SA_LS850
San Angelo, TX    Wed Oct 28, 2020    USDA Market News

National Sheep Summary for Wednesday, October 28, 2020

   Compared to last week at Sioux Falls, SD slaughter lambs steady;
slaughter ewes 5.00-10.00 higher; feeder lambs not well tested.

Slaughter Lambs:   Choice and Prime 2-3 90-150 lbs:
  Sioux Falls:    wooled and shorn 100-150 lbs 167.00-172.00; 150-160 lbs
                  169.00-170.00.
Slaughter Lambs:  Choice and Prime 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:    wooled and shorn 80-90 lbs 188.00-215.00; 90-100 lbs
                  171.00-177.00. hair 95-110 lbs 155.00-159.00.
  Buffalo, MO:    hair 40-50 lbs 250.00-260.00, few 285.00; 50-60 lbs
                  242.50-265.00, few 272.50; 60-70 lbs 235.00-242.50.
Slaughter Ewes:
  Sioux Falls:    Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 76.00-82.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy)
                  70.00-90.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 67.50-82.50; Cull 1
                  no test.
  Buffalo, MO:    Good 2-3 (fleshy) 95.00-135.00; Utility and Good 1-3
                  (medium flesh) 75.00-97.50.
Feeder Lambs:   Medium and Large 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:    60-70 lbs 250.00-265.00.
Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2:
  Sioux Falls:    young 152 lbs 100.00/cwt; middle age 160.00-165.00/
                  head, others 192 lbs 100.00/cwt.
  Buffalo, MO:    young hair 105-125 lbs 140.00-172.50/cwt, 178 lbs
                  185.00/cwt.

Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date
totaled 25,000 compared with 25,000 last week and 25,000 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