SA_LS850
San Angelo, TX    Wed Sep 18, 2019    USDA Market News

National Sheep Summary for Wednesday, September 18, 2019

   Compared to last week at Sioux Falls, SD slaughter lambs steady to
1.00 higher; slaughter ewes steady; feeder lambs not well tested.

Slaughter Lambs:   Choice and Prime 2-3 90-150 lbs:
  Sioux Falls:    shorn and wooled 105-150 lbs 146.00-151.00.
Slaughter Lambs:  Choice and Prime 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:    wooled and shorn 70-80 lbs 152.50-156.00; 90 lbs
                  156.00; 113 lbs 151.00-
                  152.50.
Slaughter Ewes:
  Sioux Falls:    Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 76.00-77.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
                  72.50; Utility 1-2 (thin) 50.00-55.00; Cull 1 22.50-
                  26.00.
Feeder Lambs:   Medium and Large 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:    44 lbs 185.00; 60-65 lbs 175.00-182.50; 88 lbs 171.00.
Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:    no test.

Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date
totaled 24,000 compared with 24,000 last week and 23,000 last year.

Source:  USDA Market News Service, San Angelo, TX
         Rebecca Sauder 325-653-1778
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/SA_LS850.txt
         www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews

1600  rs