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Weekly Market Summary ~ Week Ending May 10

Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
Feeder Lamb Prices, Medium and Large 1-2, 60-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Ft. Collins, CO NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Billings, MT NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Newell, SD NQ $273.00 NA $164.57 NA
Sioux Falls, SD NQ NQ NA $180.00 NA
Light Weight Slaughter Lamb Prices, Choice and Prime 1-3, 60-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
New Holland, PA $273.69 $285.43 -4.1% $214.42 27.6%
Columbia, TN NQ NQ NA NQ NA
San Angelo, TX $257.82 $272.58 -5.4% $200.15 28.8%
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Slaughter Lamb Prices, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Negotiated Purchase, live $210.32 $216.91 -3.0% $156.00 34.8%
Equity Electronic Auction Prices, $/cwt.
Feeder Lambs NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Slaughter Lambs NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Net Lamb Carcass Cutout Value, Wtd Avg, $/cwt * $464.31 $479.73 -3.2% $443.35 4.7%
Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Rack, 8-Rib, medium $1,102.02 $1,105.10 -0.3% $1,136.14 -3.0%
Rack, roast-ready, frenched $2,143.90 $2,151.61 -0.4% $2,296.23 -6.6%
Shoulder, square-cut $396.48 $403.12 -1.6% $360.98 9.8%
Trimmed Loins 4×4 $695.32 $697.68 -0.3% $602.07 15.5%
Trimmed Loins 1×1 $925.13 $844.11 9.6% $885.22 4.5%
Leg, trotter-off $520.27 $522.70 -0.5% $472.07 10.2%
Leg, boneless tied $739.37 $763.38 -3.1% $671.08 10.2%
Ground lamb $649.57 $656.78 -1.1% $647.18 0.4%
National Lamb Comprehensive Carcass Value, $/cwt $439.17 $462.04 -4.9% $377.25 16.4%
Imported Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
AUS Rack (fresh, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,269.60 $1,243.53 2.1% $1,278.90 -0.7%
AUS Shoulder (fresh, square-cut) $324.17 $324.77 -0.2% $322.08 0.6%
AUS Leg (fresh, semi boneless) $419.38 $421.27 -0.4% $433.56 -3.3%
AUS Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,241.07 $1,270.42 -2.3% $1,431.29 -13.3%
NZ Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 20 oz/up) $1,214.15 $1,239.29 -2.0% $1,285.95 -5.6%
AUS Shoulder (frozen, square-cut) $234.20 $237.07 -1.2% $242.94 -3.6%
AUS Leg (frozen, boneless) $462.51 $452.96 2.1% $347.76 33.0%
Federally Inspected (FI) Sheep & Lamb Slaughter, head 34,000 36,000 -5.6% 33,800 0.6%
FI Average Live Weight, lbs 123 123 0.0% 126 -2.4%
FI Average Dressed Weight, lbs 62 62 0.0% 64 -3.1%
FI Lamb & Mutton Production, million lbs 2.1 2.2 -4.5% 2.2 -4.5%
Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
Australian Wool, Delivered FOB, US$/lb. CLEAN **
17 micron (Grade >80s) $5.14 $5.17 -0.6% $6.88 -25.3%
18 micron (Grade 80s) $4.61 $4.63 -0.4% $5.82 -20.8%
19 micron (Grade 70-80s) $4.28 $4.29 -0.2% $5.10 -16.1%
20 micron (Grade 64-70s) $4.12 $4.11 0.2% $4.76 -13.4%
21 micron (Grade 64s) $4.05 $4.02 0.7% $4.57 -11.4%
22 micron (Grade 62s) $4.05 $4.00 1.3% $4.42 -8.4%
23 micron (Grade 60-62s) $3.95 $3.99 -1.0% $4.28 -7.7%
24 micron (Grade 60s) NQ NQ NA $2.99 NA
25 micron (Grade 58s) $2.21 $2.20 0.5% $2.34 -5.6%
26 micron (Grade 56-58s) $1.66 $1.73 -4.0% $1.84 -9.8%
28 micron (Grade 54s) $1.20 $1.20 0.0% $1.18 1.7%
30 micron (Grade 50s) $1.13 $1.14 -0.9% $1.08 4.6%
32 micron (Grade 46-48s) $1.01 $1.00 1.0% $0.92 9.8%
Merino Clippings $2.32 $2.32 0.0% $2.58 -10.1%
* The Net Cutout Value accounts for an average cost of $77.00 per cwt. paid by firms covered under LMR for processing and packaging.
** A 75-85 percent range of Australia price can be used as an estimated value of clean domestic prices.
NQ = No Quote, NA = Not Applicable

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