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Weekly Market Summary ~ Week Ending January 17

Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
USDA/AMS Livestock Auction Dashboard https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/livestock_auction_dashboard
Feeder Lamb Prices, Medium and Large 1-2, 40-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Ft. Collins, CO $240.00 NQ NA NQ NA
Billings, MT NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Newell, SD $278.83 $262.13 6.4% NQ NA
Sioux Falls, SD $302.63 NQ NA NQ NA
Light Weight Slaughter Lamb Prices, Choice and Prime 1-3, 40-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
New Holland, PA $268.84 NQ NA NQ NA
Columbia, TN NQ NQ NA NQ NA
San Angelo, TX NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Slaughter Lamb Prices, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Negotiated Purchase, live $171.30 $167.58 2.2% $196.35 -12.8%
Equity Electronic Auction Prices, $/cwt. 
Feeder Lambs NQ $202.75 NA $209.86 NA
Slaughter Lambs NQ $150.50 NA NQ NA
Net Lamb Carcass Cutout Value, Wtd Avg, $/cwt * $461.50 $457.20 0.9% $466.08 -1.0%
Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Rack, 8-Rib, medium $1,020.68 $1,021.34 -0.1% $997.46 2.3%
Rack, roast-ready, frenched $2,100.77 $2,082.55 0.9% $2,141.88 -1.9%
Shoulder, square-cut $399.98 $397.15 0.7% $405.77 -1.4%
Trimmed Loins 4×4 $701.06 $701.31 0.0% $696.17 0.7%
Trimmed Loins 1×1 $914.48 $922.20 -0.8% $926.84 -1.3%
Leg, trotter-off $514.81 $518.87 -0.8% $518.02 -0.6%
Leg, boneless tied $721.43 $733.79 -1.7% $753.70 -4.3%
Ground lamb $615.34 $616.52 -0.2% $655.46 -6.1%
National Lamb Comprehensive Carcass Value, $/cwt $422.89 $440.35 -4.0% $425.79 -0.7%
Imported Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
AUS Rack (fresh, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,320.47 $1,323.92 -0.3% $1,195.97 10.4%
AUS Shoulder (fresh, square-cut) $320.23 $356.59 -10.2% $311.11 2.9%
AUS Leg (fresh, semi boneless) $457.14 NQ NA $384.80 18.8%
AUS Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,275.61 $1,259.12 1.3% $1,246.67 2.3%
NZ Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 20 oz/up) $1,198.25 $1,201.40 -0.3% $1,253.56 -4.4%
AUS Shoulder (frozen, square-cut) $258.46 $326.94 -20.9% $220.62 17.2%
AUS Leg (frozen, boneless) $430.09 $418.51 2.8% $362.58 18.6%
Direct to Consumer/Grass Fed Lamb Report (Monthly) https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lsmngflambgoat.pdf
Federally Inspected (FI) Sheep & Lamb Slaughter, head 37,000 35,000 5.7% 30,709 20.5%
FI Average Live Weight, lbs 120 120 0.0% 126 -4.8%
FI Average Dressed Weight, lbs 60 61 -1.6% 64 -6.3%
FI Lamb & Mutton Production, million lbs 2.2 2.1 4.8% 2.0 10.0%
Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
Australian Wool, Delivered FOB, US$/lb. CLEAN **
17 micron (Grade >80s) $4.99 NQ NA $5.76 -13.4%
18 micron (Grade 80s) $4.62 NQ NA $5.02 -8.0%
19 micron (Grade 70-80s) $4.31 NQ NA $4.50 -4.2%
20 micron (Grade 64-70s) $4.14 NQ NA $4.19 -1.2%
21 micron (Grade 64s) $4.09 NQ NA $4.09 0.0%
22 micron (Grade 62s) $4.02 NQ NA $4.03 -0.2%
23 micron (Grade 60-62s) $3.90 NQ NA NQ NA
24 micron (Grade 60s) NQ NQ NA NQ NA
25 micron (Grade 58s) $2.10 NQ NA $2.32 -9.5%
26 micron (Grade 56-58s) $1.79 NQ NA $1.71 4.7%
28 micron (Grade 54s) $1.30 NQ NA $1.20 8.3%
30 micron (Grade 50s) $1.17 NQ NA $1.13 3.5%
32 micron (Grade 46-48s) $1.05 NQ NA $1.03 1.9%
Merino Clippings $2.16 NQ NA $2.27 -4.8%
* 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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