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San Angelo, TX     Wed Jan 17, 2024     USDA Market News

National Sheep Summary for Wednesday, January 17, 2024

   Compared to last week at Sioux Falls, SD traditional slaughter lambs
4.00 lower; slaughter ewes not well tested.

Slaughter Lambs:   Choice and Prime 2-3:
  Sioux Falls:  wooled and shorn 115-150 lbs 175.00-194.00; 150-155 lbs
                171.00-181.000.
Slaughter Lambs:   Choice and Prime 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:  wooled and shorn 95 lbs 295.00.
Slaughter Ewes:
  Sioux Falls:  Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 70.00-85.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
                75.00-95.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 45.00; Cull 1 25.00.
Feeder Lambs:    Medium and Large 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:  no test.
Replacement Ewes:   Medium and Large 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:  bred yearlings 250.00-285.00/head; bred young 225.00-
                260.00/head.

Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date
totaled 19,000 compared with 24,000 last week and 20,000 for the same
period last year.

Source:  USDA-LPG Market News, San Angelo, Texas
         Rebecca Sauder, 325-450-4265
         www.ams.usda.gov/lpgmn