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San Angelo, TX     Wed Jan 08, 2025     USDA Market News

National Sheep Summary for Wednesday, January 08, 2025

   Compared to last week at Sioux Falls, SD slaughter lambs under 100 lbs
16.00-27.00 lower, over 100 lbs 4.00-7.00 higher; slaughter ewes 7.00
lower.

Slaughter Lambs:   Choice and Prime 2-3:
  Sioux Falls:  wooled and shorn 120-170 lbs 151.00-183.00, few 186.00.
Slaughter Lambs:   Choice and Prime 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:  wooled and shorn 70-80 lbs 320.00-355.00; 80-90 lbs
                300.00-345.00; 90-100 lbs 300.00-310.00; 100-110 lbs
                215.00-255.00; 110-120 lbs 195.00-215.00. hair 60-70 lbs
                275.00-325.00; 70-80 lbs 270.00-310.00; 80-90 lbs 265.00-
                285.00; 90-100 lbs 210.00-245.00; 106 lbs 220.00.
Slaughter Ewes:
  Sioux Falls:  Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 90.00-115.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
                100.00-125.00, hair 90.00-95.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) no
                test; Cull 1 80.00-100.00.
Feeder Lambs:    Medium and Large 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:  36 lbs 375.00; 50-60 lbs 340.00-355.00; 61 lbs 355.00.
                hair 50-60 lbs 345.00-355.00.
Replacement Ewes:   Medium and Large 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:  yearlings 225.00/head; young 220.00/head; yearling hair
                195.00/head.

Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date
totaled 25,000 compared with 19,000 last week and 23,000 for the same
period last year.

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