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BC-USDA-Natl Sheep
Posted: Oct 17, 2012 3:21 PM
Updated: Oct 17, 2012 4:03 PM
| SA LS850 | ||
| San Angelo, TX | Wed Oct 17, 2012 | USDA Market News |
| National Sheep Summary for Wednesday, October 17, 2012 | ||
| At Sioux Falls, SD slaughter lambs 3.00-4.00 higher; slaughter ewes | ||
| steady to 2.00 higher. | ||
| Slaughter Lambs: | Choice and Prime 2-3 90-150 lbs: | |
| Sioux Falls: | shorn and wooled 100-175 lbs 90.00-94.75. | |
| Virginia: | no test. | |
| Slaughter Lambs: | Choice and Prime 1: | |
| Sioux Falls: | no test. | |
| Virginia: | no test. | |
| Slaughter Ewes: | ||
| Sioux Falls: | Good 2-3 (fleshy) 34.00-40.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) | |
| 25.00-32.00. | ||
| Virginia: | Good 2-4 no test. | |
| Feeder Lambs: | Medium and Large 1-2: | |
| Sioux Falls: | 55-65 lbs 105.00-108.00; 70-80 lbs 91.00-98.00; 80-95 | |
| lbs 84.00-90.00; 105-115 lbs 95.00-98.50. | ||
| Virginia: | no test. | |
| Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2: | ||
| Sioux Falls: | baby tooth 155 lbs 89.00 cwt. | |
| Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date | ||
| totaled 25,000 compared with 26,000 last week and 23,000 last year. | ||
| Source: | USDA Market News Service, San Angelo, TX | |
| Rebecca Sauder 325-653-1778 | ||
| www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/SA LS850.txt | ||
| www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews | ||
| 1605 | rs | |
