Farm & Ranch

Most of the folks around our parts seemed to be only beginning to enjoy Fall & October, whilst finding ourselves already half through November and planning our Turkey Day dinners. We enjoyed good, general rains over most parts of the County during the 1st part of October that went a long way toward filling the creeks, rivers, & ponds around the area, as well as a couple of light showers during the early part of November.

Receipts totaled 1660 head for the week. The market continued strong after last week’s increase with stocker steers selling steady and heifers $2-$3 higher with one group of 600 pound heifers going for $1.39. The feeder steers and heifers all sold on a steady market. Packer cows were $2-$3 higher and bulls were steady.

Receipts totaled 3823 head for the week. The market was very active and demand strong on all classes with the stocker steers selling $5 higher and stocker heifers $5 to $6 higher. Feeder steers were $3 higher and feeder heifers were $3 to $4 higher. The weaned calves all sold from $8 to $15 higher with very strong demand.

Texas WeatherWell here it is the first of November and we have already had a light freeze here in the Hill Country. That first freeze was about three weeks earlier than the average first freeze date of November 15th in the Hill Country. Naturally the weather rebounded from earlier freezes back into the 80’s so all the vegetation is saying “Ah yes we are in Texas”.Cedar Fever SolutionThe male Ashe Junipers (Cedar Trees) are still not loading up with their pollen that causes ...

Weldon Faught was honored with a standing ovation for 35 years of service with San Angelo Roping Fiesta. He and his draft horse team was a crowd pleaser for all these years.

The most admirable month of the year is gone, & this humble scribe never really took the time to properly eulogize the 10th month that offers us so much beauty, peace, and tranquility. It also allows our folks that live from the land a time to sort of get things “laid by” in order to betruly thankful come November for being bountifully blessed.

Receipts totaled 5667 head for the week. The market continued to advance forward again this week with the stocker steers weighing 300-600 pounds selling $5 to $7 higher and heifers advancing $5. Feeder steers and heifers sold $3 higher. Packer cows were steady after two weeks of increases and packer bulls were $2 higher.Steers: choice lightweight calves 150-172, choice medium weight calves 142-166, choice heavyweight calves 137-146Heifers: choice lightweight calves 130-150, choice medium wei ...

There has not been much of a noticeable change with ourprecipitation situation as of late, but at least we are having some cooler mornings & the evenings are a bit more bearable. Also, though it doesn’t help our local feelings very much, some of our more fortunate neighbors havereceived some worthwhile precipitation.Just in case you might have been thinking that I’ve totally lost my mind, that happened to be my “intro” line of last week’s article.

Receipts totaled 2280 head for the week. The market continued its upward trend with stocker steers selling $5 to $7 higher and heifers $5 higher. The feeder steers sold $3 higher and heifers were $4 higher. Packer cows were $3 higher this week with the top cows @72.50. Packers were $2 higher and pairs and bred cows were steady.Steers: choice lightweight calves 150-181, choice medium weight calves 140-165, choice heavyweight calves 133-141Heifers: choice lightweight calves 12-157.50, choice m ...

Under a new state law passed by the Texas Legislature in 2011, commercial agriculture or timber producers will need an Ag/Timber Number issued by the Comptroller’s office to make eli-gible sales tax-exempt purchases for their business beginning Jan. 1, 2012.Who this affects: If you produce agricultural or timber prod-ucts for sale in the regular course of business, the new law will require you to have an Ag/Timber Number for eligible sales tax-exempt purchases.Resources to Get Ready No ...