Archive for May 24th, 2021
Shirley R. Thom…August 7, 1931 – May 24, 2021
A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Shirley Rae Thom will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, May 28, 2021 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Michael Stines of the Living Covenant Church officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date in Spokane, Washington. Per Shirley’s request cremation will take place. […]
Eunice L. Potts…June 27, 1932 – May 17, 2021
Longtime Lamar resident, Eunice L. Potts was born on June 27, 1932 at Saskatchewan, Canada to Christian and Freda (Zinkhan) Boehmer and passed away on May 17, 2021 at the Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 88. She is preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Bernard Walter […]
Colorado Employment Situation – April 2021
Household survey data According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was flat in April at 6.4 percent. During the same period, the national unemployment rate increased one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.1 percent. Other highlights from the household survey: Colorado’s labor force grew by 8,900 in April to […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – APRIL 2021
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.71 billion pounds in April, up 22 percent from the 3.86 billion pounds produced in April 2020. Beef production, at 2.35 billion pounds, was 29 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.85 million head, up 27 percent from April 2020. The […]
Cattle on Feed Report
COLORADO The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 1,040,000 head as of May 1, 2021. The latest inventory was 2 percent below last month’s inventory but 9 percent above the May 1, 2020 inventory. Cattle feeders […]
