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Des Moines, IA      Fri  Nov 06, 2009        USDA Market News

***CORRECTION MADE TO PELT PERCENTAGES AND TOTAL PELTS***
 
WEEKLY LAMB PELTS PRICE REPORT, FOB Major Production Points
Per Piece Price
 
Pelt activity this week compared to last week: Packer sorted
green salted pelts were steady. Demand for lower quality pelts
moderate.  All other pelts, demand light to moderate and trading 
slow to moderate. 

PELT TYPES:  PACKER, SEED FREE, MOSTLY GOOD DENSITY WOOL
 SHORN       Price Range   UNSHORN         Price Range
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 Fall Clips  4.00 - 6.25   Wools           3.00 -  6.00
(suitable to tan wool on)  Pickling skins  1.00 -  2.50
 No. 1       3.00 - 6.00   Springers:      3.50 -  6.00
 No. 2       1.00 - 2.00   Western Slope,  
 No. 3              1.00   California,
 No. 4              1.00   Idaho,
                           Kansas,          
Imperial's                 Midwest,        3.00 -  6.00
 Fall Clips                Native(Gray) 
 No. 1                     
 No. 2
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Livestock Mandatory Reporting on Negotiated, Formula and Contract 
trades Saturday through Friday showed 21,349 pelts consisting of
89.53% wooled, 8.40% Fall Shorn No. 1, 2.08% No. 2, and 0.00% 
No. 3&4.
 
Source:  USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA
         Phone: 515-284-4460   email: desm.lgmn@usda.gov
         24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830
         www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews
 
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