VOL NO. 49 SAN ANGELO, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018 LIVESTOCKWEEKLY.COM $35 PER YEAR. Range Sales

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1 Lamb Markets Called Steady To Higher Lamb markets were calling trends steady to mostly higher. San Angelo had lambs as much as $10 higher, as did Goldthwaite. Hamilton was steady. Lamb and mutton meat production for the week ending December 8 totaled 2.7 million pounds on a slaughter head count of 41,000 compared to 2.8 million pounds on a slaughter count of 42,000 head the previous week. Imported lamb and mutton for week ending December 1 totaled 2631 metric tons, approximately 5.8 million pounds, which was close to 200 percent of domestic production for the same period. Slaughter lambs at San Angelo included choice 2-3 lambs pounds at $ , choice and prime pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , choice pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , and pounds $ A light test of the few feeder lambs offered at San Angelo had medium and large pounds at $166, pounds $ , and pounds $ In Colorado late last week two loads of 105-pound feeders brought $140. Fredericksburg pound wool lambs brought $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , hair sheep pounds $ , pounds $ , and Barbado pound lambs were $ Goldthwaite wool lambs pounds sold for $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , Dorper and Dorper cross lambs pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , Barbado and Barbado cross lambs pounds $ , pounds $ , and pounds $ Hamilton Dorper and Dorper cross lambs pounds were $ , pounds $ , wool lambs pounds $ , over 70 pounds $ , and Barbado lambs $ New Holland, Penn., choice and prime 1-2 wooled lambs pounds made $ , pound hair sheep $182, pound wool lambs $ , pounds $ , choice 1-3 wool lambs weighing pounds $ , pounds $ , pound hair sheep $ , wool lambs weighing pounds $ , hair sheep $ , wool lambs pounds $ , hair sheep $ , wool lambs pounds $ , and pound hair sheep $ San Angelo utility and good 1-3 slaughter ewes were $65-76, utility 1-2 $60-65, cull and utility 1-2 $42-50, and cull $ Fredericksburg ewes were $75-110, Hamilton wool ewes $65-91 and Barbado ewes $ Goldthwaite wool slaughter ewes were $40-80, Dorper $40-90 and Barbado $ New Holland good 2-3 slaughter ewes brought $57-87, utility 1-2 $30-82, and cull $ The Livestock Weekly will suspend publication December 27 and January 3. The last issue for 2018 will be dated December 20. Publication will resume with the issue dated January 10, VOL NO. 49 SAN ANGELO, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018 LIVESTOCKWEEKLY.COM $35 PER YEAR Cattle For Sale By David, San Angelo, sold out of the Poteet, Texas area to a Marfa, Texas buyer 45 babytooth spring calving crossbred cows at $1050, and from the Pearsall, Texas area to an Ozona, Texas buyer 42 babytooth heavy bred Angus Plus cows at $ L Cattle Co., Vic Choate, San Angelo, sold one load of No. 1 steers and bulls weighing 470 pounds at $ to a Western Oklahoma buyer; to a Hereford buyer a load of No. 1½ Okie steers weighing Range Sales 858 pounds at $120 and a load of No. 1½ crossbred heifers weighing 825 at $115, a short load of 1050 pound steers at $111 to a West Texas buyer, and load of short-mouth, heavybred cows at $850 per head. Mid-Tex Cattle Co., Seguin, Texas, sold on a delivered basis to the Texas Panhandle: a load of No. 1-1½ Okie and crossbred heifers weighing 433 pounds at $137 and one load of No. 1-1½ Okie and crossbred steers weighing 461 pounds at $135. Plains Feedlots Asking $ At Midweek And Drawing No Bids Panhandle fed cattle trade was a non-starter at midweek, feedlots asking mostly $122 and packers content to sit on the sidelines. Last week s going rate was mostly $119, up a dollar from the week before. Wednesday s Fed Cattle Exchange offered 156 head in two Kansas lots. One of the two sold at the starting price of $119, but the same price got no nibbles on the other lot. The Texas Cattle Feeders Association counted 8200 head on area showlists, up 89 head from last week. Formulas were off 1108 head at 50,698. Direct trade was quiet elsewhere as well, DTN reporting no bids and feedlots asking $ live, $190 or better dressed. Midwest slaughter cattle auctions paid $ , strictly choice to $ Stocker and feeder cattle price trends were a mixed bag again, mostly lower in Texas and steady to higher elsewhere. Joplin, Mo. sold 4893 head and quoted steer calves under 500 pounds steady to $5 higher, steers 500 to 700 pounds and heifers under 700 pounds steady, heavier weights weak to $3 lower. La Junta, Colo. offered 5728 head and found steer calves steady to as much as $8 higher, heifer calves steady to $5 higher, yearling steers $3-5 higher, and yearling heifers scarce. Tulsa, Okla., with 1670 head, was unevenly steady on steers and $3-5 higher on heifers. In Texas, Graham called 958 head $3-5 lower on weights 500 pounds and lighter, steady on heavier kinds. Crockett s 935 head were similarly $3-5 higher on weights under 500 pounds and steady on heavier weights. Three Rivers was $6-10 lower on 676 head, and Gonzales steady Saturday on 491 head. With receipts of 4000 head, Oklahoma City feeder steers pounds were $2-3 higher, pounds $2-3 lower on a light test, feeder heifers too lightly tested, steer calves pounds $1-2 lower, pounds $2-5 higher, and heifer calves unevenly steady. Best pound steers brought $ ; pounds $ ; pounds $ ; pounds $ ; pounds $ ; pounds $ ; and pounds $ USDA reports 4381 head of feeder cattle selling direct off Colorado range, including 250 medium and large No. 1 steers to weigh 825 pounds at $ f.o.b. for April delivery; on a delivered basis, for December 400 similar heifers to weigh 610 at $155 and 200 heifers to weigh 775 at $137; for current delivery 236 steers weighing at $ , 562 steers weighing 650 at $ , 799 steers weighing at $ , 360 steers weighing at $ , 195 steers weighing 850 at $ , 116 heifers weighing 625 at $144, 101 heifers weighing at $141, and 776 heifers weighing at $ Southeast direct feeder cattle trade as reported by USDA totaled 2400 head, all f.o.b. for current delivery, including 158 medium and large No. 1 steers weighing pounds at $ , 140 similar steers weighing 685 at $142, 135 steers weighing 700 at $140, 315 steers weighing 785 at $140.42, 238 steers weighing at $ , and 386 heifers weighing 775 at $ USDA reports 2973 head of feeder cattle selling direct in Oklahoma, mostly f.o.b. basis, including 560 medium and large No. 1 steers to weigh 70 pounds at $132.25; for January 120 steers to weigh 825 at $ and 280 heifers to weigh 700 at $136.20; for current delivery 125 steers weighing at $ , 115 steers weighing 700 at $14 delivered, and 150 heifers weighing 675 at $ Kansas direct feeder cattle trade by USDA count came to 3219 head, all f.o.b. basis, including, for January delivery 700 medium and large No. 1 steers to weigh 775 pounds at $138.75, 450 similar steers to weigh 800 at $ , and 537 heifers to weigh 725 at $ ; for current delivery 380 steers weighing 775 at $148.52, 540 steers weighing 840 at $142.50, 275 heifers weighing 650 at $140.20, and 207 heifers weighing at $ FALL RAINS have been bountiful and well appreciated in West Texas. Pastures and rangeland are going into winter with standing forage, stock tanks are full, and many creeks are flowing, as illustrated by this shot of the Little Rocky northwest of San Angelo. The repeated rains in heavier form have made livestock work a boggy mess to the east and southeast, however. Slaughter Meat Goats Generally Steady To Up In Recent Trading Slaughter meat goat prices were largely steady to higher in most recent trading. Fredericksburg was steady to $5 higher, San Angelo firm to $10 higher, Goldthwaite $5 higher, and Hamilton $10-15 higher. New Holland, Pennsylvania was mostly steady to $10 lower per head. Goat slaughter under federal inspection the week ending November 24 totaled 10,928 head. Goat meat imports for the week ending December 1 totaled 302 metric tons, 274 from Australia, 11 from Mexico, and 17 from New Zealand. At Goldthwaite on Thursday, selection 1 kids weighing pounds brought $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , and pounds $ Lightweight nannies were $ , heavy $ and thin $60-80, lightweight billies $ and heavy $ New Holland, Penn., selling by the head Monday, quoted selection 1 kids of pounds $ , pounds $ and pounds $175, fancy wethers pounds $ , pounds $ , selection pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , and pounds $155. Selection 1 nannies pounds brought $ and pounds $ , selection pounds $ and pounds $ , selection 1 billies pounds $ and pounds $ , selection pounds $ , pounds $ and pounds $ Also on Monday, Hamilton kids weighing pounds earned $ , pounds $ and over 70 pounds $ Thin nannies were $60-90 per head, medium $ and fleshy $ , billies $ Fredericksburg on Tuesday reported selection pound kids at $ , pounds $ and pounds $ , muttons $ Nannies were $75-150, billies $ At San Angelo Tuesday, selection 1 kids weighing pounds brought $ and pounds $ , selection pounds $ , pounds $ and pounds $ Selection 1-2 nannies pounds made $ , pounds $ and thin pounds $86-100, selection 1-2 billies pounds $ , pounds $ and pounds $ FUTURES TRADE CHICAGO (CME) Beef futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade at the close on Tuesday and at press time on Wednesday. Live Cattle Wed. Tue. Dec Feb April June Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Feeder Cattle Jan Mar April May Aug Sept Oct Nov

2 Page 2 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 Angelo Kid Goats Firm To $10 Higher SAN ANGELO (USDA) Feeder and slaughter lambs were sharply higher Tuesday, slaughter ewes firm to $3 higher, nannies mostly steady, kids firm to $10 higher. Sheep and goat receipts totaled 4702 head. Calves and yearlings sold weak Thursday, December 6, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls firm to $2 higher, stocker cows and pairs steady. Cattle receipts totaled 1010 head. Replacement sheep: mixed age hair ewes pounds $ Slaughter sheep: lambs, choice pounds $ ; choice and prime pounds $ , 1st Annual Hereford Bull Sale Monday, February 25, :00 p.m. at the Ranch Midway between Eldorado and Mertzon TX on FM Two & Coming Two year old Hereford Bulls 10 Bred Females PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION COMPANY Over 60 Years Serving The Nation s Livestock Sellers And Buyers A Full Service Market 24 Hours 365 Days A Year 1131 North Bell Street San Angelo, Texas / REMEMBER OUR WEBSITE ONE MORE SALE AFTER THIS WEEK Look At Our Website: Watch All Our Cattle Sales On DVAuction.com We Now Have A Video Sales Option For DVAuction.com Call For More Information When Is The Last Time You Toured Your Local Market Facility? Come See Us Or Check Out Our Website At Texas Largest Cattle Market Regular Weekly Sales Sheep TUESDAY 9 a.m. WEDNESDAY (if necessary) Cattle THURSDAY 9 a.m pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ ; choice pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ ; ewes, utility and good 1-3 $65-76, high yielding $84, utility 1-2 $60-65, cull and utility 1-2 $42-50, cull 1 $20-40; bucks $ Replacement goats: kids, selection pounds $ ; selection pounds $ ; selection pounds $ ; nannies, selection pounds $ Slaughter goats: kids, selection pounds $ , pounds $ ; selection pounds $236-3RD ANNUAL SHEEP AND GOAT REPLACEMENT SALE Saturday, MARCH 23 ( Charley Christensen, General Manager Benny Cox, Sheep Sale Jody Frey, Cattle Sale Vernon Mansfield, Yard Foreman Producers Office 258, pounds $ , pounds $ ; selection pounds $ , pounds $ ; nannies, selection pounds $ , pounds $98-122, thin pounds $86-100; billies, selection pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ Steers: medium and large No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ ; medium and large No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ ; pounds $ ; pounds $ , pounds $ Heifers: medium and large No pounds $ , pounds, $ , pounds $ , pounds, $ ; medium and large No pounds, $ , pounds, $ , pounds, $ , pounds, $ , pounds, $ Slaughter cows: breakers pounds $ , boners pounds $ , lean pounds $37-46, low dressing $30-37, pounds low dressing $20-30; bulls, yield grade pounds Replacement quality Males and uniform groups of Females in all breeds of sheep and goats are welcome. 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One Sheep Sale One Cattle Sale Last Sale of the year will be Thursday, December 20 The first sale of 2019 will be Thursday, January Cell Cell Cell Cell We Want Your Business And Will Work To Get It And Keep It! $ , low yielding pounds $ Replacement cows: bred cows, medium and large No. 2 $ ; cow-calf pairs, all with calves pounds, medium and large No. 2 $ ; stocker and feeder cows, medium and large No. 1-2 young cows no test, middleaged cows pounds $77-88 cwt., pounds $52-68; thin and/or aged cows pounds $ Representative sales: Sheep: Steve Scott, Eden, 35 wooled lambs, 70 pounds $210; Jim Herring, Ballinger, 34 wooled lambs, 78 pounds $210; 76 wooled lambs, 84 pounds $155; Perez Ranch, New Mexico, 311 wooled ewe lambs, 94 pounds $174; 273 wooled mutton lambs, 103 pounds $159; Mary Lisso, Rowena, 39 hair lambs, 41 pounds $282; Charlie Turner, Merkle, 40 hair lambs, 60 pounds $254; Mickey Vick, San Angelo, 21 hair lambs, 103 pounds $218. Goats: Machael Vaughn, San Angelo, eight kid goats, 37 pounds $306; J.L. Polk, Fort Hancock, 17 kid goats, 46 pounds $298; Vera Bradshaw, Christoval, 11 kid goats, 48 pounds $284; Johnny Shelton, Christoval, 10 kid goats, 46 pounds $288. Cattle: Mario Gutierrez, Sonora, three bulls, 318 pounds $176; Bill Gosney, Junction, four steers, 429 pounds $150; Wallace Ranch, Sonora, four steers, 524 pounds $140; Clay Allison, San Angelo, six steers, 583 pounds $128; Menard Land and Cattle, Menard, seven steers, 696 pounds $118; five heifers, 609 pounds $117; Eva Smith, Monahans, 16 heifers, 568 pounds $122; Greg Schwertner, Ballinger, six steers, 780 pounds $119; Sonoma Concho, San Angelo, four heifers, 541 pounds $125. CUSTOM FELT HATS AND RENOVATIONS James A. Andrae 830 E South Loop Stephenville, Texas 254/ HATS capitalhatters@yahoo.com WE BUY OIL AND GAS MINERAL RIGHTS Interested in Selling? MINERAL SALES GROUP, LLC CALL US TODAY! 830/ Don t Drill A Dry Well! 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Sheep: Dorper and Dorper cross lambs pounds $ , pounds $ , over 70 pounds $ ; wool lambs pounds no test, pounds, $ , over 70 pounds $ ; wool slaughter ewes $65-91; Barbado lambs $ , ewes $40-80 per head, rams $ Goats: kids pounds $ , pounds $ , over 70 pounds $ ; slaughter nannies, thin $60-90 per head, medium $ , fleshy $ ; replacement nannies, medium quality $ per head, choice $ ; slaughter billies $ , breeding $ Steers: No pounds no test, pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , over 700 pounds $ Heifers: No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , over 700 pounds $ Tulia Feeder Cattle Steady To $2 Lower TULIA (USDA-Dec. 6) Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $2 lower on a limited test. Receipts totaled 1355 head. Steers: medium and large No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , 821 pounds $112, 920 pounds $124. 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3 Port Of Long Beach Critical For Trade Around The World By Colleen Schreiber LONG BEACH, Calif. Those attending the recent U.S. Meat Export Federation strategic planning conference here heard an overview of port logistics and port activities for the Port of Long Beach from Wendy Fung, business development manager for the port. Later that afternoon attendees were also treated to a guided boat tour of the port. The Port of Long Beach and the Port of LA are located in the San Pedro Bay Complex. However, they are two separate ports because, as Fung noted, they are run by two separate municipalities. Each of the ports reports to the respective mayors of the city. Not only is the Port of Long Beach the number-two port in North America, together with its sister port it is the ninth largest port complex in the world, from where 16.9 million TEUs were moved in TEUs is the measurement used to describe the size of the ship and stands for 20 foot equivalent units. Opened in 1911, the first shipment was a barge of lumber which came down from the Pacific Northwest. To this day the Port of Long Beach still receives lumber barges from the Pacific Northwest. About 40 percent of the inbound cargo containers from around the world come through one of the two sister ports, and about 25 percent of U.S. exports go out from these ports. Last year about $194 billion worth of goods came through the Port of Long Beach alone. This year is expected to be even better, in fact the best year in the Port of Long Beach s 117- year history with more than eight million TEUs coming in and out of the port. Known as a landlord port, the Port of Long Beach owns the land, and the six container terminals are leased out to terminal operators. These terminal operators hire their own labor and manage the equipment. Most of the Gulf ports and the southeastern ports, Fung explained, are operating ports, which means the port themselves hire their own labor and manage the terminals themselves. All of the port revenue, she said, is generated through these terminal leases. That money is reinvested back into the port. The Port of Long Beach is a huge economic engine supporting 400,000 jobs regionally, one job in eight in Long Beach alone. On the port tour, participants learned that one of the competitive advantages of the Port of Long Beach is the weather. The southeastern ports have to deal with hurricanes and the East Coast ports icy waters, but the West Coast ports, the tour guide said, are open for business 365 days a year. It was also pointed out that the Pacific trade lane is the most direct and the most costeffective route to and from Asia. The average sailing time from Shanghai to Long Beach is 14 days. Add in the four to five days it takes to rail goods from the Midwest and that means it takes about 19 days to get products to and from Asia, 11 days faster than the all-water route through the Suez Canal. While the weather is an obviously important advantage, given the growth of the industry and the growth in the size of the ships, perhaps the biggest competitive advantage that the Port of Long Beach has is its natural deep waters. The main channel is 76 feet deep, and dredging is not necessary, Fung said. The depth of the port means that even the largest, most heavy-laden ships can come into the port. On average the Port of Long Beach sees about 2000 ships per year. Most of the ships currently are the 8000 TEU ships, though the port also gets the larger 13,000-14,000 TEU ships on a weekly basis. Fung expounded on the various ship sizes in her presentation. The neo-panamax are the 10,000-14,499 TEU ships. These are ships that can pass through the new Panama Canal that opened in June 2016, she told the audience. One step down are the post- Panamax, the TEU ships. These ships couldn t pass through the Panama Canal before the expansion. The smallest today are the Panamax, the TEU ships. These were small enough to pass through the Panama Canal even before the expansion. The largest ships on the seas today are the mega-ships, those that carry up to 18,000 TEUs. Already, though, 22,000 TEU ships are being built, Fung said. To date the Port of Long Beach has had only one mega ship come through, the Benjamin Franklin in On the tour the guide said that when the mega ships are downgraded in the Asia/Europe trade lanes, they will be routed more often to the Pacific trade lane. Fung also mentioned that they were expecting Maersk, a Danish company, to bring in a couple of the 18,000 TEU ships over the next several weeks due to import demand from the U.S. We are ready at both ports for the big ships that are coming, Fung assured. Getting prepared for that growth, however, has come at a price. As Fung pointed out, the dwell time at port for these larger ships is typically three to four to 4.5 days as opposed to two to three days for the smaller cargo ships. Consequently, these mega ships require additional labor and more and larger equipment to handle the unloading and loading of the goods. Fung also noted and it was pointed out again on the tour, that also means not only do the cranes have to be taller, but the wharfs have to be strengthened to support these longer-armed cranes. The port pays for these wharf improvements. In fact, Fung said that over the last decade the Port of Long Beach Livestock Gathering Predator Control Wildlife Services Tanner Cude Pilot / Owner Warren Cude Owner tpaviationllc@gmail.com Check us out on Cowboys Working For Cowboys has invested $4.5 billion into infrastructure improvements and other port efficiencies. One of the largest ongoing improvement projects is the $1.5 billion middle harbor terminal project, now in its third phase of development. When completed in 2021, this terminal will be a fully automated terminal. This one terminal will have the capacity to handle 3.3 million TEUs, which the tour guide stressed is more than the Port of Oakland shipped in all of It will also be able to handle the 20,000 TEU ships which are not expected to come for several more years. He told tour participants that these cranes are some of the largest in the country, reaching 200 feet in the air and crossways up to 26 containers. Millions of dollars have been invested in the software needed for the automation, but it is reportedly working well. Already the average turn-time for the trucks that come to this terminal, the guide said, is half what it is at other terminals, about 40 minutes versus 80 minutes. Currently about 60 trains a week bring goods to the Port Of Long Beach. The largest rail ramps in the U.S., it was noted, are in Dallas, Memphis, Chicago, and Kansas City. That factoid was pertinent because another of the port s improvement projects is a $1.5 billion expansion of their on-dock rail operation. As explained on the port s website, the project will allow trains up to 10,000 feet long to be loaded and unloaded at these on-dock rail yards at marine terminals. That will streamline rail operations, remove bottlenecks, and minimize the increase in truck trips as cargo volume grows. The project is part of the port s Clean Air Action Plan, initiated in As Fung explained, on-dock rail is better for the environment because a one mile long train can take 750 trucks off the road. Now in its third iteration, the Clean Air Action plan, which also includes the Port of LA, is on a path to zero emissions. Already, from 2005 to 2017, December 13, 2018 Livestock Weekly Page 3 Monday, December 17, Noon Buffalo Livestock Market, Buffalo, Texas The Yeo Farms/Houston Trust cows are a highly productive group of Gardiner Angus Ranch influenced genetics. The bull mates to the females have been bred, calved and weaned on the ranch and compete and sell in the four sales offered at GAR. The bulls recently sold in the top 25% in the 2018 GAR Fall Sale and sold 90% above the sale average. The herd has been rigorously culled and replacements selected using Method Genetics indexes. Selling Approximately 140 Head, Including: 10 Outstanding Bred Donors: These females are sired by GAR Objective, GAR Predestined, GAR Prediction and GAR Complete and sell bred to GAR Phoenix, GAR Sure Fire and GAR Prodigy. 5 Open Donors: These females represent the most current genetics in our herd. Many rank in the top 10% in Method Genetics for MPI, QPI and ROI. Open and ready to flush. Thursday, December 20 1:00 P.M. Expecting A Good Selection Of Ranch Horses Out Of Mexico! 48 Bred 2-3 yr-old-cows: These young females are sired by GAR Prophet, GAR Sunrise, KCF Bennett Absolute, All In, GAR Momentum and GAR Composure and bred to GAR Phoenix, GAR Sure Fire and GAR Method. 37 Open Spring Born Heifers: Heifers are sired by GAR Prodigy, GAR Sure Fire, GAR Sunrise, GAR Method and a great young Sunrise son, GAR Sunrise Y Approximately 40 pregnant recipients carrying embryos by GAR Sure Fire, GAR Prodigy and GAR Sunrise Fung said, the initiative enabled a reported 97 percent decrease in sulfur oxides and an 88 percent decrease in diesel particulate matter. To get to zero emissions, she told the group that there will be additional requirements of trucks coming to their ports as well as to the equipment used on the docks and even the ocean vessels coming and going. Currently about 28 percent of the port s volume goes See Port Of Long Beach Continued On Page 4 Performance Horses Shown At 3 P.M. 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4 Page 4 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 Port Of Long Beach Continued From Page 3 through on-dock rail; the goal is to get that to 35 percent in the next decade and 50 percent beyond that. Still another improvement project is the $1.5 billion Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement project. The 60 year-old bridge will be replaced with a brand new four lane bridge on both sides. It will have 50 feet more air draft, meaning from the water to the base of the bridge, raising the old 155-foot bridge to 205 feet with the top of the towers reaching 515 feet in the air. It s expected to be completed in This renovation will greatly help with port traffic congestion. A variety of other tidbits were included during the port tour. For example, the tour guide noted that during World War II all the ships in this port were Navy ships. Today two Navy reserve ships remain in the harbor protecting the waters. RAINE Tank & Fabrication 5000 GALLON WATER TANKS For Potable Water Or Stock Tanks Larger Tanks Available In Increments Of 500 Gallons All tanks coated in-side for potable water and meet fi re safety codes. Custom Fabrication Work All Types Of Containment Vessels, Water, Fuel, Food Grade Compartments OVERHEAD FEED STORAGE BINS 10 Ton $ Ton $ Ton $ Ton $ Ton $ Ton $7500 Delivery Charge Quoted Separately All Tanks Coated, Primered and Painted THE SHUTTLE BUGGY The Port of Long Beach s six container terminals encompass about 3200 acres with five miles of waterfront. The tour guide noted again that it is the second busiest port in North America, so big in fact that they ve run out of land. The largest terminal by acreage is about 386 acres and the berth is about a mile long, the longest berth of any container port in the country. There were three ships lined up at this terminal as the tour boat passed. The oldest container terminal in the port was opened in Even though it s the oldest, it was the first terminal to have shore towers, making it the first to get shore power. As the guide explained, that simply means when a ship docks, it can turn off its auxiliary engines and plug in instead to electrical power. Now 80 percent of the ships that come into port here plug into the electrical grid. Zane Whitesides Colorado City, Texas Buford Copter Company Cattle Pen d and Predators Thin d Deer Surveys and References Available 325/ bufordcoptercompany@gmail.com Full Service Scale Company Serving The Agriculture Industry. Specializing In Livestock & Truck Scales Office: 806/ / Steve Keith: 806/ steve@expressscale.com Those on the tour also learned that the 8000 TEU ships, which make regular runs to Asia, only have a crew of eight. They run lean and mean, the guide said. They all have important work to do, especially when it comes to safety. Additionally, the West Coast Union has about 20,000 members, of which about half work in the LA/Long Beach ports. The guide acknowledged that it took many years and lots of negotiating to get an automated terminal built at the port of Long Beach. They got it done, he said, by inviting the Union in from the very beginning. The union was assured that they would not lose jobs, and when they finally accepted this to be the truth, that it was a matter of doing some shifting and retraining, they came on board and made the automated terminal a reality. Off in the distance sat the famed Queen Mary. The guide explained that the Port of Long Beach is now the official retirement home of this ship. It is on the National Registry for Historic Places and serves as a museum, hotel and restaurant. Built in Scotland, the ship made her maiden voyage in 1936, but then became a troop ship for the Allied forces during World War II. Records indicate the ship ferried 765,000-some troops during the war, and holds the record for carrying the most passengers, 16,082 American troops in 1942 as part of the build-up for D-Day. Painted grey so as to blend in, and known for her stealth during those years, the Queen Mary was dubbed the Grey Ghost, the guide said. The guide also pointed out some oil tankers that were not yet docked at port but instead were anchored in the harbor. There were not idling because of port congestion, he said, but rather were waiting for the oil price to go their way, depending on whether they were buying or selling or exporting or importing. Pennies mean a lot per barrel, the guide remarked. The average size tanker is about 300,000 tons or a million barrels of oil. 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Each has about 10 cannons that can shoot water 200 yards and two stories high. Finally, the guide noted that a pilot from Jacobsen Pilot Service, family-owned and operating in the port since 1924, brings all the ships safely into the harbor to dock. BAXTER BLACK ON THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE It doesn t make much difference how fast a horse can run if the jockey doesn t cross the finish line with him. Annie is a jockey and horse trainer of good reputation. She passed along this story about a horse we ll call TANGO SED. Clyde, a local horseman who ran horses frequently at the ol San Juan Downs Race Track in Farmington, New Mexico, spotted TANGO in a pasture. He watched him over a few days, liked him, and bought the four year-old stud. Problem was, nobody could ride him. The local cowboys all tried. As did the trainers, retired jockeys, weekend buckaroos, electricians, roughnecks, silversmiths, auctioneers and parolees. But nobody could stay on the bucker. Finally, some out of town bronc busters were summoned. They eared him down, mounted up and got bucked off like all the rest. It was disappointing for Clyde, but he bit the bullet and sold TANGO to a Navajo man from the reservation. Six months went by and one day TANGO showed up at the race track. Not only that, he smoked the competition! He won the 250, the 330, the 400 and the quarter mile races he entered. Clyde s judgment was redeemed. He knew TANGO could run. After the races he went down to the barns and found the Navajo man. Congratulations! That sure is a great horse, said Clyde. I always believed he could win. But tell me, how did you break him? Well, explained the Navajo man in his carefully enunciated English, When we got him home I tried to ride him and he bucked me off. Then my brother tried to ride him and he got bucked off. Then my cousin tried to ride him and he got bucked off. On the second day I tried to ride him and I got bucked off. 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5 $ , pounds $ , $ , over 500 pounds $ Replacements $ per head, cow-calf pairs $ per pair; calves $ ; packer cows $35-48 cwt., packer bulls $ Technology Changes Equine Rehabilitation Strategies By Ginger Elliott, DVM At a recent Texas Equine Veterinary Association meeting, Dr. Katie Seabaugh, an equine surgeon and specialist at Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic, at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine, presented valuable information about equine rehabilitation programs. Seabaugh began her presentation relating that getting horses back to work after musculoskeletal injury has historically provided the fundamentals of equine rehabilitation. These observations and practices are due to decades of experience by horsemen as well as equine and large animal veterinarians who ve shared observations and practices from their years of knowledge. Interest in equine rehabilitation, particularly the musculoskeletal system, has grown in recent years with advancements in imaging (i.e. ultrasound, MRI, digital radiography, CT scan etc.) and therapeutics (i.e. biologics). Many owners will consider budgeting for these diagnostics and management of equine injuries depending on circumstances. Rehabilitation protocols for neurological disease, wounds, and even abdominal surgery are also being utilized for equine recovery. Seabaugh stressed, There are two things that should be avoided with equine musculoskeletal injury recovery. First of all strict stall rest isn t recommended except in management of certain fractures. Research has shown that immobilization negatively affects bone density, articular cartilage, muscle, synovial membranes, tendons and ligaments. The second management tool to avoid is free choice turnout. The inherent curiosity and evolutionary Fight or Flight behavior of horses aren t the perfect combo to prevent or worsen injuries. Although unmonitored turnout does keep the horse active, their activity level can t be controlled. Repeatedly, horses that have been turned out for a period of time are still lame when they are re-evaluated up to six months later. Or the damage may become more severe than the original injury. There are select injuries that do better with increased turnout but those are the exceptions rather than the rule. Forty-five minutes of a controlled exercise programs can include 5-10 minutes of hand walking plus a variety of exercises to achieve exercise recommended by sports medicine equine veterinarians and equine rehabilitation professionals. Treadmills, used with caution, can strengthen different muscles and body core and can serve as an alternative to hand walking as recommended. Following injury horses will lose strength first followed by endurance, flexibility, and proprioception (neurological ability of the body to sense movement and position). Rehabilitation protocols begin working through those in reverse beginning with pain and exercise reduction in the first stage. The next goals focus on flexibility, endurance and strength. Basic rehabilitation exercises include stretching (flexion &/or extension) primarily focusing on legs then neck, chest or abdomen. Negotiating obstacles is often introduced into a rehabilitation program by keeping the horse focused and increasing active range of motion. Patterns can improve balance and proprioception. Kinesio taping, which decreases inflammation and pain, and massage therapy are other rehabilitation options available to horses. Many equine veterinarians have specialty training in veterinary chiropractic and acupuncture that augments rehabilitation programs. Advance modalities were discussed by Seabaugh including aquatic therapy treadmills, both above ground and in ground. The above ground underwater treadmill provides the most controlled environment as the water level can be adjusted for individual horses and/or adjusted throughout the exercise period. Adjusting most in ground underwater treadmills is not as easily done due to the volume of water. Although not ideal for certain injuries, swimming is another rehabilitation option. Horses swim with nearly all their power coming from the hind limbs. This motion causes hyperextension of the TANK COATINGS ROOF COATINGS Available for metal, composition shingles or Tar Roofs. Long lasting and easy to apply. We also manufacture Tank Coatings for Concrete, Rock, Steel, Galvanized and Mobile tanks. Call For Our FREE CATALOG VIRDEN PERMA-BILT 806/ Got Prickly Pear Or Broom Weeds? We Can Help! Call To Discuss Effective Solutions! 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6 Page 6 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 Feeder Cattle Steady To Lower Across The Country Last Week ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (USDA) Steers and heifers sold $3 to $8 lower across the country last week, instances up to $10 lower in most areas. The North Central states were unevenly steady. Feedyards took money off orders as areas that were snowy have muddy pen conditions. Prior to the large snowstorm that moved across the Plains the previous week, temperatures had not been cold enough to get the ground frozen before the snow flew. The snow acted as a blanket and left the unfrozen ground below, it and as cattle moved across the pens, churned the white moisture into a muddy mess. Cattle are getting tired of slogging through the mud and have expended more calories than they can eat in a day. 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Other areas had not traded yet as of this writing, but feedyards are optimistic after the previous week s $118 live trade in the southern Plains. For the week, Feeder Cattle contracts were $.85 to $1.10 lower, while Live Cattle trading was $.55 to $1.62 higher. Boxed beef cut-out values continue to hold together for the most part. For the week, the Choice cutout closed $1.68 higher at $214.29, while Select was $2.09 higher at $ Auction volume this included 41 percent weighing more than 600 pounds, and 40 percent were heifers. Auction receipts were 330,400 head, last week 289,500 head and last year 334,300 head. Texas 5700 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $158.81, lbs. $149.71, lbs. $147.22, lbs. $150.06, lbs. $147.09; medium and large No lbs. $141.72, lbs. $134.09; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $147.12, lbs. $143.32, lbs. $132.59, lbs. $132.62, lbs. $135; lbs. $135.54, lbs. $129.03; medium and large No lbs. $131.64, lbs. $121.72, lbs. $ Oklahoma 40,400 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $193.84, lbs. $183.82, lbs. $179.57, lbs. $173.70, lbs. $165.48, lbs. $154.34, lbs. $145.32, lbs. $143.80, lbs. $141.84, lbs. $141.62, lbs. $141.62, lbs. $140.52, lbs. $143.87; medium and large No lbs. $180.40, lbs. $179.12, TexStar Sea Containers INSTANT STORAGES SIZES: 20 s 40 s 866/ San Angelo, Texas New ELMER KELTON Release!! 4 East Concho San Angelo, Texas lbs. $171.99, lbs. $166.83, lbs. $153.91, lbs. $145.52, lbs. $137.52, lbs. $133.68, lbs. $135.83, lbs. $133.83, lbs. $135.70, lbs. $136.10, lbs. $127.11, lbs. $132.57; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $158.94, lbs. $154.96, lbs. $143.42, lbs. $144.84, lbs. $136.64, lbs. $134.46, lbs. $136.20, lbs. $136.12, lbs. $138.44, lbs. $135.41, lbs. $135.39, lbs. $125.40, lbs. $129.40; medium and large No lbs. $143.76, lbs. $144.28, lbs. $138.08, lbs. $135.07, lbs. $132.39, lbs. $128.78, lbs. $124.72, lbs. $128.88, lbs. $127, lbs. $127.77, lbs. $ New Mexico 9000 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $178.31, lbs. $182.72, lbs. $173.44, lbs. $157.93, lbs. $154.71, lbs. $146.23, lbs. $142.30, lbs. $137.22, lbs. $129.84; medium and large No lbs. $176.70, lbs. $169.27, lbs. $164.75, lbs. $152.53, lbs. $147.72, lbs. $133.75, Holstein steers: large No lbs. $75.13, lbs. $74.67; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $166.30, lbs. $147.32, lbs. $146.68, lbs. $141.71, lbs. $135.03, lbs. $132.84, lbs. $133.11, Ask for our Monthly Texana Catalog! We accept all Credit cards. 325/ New ELMER KELTON book: HARD RIDE: A NEW collection of Kelton s early short stories, now published together in one volume $27.99 Release date Tuesday, November 13 JERRY LACKEY s best selling series HOMESTEAD: Pioneers of Texas Frontier Vols 1 thru 5 autographed copies = $24.95 each Great gifts for Christmas! We now feature an expanded selection of NEW ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN S CLASSICS! Most are under $19.99, and discounted! us and we ll send you a list! [Call or for tax and our reasonable shipping charges: = cactusbooks@suddenlinkmail.com; ph: ] Serving West Texans Since 1995! lbs. $127.01; medium and Large $151.96, lbs. $149.04, No lbs. $149.08, lbs. $143.40, lbs. $148.64, lbs. $140.97, lbs. 450 lbs. $144.60, lbs. $138.37, lbs. $138.26, $134.34, lbs. $130.57, lbs. $133.88, lbs. $ lbs. $141.20, lbs. Kansas 14,500 head. Steers: $137.64; heifers: medium and medium and large No large No lbs. $152.69, 400 lbs. $205.68, lbs lbs. $152.73, 400- $192.72, lbs. $180.52, 450 lbs. $148.33, lbs lbs. $168.53, 550- $141.57, lbs. $136.43, 600 lbs. $164.16, lbs lbs. $133.32, 600- $154.45, lbs. $152.48, 650 lbs. $134.83, lbs lbs. $146.70, 750- $134.78, lbs. $133.58, 800 lbs. $146.81, lbs lbs. $136.10, 800- $145.53, lbs. $145.71, 850 lbs. $135.44, lbs lbs. $143.38; medium $132.63; medium and large No. and large No lbs lbs. $145.21, 300- $171.70, lbs. $159.58, 350 lbs. $140.69, lbs lbs. $160.85, 550- $139.68, lbs. $136.78, 600 lbs. $152.89, lbs lbs. $130.94, 500- $148, lbs. $142.66, 550 lbs. $128.11, lbs lbs. $139.19, 750- $128.30, lbs. $127.83, 800 lbs. $136.18, lbs lbs. $123.15, 700- $131.03, lbs. $132.96, 750 lbs. $129.20, lbs lbs. $129.03, $127.43, lbs. $118.06, lbs. $126.92; heifers: medium lbs. $ and large No lbs. Iowa 17,600 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $158.90, lbs. $159.30, lbs. $152.59, 500- $185.23, lbs. $174.34, 550 lbs. $150.58, lbs lbs. $168.33, 500- $145.78, lbs. $143.42, 550 lbs. $160.63, lbs lbs. $138.58, 700- $156.85, lbs. $154.48, 750 lbs. $139.70, lbs lbs. $149.16, 700- $138.69, lbs. $139.28, 750 lbs. $151.70, lbs lbs. $134.97, $147.31, lbs. $142.92, lbs. $126.15, lbs lbs. $145.65; medium $128.41; medium and large No. and large No lbs lbs. $143.10, 450- $153.99, lbs. $154.24, 500 lbs. $143.22, lbs lbs. $152.17, 550- $136.47, lbs. $135.02, 600 lbs. $142.97, lbs lbs. $133.91, $138.92, lbs. $139.57; lbs. $ heifers: medium and large No. Missouri 59,300 head. 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7 Nebraska 27,800 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $237.11, lbs. $227.16, lbs. $194, lbs. $187.59, lbs. $178.12, lbs. $171.82, lbs. $165.15, lbs. $161.52, lbs. $159.59, lbs. $148.98, lbs. $148.03, lbs. $158.47, lbs. $152.36; medium and large No lbs. $184.13, lbs. $176.21, lbs. $171.74, lbs. $161.08, lbs. $159.39, lbs. $149.36, lbs. $156.93; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $174.14, lbs. $173.97, lbs. $167.31, lbs. $160.07, lbs. $153.28, lbs. $146.15, lbs. $141.49, lbs. $139.61, lbs. $141.39, lbs. $142.98, lbs. $146.06, lbs. $144.46, lbs. $139.53, lbs. $136.95; medium and large No lbs. $161, lbs. $157.47, lbs. $147.14, lbs. $144.07, lbs. $ Colorado 15,900 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $215.28, lbs. $200.65, lbs. $193.07, lbs. $177.80, lbs. $172.01, lbs. $160.93, lbs. $148.67, lbs. $146.55, lbs. $144.97, lbs. $142.20, lbs. $136.24; medium and large No lbs. $189.16, lbs. $177.63, lbs. $170.79, lbs. $158.91, lbs. $151.61, lbs. $137.70, Holstein steers: large No lbs. $102.37, lbs. $100.81, lbs. $96.23, lbs. $89.67, lbs. $88.69, lbs. $84.13, lbs. $81.07; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $163.38, lbs. $179.62, lbs. $161.52, lbs. $152.77, lbs. $145.49, lbs. $139.41, lbs. $136.33, lbs. $136.72, lbs. $127.80; medium and large No lbs. $175.92, lbs. $153.53, lbs. $149.47, lbs. $145.93, lbs. $139.81, lbs. $136.48, lbs. $129.16, lbs. $ Wyoming 5700 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $206.53, lbs. $203.69, lbs. $196.44, lbs. $183.54, lbs. $171.07, lbs. $164.22; medium and large No lbs. $145.16; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $166.94, lbs. $169.12, lbs. $171.11, lbs. $160.32, lbs. $150.45, lbs. $143.88, lbs. $142.49, lbs. $144.28, lbs. $ Dakota 39,800 head. South Dakota - 28,800 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $206.37, lbs. $196.27, lbs. $192.68, lbs. $186.72, lbs. $173.31, lbs. $165.96, lbs. $149.63, lbs. $148.29, lbs. $154.95, lbs. $154.73, lbs. $149.66; medium and large No lbs. $175.14, lbs. $142.34, lbs. $144.62, lbs. $146.26; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $164.74, lbs. $163.90, lbs. $153.14, lbs. $149.21, lbs. $148.58, lbs. $139.43, lbs. $153.30, lbs. $149.94, lbs. $144.15, lbs. $141.64, lbs. $138.06; medium and large No lbs. $139.22, lbs. $ North Dakota- 11,000 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $202, lbs. $191.53, lbs. $188.15, lbs. $168.30, lbs. $164.18, lbs. $142.22, lbs. $139.04, lbs. $141.19; medium and large No lbs. $160.73, lbs. $151.09; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $165.01, lbs. $161.62, lbs. $158.29, lbs. $151.43, lbs. $144.58, lbs. $136.47, lbs. $138.75; medium and large No lbs. $133.88, lbs. $134.76, lbs. $ Montana 10,400 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $199.26, lbs. $185.91, lbs. $171.76, lbs. $156.80, lbs. $143.23; medium and large No lbs. $199.97, lbs. $178.22, lbs. $169.41, lbs. $159.83, lbs. $151.93, lbs. $141.77; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $184.69, lbs. $166.66, lbs. $161.70, lbs. $153.19, lbs. $141.36, lbs. $130.32, lbs. $127.39; medium and large No lbs. $170.06, lbs. $165.24, lbs. $153.42, lbs. $148.28, lbs. $ Washington 1500 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $148.93, lbs. $142.69; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $138.47, lbs. $ Virginia 6400 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $146.71, lbs. $142.57, lbs. $133.18, lbs. $143.52, lbs. $125.41, lbs. $133.90, lbs. $127.44, lbs. $133.03; medium and large No lbs. $161.65, lbs. $161.52, lbs. $154.65, lbs. $151.77, lbs. $142.06, lbs. $140.41, lbs. $138.94; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $122.16, lbs. $117.61, lbs. $116.97, lbs. $114.51, lbs. $118.50, lbs. $106.27, lbs. $108.05, lbs. $96.81; medium and large No lbs. $130.95, lbs. $132.70, lbs. $130.73, lbs. $ Carolinas 7100 head. South Carolina head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ North Carolina head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $90-127, lbs. $83-124, lbs. $ , lbs. $79-103, lbs. $ Kentucky 21,800 head. Steers: See Feeder Cattle Continued On Page 8 No Sales Thursday, December 20 San Saba Monday, December 24 Mason Thursday, December 27 San Saba Monday, December 31 Mason Ken and Kynda Jordan Owners and Operators Jeffrey Osbourn Jody Osbourn Bart Larremore December 13, 2018 Livestock Weekly Page 7 Harry s Customer Appreciation Day Saturday, December 15 9 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. In San Saba Join us at our Harry s (San Saba) for our Customer Appreciation Event! We will be serving food and beverages from Copper Creek out of Abilene, TX all day and offering a 15% storewide discount on regular and sale items. Cowboy Santa will be there all day and door prizes given away. Christmas Holiday Schedule Special Stocker and Feeder Sale In Conjunction With The Regular Sale Trophies Will Be Awarded To Our Champions And Reserve Champions In Each Breed (Offering Weaned And Non-Weaned Calves And Yearlings) Monday, January 7 Mason Consignments Welcome! Special Stocker and Feeder Sale In Conjunction With The Regular Sale Trophies Will Be Awarded To Our Champions And Reserve Champions In Each Breed (Offering Weaned And Non-Weaned Calves And Yearlings) See Feeder Cattle Continued On Page 8 Thursday, January 10 San Saba Consignments Welcome! Premium Weaned Calf Sale In Conjunction With The Regular Sale Trophies Will Be Awarded To Our Champions And Reserve Champions In Each Breed (Offering Weaned Calves That Follow The Vac 45 Program and Are Pre-Weighed and Co-Mingled Into Uniform Groups) Thursday, January 10 San Saba Consignments Welcome! Special Bull Offering In Conjunction With The Regular Sale Bulls Will Sell At 10 A.M. Plan Now To Attend! Bulls Will Be Fertility Tested, Meet Trich Requirements And Ready To Go To Work Thursday, January 10 A.M. San Saba For details on the bull sale or online viewing/bidding, please call or visit our website. January Replacement Female Sale Saturday, January 10 A.M. San Saba Consignments Welcome! For details on the female offer or online viewing/bidding, please call or visit our website. Congratulations To The Winners Of Our Stocker Feeder Sales Thursday, December 6, 2018 San Saba English Co-Champion Pam Meador Hengst San Angelo, Texas Co-Champion Alamo Ranch Junction, Texas Reserve Champion Lehman Cauley San Angelo, Texas Crossbred Co-Champion Ricky Frantzen Fredericksburg, Texas Co-Champion MA Tyler Ranch Tilden, Texas Reserve Champion AD McKinnerney Richland Springs, Texas Exotic Champion Botard Ranch LLC Alice, Texas Reserve Champion Melville Harry Steubing San Antonio, Texas Monday, December 10, 2018 Mason English Co-Champion Triple I Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas Co-Champion White Ranches San Angelo, Texas Co-Reserve Champion Wardlaw-Smith LTD Kerrville, Texas Co-Reserve Champion Clayton Grona Fredericksburg, Texas Crossbred Champion Bob Wilkinson Menard, Texas Reserve Champion Glen Ray Farmer Mason, Texas Exotic Champion Cedar Top Peak Ranch Lampasas, Texas P.O. Box 158 San Saba, Tx San Saba: 325/ Mason: 325/ info@jordancattle.com

8 Page 8 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 Feeder Cattle Continued From Page 7 medium and large No lbs. $149.38, lbs. $153.46, lbs. $154.01, lbs. $142.39, lbs. $144.32, lbs. $141.16, lbs. $137.70, lbs. $133.99, lbs. $133.70, lbs. $129.16, lbs. $129.90, lbs. $133.53, lbs. $138.73, lbs. $ ; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $131.42, lbs. $127.17, lbs. $130.44, lbs. $127.23, lbs. $126.06, lbs. $122.93, lbs. $122.03, lbs. $119.28, lbs. $117.78, lbs. $114.27, lbs. $ Tennessee 6700 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $161.54, lbs. $158.07, lbs. $151.44, lbs. $149.01, lbs. $143.27, lbs. $140.75, lbs. $133.08, lbs. $131.95; heifers: Helicopter Feral Hog and Texas Specialty Hunts L S WANTED! COWS and BULLS! LS medium and large No lbs. $130.70, lbs. $127.74, lbs. $126.72, lbs. $121.91, lbs. $120.93, lbs. $120.19, lbs. $116.84, lbs. $111.98, lbs. $ Arkansas 6200 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $175.17, lbs. $163.25, lbs. $158.18, lbs. $151.72, lbs. $142.18, lbs. $141.02, lbs. $136.90, lbs. $130.95; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $142.07, lbs. $138.49, lbs. $134.92, lbs. $128.22, lbs. $126.84, lbs. $120.29, lbs. $118.94, lbs. $ Mississippi 6800 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; heifers: medium and large No lbs. 866/ San Angelo, Texas L $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $90-100, lbs. $ Alabama 13,200 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $107; medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $133.50; Coyote Eradication Call For Details Predator Control Game Surveys Cattle Work No Cost To The Landowner LS S medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ Georgia 7000 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; heifers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ Florida 7600 head. Steers: medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; medium and large No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; heifers: medium and large Built In Doole, Texas No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ ; medium and large OMPUTER R C The & The OWBOY By C. A. Rodenberger, PhD. This week I have been inundated with stories about fear of the use of artificial intelligence by computers. Reading my magazines, I have just gotten to the Winter 2018 issue of the magazine labeled Popular Science. At one time I considered it popular, but lately I have become a little irritated by the content. This issue is really bad, labeling itself The Most Dangerous Magazine in the World, with the cover having headlines on 78 Ways to Die. The stories cover all sorts of disasters, and a feature article is Can AI Destroy Us? The article introduction is Can super-intelligent AI escape our control and destroy us? Skye Cofounder Jaan Tallinn puts money on it and on finding a solution. I immediately questioned the authenticity of the article when they introduce a time line: It began three and half billion years ago in a pool of muck... following the evolutionary myth of how man got here. They argue that 10,000 years ago civilization was invented. Five hundred years ago the No lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ , lbs. $ printing press was invented. Fifty years ago the computer, and in less than 30 years, it will end. There is real concern among these elites that a computer will be programmed with enough artificial intelligence that the computers will control their creators. Personally, I find this to be complete hogwash. Yes, they have programmed computers to play games like chess and compete with humans. But I see the amazing ability of the human mind with our small eyes to visualize the enormous amount of data our eyes see, and we can see an insect on a leaf while looking at the entire horizon with a glance. No computer can come close. This point was emphasized in another column I read weekly. Ed Wallace writes an automobile column for the Fort Worth Star Telegram every Saturday. His article last week was entitled A Generation of Change, where he looked at the transitional changes in mankind s history. Agriculture, cities, steamships in world trade, industrialization due to steam power. Horses Portable Or Stationary Available Can Be Made With Right Or Left Hand Sweep T9C CALF TUBS LLC Pat or Debbie Clifton 325/ T9ccalftubs.com DELIVERY CAN BE ARRANGED L Top Prices Paid! Prompt Payment! Let Us Help With Your Cull Cows PLANT Andrea Bridges (Buyer) Cell LONE STAR BEEF San Angelo, Texas LS S L LS S NEED A CATTLE LOAN? we offer what other lenders can t. 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9 powered travelers until the automobile changed all that. Sears has had their catalogs replaced by Amazon. He argues that the computer age doesn t remove and replace what came before. People still hunt, farmers grow crops, more people work on ranches today than in the Old West, and more people own horses today than 70 years ago. He then argues against the idea that transportation will become automatic with no drivers. Many have been predicting that drivers will be obsolete in a few years because cars will be automated. Wallace tells about Ford finding out that their self-driving Fusions delivering pizzas were a failure because people living in 38-floor apartments want their pizza delivered to their door, not to the front steps. He also comments that Amazon s drones delivering millions of orders during Christmas would have our skies looking like a Biblical plague of joyous giving. Although there may be a place for automated vehicles, like on a farm or in a strip mine, they will not be able to negotiate highway and byway road traffic as well as a person with half a brain at the wheel. My opinion is that God created man with a brain that will far supersede any computer created by mankind. Your computer can help you with your ranch, but it will never run it without you. You can me at car926@aol.com. Eminent Domain Reform Tops TFB Meet Agenda CORPUS CHRISTI Eminent domain reform led agriculture issues discussed by delegates attending the 85th annual meeting of Texas Farm Bureau here December 2-3. T& S Work Smarter Not Harder December 13, 2018 Livestock Weekly Page 9 T & S TRIP HOPPER RANGE CATTLE FEEDERS P. O. Box 336 Jermyn, Texas / PAT TAYLOR PRODUCTION Eminent domain is an issue of basic fairness. It is the top issue for property owners all over the Lone Star State, said TFB President Russell Boening. Progress on the issue in recent legislative sessions has not addressed the prevalence of lowball offers that Boening said many landowners still receive in eminent domain proceedings. When a property taker visits your farm or ranch and shoves that paper with a lowball offer at you, all the choices will be difficult from that point on, Boening told convention delegates. You will be faced with an adversary with deep pockets and a stacked deck. Boening chairs the American Farm Bureau Federation s Trade Advisory Committee. He said China does not always play by established international trading rules. He stressed that Farm Bureau supports the administration s efforts to force China, and others, to follow the rules. TFB has supported the North American Free Trade Agreement but it backs the Trump administration s effort to improve it with the new U.S.- Mexico-Canada agreement. Justin and Lindsay Hannsz, of Erath County, were named the 2018 Outstanding Farmer and Ranchers. They raise commercial Red Angus cattle and grow cotton, wheat, and grain sorghum. TFB membership rose 7028 in 2018 to a total of 526,877 member families. Our grassroots organization has attracted many new member-families across the state, bringing more voices together to support agriculture and the rural lifestyle, Boening said. Boening also addressed progress in dealing with agricultural regulations and the organization s push to work with Texas agricultural youth organizations such as FFA and 4-H. The TFB delegates annually adopt the policy positions that guide the organization for the coming session of the Texas Legislature and the new Congress. Red Meat Production 1.5% Above A Year Ago ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (USDA) Total red meat production under federal inspection for the week ending December 8 was estimated at million pounds, 2.7 percent higher than the previous week and 1.5 percent higher than last year. Cumulative meat production for the year to date was 2.6 percent higher than last year. Cattle slaughter was estimated at 666,000 head compared with 640,000 the previous week and 639,000 for the same period last year, liveweights 1372 pounds, 1368 and 1382, respectively. Beef production was estimated at million pounds compared with million the previous week and million for the same period last year. Cumulative beef production was billion pounds, up 2.6 percent compared with the same period last year. Cumulative cattle slaughter was million head, 2.4 percent higher than last year s million head. Calf and veal slaughter was 10,000 head, 10,000 and 10,000, liveweights 210 pounds, 213 and 251. Calf and veal meat production was 1.2 million pounds, 1.2 million and 1.5 million. Cumulative meat production was 68.2 million pounds, 0.2 percent lower than last year s 68.3, and slaughter was 525,000 head, up 11.4 percent. Hog slaughter was 2.55 million head, 2.53 million and 2.54 million, liveweights 285 pounds, 285 and 288. Pork production was million pounds, million and million. Cumulative pork production was million pounds, up 2.6 percent, and slaughter was million head, up 2.4 percent. Sheep slaughter was estimated at 41,000 head, 42,000 and 42,000, liveweights 134 pounds, 134 and 142. Lamb and mutton meat production was 2.7 million pounds, 2.8 million and three million. Cumulative meat production was million pounds, up 5.6 percent from last year s million, and slaughter was 1.86 million head, 2.7 percent higher than last year. Goldthwaite Lambs, Kid Goats Higher GOLDTHWAITE (Dec. 6) Wool and Dorper lambs were $10 higher, light kids $10 higher, slaughter kids $5 higher, slaughter nannies steady, replacement nannies $5 higher. Sheep and goat receipts totaled 2172 head. Ernest Miller 705 Trey Cr. Rd. 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10 Page 10 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 by Lee Pitts I ve always assumed the term tree huggers originated in the 1960 s when strung-out hippies wrapped their needleridden arms around trees so that big, bad foresters or condo builders wouldn t cut trees down. You can imagine my surprise when I learned the term tree hugger dates all the way back to 1730 when 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Bishnois branch of Hinduism hugged all the trees in their village so they wouldn t be cut down to build a big, Mittel Dozing Owned And Operated By Robert Mittel 325/ Foreman: Todd Emery 325/ Brush Work Fire Guards Ranch Work Dirt Tanks Road Work General Conservation Work A Rancher Working For Ranchers 21 Years Experience Serving Sonora, Texas And Surrounding Counties Randy Carson 325/ M IT S THE... PITTS ABILENE LIVESTOCK AUCTION INC. ABILENE, TEXAS CATTLE SALES EVERY TUESDAY 10 A.M. NO SALES Tuesday, DECEMBER 25 Tuesday, JANUARY 1 Sales Resume Tuesday, JANUARY 8 RECEIVING PENS We Are Opening Receiving Pens Six Miles South Of Colorado City, Texas Brody Harris, Manager 325/ For More Information Call: 325/ bad dictator s palace. Alas, the trees and the villagers were all cut down to size. I suppose you could say that the original tree hugger s actions were effective because their protest did lead to a royal decree prohibiting the cutting down of any more trees in the depopulated Bishnois village. And it also gave birth to the Chipko movement that started when native women all over India began clinging to trees in an attempt to save them from being turned into Cody Carson 325/ M sawdust and wood chips. And, of course, we saw many instances in the United States in the 1960 s where ditzy college girls would wrap themselves around trees and hug them. Although I attribute this less to their desire to save trees and more to the fact that hippie gals of the 60 s found the trees to be warmer, stronger, sexier, smarter and more trustworthy than hippie men of the same era. Plus there was a shortage of American men to hug because they were either in Vietnam or Canada. I think this tree-hugging idea is an excellent form of political protest and it could be just as effective for animal rightists if they d try it. Although instead of hugging trees I think they ought to hug wolves and grizzly bears in wolf and bear sanctuary states like Wyoming and Montana. It would be an excellent non-violent way to save the wolves and bears. (At least it would be non-violent on the human s part.) By attaching themselves to wolves and bears the protesters would get to answer the call of the wild, go on adventurous raiding parties and see for themselves if bears and wolves do indeed dine on the occasional lamb or calf. I foresee only a couple problems with my idea. First, easterners are going to have to come west to link up with endangered wild animals because last time I checked there were only 39 endangered species in the entire northeast portion of the U.S. while there were 543 endangered species in just five far western states. Secondly, with the shortage of sheep and cattle on public lands these days the wolves and bears might turn on the huggers clinging to their backs and eat them for breakfast. I ve heard a lot of bunk on how to survive a bear attack by running, climbing a tree or playing dead. As for the latter, by laying perfectly still and playing dead all this does is allow the wolf or bear you re hugging to get up close and personal with the food they eat, a popular trend lately. Climbing a tree shouldn t be an option either because bears love to play a game they call bear piñata in which they stand on their haunches and swipe at humans in trees. They take turns knocking off arms and legs until the winner manages to knock the entire piñata to the ground, so to speak. Then they bust the piñata open and share all the good stuff inside. Another reason climbing a tree to get away from a bear is a bad idea is that bears can also climb trees. Wolves and bears aren t all that clingy to begin with and there may come a point when human huggers should detach themselves. Since both wolves and bears can run faster than humans, I d suggest that wolf A. J. KOLLMYER & SON Serving West Texas Since 1937 WE STOCK QUINCY AIR COMPRESSORS FOR: FEED MILLS COTTON GINS FEEDYARDS REPAIR SHOPS TIRE REPAIR SALES SERVICE PARTS Call: Steve or Joe Kollmyer 325/ Why Feed At CAL-TEX FEED YARD? 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The following figures represent metric tons. Totals included the following: Australia 8208, Brazil 1286, Canada 14,458, Chile 842, Costa Rica 139, Demark 605, France six, Germany 73, Honduras 38, Hungary 22, Ireland 212, Israel 23, Italy 309, Japan five, Mexico 5067, Netherlands 162, New Zealand 2198, Nicaragua 986, North Ireland 69, Poland 1012, San Marino 15, Spain 244, United Kingdom 161 and Uruguay 621. Fresh beef totaled 18,769 with Australia 6035, Canada 5394, Costa Rica 139, Honduras 38, Ireland 97, Japan five, Mexico 4264, New Zealand 4262, Nicaragua 986 and Uruguay 550. Processed beef totaled 1871, including Brazil 973, Canada 722, Mexico 26 New Zealand 90 and Uruguay 61. 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Veal totaled 318, including Canada 143, France four, Netherlands 62 and New Zealand 109. Goat meat imports totaled 302 including Australia 274, Mexico 11 and New Zealand 17. Mutton totaled 546 with Australia 522 and New Zealand 24. Poultry totaled 2657 with Canada 1606, Chile 842, Israel 23, Mexico 172 and South Korea 15. Light Fredericksburg Steers, Heifers Lower FREDERICKSBURG (Dec. 5) Lightweight steers and heifers were $2-4 lower heavy weights steady, cows and bulls $1-2 lower. Cattle receipts totaled 1848 head. Steers: medium and large No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , lower quality $ Heifers: medium and large No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ Slaughter cows: cows $30-45; bulls $ Replacement cows: bred cows $ per head; cow/ calf pairs $ UTILITY TRAILERS BY: For Information Or To Consign Cattle Please Call: 940/ Jackie Bishop 940/ Ft. To 20 Ft.

11 Choice gleanings from 45-plus years of Unregistered Bull. One of the baffling aspects of the modern ranch scene is the difficulty ranchers encounter in protecting their property against poachers during hunting season or any time. It seems that a large and growing number of Americans who wouldn t think of entering a stranger s house uninvited, much less consider stealing something from the house, regard all ranches and game as public property to be taken whenever the opportunity arises. This has long been a problem in states where a big percentage of the land is owned by the state or federal government, but it has become a major worry in Texas as other states where the bulk of the land is in private ownership. Game animals and birds as well as private ownership of property are supposed to be protected by law against illegal activities of hunters, but the statutes covering them are flagrantly disregarded. Almost any rancher can tell Unregistered Bull Call or us today to discuss your needs. Licensed In Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico in a Hotel Lobby grim stories of road hunters and night hunters roaming his country, shooting whatever they please, from young fawns to buck lambs. Uninvited hombres sometimes leave gut-shot deer where they fall; and it s not unknown for them to tear down a fence or two in pursuit of a good rack. They litter pastures with empty beer cans and spent cartridges, and they may set the pasture afire. Game wardens strive to enforce hunting laws, of course, but they can t seem to come close to covering their territories adequately. Other lawmen will gladly apprehend and prosecute poachers violating posted land, but they, too, are hopelessly outnumbered. Maybe it is up to the rancher himself to protect his property, even if he has to hire extra hands to help him do so, but these are days when it is difficult to find good wetback help, much less men capable of defending a ranch. Any rancher who has much game on his land can receive considerable income from Helicopter Spraying & Spike Broadcasting Your Vision, Is Our Passion! hunting leases, thereby realizing something from the feed and protection he gives the game. Poachers therefore steal not only his game but his money. A Texas stockman says he knows when the hunting season is at hand by the atmosphere in his favorite coffee shop. There ll be two tables of local town boys, he says. Those at one table haven t spoken to him all year, but now are effusively friendly, displaying much concern as to the health of himself and his family, the condition of his grass, and so forth. These are the ones that ll be asking to hunt on his country. At the other table are hombres who ve been greeting him cordially every morning but now regard him in cold silence. They ve suddenly recalled reasons to dislike him; having hit upon what they consider just basis for feeling wronged, they ve concluded the best way to get even is to slip out to his ranch and shoot everything they can hit. S.F. (12/13/1973) Domestic Wool Quiet, Aussie Market Weaker GREELEY, Colo. (USDA) Domestic wool trading on a clean basis continued at a standstill, with no confirmed trades. Domestic wool trading on a grease basis was also at a standstill, with no confirmed trades other than domestic wool tags delivered to the buyer on a grease basis. No. 1 tags brought cents, Now Booking Dow Certified Spike All Equipment Is Prickly Pear GPS Rate Controlled Spring Weeds Brush David George, Owner/Pilot 806/ or 325/ mdaerial@yahoo.com No cents and No cents. Australia s eastern market indicator was down 11 at 1849 cents per kilogram clean. The offering totaled 38,315 metric tons and 89.7 percent sold. The Australian exchange rate was stronger by.009 at.7225 U.S. Australian clean wool prices quoted delivered to Charleston, South Carolina, all Schlumberger dry formula, with a freight rate of.15 cents per pound clean: 18 micron $7.86, down seven cents, 19 micron $7.39, down three cents, 20 micron $7.20, down seven cents, 21 micron $7.13, down 10 cents, 22 micron $7.16, down nine cents, 25 micron $4.85, down 29 cents, 26 micron $4.16, down 46 cents, 28 micron $2.94, down 35 cents, 30 micron $2.42, down 23 cents, and Merino clippings $4.01, down nine cents. Mason And San Saba Feeder Steers Lower Stocker steers and heifers sold $5-7 lower at Mason and San Saba, feeder steers $5 lower, feeder heifers $3 lower, packer cows $3 lower and bulls $2 lower, cow-calf pairs and bred cows steady on a limited test. Receipts totaled 8072 head for the two sales. Steers: choice steer calves December 13, 2018 Livestock Weekly Page pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ ; yearlings, pounds $ , 800-plus pounds $ ; No. 2 steer calves and yearlings $ Heifers: choice heifer calves pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ ; pounds $ ; yearlings 800-plus pounds $ ; No. 2 heifer calves and yearlings $ Replacement cows: choice bred cows $ , medium to good bred $ , plainer and older bred $ ; cowcalf pairs, choice $ , medium to good $ , plainer and older $ Slaughter cows: high yielding $40-45, medium yielding $36-39, low yielding $30-35, heiferettes and young stocker cows $70-100; bulls, high yielding $63-65, medium yielding $60-62, low yielding $56-59, feeder bulls $ Representative Sales: Mary Brown, Miles, 11 steers, 456 pounds $167; Hemphill Ranch Co, Coleman, 10 steers, 459 pounds $159; Pam Hengst, San Angelo, 21 steers, 482 pounds $153; 20 steers, 545 pounds $149; Ricky Frantzen, Fredericksburg, 26 steers, 542 pounds $149. Coleman Feeder Cattle Quoted Steady To Weak COLEMAN (Dec. 5) Stocker and feeder steers and heifers were steady to weak, the decline on plainer offerings, packer cows and bulls $1-2 lower, stock cows and pairs steady in light demand. Receipts totaled 2588 head. Steers: choice pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , over 800 pounds $ ; medium pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , over 800 pounds $ Heifers: choice pounds , pounds $ , pounds $ , over 800 pounds $90-115; medium pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $90-105, over 800 pounds $ Slaughter cows: canners and cutters $35-45, boners and breakers $35-45, light cows and shells $15-30; bulls $60-70, light bulls $ Replacement cows: bred cows, choice $ per head, medium $ , aged $ ; cow-calf pairs, choice $ , medium $ , aged split. L AMPASAS Sales Every C ATTLE WEDNESDAY 12 Noon A UCTION 512/ P. O. Box 547 Lampasas, Texas Like us on Facebook! P.O. Box 38 * 2701 E. 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12 Page 12 Livestock Weekly December 13, YEARS AGO Henry Brumme of Boise City, Oklahoma, bought 113 mixed calves weighing 350 pounds at $18 straight across from Tony Wallace of San Angelo, December 7 delivery. Bert Reynolds of Ogallala, Nebraska, bought 300 steer calves from Carl Craig and Van Brown of Texhoma, Oklahoma, at $17.40, December 12 delivery. R.C. Johnson & Son of Dalhart bought, from Bob Smith of Littlefield, 111 steer calves at $21.50, December 11 delivery. Bill Davis of Dalhart bought FINCH RANCH HELICOPTER SERVICE Livestock Gathering Predator Control Photography Game Management Pipeline And Highline Inspection Andy Wheatley 806/ / Yard Capacity HINDSIGHT Looking Backward Through The Livestock Weekly Files steer yearlings weighing 828 pounds from Wesley Lewis of Sudan, Texas, at 17 cents per pound, December 11 delivery. 60 YEARS AGO Reed Curtis of Amarillo sold 51 crossbred Brahman steers which had been fed 90 days and averaged 846 pounds to Armour & Co., Oklahoma City, at $23.50, delivered this week. John Birdwell, Brinkman, Okla., recently sold and delivered 80 mixed calves weighing 380 pounds at $33 straight to Bob Sherrod of McLean, Texas. Mid-West Feed Yards, San J. B. MILLER & CO. CALL US ABOUT NEW and USED SPRAYERS PECOS RIVER ROCK KING DRILLS Mike P. O. 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Henry Cone of Canyon bought one load of steer yearlings weighing 640 pounds at $27 and received them last Saturday from Roy Byrd of Canyon. 55 YEARS AGO Cattle sold and delivered from the Hereford Feed Lots at Hereford, Texas, late last week included 76 steers weighing 1216 pounds, 70 percent choice and the balance good, at $21.50; 107 mostly good steers weighing 1007 at $20.25; 76 heifers, 70 percent choice, balance good, weighing 1064 pounds at $21.35; and 127 mostly good heifers weighing 700 at $ Cluck Cattle Co., Dimmitt, Texas, sold nine loads of fed steers weighing about 1100 pounds at $22 and another load at $20.50, delivered last week to Bill Wallace of Amarillo for Supreme Beef Co., Lubbock. Crockett Kehoe of Amarillo bought 335 steer yearlings, 200 of them Herefords and the rest Angus, expected to average 575 pounds at $23 for Dec. 20 delivery from Bozarth & Hargroves, Clovis. Ike Wiggins of Wagon Mound, N.M., last Wednesday (Dec. 4) sold 100 heifer calves weighing 409 pounds at $27.50 and delivered them the next day to a neighboring rancher. 50 YEARS AGO Copus Boyd and Roy Thompson of Happy, Texas, sold 1250 No. 1 Okie steers expected to weigh 700 at $26 for Jan. 1-May 31 delivery, seller s option, to a local buyer. Uvalde Feed Yards, Uvalde, Texas, sold fat lambs to Armour & Co., San Angelo, at $26.75 for No. 1 and 2 pelts, $26 for shorter pelts, f.o.b. the feedlot with four percent shrink. The lambs, to be sorted Wednesday, were expected to average pounds. J.W. Whitaker, Gruver, sold 500 Hereford, Angus and black baldface steer calves estimated to weigh pounds at $105 per head to a Gruver buyer. Ernest Sheets, Texline, sold 118 Hereford steers weighing 597 pounds at $27 and delivered them last week hauled 40 miles and shrunk one percent to a Clayton, N.M. buyer. 45 YEARS AGO Continental Cattle Co., Amarillo and Dodge City, Kan., bought in the Dodge City area for delivery this week 70 Angus steers weighing 575 pounds at $48. James A. Bullard and Virgil Marsh, Hereford, bought and received last week in that area for Hereford Cattle Sales, Hereford, 126 No.1 Okie heifers weighing about 550 pounds at $225 per head. Ralph Britten, Groom, bought and received last week from Russell McConnell, White Deer, 110 No. 1 Okie heifers weighing 625 pounds at $260 per head. John Womack, Canyon, sold to a Raton, N.M. buyer 118 No. 1 Okie steer and bull calves weighing 371 pounds at $54.50 delivered price this week. 40 YEARS AGO Champion steers of Monday s special feeder sale in San Angelo included the Herefords, 22 head from Richard The Original... TROJAN Livestock Equipment Co. Inc. 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Hughes Land & Livestock, Scott City, Kansas: 143 heifers, 900 pounds, 75% choice, $54. J.H. Baker, Amarillo, bought in the Athens area 80 Brahman cross steers weighing 262 pounds at $81.50 delivered; sold to a Colorado buyer 124 No. 1 heifers weighing 383 at $ YEARS AGO Ray and Ronnie Montague, Clovis, N.M., bought in Alabama about 400 No. 1 Okie steers weighing near 400 pounds at $70 delivered. Chris Britten, Groom, bought in the local area one load of native heifer calves weighing 360 pounds at $60. Tommy McGee, Elida, N.M., sold to a New Mexico buyer 170 Hereford and black baldface steers weighing 670 pounds at $59 and 145 similar heifers weighing 630 at $54. Colorado Beef Producers, Lamar, Colo.: 1099 steers, lbs., 70% choice, $64. T-4 Cattle Co., Montota, N.M., sold to a Texas packer 26 running age bulls weighing about 1500 pounds at $ YEARS AGO Dr. Richard McDonald is the new executive vice president of the Texas Cattle Feeders Assn. He succeeds Charles E. Ball, who retired last week. McDonald has been a TCFA staff member 15 years. PACO Feed Yard, Friona: 786 steers, 1125 lbs., 70% choice, $73. Keith Parrott, Owner 806/ Wendell Trammell, Manager 806/ John Graves, Office Manager 806/ / Office 806/ FAX Bar G Feedyard, Summerfield: 426 heifers, 1000 lbs., 70% choice, $71.50; 253 heifers, 1000 lbs., 60% choice, $71. Hill Feed Yard, Hart: 88 steers, 1100 lbs., 60% choice, $73; 174 steers, 1150 lbs., 55% choice, $ Dumas Cattle Feeders, Dumas: 450 steers, 1150 lbs., $ YEARS AGO Most of the adult mohair in Texas has been sold, late sales 95 cents to $1. A large percent of the kid hair, probably 65 percent, has also sold. Si Watkins, Marlin, sold out of Central Oklahoma to an Austin buyer 88 Brahman cross cow-calf pairs with calves to 250 pounds at $965 per pair; to a Dewey, Okla. buyer 59 Brangus 3-6 year-old cows with 13 calves at $945 per cow; to a Coahoma, Texas buyer 54 Brahman cross 3-6 year-old cows with six calves, the balance heavy bred, weighing 1000 pounds at $895. Phil Gjerstad Cattle Co., Dodge City, Kan., sold out of the following Kansas feedyards: Clark County Feedyard, Mineola: 319 steers, 1200 lbs., 55% choice, $72; 316 heifers, 1100 lbs., 60% choice, $72; Jim Shaw Feedlot, Ashland: 275 steers, 1250 lbs., 55% choice, $72; 47 heifers, 1100 lbs., 55% choice, $72; Winger Feedyard, Johnson: 242 steers, 1235 lbs., 60% choice, $72. 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13 Brown Cattle Co., Clyde, sold on a delivered basis to Texas Panhandle buyers one load of No. 1 and better English and English cross steers and bulls weighing 479 pounds at $81.03, also a load of No. 1½ to toppy No. 2 English and English-Brahman cross cutting bulls in medium to heavy flesh and weighing 576 at $59. Heritage Beef Cattle Co., Wheeler: 427 heifers, 1130 lbs., $61; 401 steers, 1200 lbs., $61. Walter Lasley & Sons, Stratford: 702 steers, lbs., $ YEARS AGO Hitch Feeders No. 1, Hooker, Okla.: 341 heifers, $98; 107 steers, $97; 99 heifers, $97. Walter Lasley & Sons, Stratford: 301 steers, $98; 183 heifers, $96. Ty Jones Cattle Co., Canyon, bought in West Texas for current delivery 250 No. 1 English and exotic cross steers weighing 650 pounds at $102; in Eastern New Mexico for May 180 No. 1-1½ English and exotic cross steers to weigh 800 and 350 heifer mates to weigh 725 at prices to be determined basis the May futures board. There were 502 slaughter goats exported to Mexico last week. The year to date volume is 20,850 head, down 28 percent. In Kansas and Nebraska cattle feeders sold at $97-98 live, the latter $ dressed as well; Colorado sold a few pens at $155 dressed, and the Midwest direct areas were quiet. Midwest terminals paid mostly $ Bezner Beef, Texline: 200 steers, $96; 80 heifers, $ YEARS AGO JCO Livestock Co., Montalba, Texas, sold on a delivered basis to an Oklahoma buyer one load of No.1 Charolais and Angus-sired steer calves, weaned 70 days and weighing 461 pounds, at $115.50; to New Mexico buyers a load of No. 1½ mixed Okie and quarter cross steer and bull calves weighing 408 at $90.50 and a load of similar steer and bull calves weighing 510 at $85.50; to a Texas Panhandle feedyard a load of similar heifers weighing 551 at $ The Texas Cattle Feeders Association counted 40,495 head of fed cattle on area showlists, up 1209 head from last week. Formulas were off 7313 head at 37,775. Midwest auctions ranged from the mid- 70s to the mid-80s, mostly $80 or a little higher. In Texas, Tulia was steady to weak on 2108 head, Milano and Industry both $2-4 lower on 1129 and 1185 head, respectively. Crockett termed 2000 head $5-8 lower, instances to $10 lower. Receipts at Three Rivers came to 1656 head, the market $4-7 lower on steers and $2-5 lower on heifers. Abilene s 1335 head were $2-4 lower on steers under 500 pounds and $2-5 lower on similar heifers, heavier steers ATTENTION Lonesome Valley Ranch Poetry Jake Fast Poems from the ranch and everyday life. Poetry you can understand and relate to. The present for the person that has almost everything. 1st Printing: nd Printing: / Home 559/ Cell $15 Check Or Cash Jake Fast Rural Route 3, Box 180 Guymon, OK West Texas Trailer Co. Inc. 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San Angelo s feeder lamb market had medium and large 1-2 lambs weighing pounds at $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , and medium and large pounds $ Hamilton Dorper lambs weighing pounds made $ Fredericksburg No. 1 wool lambs weighing pounds were $ and pounds $ Sleet, ice and generally nasty winter weather played havoc with early week stocker and feeder cattle markets. The Oklahoma National Stockyards canceled sales, and numbers were severely reduced at many other auctions. SAN ANGELO, TEXAS 325/ Livestock Round-Ups Game Surveys Predator Control Experienced Equipped and Permitted For Hog and Coyote Eradication AUBREY LANGE KYLE LANGE 325/ / Flying Since May Years Flying Experience CLOSED Wednesday, NOVEMBER 21 Wednesday, DECEMBER 26 Wednesday, JANUARY 2 FIRST SALE OF 2019 Wednesday, JANUARY 9 December 13, 2018 Livestock Weekly Page 13 $ ; medium and large No pounds $ , 372 pounds $130, pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ Oklahoma City Feeder Cattle Prices Mixed OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (USDA-Dec. 10) Feeder steers pounds were $2-3 higher, pounds $2-3 lower on a light test, feeder heifers too lightly tested, steer calves pounds $1-2 lower, pounds $2-5 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady. Receipts totaled 4000 head. Steers: medium and large No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ ; medium and large No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ Heifers: medium and large No pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , 766 pounds $137, pounds 4 L Cattle Co. Buyers and Sellers of All Classes of Livestock Vic Choate 325/ P. O. Box 1521 San Angelo, Texas SHEEP & GOAT SALE Monday 10 A.M. Lampasas Feeder Cattle Termed Steady To Weak LAMPASAS (Dec. 5) Feeder cattle were steady to weak on quality calves and $5-7 lower on lesser quality, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to weak. Receipts totaled 593 head. Steers: pounds N/T, pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ Heifers: pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ , pounds $ Slaughter cows: under 800 pounds $14-24, pounds $25-40, pounds $41-55; bulls pounds $32-48, pounds $ CATTLE SALE Tuesday 12 Noon OFFICE: 254/ HAMILTON, TEXAS CATTLE SALE RESULTS 12/11/ HEAD No. 1 Steers Cow / Calf Pairs Pounds N / T Choice $ $ PR Pounds $ $ CWT Medium Quality N / T PR Pounds $ $ CWT Aged N / T PR Pounds $ $ CWT Pounds Bred Cows $ $ CWT Choice N / T HD 700 Pounds & Up $ $ CWT Medium Quality N / T HD No. 1 Heifers Aged N / T HD Pounds $ $ CWT Pounds $ $ CWT Trends Stocker Steers $3.00-$5.00 Higher Pounds $ $ CWT Feeder Steers Steady To $2.00 Higher Pounds $ $ CWT Stocker Heifers $3.00-$5.00 Higher Pounds $ $ CWT Feeder Heifers Steady To $2.00 Higher 700 Pounds & Up $95.00-$ CWT Packer Cows Steady To $2.00 Higher Packer Cows Packer Bulls Steady High Yield $ $ CWT Cow / Calf Pairs Steady Medium Yield $ $ CWT Bred Cows N / T Low Yield $ $ CWT Packer Bulls High Yield $ $ Low Yield $ $ SHEEP SALE RESULTS 12/10/ HEAD Kids Pounds $ $ CWT Pounds $ $ CWT 70 Pounds & Up $ $ CWT Dorper / Dorper X Lambs Pounds $ $ CWT Pounds $ $ CWT 70 Pounds & Up $ $ CWT Pounds N / T Fancy N / T Slaughter Nannies Thin $ $ Head Medium $ $ Head Fleshy $ $ Head Dorper, Dorper X Ewes and Rams Ewes $ $ Head Rams $ $ Head Choice Dorper Rams N / T Replacement Nannies Barbadoes Medium $ $ Head Lambs $ $ Head Choice $ $ Head Ewes $ $ Head Boer, Boer X and Spanish Billies Rams $ $ Head Slaughter $ $ Head Trends Breeding $ $ Head Dorper Lambs Steady Choice Young Billies N / T Wool Lambs Steady Wool Lambs Barbado Lambs Steady Pounds N / T Ewes Steady Pounds $ $ CWT Kids $10.00-$15.00 Higher 70 Pounds & Up $ $ CWT Nannies Steady Wool Ewes Head = Per Head CWT = Per 100 Pounds Stocker N / T * Fancier Kids Will Consistently Bring $15.00-$25.00/CWT Slaughter $ $ CWT Higher Than What Is Posted On This Market Report. 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14 Page 14 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 By Jerry Lackey FREDERICKSBURG Peggy Matli delights in recalling Christmas stories passed down by her great-grandparents, August and Mathilda Behme Hilker, when they settled here in the 1880s. Back then, the day before Christmas, the men would go into the pasture and chop down a nice cedar tree. It was decorated with fruit, popcorn balls, and cookies shaped in the form of animals, Peggy said. Candles were made for the tree by rolling paper into cylinder cones and pouring hot bees wax into the mold. A piece of twine string was 621 Longhorn Street P. O. Box 454 Fredericksburg, Texas Sale: 830/ Fax: 830/ Website: MARKET REPORTS CATTLE 1848 HEAD SOLD WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Shaun or Wayne Geistwedit Will Accommodate You Whether You Have A Truck Load Or A Pickup Load!!! Shaun Geistweidt Wayne Geistweidt 830/ / Sales: Sheep and Goats Tuesday 9:30 A.M. Cattle Wednesday 12 Noon Cows and Bulls $1.00 To $2.00 Lower Steers Lightweight $2.00 To $4.00 Lower; Heavyweight Steady Heifers Lightweight $2.00 To $4.00 Lower; Heavyweight Steady Cows $30.00 To $45.00 CWT Bulls $50.00 To $65.00 CWT Bred Cows $ To $ Head Cow / Calf Pairs $ To $ Pair Plain Cattle $20.00 To $65.00 CWT NO. 1 MEDIUM TO LARGE FRAME Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Lower Quality Steers STEERS $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT HEIFERS $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT $ $ CWT Lower Quality Heifers $ $.00 CWT 1 Charolais Steer 4 Black Steers 5 Black Steers 10 Black Steers 1 Black Heifer 1 Black Heifer 25 Black Heifers Old REPRESENTATIVE SALES 410 $ CWT 530 $ CWT 625 $ CWT 713 $ CWT 505 $ CWT 630 $ CWT 714 $ CWT SHEEP and GOATS 5239 HEAD SOLD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 Wool Lambs Steady Dorper Lambs Steady; Light Lambs $10.00 Higher Pound Kids Lower Light Kids $10.00-$20.00 Lower #1 Wool Lambs, Pounds $ $ CWT #1 Wool Lambs, Pounds $ $ CWT Barbado Lambs, Pounds $ $ CWT Dorper Cross Lambs, Pounds $ $ CWT Dorper Cross Lambs, Pounds $ $ CWT Light Slaughter Lambs, Pounds $ $ CWT Slaughter Lambs, Pounds $ $ CWT Packer Ewes $ $ CWT Sheep Bucks / Rams $ $ CWT #1 Spanish / Boer Cross Kids, Pounds $ $ CWT #1 Spanish / Boer Cross Kids, Pounds $ $ CWT #1 Spanish / Boer Cross Kids, Pounds $ $ CWT Spanish / Boer Muttons $ $ CWT Angora Kids $ $ CWT Lower Quality Kids $ $ CWT Packer Spanish / Boer Cross Nannies $ $ CWT Stocker Spanich / Boer Cross Nannies $ $ CWT Angora Nannies $ $ CWT Boer Cross Billies $ $ CWT & New Trails placed inside the wax to serve as a wick. On Christmas morning, everyone arose before daylight and lit the candles so that they would flicker in the darkness. The gifts were meager and usually consisted of wool stockings, fruit, socks, and candy. The older folks always sang Christmas carols in German as the family sat around the fireplace. August and Mathilda both grew up in Germany. In March 1882, five years after their marriage, they sailed to America. A total of nine people sailed from Bremen, Germany aboard the ship Koln. In addition to the Hilker family August, Mathilda, and three small children, Alvina, William and Carl one of Mathilda s brothers, two of August s brothers, and a preacher s son made the trip. The ship docked in New York after three weeks at sea. The voyage was especially difficult for the children, because of an extremely stormy sea. They spent one night in New York City before boarding a train bound for Texas. Five days and nights later, they arrived in San Antonio. From there, they traveled by stagecoach to Fredericksburg. They spent a few nights at the Hotel Nimitz before renting a house in Fredericksburg, where they lived while August built a small log cabin on 640 acres of land he purchased on Wolf s Creek in southern Gillespie County. During the time the Hilkers were living in the log cabin, the men were building a larger house which consisted of two rooms downstairs and one large room upstairs. Rocks were hauled in for the house, and when other building supplies were needed, August took the wagon to San Antonio, a trip which usually required about a week, Peggy told me. Four more children were born to August and Mathilda Hilker, Robert, Louis, Pauline, and Ida. When they got older, CASH FOR USED CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT Any Condition 325/ or 325/ TY JONES CATTLE CO. Bonded Buyers & Sellers of Country Cattle Contracting For Immediate Or Future Delivery (806) Office FAX: (806) P. O. 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SAN ANGELO, TEXAS USDA EST. LIC. 290 they would work in the fields with the rest of the family, especially when it was cotton picking time. The older kids received 10 cents per hundred pounds and the younger ones received five cents per hundred pounds. One year, Grandmother Pauline said she saved $10 to buy her first coat, Peggy said. The children were not allowed to attend dances until they were 16 years old. Pauline met the man she would marry 10 years later at the first dance she attended. Pauline Hilker and Edwin Eddie Pfiester were married in December They had three children, Ruby Pfiester Landis (born February 22, 1912); Laura Pfiester Schmidt (born February 4, 1915); and Edwin Pfiester Jr. (born February 19, 1918). In November 1918, Eddie Pfiester purchased a ranch in the White Oak community in southwest Gillespie County and in Kimble County. Peggy Landis Matli was born to Ruby Pfiester and Ernest Oscar Landis. Peggy later inherited the 810-acre portion of her grandfather Pfiester s ranch in the White Oak community. With her aunt Laura Schmidt, they later added more land. Peggy s daughter Lindsey will be the fourth generation on the place. Laura Pfiester married Gilbert Alfred Schmidt January 31, Gilbert was born March 10, 1912 to Alfred L. and Else Grasso Schmidt at Rheingold in Gillespie County. The Schmidts became life partners in the ranching business. They operated ranches near Post Oak in Blanco County and the White Oak community. They raised cattle and registered Angora goats. Laura maintained the registration papers for their registered Angora flock. She and Gilbert became top exhibitors at the Texas Angora Goat LOOSE ENDS NOTES MISCELLANEOUS QUOTES ANECDOTES Ranchers working cattle this fall and winter, or surveying pastures and wildlife, need to be mindful of ticks harboring on livestock and forage habitats, said Dr. Pete Teel. Teel, Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologist in College Station, speaking at the 47th South Texas Cow-Calf Clinic in Brenham recently, discussed a variety of ticks common to Texas. One of the most common ticks in Texas is the Lone Star Tick, Teel said. It is a threehost tick, starting out as a tiny seed tick on animals, and then dropping back into the environment to molt to nymphs. Nymphs repeat this sequence, attaching to and feeding on a second host, dropping into the environment to molt to adult ticks, then attaching and feeding on the third host. Cattle and wildlife such as deer or feral hogs are common hosts for this tick. The Gulf Coast tick, a threehost tick, is another tick found in Texas. 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Gilbert Schmidt died October 1, 2002 and Laura Pfiester Schmidt died February 6, jlackey@wcc.net Teel said the potential for the Asian Longhorn tick to enter Texas looms. It was discovered in nine states in 2018, including Arkansas. The climate of Texas is predicted to support the Asian Longhorn tick. It was discovered on a sheep farm in the summer of 2017 in New Jersey, and experts think it may have been introduced to the U.S. as early as 2010, Teel said. Originating from China, it long ago spread to Australia and New Zealand. It is a relatively small, brownish tick, but can do a lot of damage. A story in Raw Material states that a sweater with an Italian Merino label may not have started in Milan but in Montana. Many people want to look behind the label and know where their clothes come from, but the textile supply chain remains largely invisible, writes Stephany Wilkes. On a mission to follow wool from the farm or ranch to the

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The tentative test schedule is Dec. 4, delivery; Feb. 20, initial weigh day and shearing; and July 17, final weigh day and shearing. More information about this test and past performance results can be found at sanangelo.tamu.edu/performance-tests/angora/. The performance test is for billy kids born in The test has been an annual event for nearly a quarter century, Redden said. The purpose of this program is to aid in the selection of goats that can thrive in a range environment and produce high-value fleeces. The test will be conducted on pasture so that performance is measured in an environment where fitness is important. Dr. Reagan Noland, who grew up in the Concho Valley helping his grandparents with farm and ranch production, has returned to San Angelo as an agronomist specializing in crop management at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center. Noland was previously the grain crops Extension specialist at the University of Georgia. He has a bachelor s degree in natural resource management from Angelo State University, a master s degree in agronomy from Texas A&M University, and a doctorate in agronomy and agroecology from the University of Minnesota. APHIS will begin working with property owners to install 8-foot-tall game fencing along strategic portions of the permanent tick quarantine line in Zapata County, Texas. APHIS is taking these actions to protect the livestock industry and overall cattle health. The fences will help prevent potentially affected deer from traveling into unaffected areas. The fencing is designed to restrict movement of wildlife. The fencing will initially cover two miles, but if needed and funding is available, it could be expanded to cover up to 50 miles in Maverick, Starr, and Webb counties. The fencing will be paid for by APHIS, and the Texas Animal Health Commission will be responsible for ongoing maintenance. 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My Aunt Katy used to say that the last time Uncle Harve was breathless at her feet was when he had a chicken bone hung in his throat. And that brings up a very serious condition that happens on numerous occasions, especially during the month of December. Today, this column may save your life or We Take Pride In Our Work! Crews In New Mexico & Texas Will Travel CLINT HUGHES Licensed, Insured Christian Owned OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE plan amendments failed to incorporate critical input from local stakeholders and risked causing serious damage to sage grouse conservation efforts. We are pleased to see the administration continue its efforts to bring the 2015 amendments in line with state plans that better account for the diverse ecosystems across the West. Secretary Zinke and his team deserve our thanks for walking the walk and listening to those closest to the ground. We cannot afford to take important management tools like livestock grazing out of the toolbox. POKIN FUN By Doc Blakely the life of someone else. The life-threatening condition is choking; the remedy is the Heimlich Maneuver. Years ago I was on a cruise ship with 70 friends and colleagues for December 13, 2018 Livestock Weekly Page 15 DAVID K. FLETCHER, M.D., ABAARM, An -Aging and Stem Cell Treatment Who are these gents? Authorized T & S Trip Hopper Dealer Southwest Fabricators 580/ Toll Free: 877/ S. Industrial Blvd. Hugo, OK The li le one is Doc Fletcher Stem Cell expert in Tyler, Texas and the big one is Bill Scarborough from Santa Anna, Texas. Bill grew up on a farm near Robstown, Texas and always wanted to be a cowboy and a rancher. He bulldogged and roped but he only weighed 130 pounds back then. When he was 13 years old a horse kicked him in the le hip. That same year he kicked a Boar Hog in the head and broke his right bunion joint and he has had arthri s in both places ever since. Subsequently he developed a bad right shoulder and his right hip started to hurt too. 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Three out of four of his pa ents report an average of 75% relief of their pain and disability. Doc is a specialist in the treatment of arthri s and trained at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Emory in Atlanta and UAB in Birmingham. He is cer fied also as an expert in An -aging and Regenera ve medicine. FALL SPECIAL He wants you to know that he uses only your cells. They have not been obtained from some foreign woman. They have only been out of your body for a few hours and the tests done at Doc s office indicate that 98% are alive and kicking when he injects them into your joints. $1500 OFF a special seminar at sea. We were all professional speakers and had just heard a lecture by the famous Dr. Heimlich himself, who gave a program on the maneuver. There were a thousand or more passengers besides us, so we mingled with them during the Olympic Gourmet Dining events. I heard a guy say he was exhausted because he had to get up for the 2 a.m. feeding. I asked, You have a baby on this trip? He said, No, I m talking about the Mexican buffet. One of the acts in the cabaret (at the one-hour intervals between meals) was an Australian acrobat who did an amazing balancing act. His finale was balancing himself, feet toward the ceiling, on one index finger stuck in a champagne bottle. He was billed as Robert, the Great Excelsior. Anyway, you get the picture. One night, Jim, a big ex-pro football lineman, choked on a piece of meat. He pointed to his chest with an index finger with his eyes bugged out. They thought he was clowning. When he dropped to his knees, Jerry, a friend of mine who had heard Dr. Heimlich s lecture, sprang into action although he had never done the maneuver, even in practice. Jerry, fortunately a big guy himself, got behind Jim, put his arms about his midsection, put one fist in his solar plexus just under the rib cage, placed his other hand, open, over the top of the fist, and squeezed hard several times. Air pressure created from within popped the obstruction out and Jim s life was saved. Literally. It was only then that someone recalled the international sign for choking, which could have gotten help much earlier to Jim. Listen up. Here it is. Place both hands around your own throat as if you were choking yourself instead of someone else. Remember this if you should ever choke. Do the Heimlich Maneuver if you see someone who can t talk but can give this sign. But be careful. I saw Jerry the next day with a bandage around his arm. He used the maneuver on a showgirl. She stabbed him with a fork. I thought you were choking, he apologized. I have allergies. I was just clearing my throat, she snapped. Be sure to read the signs correctly, and wait until they drop any potential weapon. www. docblakely.com No more feed damage by rodents or varmints. No more feed sacks to handle. Heavy pipe structure. Skid mounted. 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16 Page 16 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 OIL ABOUT RANCHING By Dennis McBeth Good news. It should have been a big news item and cause for celebration. The U.S. Energy Information Authority reported that on November 30, the U.S. became a NET EXPORTER of oil for the first time in 75 years. Those of us who spent time in the drilling industry are participating in an I told you so moment by saying Yes, we can drill our way out of the oil shortage. Don t hold your breath waiting for the naysayers and doomsdayers to apologize. For those who remember the gasoline shortage and rationing of 1974 or the scare-mongering Peak Oil science of a few years ago, we can be thankful that the country that runs on oil has not run short. Meanwhile, we can join the chorus of those cheerleaders who chanted Drill baby drill! Check out the link to the Bloomberg article for more info. articles/ /u-s-be- GRAHAM LIVESTOCK COMMISSION LLC 203 Highway 67 South Graham, Texas SALE EVERY MONDAY 12 NOON We sold 958 head of cattle Monday, December 10, including 189 packer cows, bred cows and pairs, 769 yearlings and calves. Packer cows were steady. Packer bulls steady. Replacement bred cows and pairs were steady with not as many young cows offered. Market on steers and heifers weighing 500 pounds and under were $3-5 lower. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers weighing over 500 pounds were steady. The lightweight steers and heifers were lower, but the feeder steers and heifers were steady to last week s market. The Last Sale Of The Year Will Be Monday, DECEMBER 17 NO SALES Monday, DECEMBER 24 Monday, DECEMBER 31 NEW RECEIVING STATION For GLC Located At Old Mineral Wells Sale Barn Open Saturdays and Sundays 8 A.M. To 5 P.M. GLC Will Transport To Graham For Monday s Sale Todd Besselaar, Jacksboro 1 Brown Steer $134 4 Black Steers $136 W T Johnson, Eastland 1 Black Cow $50 1 Black Cow $46 Terry Shelton, Wichita Falls 1 Black Heifer $140 3 Black Whiteface Bulls $172 Walden Family, Weatherford 3 Black Bulls $138 4 Black Heifers $139 S R Davis Ranch, Throckmorton 8 Black Steers $ Black Heifers $134 Cindy Mariner Ranch, Gordon 1 Black Heifer $131 1 Black Bull $168 comes-a-net-oil-exporter-for- the-first-time-in-75-years More good news. Not only has the production of petroleum surged, thanks especially to the work that is going on in the Permian Basin, a recent USGS report doubles the previous estimated reserves in part of the Permian Basin. The report includes the following statement. Assessed undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous mean resources of 46.3 Billion barrels of oil and 281 Trillion cubic feet of gas in the Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Springs formation of the Delaware Basin in the Permian Basin Province of New Mexico and West Texas. For those of us who were sent packing from Midland, Texas in 1994 because the Permian Basin was considered a mature, declining field with no hopes for future discoveries, this is a bittersweet reflection as we look back and wonder what if? See link to the USGS article: pubs.usgs. Christy Snider, Mineral Wells 3 Black Whiteface Heifers $140 6 Red Steers $169 W Worthington, Weatherford 4 Black Heifers $136 4 Black Bulls $153 Justin Herring, Millsap 1 Black Bull $167 1 Black Heifer $133 Jim Rogers, Aledo 1 Red Whiteface Bull $139 2 Black Whiteface Steers $138 Greg Vieth, Windthorst 1 Black Cow $46 3 Black Steers $130 Emmett Hindman, Breckenridge 1 Black Steer $141 1 Red Steer $117 Cattle Unloading Hours: Monday 7 A.M. 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18 Page 18 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 CWD Forum Covers What Is Known, But Many More Unknowns Remain By Colleen Schreiber AUSTIN Some 200 state and federal wildlife agency personnel, wildlife biologists and concerned citizens gathered here for a day and half update on chronic wasting disease. Hosted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the Texas Animal Health Commission, and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, the topics covered were all-encompassing, from what is currently known about CWD to the vast amount of unknowns, state perspectives, diagnostics, detection efforts, and ante-mortem testing. Bryan Richards, with the U.S. Geological Survey s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, opened with a wide-ranging keynote address, an overview of sorts of CWD. 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Richards returned to his home state of Wisconsin 15 years ago when CWD was first detected there. Prior to that, however, he spent more than a decade in Texas in the big game management program at Texas Parks and Wildlife. As the center s emerging disease coordinator, Richards has been working on CWD since Richards told the audience that while Texas has some experience with CWD, all in all, the state s intensive monitoring program, in place for many years now, indicates that the disease cycle appears to be in the fairly early stage. To date Texas has had 133 confirmed CWD positives. The first detection occurred in a free-ranging mule deer in the Hueco Mountains of the Trans-Pecos near the New Mexico border. Since that time 16 positive mule deer in all have tested positive for CWD. 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Richards contrasted those statistics to his home state of Wisconsin, where the disease was first detected in 2001 in three white-tailed deer. The state s Department of Natural Resources, he said, has been rigorously collecting data since then, accumulating well over 210,000 samples over the course of the last 16 years or so. To date more than 4100 CWD-positive animals have been found, including 600 last year in 25 counties. He also pointed out that to date, 102 captive deer facilities are CWD-positive in the lower 48, 25 of them in Wisconsin. Richards noted that some of those positive facilities are located in a part of the state where there is not yet any evidence of CWD in the freeranging deer herd. 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A research group at NWHC also developed a model using data from the first 10 years of the program to project how the disease footprint would likely look over the next three years. That model fits what we have observed very closely, Richards pointed out. So not only is there visual evidence of geographical spread, but we also have published peerreviewed research which corroborates that observation. Other comments heard regularly in Wisconsin and other parts of the U.S. are CWD is not fatal, CWD is not even a disease, It s not spreading, There is no change in prevalence, It s no big deal; why are we even talking about it? Richards acknowledged that everyone has a right to their opinions, but in his opinion such statements are a little hard to support given the data and proven facts. For example, CWD is one of several transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. One of the hallmarks of a TSE is progressive neurological degeneration followed by death. Additionally, CWD is known to be a fairly slow-progressing disease, and because of that the infected deer may actually die of other causes such as hunting or perhaps from a predator attack before it dies from CWD. CWD is basically a twoyear death sentence, Richards reiterated. The animal is going to die, and likely it s going to die earlier than it would if it were not CWD-positive. With respect to the slow progression of the disease, he reminded listeners that researchers have known about CWD for the last 50 years. However, it s only been in the last decade that some of the disease characteristics have become obvious. Just because we have many populations with CWD that don t show a lot of population level impacts today doesn t mean it won t happen, Richards opined. It s really important to take the long view of this disease, and again, it s imprudent to write off CWD as no big deal. Richards offered more supporting evidence of the geographic spread of the disease in North America. Before 2000, CWD was little known, and as far as the experts knew was restricted to a small geographic region in Wyoming and Colorado and only a handful of captive commercial facilities in the U.S. and Canada. Not only has the disease spread geographically, but he insisted that the prevalence has increased as well. He based this statement on the fact that data from a number of states indicates that the proportion of animals of different sex and age cohorts that are CWD-positive has changed over time. He presented more raw data from Wisconsin, collected over a 16-township region, an area encompassing abut 576 square miles. He pointed to two documented trends. One is an increased prevalence of the disease with age. Excavators Backhoes Dozers Loaders Skid Steers SS Truck Beds Store Hours 7:30-5:30Mon-Fri 7:30 - Noon Sat Back in 2004 it was hard to find a CWD-positive 4.5 to five year-old buck, Richards told the audience. Today, if you re fortunate enough to even kill 4.5 year-old deer, there is a fifty-fifty chance that buck has CWD. Even more alarming from an epidemiological standpoint, he added, is that a decade ago few if any yearlings harvested were proven to be CWD-positive. Today one in five 18 monthold males in this particular zone is CWD-positive, and the female data are similar. While some scientists are still hesitant to talk about population declines in many of these states, there is research in some of these areas that shows clear population impacts, and in those areas of Wyoming where the disease was first detected, there is clear evidence supporting population decline. In one population in east-central Wyoming, the researcher documented an annual 21 percent population decline. Put another way, a CWD-negative deer has a 76 percent chance of being alive the following year, but the odds of a CWD-positive deer surviving one year later is one in three. There is ongoing research in some of the eastern whitetailed deer populations, in deer food Mecca to see if similar trends have begun to appear. Richards opined that it would be hard to believe that in Wisconsin, where prevalence is up more than 30 percent in some places, CWD is not causing some sort of population impact. Note I did not say population decline. Turning to perhaps an even Standard Size SS SK ER RM RD Beds In Stock Complete Shop For Quality Service And Installation RED MUD LLC 900 W I-20 Business Colorado City, Texas 325/

19 more sensitive issue with respect to potential CWD impacts, Richards told the audience absolutely no evidence exists that CWD has crossed the species barrier to become a potential human health issue. He qualified that, however, saying that it s hard to definitively rule it out. Some recent peer-reviewed science suggests that barrier may not be as robust as we once thought, and the species barrier may be changing over time, Richards said. He added that given the World Health Organization s experience with BSE, their recommendation is clear: No part or product of any animal of any TSE including CWD should enter the human or animal food chain. Likewise, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends for those hunting in an area known to have CWD that all harvested animals be tested for CWD. If found to be positive, the CDC is clear Don t eat it. He pointed to still another potential issue, this one pertaining more to hunting heritage and the economics of hunting. Some human dimensions research suggests that if CWD prevalence gets in the 30 to 50 percent range, hunters have a tendency to change their behavior; specifically, they may decide to no longer hunt there. A good amount of research has been done to address the issue of transmission of CWD and still more is ongoing, but a lot of questions remain unanswered. There are now some peer-reviewed publications, however, which indicate that plants can take up the prion through their roots and deposit the prions in the stems and leaves of those plants, Richards said. Other research indicates that the prion can be shed by deer and elk through urine or feces and the prions then form a chemical bond with the plants. We know that these plants that are contaminated with prions can transmit disease in laboratory models, Richards stated. We don t know whether that is true in the real world. Given these laboratory models, Richards postulated about the potential of the disease to be spread through the movement of agriculture commodities such as hay, for example. Many of you may think I ve gone off the deep end or that I m just trying to scare you, Richards said. However, he used Norway as an example of why that may not be so far-fetched. CWD was detected in Norway almost two years ago, making that detection the first for Europe. To prevent further spread, the European Food Safety Authority suggested not moving and exporting agricultural commodities within/ from Norway. That was followed by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority issuing regulations this year banning the importation of hay and straw from the U.S. and Canada unless a veterinary certificate accompanies the commodity certifying that CWD has not been detected in the state or province where the hay or straw was grown. Now, I doubt the hay and straw market between North America and Norway is very strong, Richards admitted, but I would suggest that it s not that far-fetched that other countries may consider similar action, and that it may expand beyond hay and straw. Shifting from research to management, Richards also suggested that preventive measures for slowing or stopping further infection start with restrictive measures on the movement of the infectious agent. That includes movement of live deer as well as harvested deer and parts of harvested deer, even movement of equipment that may have been used in areas where CWD is known to be as well as boots worn in these areas. He called this kind of management effort low-hanging fruit. While even this low-hanging fruit can be challenging to accomplish, more challenging, he opined, is management of the disease in areas where it s known to already exist. Richards also opined that to date, management efforts in free-ranging populations have been largely ineffective. I open up the possibility that maybe it s not the management technique but rather our implementation, said Richards. I have seen numerous instances where states have tried to be aggressive, but due to social and political pressures have been forced to curtail their efforts. He used his home state of Wisconsin again as one such example. When CWD was discovered, the state implemented a longer deer season and also started the earn a buck program, which essentially meant that for hunters to qualify to kill a buck, they had to first harvest a doe. The theory was that by dramatically taking down the number of deer in a given population, they could interrupt the transmission dynamics of the disease and hopefully alter the outcome of the disease in that population. Unfortunately, the earn a buck program caused a negative public reaction, Richards said, and the DNR was compelled to eliminate the program. They also cut the deer season back to a more traditional length. Did the Wisconsin DNR fail, or did we the stakeholders have a big portion of that responsibility? A similar experience occurred in Alberta, Canada. CWD is thought to have been imported into the neighboring province of Saskatchewan from an infected elk that came from South Dakota in the 1980s. The disease was then detected in a farmed elk herd in the early 2000s and a few years later in the wild herd. When Alberta first found the disease just inside its border with Saskatchewan in 2005, the government made the decision to do whatever they could to keep the disease from spreading further into their free-ranging deer population. They implemented some intensive management tools including agency culling and then aerial hunting, in which they were able to harvest about 200 deer a day. If ever there was a program even less popular than our earn a buck it might be government culling from a helicopter, he quipped. The Alberta program failed to maintain public support and were forced to discontinue aggressive management techniques, and since then there has been an exponential increase in CWD prevalence in the wild population. He offered two examples, however, where intensive measures were taken and the results have been largely positive. The first was in New York State, where CWD was first discovered in two captive facilities in The facilities, At Agrow, we know it's a way of life, not just a loan. 4C Livestock Inc. DBA CORYELL COUNTY COMMISSION COMPANY CATTLE SALE EVERY SATURDAY 12 Noon Jody & Robin Thomas Highway 36 Loop P. O. Box 671 Gatesville, Texas / Office 254/ Home 254/ Mobile he said, were maybe 10 miles apart and there was a direct trace of activity between the two facilities. Those two herds were depopulated. Additionally, once the discovery was made, the state immediately implemented some pretty rigorous outbreak surveillance measures to see if CWD was already widely spread on the landscape. Two CWD-positive deer were found about half a mile apart in their first intensive surveillance round. Since then state game officials have collected thousands more samples and have yet to find another positive animal. Like us on Facebook! Sales Every Tuesday Sheep/Goats 9 A.M. Cattle 12 Noon Jody and Robin Thomas, Owners December 13, 2018 Livestock Weekly Page 19 P.O. Box 38 * 2701 E. Hwy 90 Alpine, Tx The evidence suggests, Richard said, that the disease likely never got a toehold in the free-ranging herd. I don t think there is a better outcome possible finding it early and dealing with it early. Finally, he talked about Norway, where CWD was first detected in 2016 in caribou and in a small number of cases in moose and red deer. 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20 Page 20 Livestock Weekly December 13, 2018 CWD Forum Continued From Page 19 They were very public about it; they announced what they were going to do in Science magazine of all places, said Richards. You can t be more public than that. Hunters took out about 1000 reindeer and the government another In all, 22 positives were found; prevalence was very low, suggesting the disease was in its early stage and hopefully environmental contamination was not yet significant. They took the gloves off, and I would argue that this has a pretty strong likelihood of success, said Richards. He acknowledged that while removing CWD from the landscape in places such as Wyoming, Colorado and Wisconsin is pretty remote, he opined again that absolutely there are things that can be done to alter outcomes and change the course of the disease. He warned, however, that such measures will never be successful without the support of stakeholders. Convincing stakeholders that we re on the right track may be one of the most important things we can do, Richards told the audience. If we lose the people, we lose the battle. He wrapped up with some additional thoughts about Texas deer management scheme. It s unbelievable the opportunities you have in Texas, said Richards. He was referring to the various permitting systems such as the TTT, which allows free-ranging deer to be moved from one place to another, and the deer management permit which allows high-fenced property owners to temporarily detain white-tailed deer in breeding pens for the purpose of natural breeding. Also, if you don t like the deer on your ranch you can shoot those out and replace them with a whole new set, Richards said. It s unbelievable the things you can do, he reiterated, but many of them are nightmares from an epidemiologist s standpoint. With those tremendous opportunities comes risk, he warned. He acknowledged again that Texas has done a pretty good job thus far of managing risk with respect to CWD. One of the first steps taken was in 2003 with the closing of the border to live cervids. The state also implemented carcass import restrictions for hunters who have been hunting in CWD-infected states. Additionally, the state has long had a CWD management plan which includes a set of protocols that are put in place immediately upon finding a positive CWD animal. There is also the ongoing intensive surveillance program in the free-ranging cervid populations, mandatory testing of animals harvested in CWD zones, as well as carefully constructed protocols including testing for deer breeders. Still, Richards suggested there is much more to be done. More research is needed, he said, particularly when it comes to disease transmission and environmental contamination. He also briefly touched on the need for improved live animal testing and called for more work on genetics and FENCING CREWS & BULLDOZER All Types Of Farm, Ranch And Oil Field Fencing FENCE BUILDERS Gates And Cattle Guards High Quality Workmanship And Materials Experienced And Efficient Crews We Are Fully Insured With Workers Compensation And General Liability Insurance Symco Structural, Inc. San Angelo And Sterling City, Texas Ross McCrea 325/ vaccines. The long and the short is that the answers will not come easy, nor will it be easy to stop the further spread of the disease. I don t think it s unreasonable to say that CWD will continue to spread, Richards said. It will continue to grow in prevalence in local populations and localized areas. It s also not beyond belief that we ll continue to see more impacts of this disease, beginning with harvestable surplus being diminished in areas with long-term CWD, and population declines in some herds. He also suggested that 50 years from now these once local issues with respect to CWD may very well become a regional issue. Because of that Richards again encouraged everyone to take the long-term view from a management perspective. Think not just what you want to see on opening day next year, but what you want your grandchildren to see on opening day 50 years from now. There is so much at stake. Doing nothing is clearly not an option, he concluded. Tyson Spokesmen Talk Changing Consumers; Transparency A Must By Colleen Schreiber KANSAS CITY At the National Institute for Animal Agriculture s recent eighth annual antibiotic symposium here, the focus of the two-day event was on new science and new technological tools for antibiotic stewardship. John Gerber, Tyson s vice president for cattle procurement, was one of many speakers. Gerber provided his thoughts on today s consumer and how to build a more sustainable supply chain with the consumer in mind. He set the stage by first offering some company background, noting in particular that as Tyson s head cattle buyer he oversees the procurement of seven million head of cattle a year, which breaks down essentially into 135,000 a week or 26,000 per day, a lot of cattle by any metric. He garners that supply from approximately 4000 suppliers, suppliers being cattle feeders. He provided some thoughts on what the consumer is looking for, focusing on several key words throughout his remarks, those being relationships, trust, loyalty, alignment, collaboration, and transparency. In the cattle business we have to know what the consumer wants, and first thing the consumer wants in my eyes is transparency, Gerber told the audience. Today s consumer, he said, wants to know a whole host of things about where their food comes from in terms of how an animal is fed and processed, but that is certainly not all. Today s consumer wants to know how the animals are cared for, and specifically they want to know how the animals are cared for when they re sick. Basically, the consumer Custom Cattle Feeding At Its Finest! -G wants a story; they want to see pictures, Gerber said. We have to work with our suppliers to tell the story. Specific to animal welfare, in 2012 Tyson initiated their FarmCheck program. It is a program whereby an independent third party auditor randomly checks Tyson s suppliers to make sure that their animals have access to food and water, that there is proper human-animal interaction, and proper worker training. Currently Tyson audits five to 10 percent of their supply chain annually. When we started this, we had some pretty good kickback, Gerber said. We had some feedlots that refused to let us in. We don t see that today; feedlots are very open to it, and a lot of them are happy that they got picked because they want to tell their story. Additionally, all of Tyson s cattle buyers are BQAcertified, and come January 1, Tyson expects all of their suppliers to be BQA-certified. Retailers and wholesalers are telling us to get our suppliers BQA-certified, Gerber said. We re probably 75 to 80 percent of the way there. I m confident that we ll have 100 percent by the first of the year; it s the right thing to do. We re not going to buy cattle from a supplier if they re not BQA-certified. Gerber also touched on the importance of food safety. The processor has a whole team whose sole focus is food safety and the prevention of recalls. Recalls cost a lot of money and they hurt beef demand, so we take it very seriously Bar-G Feedyard Kevin Bunch Asst. Mgr Johnny Trotter: Pres. / Gen. Mgr. Res: 806/ Mobile: 806/ P. O. Box 1797 Hereford, Texas / Eight Miles SW of Hereford FINANCING AVAILABLE at Tyson, said Gerber. We haven t had a major recall in quite some time; we are getting better at it. He turned to another big one, that being the topic of traceability. Traceability is big; it s going to stay big. It s what the consumer wants. Mexico has it; Canada has it. One of the primary reasons that traceability is so critical, he said, is for animal disease control. If something happens, we need to be able to narrow the disease to the infected area or to the smallest possible area so that we can get on with business and not hurt beef demand. International acceptance is another reason that a traceability program is needed, he added. The first hurdle to get boxed beef into China is it has to be ranch-verified. He told the audience that already on any given day, 60 to 70 percent of Tyson s kill in any one of their plants has an EID tag. That s promising. Having animals individually identified with an EID tag, he said, is also important because ultimately it helps the industry improve quality and ultimately improve beef demand. If we receive cattle with an EID tag, we will give the information back as far as liver damage, kill floor condemnation, hide damage, and grading. It s a big tool in the toolbox for the cattle feeder to know how a set of cattle performed. Tyson is also focused on sustainability. At the company level, Gerber said, sustainability starts with their employees. To that end, a couple of years Mike Anthony Comptroller 125,000 HEAD CAPACITY 105 Sizes of Handmade Cowboy Boots In-Stock... $399 Working Cowboy Special Custom Fit and Handmade... $499 Full Custom Cowboy Boots Starting At... $700 Beck Cowboy Boots 723 S Georgia St Amarillo TX / Robin Giles Sisterdale, Texas Southwest Texas Solar Ronnie Sauer rsauer@swtxsolar.com 103 South Divide Eldorado, Texas % SOLAR TAX CREDIT AVAILABLE We Meet NRCS Funded Specifications 325/ /

21 back they raised workers pay. They didn t ask for it, nor were contracts due, Gerber said. We just gave them more money. Worker safety is also part of that sustainability equation. Injuries are closely tracked, and when an injury occurs, they reevaluate to see what can be done to prevent it from happening again. Tyson s efforts are paying off. Their turnover rate has gone from 70 percent three to four years ago to less than 24 percent today. From an industry-wide perspective, he pointed out, Tyson s sustainability efforts also benefit the cattle feeder. Having more satisfied employees, he insisted, means better yields because they re doing a better dressed job. Gerber contended it also means a better product going out the back door. Consumers are willing to pay more for beef beef demand is off the charts. Even though we ve got a lot of supply coming at us, we ve been able to hold price at a pretty good level. That s because of beef demand, and I think it will stay good. He said a major retailer with 31 distribution centers came to them about three years ago to discuss their intention to redesign their meat case, redesigning meaning that they were shifting to an upper twothirds Choice product, the Certified Angus beef spec. We knew pretty quickly that we weren t going to say no to this retailer, but we asked for two years. They responded that two years was too long, do what you can. To that end Tyson stopped slaughtering dairy cattle; they changed a few grids and paid a few more premiums for CABtype cattle, for black-hided cattle, Gerber said, and within about six months they filled their distribution centers with CAB product. It was a huge success story, Gerber told the audience. It s what the consumer wanted, but we were only able to do it through our suppliers; through collaboration, through education. Because of that, we increased beef demand, no doubt in my mind. Finally, he came to the topic for which the conference was being held antibiotic usage. Gerber said he likes the term responsible antibiotic. I ve been in every region that we compete in over the last 90 days. I ve seen a lot of cattle, a lot of feedlots. Responsible antibiotic usage is going on. I know, because I see it first-hand. Proof of that, he told the group, is that the only empty pens are the sick pens. The cattle are healthy, they re vibrant, they re growing well. It s no story; cattle feeders know what they re doing. That story must be told, he reiterated. Tyson s Kevin Hueser, vice president for beef margin management, followed up by talking first about how the consumer has changed. Hueser has been in the food business for 35 years, mostly in sales and marketing. He grew up, however, on a diversified family farm in northwest Iowa. About the only thing we didn t raise was llamas and goats, he quipped. We had about a 1000 head cow-calf operation; we farrowed 60 sows the old-fashioned way in farrowing crates and finished them on site, and we had sheep because everyone had to have sheep to take care of the weeds. We also farmed about 1500 acres. He said he often finds himself thinking about all the changes his father saw over his lifetime, even the changes he s experienced in his tenure in the meat business. When I started with IBP in 1984, we had two breaks back in those days Choice and No Roll. Today we sort carcasses 54 different ways, Hueser told the audience. Remember, too, that most of these plants are the same plants that existed in The coolers are the same size; we ve just figured out a way to do more sorts and add more complexity to what seemed like a pretty complex system 30 years ago. Though the processor still controls the manufacturing, the customer, he said, controls what information is shared, and that information is shared at the speed of light, giving the consumer the bulk of control. He also noted that today s consumer has a completely different take on premium brands. Unlike Hueser who said he always associated premium with the likes of Cadillac, Lincoln and caviar, today s consumer views premium to mean things like transparency, locally raised and complex flavors. Other things that resonate with the consumer in terms of their definition of premium, he said, are natural and hormonefree, all of which Tyson makes available for their customers, and they re soon to dip their toe in the water to offer a grass-fed beef product as well. I expect over time we will have a consistent grass offering. These things resonate with the consumer. Circling back to the topic of BQA, Hueser said the pork industry is way ahead of the beef industry in terms of having certified suppliers. He, too, acknowledged that the road to 100 percent BQA-certified just with their suppliers has not been an easy one, but there ultimately was an acceptance that it was something that needed to be done. A sick or unhealthy or mistreated animal has never been profitable, and nobody can knows that better than the farmer and rancher, he insisted. In addition to all their suppliers being BQA-certified, by January 1, 2020 all of the transporters to Tyson s facilities will have to be BQA certified. Eventually the next step for those involved with Tyson, Hueser said, is a program called Progressive Beef, initiated by the Beef Marketing Group. Hueser said that BMG saw a need to set themselves apart by ensuring that all their feedyards have the same standards when it comes to cattle care, food safety, and sustainability, the three pillars of the program. For example, all of BMG s yards have standards in terms of cleanliness of the feedyard itself, the water and the feed. But there s more. These standards don t just focus on properly managing the land, December 13, 2018 Livestock Weekly Page 21 the waste water or the manure application; they re also interested in sustaining their local agricultural economy. To that end, he said, BMG yards focus on buying a percentage of their products locally. He noted, too, that a big part of the Progressive Beef program involves the judicious use of antibiotics. The program is a USDAcertified audited program, meaning that it s a USDAapproved third party auditor who does the auditing. Additionally, feedlots have to be recertified every two years. Tyson is now a licenser of this program, Hueser explained. Our hope is that it won t just be our supply chain that gets on board, but the entire supply chain. It s the right thing for beef; it s the right thing for the consumer, he concluded. 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