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Weekly Market Summary ~ Week Ending March 21, 2025

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 $235.00 NQ NA NQ NA
Billings, MT NQ $214.00 NA NQ NA
Newell, SD NQ $263.33 NA $230.89 NA
Sioux Falls, SD NQ $404.12 NA $303.28 NA
Light Weight Slaughter Lamb Prices, Choice and Prime 1-3, 40-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
New Holland, PA $349.96 $367.31 -4.7% $324.14 8.0%
San Angelo, TX $301.00 $272.00 10.7% $278.00 8.3%
Slaughter Lamb Prices, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Negotiated Purchase, live $173.39 $174.80 -0.8% $210.58 -17.7%
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 * $459.49 $462.71 -0.7% $473.95 -3.1%
Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Rack, 8-Rib, medium $1,002.24 $987.51 1.5% $1,115.45 -10.1%
Rack, roast-ready, frenched $2,167.08 $2,194.45 -1.2% $2,130.88 1.7%
Shoulder, square-cut $410.86 $413.57 -0.7% $411.73 -0.2%
Trimmed Loins 4×4 $681.12 $694.51 -1.9% $707.94 -3.8%
Trimmed Loins 1×1 $920.28 $922.24 -0.2% $951.39 -3.3%
Leg, trotter-off $506.61 $499.57 1.4% $504.40 0.4%
Leg, boneless tied $710.83 $716.24 -0.8% $777.87 -8.6%
Ground lamb $616.11 $623.83 -1.2% $653.66 -5.7%
National Lamb Comprehensive Carcass Value, $/cwt NQ $444.90 NA $435.78 NA
Imported Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
AUS Rack (fresh, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,336.01 $1,370.20 -2.5% $1,209.10 10.5%
AUS Shoulder (fresh, square-cut) $333.41 $348.19 -4.2% $320.84 3.9%
AUS Leg (fresh, semi boneless) $471.93 $468.55 0.7% $402.98 17.1%
AUS Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,284.84 $1,310.29 -1.9% $1,273.00 0.9%
NZ Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 20 oz/up) $1,209.47 $1,206.99 0.2% $1,220.87 -0.9%
AUS Shoulder (frozen, square-cut) $285.15 $260.96 9.3% $203.14 40.4%
AUS Leg (frozen, boneless) $408.22 $425.45 -4.0% $465.25 -12.3%
Direct to Consumer/Grass Fed Lamb Report (Monthly) https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lsmngflambgoat.pdf
Federally Inspected (FI) Sheep & Lamb Slaughter, head 39,000 38,000 2.6% 42,928 -9.2%
FI Average Live Weight, lbs 126 126 0.0% 125 0.8%
FI Average Dressed Weight, lbs 64 64 0.0% 64 0.0%
FI Lamb & Mutton Production, million lbs 2.5 2.4 4.2% 2.7 -7.4%
Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
Australian Wool, Delivered FOB, US$/lb. CLEAN **
17 micron (Grade >80s) $5.15 $5.11 0.8% $5.29 -2.6%
18 micron (Grade 80s) $4.88 $4.86 0.4% $4.72 3.4%
19 micron (Grade 70-80s) $4.64 $4.60 0.9% $4.34 6.9%
20 micron (Grade 64-70s) $4.51 $4.48 0.7% $4.10 10.0%
21 micron (Grade 64s) $4.50 $4.43 1.6% $4.04 11.4%
22 micron (Grade 62s) $4.44 $4.38 1.4% $3.99 11.3%
23 micron (Grade 60-62s) NQ NQ NA $3.81 NA
24 micron (Grade 60s) NQ NQ NA NQ NA
25 micron (Grade 58s) $2.19 $2.18 0.5% $2.22 -1.4%
26 micron (Grade 56-58s) $1.90 $1.89 0.5% $1.70 11.8%
28 micron (Grade 54s) $1.39 $1.39 0.0% $1.20 15.8%
30 micron (Grade 50s) $1.20 $1.22 -1.6% $1.13 6.2%
32 micron (Grade 46-48s) $1.11 $1.12 -0.9% $1.03 7.8%
Merino Clippings $2.80 $2.28 22.8% $2.33 20.2%
* 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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