Report Date: 10/30/2015
SA_LS855
San Angelo, TX Fri Oct 30, 2015 USDA Market News
National Sheep Summary for Week Ending Friday, October 30, 2015
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Weekly Trends: Compared to last week heavy slaughter lambs were
steady to 3.00 lower; light slaughter lambs were firm to sharply higher.
Slaughter ewes were steady to 15.00 higher, except at New Holland, PA
and San Angelo, TX where they were steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder lambs
were steady to 10.00 higher. At San Angelo, TX 3431 head sold in a one
day sale. Equity Electronic Auction sold 330 slaughter lambs in North
Dakota and 376 slaughter lambs in Nebraska. In direct trading no
comparison on slaughter ewes and feeder lambs. 5900 head of negotiated
sales of slaughter lambs were 1.00-2.00 lower. 7900 head of formula
sales under 55 lbs were not well tested; 55-65 lbs were 2.00-3.00 higher;
65-85 lbs were 2.00-5.00 lower and over 85 lbs were not well tested.
6,237 carcasses sold with 45 lbs and down 13.51 lower; 45-55 lbs .69
lower; 55-65 lbs 3.61 higher and 685 lbs and up .20-.96 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 100-165 lbs 125.00-135.00.
VA: wooled 90-110 lbs 135.00; 110-130 lbs 175.00.
PA: shorn and wooled 110-130 lbs 182.00-184.00.
Ft.Collins, CO: no test.
South Dakota: shorn and wooled 105-160 lbs 151.00-153.50.
Billings, MT: no test.
Kalona, IA: shorn 145-160 lbs 148.00-154.00; wooled 120-175 lbs
142.50-150.00.
Missouri: no test.
Equity Elec: 100-130 lbs 149.75; 145 lbs shorn 154.25.
Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1:
San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 234.00-248.00, few 254.00; 60-70 lbs 220.00-
240.00; 70-80 lbs 190.00-220.00; 80-90 lbs 200.00-
202.00; 93 lbs 180.00.
Pennsylvania: 50-60 lbs 300.00-305.00; 60-70 lbs 235.00-255.00.
Kalona, IA: 77 lbs 215.00; 85 lbs 205.00.
Ft. Collins: 54 lbs 185.00; 70-80 lbs 169.00-177.50; 80-85 lbs
170.00-172.50; 90-110 lbs 157.50-165.00.
Missouri: 45-80 lbs 160.00-215.00; 80-105 lbs 147.00-186.00.
Virginia: 30-60 lbs 175.00; 60-90 lbs 150.00-185.00.
South Dakota: no test.
Billings, MT: no test.
Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent)
5900: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 70-153 lbs 150.00-
170.00 (wtd avg 155.02).
TX: 400: Slaughter Lambs 70 lbs 205.00.
200: Feeder Lambs 90 lbs 180.00.
ID: 700: Feeder Lambs 95-105 lbs 150.00-157.00.
600: Slaughter Ewes Utility and Good 1-3 35.00.
Slaughter Ewes:
San Angelo: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 62.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium
flesh) high-yielding 72.00-78.00; Utility 1-2 (thin)
50.00-60.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 50.00;
Cull 1 (extremely thin) 20.00-30.00.
Pennsylvania: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 64.00-84.00; Utility 1-2 70.00-75.00;
Cull 1 40.00-55.00.
Ft. Collins: Good 3-5 (very fleshy) 63.00-69.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
70.00-82.50; Utility 1-2 (thin) 46.00-56.00; Cull 1
(extremely thin) 26.00-33.00.
Billings, MT: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
no test; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull 1
no test.
So Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 43.50-70.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
50.00-59.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 44.00;
Utility 1-2 (thin) 42.50-50.50; Cull 1 28.00-44.50.
Missouri: Good 2-3 65.00-98.00; Utility 1-2 62.50-65.00; Cull and
Utility 1-2 40.00-43.00.
Virginia: Good 2-4 60.00-90.00; Utility 1-2 45.00.
Kalona: Good 3-4 72.50; Good 2-3 67.50-80.00; Utility and Good
1-3 65.00; Utility 1-2 no test.
Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2:
San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 214.00-218.00; 60-70 lbs 180.00-200.00; 70-80
lbs 174.00-177.00; 80-90 lbs 170.00-182.00; 90-100 lbs
170.00-183.00.
Virginia: no test.
Ft. Collins: 30-50 lbs 190.00-205.00; 60-70 lbs 176.00-185.00; 80-90
lbs 167.50-176.00; 91 lbs 166.00; 103 lbs 160.00; 110-
125 lbs 154.00.
Billings: no test.
Kalona: no test.
So Dakota: 55-70 lbs 191.00-200.00; 70-75 lbs 169.00-194.50; 85-90
lbs 165.00-175.00; 90-100 lbs 152.50-169.00; 100-110 lbs
149.00-155.00; 129 lbs 133.00.
Missouri: 30-40 lbs 210.00-225.00.
Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2:
San Angelo: no test.
Ft. Collins: no test.
Billings: no test.
So Dakota: open yearlings 285.00-305.00 per head; open baby tooth to
solid mouth 187.50-190.00 per head; open solid mouth
122.50-162.50 per head; open solid mouth to broken mouth
115.00 per head.
Kalona, IA: open solid mouth hair ewes 130 lbs 100.00 cwt.
Missouri: wooled baby tooth to solid mouth 140.00 per head; hair
ewes 125 lbs 122.50 cwt.
Virginia: no test.
National Weekly Lamb Carcass
Choice and Prime 1-4:
Weight Head Wt Avg
45 lbs down 216 421.85
45-55 lbs 203 381.59
55-65 lbs 955 346.08
65-75 lbs 2085 325.76
75-85 lbs 1739 316.58
85 lbs up 1039 308.13
Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date
totaled 39,000 compared with 39,000 last week and 41,000 last year.
Source: USDA Market News Service, San Angelo, Texas
Rebecca Sauder 325-653-1778
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