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CELEBRATING TWO MILLION LAMBS Between now and our annual meeting, Mountain States Lamb Cooperative will harvest our two millionth lamb! Mike Wheeler, Nugget International, has again generously agreed to donate a special pelt to the producer that sends the two millionth lamb to slaughter. You might remember that Nugget also awarded a beautiful pelt to Henry Etcheverry at our Annual Meeting in Boise for the millionth lamb harvested. Plan now to join us for our 9th Annual Meeting, July 20-22, 2011 in the Greeley-Loveland, Colorado area. The Embassy Suites, Hotel, Spa, and Conference Center in Loveland will be our headquarters. We will kick off the meeting with a welcoming reception on Wednesday evening. Thursday and Friday will be full with business and educational sessions. You will enjoy informative updates on your co-op and meat company as well as tours and presentations designed to strengthen your bottom line. The convention will conclude Friday evening with a special banquet dinner. Come celebrate the tremendous lamb market and the two millionth lamb milestone with your fellow MSLC members. Meeting reservation information will be sent out the first part of June. However, you need to The standard suite rate is $109 plus tax and mountain-view suites are $129. Suites have either two queens or two kings, and a separate living area. Embassy Suites offers a breakfast buffet in the mornings and a happy hour each evening which is included in your room rate. Reservations can be made until June 19 or until our block of rooms are filled. To insure a room at the Embassy Suites you should book it today! JONES AND ROBERTS TOP GRID Randall Jones, Otto, Wyoming topped the MSLC grid in March. With 82% yield grade 2’s, his lambs earned an average of $4.84 on the marketing grid. Randall fed these lambs himself. The average lamb marketed through the Co-op during March earned $1.80 on the grid. For the month, 87% of co-op lambs graded a 3 or better. The average pelt returned $20.06. During April, Roberts Ranch, Cokeville, WY had the top lambs. These natural lambs earned $5.13 on the marketing grid and another $2.21 in natural premiums for a combined total average premium of $7.34. The lambs were fed at Double J. As a co-op, 84% of the lambs graded 3’s or better. The average pelt returned $21.10 in April.
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MARKET NEWS TO EWES Hello All!
UNSHORN PELT CERTIFICATES Due to high wool prices, the USDA has not paid a LDP on Unshorn Pelts starting with lambs harvested on April 15. We will not be receiving or sending out unshorn pelt certificates for lambs harvested after April 14- unless and until wool prices drop below the support level.
AFFADAVITS Please remember to provide your feedlot with a natural affidavit when qualifying lambs are placed on feed. Feedlots should send a copy of the producer affidavit, feedlot, and shipping affidavit to the office and with the truck when lambs are harvested. If you feed your own lambs the All Natural Producer Affidavit, Shipping Affidavit, and Feedlot Affidavit need to be faxed to the office each time, as well as sent with the truck. If lambs do not leave your custody for feeding and/or shipping, separate affidavits are not needed-just the producer affidavit will suffice. For commodity lambs and natural lambs which you truck yourself, please fax the number of head, date and your name to the office. This serves as a double check and insures that payments are made to the correct producer.
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