Report Date: 4/25/2014
SA_LS855
San Angelo, TX Fri Apr 25, 2014 USDA Market News
National Sheep Summary for Week Ending Friday, April 25, 2014
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Weekly Trends: Compared to last week slaughter lambs were mostly
steady to 7.00 lower. Slaughter ewes were mostly steady to 2.00
higher. Feeder lambs were steady in light test. At San Angelo, TX
4138 head sold in a one day sale. Equity Electronic Auction sold 335
slaughter lambs in Oregon. In direct trading slaughter ewes not tested;
feeder lambs were steady. 5700 head of negotiated sales of slaughter
lambs under 170 lbs were 2.00-3.00 higher, while those over 170 lbs were
2.00-3.00 lower and 8400 head of formula sales of carcasses under 65 lbs
were not well tested; 65-85 lbs were 6.00-8.00 lower; 85-95 lbs were 1.00-
2.00 higher; and over 95 lbs were not tested. 5,604 lamb carcasses sold
with 45 lbs and down 134.49 lower; 45-55 lbs .79 lower; 55-65 lbs 6.73
lower; 65 lbs and up .01-1.04 lower. All sheep sold per hundred weight
(CWT) unless otherwise specified.
Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs:
San Angelo: shorn and wooled 110-180 lbs 140.00-157.00.
VA: wooled 110-125 lbs 165.00.
PA: shorn and wooled 110-170 lbs 172.00-225.00.
Ft. Collins, CO:no test.
Billings, MT: no test.
Kalona, IA: wooled 135 lbs 158.00.
South Dakota: shorn and wooled 120-130 lbs 143.00-149.00.
Missouri: no test.
Equity Elec: shorn 145 lbs 135.00.
Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1:
San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 178.00-184.00; 60-70 lbs 170.00-184.00; 70-
80 lbs 176.00-178.00; 80-90 lbs 172.00-184.00; 90-115
lbs 162.00-178.00.
Pennsylvania: 40-60 lbs 225.00-290.00; 60-80 lbs 225.00-260.00; 80-
110 lbs 205.00-237.00.
Kalona, IA: no test.
Ft. Collins: 74 lbs 215.00; 80-85 lbs 195.00-205.00.
Missouri: 40-70 lbs 174.00-219.00; 70-90 lbs 135.00-198.00.
Virginia: 60-80 lbs 185.00.
South Dakota: no test.
Billings, MT: no test.
Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent)
5700: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 100-169 lbs 142.00-
183.50 (wtd avg 167.89); few wooled 40-74 lbs 200.00-
255.00; 174-224 lbs 140.00-155.00 (wtd avg 149.38).
CA: 700: Feeder Lambs 70-80 lbs 170.00.
800: Feeder Lambs (pool) 80-85 lbs 142.50.
Slaughter Ewes:
San Angelo: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 55.00-66.00, few 68.50-70.00; Utility
and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 64.00-74.00, high yielding
76.00-78.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 55.00-62.00; Cull and
Utility 1-2 (very thin) 48.00-54.00; Cull 1 (extremely
thin) 30.00-36.00.
Pennsylvania: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 72.00-97.00; Utility 1-2 (thin)
62.00-85.00; Cull 1 42.00-67.00.
Ft. Collins: Good 3-5 (very fleshy) 69.00-72.50; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
51.50-60.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull 1
(extremely thin) 32.00-35.00.
Billings, MT: Good 2-3 (fleshy) no test; Utility 1-2 (thin) no
test; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) no test;
Cull 1 no test.
So Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 46.00-53.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
32.50-44.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 32.00-
35.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 25.00-26.00; Cull 1
(extremely thin) 11.00.
Missouri: Utility and Good 1-3 40.00-81.00; Cull 1 40.00-55.00.
Virginia: Good 2-4 61.00-78.00.
Kalona: Good 2-3 53.00-56.00; Utility and Good 1-3 47.50-57.50.
Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2:
San Angelo: 57 lbs 194.00; 80-85 lbs 181.00-186.00.
Virginia: 40-60 lbs 157.50; 60-90 lbs 150.00.
Ft. Collins: 43 lbs 195.00; 60-70 lbs 187.50-195.00.
Billings: no test.
Kalona: 23 lbs 160.00; 30-40 lbs 180.00-185.00; 45-65 lbs 215.00-
217.00.
So Dakota: 42 lbs 265.00; 56 lbs 255.00; 60-70 lbs 232.00-232.50;
73 lbs 231.00.
Missouri: 25-40 lbs 167.50-190.00.
Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2:
San Angelo: yearling hair ewes 80-120 lbs 106.00-114.00 cwt; baby
tooth to solid mouth hair ewes 105-155 lbs 84.00-95.00
cwt.
Ft. Collins: no test.
Billings: no test.
So Dakota: bred solid mouth ewes 150.00 per head; open ewe lambs
113 lbs 167.00 cwt.
Kalona, IA: no test.
Missouri: wooled ewes 80-115 lbs 82.50-92.50 cwt; hair ewes 85-120
lbs 65.00-90.00 cwt; ewes and lambs 60.00-180.00 per
family.
Virginia: no test.
National Weekly Lamb Carcass
Choice and Prime 1-4:
Weight Head Wt Avg
45 lbs down 144 472.43
45-55 lbs 120 404.85
55-65 lbs 632 338.38
65-75 lbs 1219 320.44
75-85 lbs 1627 303.88
85 lbs up 1862 291.38
Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date
totaled 38,000 compared with 43,000 last week and 40,000 last year.
Source: USDA Market News Service, San Angelo, Texas
Rebecca Sauder 325-653-1778
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/SA_LS850
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