Sheep and Lambs

Data Table Index

• January 1 Inventory and Lamb Crop
  
• Operations and Breeding Inventory by Size Group
  
• Marketings, Price, and Cash Receipts
  
• Top 10 States
  
• Commercial Slaughter 1/
  
• Wool Production and Value
  

SHEEP AND LAMBS: JANUARY 1 INVENTORY AND LAMB CROP
Year	Total	Ewes 1+ Yrs.	Rams 1+ Yrs.	Replacement Lambs	Market Lambs	Market Sheep	Lamb Crop 1/
	Thousand Head
1993	10,906	6,537	333	----	----	----	7,216
1994	9,714	5,804	302	----	----	----	6,379
1995	8,886	5,300	258	878	2,347	103	5,897
1996	8,457	5,125	235	863	2,152	82	5,604
	Record Inventory: 56.2 million head on January 1, 1867
1/ For the year prior to January 1; lambs docked or branded in AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV,
NM, OR, UT, WA, and WY; lambs born in all other States
---- Not estimated
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SHEEP & LAMBS: OPERATIONS & BREEDING INVENTORY BY SIZE GROUP
		Size Group (head)
	Total 1/	1-99	100-499	500-4,999	5,000+
		Percent 2/
1994
Operations 3/	93,280	89.7	8.2	2.1	0.1
Jan. 1 Breeding Inv.	7,233,000	22.3	22.9	38.4	16.4
1995
Operations 3/	87,150	91.3	6.7	2.0	0.1
Jan. 1 Breeding Inv.	6,436,000	24.1	19.9	41.4	14.6
1996
Operations 3/	82,120	90.9	7.0	2.0	0.1
Jan. 1 Breeding Inv.	6,224,000	25.0	20.4	40.9	13.7
1/ New crop lambs excluded in 1994
2/ Percent: distribution per end-of-year surveys
3/ Operation: a place with at least one head at any time during the year prior to January 1
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SHEEP AND LAMBS: MARKETINGS, PRICE, AND CASH RECEIPTS
	Marketings 1/		Price		Cash
Year	Sheep	Lambs	Sheep	Lambs	Receipts 2/
	Thousand Head		Dollars/Cwt		Million Dollars
1992	1,923	7,007	25.80	59.50	507
1993	1,952	6,752	28.60	64.40	544
1994	1,529	6,358	30.90	65.60	506
1/ Includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and
State outshipments, but excludes interfarm sales within the State
2/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter
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SHEEP AND LAMBS: TOP 10 STATES
Rank    State		Jan. 1, 1996 Inventory	State	1994 Cash Receipts 1/
		Thousand Head		Thousand Dollars
1	TX	1,650	CO	94,575
2	CA	1,000	TX	63,843
3	WY	680	CA	54,818
4	CO	535	SD	31,023
5	SD	500	WY	28,036
6	MT	465	MT	24,219
7	UT	395	IA	23,525
8	OR	353	UT	16,279
9	IA	345	ID	16,230
10	ID	273	MN	16,116
1/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter
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SHEEP AND LAMBS: COMMERCIAL SLAUGHTER 1/
Year	Slaughtered	Avg. Live Weight	Avg. Dressed Weight 2/	Lamb/Mutton Production
	Thousand Head	Pounds		Million Pounds
1992	5,496	125	64	344
1993	5,182	127	64	329
1994	4,938	125	63	306
1995	4,560	125	63	284
1/ Excludes farm slaughter
2/ Federally inspected only
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SHEEP AND LAMBS: WOOL PRODUCTION AND VALUE
	Sheep Shorn 1/	Weight per Fleece	Shorn Wool Production	Price 2/	Value
Year
	Thousand Head	Pounds		Million Pounds
1992	10,521	7.88	82,943	0.74	60,162
1993	9,976	7.77	77,535	0.51	39,077
1994	8,882	7.73	68,643	0.78	52,377
1995	8,108	7.81	63,303	1.04	64,124
1/ Includes shearing at commercial feedlots
2/ Weighted by sales
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