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Billings, MT    Mon Aug 18, 2008    USDA Market News

Public Auction Yards, Billings MT
Sheep and Hog Report for Aug 18, 2008

Receipts:  2010    Last Week:  1599    Year Ago:  0

   Compared to last week:  Feeder lambs 2.00 to 4.00 lower.  Demand remains
moderate.  Light demand yet for slaughter ewes, 1.00 to 4.00 lower.  Feeder
lambs comprised 70 percent of the supply; slaughter bucks 1 percent; balance
slaughter ewes.  Next sheep sale will be Sep 8, 2008.

   Slaughter Ewes: Good 2-3 145-200 lbs 11.00-18.50, few to 20.00; Utility 1-2
123-150 lbs 3.00-12.50; Cull 1 110-164 lbs 1.00-3.00.

   Ewes Returning to the Country:  Medium and Large 1-2  Young to Middle Aged
148-183 lbs 21.00-23.00.

   Slaughter Bucks:  180-290 lbs 9.50-13.00.

   Slaughter Lambs:  Choice 2-3  135 lbs 95.00.

   Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2  58 lbs 98.50; 61-69 lbs 96.00-100.50;
70-78 lbs 98.00-101.00; 81-89 lbs 98.50-101.50; 90-99 lbs 96.75-100.75; 100-
108 lbs 98.00-103.50; 110-117 lbs 95.50-101.50.


Goats
Receipts:  28     Last Sale:  52  

All prices per head
   Kids/Yearlings: Selection 2  40-65 lbs 16.00-20.00; Selection 2-3  34-
47 lbs 8.00-19.00.

   Nannies/Wethers: Selection 2-3  120-140 lbs 19.00-32.50.

   Billies:  Selection 2  70 lbs 23.00; Selection 3  110 lbs 37.50.


Hogs
This week:  0   Last Sale:  40    Year Ago:  0



Source:  Livestock and Grain Market News, Billings, MT
         Justin Lumpkin
         phone: 406-657-6285
         www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews
 
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