Receipts totaled 4339 head for the week. After weeks of strong price increases on stocker and feeder cattle, the futures market topped out and saw a little leveling off causing most of the classes of cattle to be steady or a few dollars back of last week. Light stocker steers sold steady in a strong market with big stocker steers selling $2 to $4 lower and big stocker heifers selling $2 to $5 lower. Feeder steers sold $2 to $3 lower and feeder heifers were $2 lower. Packer cows and bulls showed no change from last week.

A special bull offering was held in conjunction with the regular sale with a choice set of 26 Angus Plus bulls off the Sauer Cattle Company averaging $2071 with the top selling bull bringing $2800.

Jim Johnson sold 5 Angus bulls that averaged $2660 and the top selling bull was $3000.

Also, a Special Female Offering was held with pairs selling from $1100 - $1600.

Steers: choice lightweight calves 135-170, choice medium weight calves 120-136, choice heavyweight calves 115-125.50

Heifers: choice lightweight calves 115-142, choice medium weight calves 110-128, choice heavyweight calves 100-114

Yearlings: choice lightweight steer yearlings 110-119, choice heavyweight steer yearlings – 100-112, choice lightweight heifer yearlings 95-103, choice heavyweight heifer yearlings – 85-92, #2 steer calves and yearlings 95-125, #2 heifer calves and yearlings 85-110, shorties & plainer calves and yearlings 75-85

Bred Cows: choice bred cows – 900-970, medium to good bred cows – 750-890, plainer & older bred cows – 600-740

Slaughter Cows: high yield 57-64.50, medium yield 50-56, low yield 41-49, heiferetts and young stock 65-75

Bulls: high yield – 74-78, medium yield – 68-73, low yield – 64-67, feeder 66-79

Pairs: choice – 920-1620, medium to good – 810-910, plainer & older – 650-800

Representative sales:

Jerry Moore, Balmorhea, 3 steers, 345 lbs 134.00

Marvin Weatherby, San Saba, 13 steers, 564 lbs 128.00

Diamond TF Ent, Inc, Sonora, 8 steers, 590 lbs 119.50

Diamond TF Ent, Inc, Sonora, 11 steers, 719 lbs 111.50

Jerry Moore, Balmorhea, 16 heifers, 418 lbs 128.00

G Bar M Ranch, Inc, Austin, 6 heifers, 481 lbs 12300

Troy Gilger, San Saba, 4 heifers, 524 lbs 119.00

Robert Long, Goldthwaite, 5 heifers, 638 lbs 104.00

Hugh Stone, San Angelo, 10 Bwf pair, 3 in 1’s, 1620.00

Hugh Stone, San Angelo, 8 Brangus pair, 1325.00

T & R Angus, Cherokee, 4 steers, 374 lbs 135.00

Dooley & Hoerster, Fredericksburg, 3 steers, 437 lbs 133.00

T & R Angus, Cherokee, 3 steers, 450 lbs 129.00

Cecilia Loveless, Eden, 4 steers, 608 lbs 124.50

R & R Cattle, San Angelo, 4 steers, 670 lbs 122.00

Comanche Creek Ranch Co, Mason, 3 steers, 715 lbs 119.00

Mrs. Douglas Bauman, Valley Spring, 15 steers, 690 lbs 118.00

Rusty Allen, Menard, 4 steers, 740 lbs 114.00

R & R Cattle, San Angelo, 5 steers, 777 lbs 113.00

Marjorie Robbins, Mason, 1 steer, 850 lbs 109.00

Norman Grenwelge, Llano, 1 steer, 870 lbs 105.00

T & R Angus, Cherokee, 3 heifers, 385 lbs 129.00

Bradley Baethge, Harper, 1 heifer, 460 lbs 125.00

Leon Kothmann, Art, 1 heifer, 545 lbs 121.00

Comanche Creek Ranch Co, Mason, 3 heifers, 570 lbs 118.00

Tim Underwood, Mason, 1 heifer, 685 lbs 114.00

Mrs. Douglas Bauman, Valley Spring, 10 heifers, 591 lbs 113.00

Cecilia Loveless, Eden, 2 heifers, 675 lbs 110.00

R & R Cattle, San Angelo, 3 heifers, 728 lbs 103.00

Rusty Allen, Menard, 9 heifers, 740 lbs 102.50

Chris Craven, Liberty Hill, 1 cow, 1150 lbs 62.00

Momentum Livestock, Mason, 1 bull, 2070 lbs 79.00