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Weekly Sheep, Lamb & Wool Market Summary ~ Week Ending 6/6/2026

Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
USDA/AMS Livestock Auction Dashboard https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/livestock_auction_dashboard
Feeder Lamb Prices, Medium and Large 1-2, 40-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Ft. Collins, CO NQ NQ NA $210.00 NA
Newell, SD NQ $371.43 NA NQ NA
Sioux Falls, SD $386.58 $366.60 5.5% $265.81 45.4%
Light Weight Slaughter Lamb Prices, Choice and Prime 1-3, 40-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
New Holland, PA $351.38 NQ NA $274.62 27.9%
Mt. Hope, OH $359.00 $364.32 -1.5% NQ NA
San Angelo, TX $347.28 $345.87 0.4% $274.09 26.7%
Slaughter Lamb Prices, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Negotiated Purchase, live $298.03 $287.74 3.6% $171.27 74.0%
Equity Electronic Auction Prices, $/cwt. 
Feeder Lambs NQ NQ NA $222.29 NA
Slaughter Lambs NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Net Lamb Carcass Cutout Value, Wtd Avg, $/cwt * $617.19 $618.57 -0.2% $461.01 33.9%
Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Rack, 8-Rib, medium $1,440.82 $1,327.58 8.5% $1,020.40 41.2%
Rack, roast-ready, frenched $2,668.84 $2,639.41 1.1% $2,221.68 20.1%
Shoulder, square-cut $599.76 $593.27 1.1% $413.11 45.2%
Trimmed Loins 4×4 $851.28 $834.81 2.0% $700.42 21.5%
Trimmed Loins 1×1 $1,025.27 $1,071.02 -4.3% $928.25 10.5%
Leg, trotter-off $621.05 $632.44 -1.8% $497.68 24.8%
Leg, boneless tied $928.43 $944.83 -1.7% $700.01 32.6%
Ground lamb $797.18 $801.42 -0.5% $593.72 34.3%
National Lamb Comprehensive Carcass Value, $/cwt $618.49 $615.54 0.5% $424.40 45.7%
Imported Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
AUS Rack (fresh, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,568.30 $1,608.52 -2.5% $1,420.87 10.4%
AUS Shoulder (fresh, square-cut) $444.47 $441.21 0.7% $345.25 28.7%
AUS Leg (fresh, semi boneless) $601.97 $591.97 1.7% $512.65 17.4%
AUS Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,624.99 $1,590.56 2.2% $1,419.65 14.5%
NZ Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 20 oz/up) $1,462.44 $1,489.20 -1.8% $1,272.21 15.0%
AUS Shoulder (frozen, square-cut) $383.41 $392.33 -2.3% $295.16 29.9%
AUS Leg (frozen, boneless) $600.69 $603.16 -0.4% $391.52 53.4%
Direct to Consumer/Grass Fed Lamb Report (Monthly) https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lsmngflambgoat.pdf
Federally Inspected (FI) Sheep & Lamb Slaughter, head 32,000 25,000 28.0% 43,653 -26.7%
FI Average Live Weight, lbs 113 115 -1.7% 127 -11.0%
FI Average Dressed Weight, lbs 57 58 -1.7% 60 -5.0%
FI Lamb & Mutton Production, million lbs 1.8 1.4 28.6% 2.6 -30.8%
Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
Australian Wool, Delivered FOB, US$/lb. CLEAN **
17 micron (Grade >80s) $8.91 $8.84 0.8% $5.04 76.8%
18 micron (Grade 80s) $8.64 $8.52 1.4% $4.82 79.3%
19 micron (Grade 70-80s) $7.99 $7.92 0.9% $4.61 73.3%
20 micron (Grade 64-70s) $7.37 $7.25 1.7% $4.41 67.1%
21 micron (Grade 64s) $7.27 $7.15 1.7% $4.34 67.5%
22 micron (Grade 62s) $7.16 $7.14 0.3% $4.24 68.9%
23 micron (Grade 60-62s) $7.12 $6.94 2.6% NQ NA
24 micron (Grade 60s) NQ NQ NA NQ NA
25 micron (Grade 58s) $4.45 $4.33 2.8% $2.34 90.2%
26 micron (Grade 56-58s) $3.81 $3.56 7.0% $1.98 92.4%
28 micron (Grade 54s) $2.83 $2.72 4.0% $1.46 93.8%
30 micron (Grade 50s) $2.42 $2.24 8.0% $1.27 90.6%
32 micron (Grade 46-48s) $2.01 $1.92 4.7% $1.13 77.9%
Merino Clippings $4.10 $3.98 3.0% $2.12 93.4%
* The Net Cutout Value accounts for an average cost of $77.00 per cwt. paid by firms covered under LMR for processing and packaging.
** A 75-85 percent range of Australia price can be used as an estimated value of clean domestic prices.
NQ = No Quote, NA = Not Applicable

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