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Weekly Market Summary ~ Week Ending July 12

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 NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Billings, MT NQ NQ NA $191.62 NA
Newell, SD NQ NQ NA $200.44 NA
Sioux Falls, SD $264.80 NQ NA $236.76 11.8%
Light Weight Slaughter Lamb Prices, Choice and Prime 1-3, 40-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
New Holland, PA $240.35 $229.53 4.7% $225.46 6.6%
Columbia, TN $205.00 NQ NA $156.22 31.2%
San Angelo, TX $241.50 NQ NA $206.61 16.9%
Slaughter Lamb Prices, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Negotiated Purchase, live $204.37 $208.93 -2.2% $186.67 9.5%
Equity Electronic Auction Prices, $/cwt.Ā 
Feeder Lambs NQ NQ NA $208.75 NA
Slaughter Lambs NQ NQ NA $214.75 NA
Net Lamb Carcass Cutout Value, Wtd Avg, $/cwt * $465.53 $465.58 0.0% $435.74 6.8%
Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Rack, 8-Rib, medium $1,093.32 $1,088.11 0.5% $1,016.64 7.5%
Rack, roast-ready, frenched $2,150.09 $2,118.29 1.5% $2,227.76 -3.5%
Shoulder, square-cut $398.34 $399.52 -0.3% $362.40 9.9%
Trimmed Loins 4×4 $705.32 $696.30 1.3% $639.45 10.3%
Trimmed Loins 1×1 $920.26 $900.76 2.2% $922.22 -0.2%
Leg, trotter-off $517.24 $517.37 0.0% $441.42 17.2%
Leg, boneless tied $743.08 $746.77 -0.5% $672.96 10.4%
Ground lamb $662.74 $655.40 1.1% $650.88 1.8%
National Lamb Comprehensive Carcass Value, $/cwt $450.89 $451.27 -0.1% $388.86 16.0%
Imported Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
AUS Rack (fresh, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,260.03 $1,216.95 3.5% $1,289.22 -2.3%
AUS Shoulder (fresh, square-cut) $334.87 $325.82 2.8% $337.72 -0.8%
AUS Leg (fresh, semi boneless) $423.17 $422.78 0.1% $455.70 -7.1%
AUS Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,239.19 $1,227.51 1.0% $1,462.48 -15.3%
NZ Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 20 oz/up) $1,223.41 $1,210.47 1.1% $1,297.62 -5.7%
AUS Shoulder (frozen, square-cut) $221.74 $225.28 -1.6% $256.62 -13.6%
AUS Leg (frozen, boneless) $418.64 $416.19 0.6% $325.07 28.8%
Federally Inspected (FI) Sheep & Lamb Slaughter, head 35,000 28,000 25.0% 31,700 10.4%
FI Average Live Weight, lbs 118 119 -0.8% 123 -4.1%
FI Average Dressed Weight, lbs 60 61 -1.6% 62 -3.2%
FI Lamb & Mutton Production, million lbs 2.1 1.7 23.5% 2.0 5.0%
Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
Australian Wool, Delivered FOB, US$/lb. CLEAN **
17 micron (Grade >80s) $5.07 $5.12 -1.0% $5.88 -13.8%
18 micron (Grade 80s) $4.62 $4.65 -0.6% $5.11 -9.6%
19 micron (Grade 70-80s) $4.32 $4.32 0.0% $4.70 -8.1%
20 micron (Grade 64-70s) $4.13 $4.19 -1.4% $4.43 -6.8%
21 micron (Grade 64s) $4.05 $4.07 -0.5% $4.37 -7.3%
22 micron (Grade 62s) $4.05 $4.05 0.0% $4.22 -4.0%
23 micron (Grade 60-62s) NQ $3.99 NA NQ NA
24 micron (Grade 60s) NQ NQ NA NQ NA
25 micron (Grade 58s) $2.21 $2.36 -6.4% $2.28 -3.1%
26 micron (Grade 56-58s) $1.88 $1.85 1.6% $1.88 0.0%
28 micron (Grade 54s) $1.32 $1.32 0.0% $1.14 15.8%
30 micron (Grade 50s) $1.19 $1.20 -0.8% $1.04 14.4%
32 micron (Grade 46-48s) $1.03 $1.03 0.0% $0.94 9.6%
Merino Clippings $2.26 $2.32 -2.6% $2.38 -5.0%
* 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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