles south Dallas)
JA 4-9S77
1140 Plain St.
Las Cruces, N. M.
ED '-2440
107 N. Missouri
Ft. Stockton, Teru
FOR SALE
Leopar d cow dog puppies from
outstanding working parents.
Weaning age. $25 per pair; sin·
gle pups $15. "Naturals" for
spooky cattle.
HOWARD HAMPTON
Logan, New Mexico
Picture Catalogue
Write:
PREMIER SANTA GERTRUDIS
ASSOCIATION
Box 1148 ·Bryan, Texas
Plan to attend.
WANTED TO BUY
Steel landing mats or other com·
parable material. Quote Cull de·
scription, quantity and price.
R. D. WILMANS & SONS, Inc.
'7-11 Angus"
Newport, Arkansas
LIQUIDATION SALE
REGISTERED BRAHMANS OF CHAMPIONSHIP QUALITY
Ranqe raised and priced to sell
•
•
•
•
•
35
25
SO
50
30
Cows with calves at side, 4 to 9 years old and rebred
Springer cows, good ages.
Springing 2-year-old heifers.
Yearling heifers.
2-year-old bulls.
e 30 Yearling bulls.
• 6 Herd bulls.
A real opportunity to buy Purebreds representing
the top quality of the breed.
Call or write
MARTIN BROS., Cotulla, Texas
Ph. 464 • Roy G . Martin, man09ing partner
FOR SALE
WE CAN FILL YOUR ORDERS FOR
200 strictly choice Hereford
Lightweight Stocker ,Cattle
cows now having their second
calves. (Approximately half
includinq calves, weighing 175 to 300 lbs.
with calves on ground now,
rest will calve by June 1.)
Herefords, Angus, Crossbreds, Brahmans.
There are no better Hereford
Also Anqus or Hereford calves weighing 300 t o
cows for sale anywhere; all
400 lbs. - heifers, steers and bull calves.
dehorned and look alike. Have
CALL
US FOR QUOTATIONS ON LIGHT CAnLE
lost lease and must sell. Cat·
Single
or double-deck livestock hauling.
tie located 15 miles west of
Fort Worth and can be seen
in an hour's time.
Price $250.
SU ..PHUR, LOUISIANA
For information call:
OHice Phone: JU 3-3884, Carlyss, La.
Clearwater 8-4224, Aledo, Texas;
COTTON KINNEY
JAMES MILLER
or
Phone JU 3-3889
Phone JU 3-7047
Carlyss, La.
Carlyss, La.
Walnut 4-0295, Fort Worth.
Latest livestock reports straight 11 Orders filled by capable buyers
Bonded & Insured
from the ranch country in West
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Texas Livestock Weekly. $7 year. Say you saw 1t advertiSed m W est Texas Livestock Weekly
K & M CATTLE CO.
May 19, 1960
Stockers, Feeders
Are Uneven At K. C.
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"If they ever have a ropm' where the man that catches the
most vegetation with his cattle wins, I'll git rich!"
MORE
POUNDS
and
MORE
PROFIT
choice 800-1000 pound feeder steers
$23.50-25, several loads 750-850
pounds S26-26.50 and few common
and medium $18-23 and several lots
medium and good heifers 525 to
725 pounds $23.50-25.
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Cator Dehvers Steer Year lings
Marshall Cator, Sunray, Texas,
this week delivered 581 steer yearling to Hugh Wilson of Amarillo.
The steers, off wheat pasture in the
area, were sold earlier at $25 cwt.
They weighed 727 pounds on deI livery Wednesday morning.
in your
BEEF
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OMAHA 7, NEBRASKA
Rio Bravo Mexican Cattle Co.
Roping & Dogging Steers
also
Stocker & Feeder Cattle For Sale
Hamilton Hotel Lobby
Off. Phone RA 2-3541
Night: RA 3-7421, Rm. 301
JACK HITSON
LAREDO, TEXAS
Will Produce
MOlE PBOFIT PODIDS
For the most profitable and cheapest use
your pastures - your livest~k's daily feed
and forage intake must include enough of
ALL .•• but not too much or ANY ..•• of
the essential mineral, vitamill or trace element
nutrients.
Because VIT-A-WAY is exclusively prMessed
(patented) , coated and blended, it offers advantages not found in just a mineral mixture.
VIT-A-WAY can assure you or more effective,- but
less expensive protection against deficiencies and
imbalances in your feed, gra~s and water
. . . and also help your livestock produce more for less!
BALANCE
your feed a-t your grasses
with
m-1-WIY
S.o your lon~l foeti tlot~~lor or feo4
•-ufocturer todoy or write to
Vlf-A-WAT, l•c.. P. 0 . kx 4311,
fort W orta.,. T•••&.
Vlt-A· WAT it _ ...,fectv<e4 .,.._ U.S. rAT. NO. 2.611.182. RlO. f .M.
SHEEP-Wednesday
CATTLE- Friday ·
FOR SALE
20 good young registered Hereford cows, with papers; 15 of
these are three-year-olds. Calves
on these cows mostly 3 and 4
months old.
10 good commercial cows. Four
registered Hereford bulls, 2-yearolds. Can furnish excellent pasture for these cows if desired.
PHONE : BR 3-211 9
BORGER, TEXAS
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
REGISTERED ANGUS
25 cows, 20 calves. Calves 400
lbs., by Bar Prince l 6 of Essar
and Essar Marshall L 40, bred
the same. Cows ages 2 to 8. Begin calving in September. Lost
lease, overstocked. Also one
proven sire, a good breeder, Bar
Prince 16 of Essar. Three herd
bull prospects. Range bulls.
JESSE GA RRETT
Route 3 - Box 228
Cisco, Texas
Phone Brecke nridge,
Texas HI 9-2924
Call Yeager Grimes
to drench
your sheep
&
Tell Us Your Needs!
BOB FERGUSON
Am1rillo Stockers Firm,
Feeders Off 50 Cents
50 good light-colored yearhng bulls weighing from
900 to 1000 pounds. The
cowman's kind, ready for
service. Priced at S275.
J. J . STEELE
P. 0 . Box 835
Phone:
PO 3-3521 or PO 3-6455
Clovis, New Mexico
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AMARILLO- (USDA) - About
5200 cattle sold here this week.
25 years expe r ie nce in t reat ing
Quality of stocker and feeder offerand handling shee p
ings was very plain, most of the
supply grading medium and good.
Trading was moderately active,
YEAGER GRIMES
clearance complete.
Ph. 9209 or 6736
Stockers sold about steady, feeder steers and heifers mostly 50
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
cents lower, off $1 in spots; cows
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strong, bulls steady.
Utility and commercial cows sold ,;;
at $15.60-16.80, canners and cutters
$13.50-15; utility and commercial
bulls $17.50-20.50.
Average to high good 700-890
pound feeder steers brought $23.5024.15, medium and low good $1923, inferior and common $14-18.60;
medium and good stocker steers
$19.40-27.10, low to average medium 480-560 pound stocker steers
$22.60-23, a lot of common 500
pound stockers $18.30; most mediSan Angelo, Texas
um and good stocker and feeder
heifers $16.90-23.50, a load of good
JAMES MICKLER, Mgr.
650 pounders $21.20, one lot of
medium 560 pound heifers $20.40;
SALES
good steer calves $26.50-29.30, some
choice to $33.50, common and meSheep
dium $21.10-26.60; one lot of low
11:00 Cattle Hogs
choice 290 pound heifer calves
TUESDAY
$28.90, good $23.50-26.80, a few meA.M. THURSDAY
di um $20.25-23; common and me·
dium cows \vith calves $159-180
Courteous • Efficient - Cooperative
per pair.
(Formerly San Angelo Livestock Auction Co. J
Sheep And Cattle Steady At
Western Livestock Auction
SAN ANGELO-The sheep market was steady on 3707 head here
this week at Western Livestock
Comm. Co. The cattle market was
steady, stronger on some classes,
last week on 845 head.
Heavy feeder lambs $15-17.20,
slaughter lambs $18.50-21.30, heavy
stocker lambs $15-17.70, light stocker lambs $15-17.80; buck lambs $1013.50; yearling muttons $10.50-14.30; aged bucks $4-5.20, aged ewes
$3.50-5.25; yearling ewes $10-16 per
head, breeding ewes $8-11.75 per
head, ewes and lambs $10.50-16 per
pair.
Good and choice fat steers and
heifers $23-25, utility and standard
Sl9-22; slaughter cows $14-17.80,
canners and cutters $11-15.20; good
and choice stocker and feeder
steers $22-24.10, plain and medium
$16-21; good and choice heifers $2123, plain and medium $15-20.50;
good and choice fat calves $24-25.20, utility and standard $18.50-22;
good and choice stocker steer
calves $25-29.10, plain and medium
$17-24; good and choice heifer
calves $22-25.50, plain and medium
$15-21.50; stocker cows $14-18; good
and choice cows and calves $180191 per pair, plain and medium
$125-175 p er pair .
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AMERICAN
SHORTHORN
ASS' N.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
HEREFORD BULLS
Polled
put
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tered by the Livestock Division. 1 Charlie Lewis of Floydada, Texas
Big change in the act was made in bought one load of short age steer
1958, requiring eventual registra- yearlings weighing 470 pounds at
tion of all livestock dealers and $24 for delivery this week from a
posting of all auctions and public Mr. Hogg of Monahans.
markets.
KANSAS CITY-(USDA)-Stockers and feeders in moderate supply
sold on a somewhat uneven market
at Kansas City this week; weak to
50 cents lower than first of last
week trade but strong to 50 cents
higher than last week's close.
Bulk good and choice 500 to 750
pound yearling steers ranged from
$25 to $28.25, one load 600 pounders $29.50, scattered Jots medium
light yearlings $23-24.50, good and
~HOf<THOf<N~
West Texas LIVESTOCK WEEKLY
New Packers And Stockyards
Division Scheduled By USDA
A Packers and Stockyards Division in the Agriculture Marketing
Service of the USDA has been established and will begin operations
July 1, according to Secretary of
Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. Howard J. Doggett is director of the
division.
Benson said the separ.ate division
was necessary because of expanding activities resulting from the
amended Packer s and Stockyards
Act. The act is presently adminisANNUAL ANGUS
STOCKER COW SALE
In SAN ANGElO it's .•••
MAY 30
PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION CO.
Frank Cargile
Jack Drake, Mgr.
John Cargile
Ship to the Largest Sheep Market in West Texas for Top Prices
B1lliager Hiway - Ph. 4145