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Des Moines, IA     Thu  Jul 02, 2009       USDA Market News
 
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 steady to weak in slow to nearly inactive
trading. Sellers trying to hold prices steady, but with stocks
piling up, bids continue to slide. Demand remains extremely
light on Fall Clips and No. 1 pelts, but no interest is shown
in lower quality pelts and very little demand is seen overseas.

PELT TYPES:  PACKER, SEED FREE, MOSTLY GOOD DENSITY WOOL
 SHORN       Price Range   UNSHORN         Price Range
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 Fall Clips  4.00 - 9.00   Wools           3.00 -  6.00
 No. 1       3.00 - 7.00   Pickling skins  2.00 -  2.50
 No. 2       1.00 - 4.00   Springers:      5.00 -  7.00
 No. 3       1.00 - 1.50   Western Slope,  
 No. 4              1.00   California,
                           Idaho,          
Imperial's                 Kansas,
 Fall Clips                Midwest,        5.00 -  7.00
 No. 1                     Native(Gray)
 No. 2
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Livestock Mandatory Reporting on Negotiated, Formula and
Contract trades Saturday through Thursday showed 16,728
pelts consisting of 81.42% wooled, 14.87% Fall Shorn 
No. 1, 1.91% No. 2, and 1.80% 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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