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Feeder Prices, San Angelo, no test; Intermountain area, new crop 70 lbs. $123/cwt.
Slaughter Prices - Negotiated, Live, wooled and shorn 125-150 lbs. for 88.15-105 $/cwt., dressed, no sales reported.
Slaughter Prices - Formula, 7,504 head⁽¹⁾ at 168-194 $/cwt. for 71.1 ave. lbs., 17,190 head at 158.30-196 $/cwt. for 80.1 ave. lbs.
Equity Electronic Auction, shorn and wooled 130 lbs. $85.75/cwt.
Cutout Value/Net Carcass Value⁽²⁾ $214/cwt.
Carcass Price, Choice and Prime, YG 1-4, weighted averages, 856 head at 55-65 lbs. for $215.35/cwt., 1,712 head at 65-75 lbs. for $194.24/cwt., 2,996 head at 75-85 lbs. for $190.79/cwt., 2,219 head at 85 lbs. and up for $177.42/cwt.
Boxed Lamb, weighted average prices ($/cwt.), Trimmed 4" Loins 388.61, Hotel rack⁽³⁾ 528.30, Leg (trotter off) 277.33, Ground lamb 252.04.
Wool, Price ($/lb.) Clean, Delivered, 18 micron (Grade 80s) no prices reported, 19 micron (Grade 80's) 3.12-3.21, 20 micron (Grade 70's) 2.69-2.73, 21 micron (Grade 64-70's) 2.87-3.02, 22 micron (Grade 64's) 2.83-2.87, 23 micron (Grade 62's) 2.54, 24 micron (Grade 60-62's) 2.24, 25 micron (Grade 58's) 1.60, 26 micron (Grade 56-58's) 1.38, 27 micron (Grade 56) 1.17.
⁽¹⁾Prices reported for the two weight categories of the largest volume traded. ⁽²⁾The cutout value is the same as a net carcass value. It is a composite value that sums the value of the respective lamb cuts multiplied by their weights. It is also the gross carcass value less processing and packaging costs. ⁽³⁾Average of light, medium and heavy 8-Rib Rack.
(Source: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service)

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