DALLAS, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust (NYSE: HGT), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.127468 per unit, payable on July 15, 2010, to unitholders of record on June 30, 2010. The following table shows underlying gas sales and average prices attributable to the net overriding royalty payments made by XTO Energy Inc. (XTO Energy) to the Trust for both the current month and prior month distributions. Underlying gas sales volumes attributable to the current month distribution were primarily produced in April.

                                  Underlying Gas Sales
                                    Volumes (Mcf) (a)       Average Gas
                                    -----------------
                                  Total         Daily   Price per Mcf
                                  -----         -----   -------------

     Current Month Distribution 1,973,000        66,000          $4.37

     Prior Month Distribution   2,010,000        65,000          $5.04


    (a)  Sales volumes are recorded in the month the trust receives the
    related net profits income.  Because of this, sales volumes may
    fluctuate from month to month based on the timing of cash receipts.


XTO Energy has advised the trustee that it has deducted budgeted development costs of $500,000, production expense of $1,393,000 and overhead of $925,000 in determining the royalty payment to the Trust for the current month.
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SOURCE  U.S. Trust