Weekly Sheep Market Summary ~ Week Ending April 26

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		Current Week	Prior Week	Percent Change	Prior Year	Percent Change
Feeder Lamb Prices, Medium and Large 1-2, 60-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
	Ft. Collins, CO	NQ	$267.62	NA	NQ	NA
	Billings, MT	NQ	NQ	NA	NQ	NA
	Newell, SD	NQ	NQ	NA	NQ	NA
	Sioux Falls, SD	NQ	NQ	NA	NQ	NA
Light Weight Slaughter Lamb Prices, Choice and Prime 1-3, 60-90 lbs, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
	New Holland, PA	$293.95	$328.39	-10.5%	$264.08	11.3%
	Columbia, TN	$253.75	NQ	NA	NQ	NA
	San Angelo, TX	$254.05	$310.00	-18.0%	$201.18	26.3%
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Slaughter Lamb Prices, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
	Negotiated Purchase, live	$213.24	$206.46	3.3%	$155.72	36.9%
Equity Electronic Auction Prices, $/cwt.
	Feeder Lambs	NQ	NQ	NA	NQ	NA
	Slaughter Lambs	NQ	NQ	NA	NQ	NA
Net Lamb Carcass Cutout Value, Wtd Avg, $/cwt *		$480.11	$472.72	1.6%	$438.13	9.6%
Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
	Rack, 8-Rib, medium	$1,097.33	$1,104.17	-0.6%	$1,133.44	-3.2%
	Rack, roast-ready, frenched	$2,187.81	$2,147.73	1.9%	$2,341.75	-6.6%
	Shoulder, square-cut	$403.75	$409.70	-1.5%	$346.81	16.4%
	Trimmed Loins 4×4	$698.26	$698.32	0.0%	$633.08	10.3%
	Trimmed Loins 1×1	$921.56	$954.42	-3.4%	$857.29	7.5%
	Leg, trotter-off	$524.91	$526.02	-0.2%	$444.76	18.0%
	Leg, boneless tied	$768.09	$737.83	4.1%	$668.70	14.9%
	Ground lamb	$656.03	$649.93	0.9%	$649.96	0.9%
National Lamb Comprehensive Carcass Value, $/cwt		$449.39	$441.86	1.7%	$389.92	15.3%
Imported Boxed Lamb Cuts, Wtd Avg, $/cwt.
	AUS Rack (fresh, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up)	$1,303.20	$1,293.53	0.7%	$1,329.31	-2.0%
	AUS Shoulder (fresh, square-cut)	$323.92	$325.03	-0.3%	$335.93	-3.6%
	AUS Leg (fresh, semi boneless)	$377.18	$400.47	-5.8%	$437.92	-13.9%
	AUS Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 28 oz/up)	$1,200.55	$1,242.54	-3.4%	$1,412.23	-15.0%
	NZ Rack (frozen, frenched, cap-off, 20 oz/up)	$1,198.57	$1,249.64	-4.1%	$1,288.69	-7.0%
	AUS Shoulder (frozen, square-cut)	$217.78	$229.87	-5.3%	$262.04	-16.9%
	AUS Leg (frozen, boneless)	$457.72	$463.60	-1.3%	$348.42	31.4%
Federally Inspected (FI) Sheep & Lamb Slaughter, head		34,000	36,000	-5.6%	32,600	4.3%
FI Average Live Weight, lbs		121	122	-0.8%	130	-6.9%
FI Average Dressed Weight, lbs		62	62	0.0%	66	-6.1%
FI Lamb & Mutton Production, million lbs		2.1	2.2	-4.5%	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)	$5.30	NQ	NA	$6.79	-21.9%
	18 micron (Grade 80s)	$4.76	$4.64	2.6%	$5.74	-17.1%
	19 micron (Grade 70-80s)	$4.42	$4.33	2.1%	$5.05	-12.5%
	20 micron (Grade 64-70s)	$4.22	$4.12	2.4%	$4.67	-9.6%
	21 micron (Grade 64s)	$4.11	$4.00	2.8%	$4.52	-9.1%
	22 micron (Grade 62s)	$4.05	$3.96	2.3%	$4.44	-8.8%
	23 micron (Grade 60-62s)	$3.90	NQ	NA	NQ	NA
	24 micron (Grade 60s)	NQ	$3.16	NA	NQ	NA
	25 micron (Grade 58s)	$2.23	$2.12	5.2%	$2.33	-4.3%
	26 micron (Grade 56-58s)	$1.72	$1.66	3.6%	$1.81	-5.0%
	28 micron (Grade 54s)	$1.21	$1.20	0.8%	$1.15	5.2%
	30 micron (Grade 50s)	$1.13	$1.13	0.0%	$1.07	5.6%
	32 micron (Grade 46-48s)	$1.02	$1.02	0.0%	$0.90	13.3%
	Merino Clippings	$2.38	$2.33	2.1%	$2.65	-10.2%
* 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