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Agricultural Marketing

Kalona Sheep & Goat Sale

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Des Moines, IA    Wed May 2, 2012    USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market

 

Kalona, IA Sheep & Goat Auction

Weighted Average Report for 05/02/2012

 

**** SHEEP ****

 

Receipts:  523    Last Week:  375    Year Ago:  318

 

Compared to the previous Wednesday slaughter lambs 10.00 lower,

feeder lambs 5.00-15.00 lower, slaughter ewes 5.00-10.00 lower. 

Trade active with moderate demand.  Receipts included 30 percent

slaughter lambs, 37.5 percent feeder lambs, 27 percent slaughter

ewes.  All sheep sold on a per hundred weight basis unless noted.

 

            Slaughter Lambs Shorn Choice and Prime 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   13      103       103       168.50         168.50

    8      120       120       159.00         159.00

   11      145       145       150.00         150.00

 

           Slaughter Lambs Wooled Choice and Prime 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   16       94        94       176.00         176.00

    4      111       111       175.00         175.00

    5      164       164       145.00         145.00

 

                Slaughter Lambs Wooled Choice 1-2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    6       58        58       210.00         210.00

 

                Slaughter Lambs Wooled Choice 1-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   12       97        97       160.00         160.00

 

                Slaughter Lambs Wooled Choice 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    2       52        52       205.00         205.00

   29       61        61       225.00         225.00

    4       83        83       180.00         180.00

 

                     Slaughter Ewes Good 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    6    170-193     183     65.00-69.00       66.80

   20    204-235     213     57.50-67.00       63.77

 

                     Slaughter Ewes Good 2-4

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    2      232       232        55.00          55.00   Fleshy

 

               Slaughter Ewes Utility and Good 1-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    9      136       136        75.00          75.00

    9    160-181     172     62.50-67.50       65.43

    5      218       218        50.00          50.00

 

                    Slaughter Ewes Utility 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    6       99        99        46.00          46.00

 

                    Slaughter Ewes Utility 1-2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   12    122-138     132     57.50-75.00       65.81

    5    160-167     163     46.00-47.50       46.62

 

                    Slaughter Ewes Utility 1-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    9    135-147     144     66.00-67.50       66.31

   13    160-191     171     52.50-57.50       55.02

    3    202-215     206     40.00-49.00       45.87

 

               Slaughter Ewes Cull and Utility 1-2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    5      110       110        50.00          50.00

 

                      Slaughter Ewes Cull 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    5      157       157        27.50          27.50   Thin

 

                 Feeder Lambs Medium and Large 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    5       40        40       250.00         250.00

   28     50-56       53    237.00-245.00     240.21

   20     81-85       84    180.00-187.50     185.36

    6     92-97       95    175.00-177.50     175.80

 

                Feeder Lambs Medium and Large 1-2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    5     25-30       27                 50.00-65.00/HD

   12     46-47       46    237.50-240.00     237.92

   41     50-59       55    210.00-233.50     229.51

    3       66        66       202.50         202.50

   11       70        70       202.50         202.50

 

                 Feeder Lambs Small and Medium 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    6     43-46       44    210.00-220.00     214.83

   27       55        55       215.00         215.00

 

*** GOATS ***

 

Receipts: 217    Last Week: 170      Year Ago: 145

 

All goats sold on a per head basis.  Trade active and demand moderate.  Receipts included 40 percent slaughter kids, 40.8 percent feeder kids, 18.5 percent slaughter nannies.

 

                    Slaughter Kids Selection 1

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   14     36-38       37     85.00-87.50       86.64

   10       47        47    112.50-120.00     116.25

    4       58        58       152.50         152.50

   15     60-65       64    145.00-152.50     151.41

 

                    Slaughter Kids Selection 2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    3       36        36        57.50          57.50

 

                  Slaughter Kids Selection 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    2       77        77        87.50          87.50

 

                    Slaughter Kids Selection 3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    8     41-43       42     70.00-78.50       75.22

    3       60        60        67.50          67.50

 

              Slaughter Nannies/Does Selection 1-2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    5    116-117     116    112.50-130.00     119.54

 

                Slaughter Nannies/Does Selection 2

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    7    110-126     119    105.00-112.50     108.12

    4      130       130       107.50         107.50

 

                Slaughter Nannies/Does Selection 3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

    2     60-75       68        50.00          50.00

   11     85-101      95     85.00-92.50       91.05

    2      107       107        55.00          55.00   Thin

    5      130       130        85.00          85.00

 

                    Feeder Kids Selection 2-3

 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price

   23     12-16       14      7.50-13.00       10.99

   66     21-27       23     28.00-29.00       28.49

 

Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA

         515-284-4460

         e-mail:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov

 

 

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