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Weekly Sheep, Lamb & Wool Market Summary ~ Week Ending 2/7/2026

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 NQ NA
Billings, MT NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Newell, SD NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Sioux Falls, SD $445.95 $377.97 18.0% NQ NA
Light Weight Slaughter Lamb Prices, Choice and Prime 1-3, 40-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
New Holland, PA $407.94 NQ NA $277.52 47.0%
Mt. Hope, OH $435.34 $387.36 12.4% NQ NA
San Angelo, TX $376.00 NQ NA $277.73 35.4%
Slaughter Lamb Prices, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Negotiated Purchase, live $224.77 $221.01 1.7% $170.07 32.2%
Equity Electronic Auction Prices, $/cwt. 
Feeder Lambs NQ NQ NA NQ NA
Slaughter Lambs NQ NQ NA $153.00 NA
Net Lamb Carcass Cutout Value, Wtd Avg, $/cwt * $524.32 $532.82 -1.6% $461.78 13.5%
Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
Rack, 8-Rib, medium $1,202.68 $1,298.34 -7.4% $992.00 21.2%
Rack, roast-ready, frenched $2,521.91 $2,513.18 0.3% $2,160.73 16.7%
Shoulder, square-cut $507.95 $498.56 1.9% $405.02 25.4%
Trimmed Loins 4×4 $761.41 $762.02 -0.1% $699.21 8.9%
Trimmed Loins 1×1 $1,000.50 $982.33 1.8% $922.93 8.4%
Leg, trotter-off $582.79 $582.68 0.0% $509.92 14.3%
Leg, boneless tied $818.62 $817.67 0.1% $715.37 14.4%
Ground lamb $730.91 $735.44 -0.6% $616.45 18.6%
National Lamb Comprehensive Carcass Value, $/cwt $497.12 $519.32 -4.3% $441.53 12.6%
Imported Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
AUS Rack (fresh, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,520.34 $1,526.89 -0.4% $1,325.14 14.7%
AUS Shoulder (fresh, square-cut) $495.44 $465.67 6.4% $357.05 38.8%
AUS Leg (fresh, semi boneless) $648.29 $644.03 0.7% $506.31 28.0%
AUS Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up) $1,609.94 $1,597.09 0.8% $1,304.93 23.4%
NZ Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 20 oz/up) $1,445.17 $1,392.40 3.8% $1,217.33 18.7%
AUS Shoulder (frozen, square-cut) $402.20 $436.95 -8.0% $259.55 55.0%
AUS Leg (frozen, boneless) $618.00 $604.30 2.3% $419.42 47.3%
Direct to Consumer/Grass Fed Lamb Report (Monthly) https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lsmngflambgoat.pdf
Federally Inspected (FI) Sheep & Lamb Slaughter, head 38,000 36,000 5.6% 34,883 8.9%
FI Average Live Weight, lbs 119 118 0.8% 126 -5.6%
FI Average Dressed Weight, lbs 57 60 -5.0% 64 -10.9%
FI Lamb & Mutton Production, million lbs 2.3 2.2 0.0 2.2 4.5%
Current Week Prior Week Percent Change Prior Year Percent Change
Australian Wool, Delivered FOB, US$/lb. CLEAN **
17 micron (Grade >80s) $7.34 $7.31 0.4% $5.04 45.6%
18 micron (Grade 80s) $7.05 $7.02 0.4% $4.65 51.6%
19 micron (Grade 70-80s) $6.73 $6.73 0.0% $4.42 52.3%
20 micron (Grade 64-70s) $6.53 $6.55 -0.3% $4.33 50.8%
21 micron (Grade 64s) $6.50 $6.47 0.5% $4.26 52.6%
22 micron (Grade 62s) NQ $6.48 NA NQ NA
23 micron (Grade 60-62s) NQ $6.25 NA NQ NA
24 micron (Grade 60s) NQ NQ NA NQ NA
25 micron (Grade 58s) $3.17 $3.15 0.6% $2.15 47.4%
26 micron (Grade 56-58s) $2.92 $2.86 2.1% $1.85 57.8%
28 micron (Grade 54s) $2.43 $2.46 -1.2% $1.38 76.1%
30 micron (Grade 50s) $2.13 $2.14 -0.5% $1.24 71.8%
32 micron (Grade 46-48s) $1.77 $1.72 2.9% $1.11 59.5%
Merino Clippings $2.95 $2.95 0.0% $2.20 34.1%
* 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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