LAMB FEEDING SITUATION 

 By L. F. Stice, Extension Marketing Specialist : 



Present Indications are that there will be «m Incrense In lamb feeding in 

 Illinois this winter over a year ago, but poaeibly a decrease for the core belt ars a 

 whole. During July and August the number of etocker and feeder f5heep received in 

 eight com belt ttates was 6 percent below a year previous, while reports for Illinois 

 indicate a 6? percent increase. Also, for the week ended September 27, 19^ ;p, the to- 

 tal shipments of fltocker and feeder flheep from the Kansas City stock yards were belnw a 

 year ago, but shipments into Illixiois were more than double those for the name week in 

 19^^. 



Priceii of feeder lambs at the Omaha market in August and September thiP year 

 have been at the same level as prices of slaughter lambs at Chicago during Novenber 

 and the first of December of 19ii'l|. If prices of fed lambs this year follow the same 

 pattern as last year, lamb feeders will have about the amount of the subsidy for their 

 margins for lambs bought recently. This will not be as great as the margino received 

 last year, 



• PRICES OF FEEDER LAMBS AT OMAHA AND SLAUGHTER LAMBS AT CHICAGO 



90 DAYS LATER, 19ifif-U5 



Dollar Br 

 per cwt. 



17 

 16 



15 



11^ 



15 

 12 



• 11 



Feeder lambs, 

 Omaha, 19^5 



Slaugihter lambs, 90 days later, 

 Chicago, 19^4-^5 





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\ Feeder lambs, 

 Omaha^ 19l4-i4-ii-5 





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