At this time, consumers are not likely to experience any sudden spike in beef prices brought on by mid-February snowstorms. The beef industry itself will be weathering the consequences, said Oklahoma State University experts.

“Cold weather robs production, but the overall effect shows up more as increased costs to cattle operations, feedlots and processors than prices at the grocery store,” said Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist and holder of the university’s Charles Breedlove Professorship in Agribusiness.

LAWSUITS

9500 Land LLC vs. Reeter Oilfield Services LLC for $28,097.69 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Mark S. Curtis for $10,577.28 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

American Express National Bank vs. Eric Jones for $12,946.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Swift Financial LLC vs. Inspired Gifts and Graphics LLC for $63,369.46 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Denise K. Meyer, 62, said goodbye to her earthly family and joined the heavenly chorus in the presence of her Savior on Feb. 12, 2021, in Salina, Kan.

Betty Jean Taylor of El Reno passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Oklahoma City. She was born in El Reno on Dec. 24, 1949.

She grew up in Union City and attended Union City schools. She had been a resident of El Reno for numerous years.

Betty graduated from Canadian Valley Vo-Tech LPN School in 1970. She loved to work with the elderly and worked in nursing homes during the course of her career. She was a huge animal lover and raised exotic animals with her husband and life partner, Kenneth Taylor of El Reno.