Commodity Data Sheet
#14
9130-76
OREGON tYAtE UNIVIRSIrt
,EXTENSION
W
SERVICE
Sheep,
Lambs, and Wool
AREA
Unit
ITEM
&
OREGON:
Inventory (January 1):
All sheep $ lambs
Breeding ewes
Sheep & lambs on feed
Lambs saved during year
Total slaughter
Wool produced, shorn
Average farm price:
Sheep
Lambs
Wool
Sheep 8 lambs, cash receipts
Wool, value of production
thou. hd.
ti
-
-
o
UNITED STATES:
Inventory (January 1):
All sheep 8 lambs
Breeding ewes
Sheep 8 lambs on feed a /
Lambs saved during year
Total slaughter
Lamb $ mutton production
Wool produced, incl. pulled
Average farm price:
Sheep
Lambs
Wool
Consumption per person:
Lamb $ mutton (carcass wt.)..
Apparel $ carpet wool b/
Wool imports, clean content:
Apparel
Other
Wool stocks Jan. 1, scoured:
Apparel
Carpet
r
a/
-
Revised.
p
-
it
"
It
mil. lbs.
$ /cwt.
't
4 /lb.
mil.
$
It
mil. hd.
"
tt
It
It
mil. lbs.
tt
$ /cwt.
It
¢ /lb.
lbs.
ti
mil. lbs.
tt
tt
't
1972
1973
1974
1975r
1976p
525
345
99
342
98.5
4.8
474
315
89
328
80.9
4.2
485
308
110
323
51.5
3.8
415
60
300
48.6
410
268
80
300
37.8
3.4
3.7
6.60
27.30
40.0
8.0
1.9
13.90
33.20
81.0
8.7
3.4
9.00
32.50
52.0
10.2
2.0
9.70
40.50
37.0
9.5
1.3
12.30
43.20
63.0
11.2
2.3
18.7
12.9
2.9
12.5
10.5
543
168.6
17.7
12.1
2.9
11.5
9.8
504
153.2
16.4
11.1
2.7
10.5
9.1
454
133.0
14.5
10.1
8.1
13.4
9.4
1.9
8.9
6.9
399
120.2
109.9
7.28
29.10
35.0
12.90
35.10
82.7
11.30
37.00
59.1
11.30
42.10
44.7
13.20
46.90
65.7
3.3
1.0
2.7
0.7
2.3
0.4
2.0
0.5
1.9
0.6
24.8
71.8
18.0
39.9
11.8
15.1
16.6
17.0
38.4
19.1
68.8
17.2
66.6
14.7
41.3
12.0
41.5
"
291
2.1
9.8
-
8.7
361
39.5
.
8.1
Preliminary.
Includes 26 principal sheep feeding states.
SOURCE:
August 31, 1977
b /. Apparel
&
Carpet Wool, scoured basis.
Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University, from
USDA and other government reports.
Agriculture, Home Economics, 4-H Youth, Forestry, Community Development, and Marine Advisory Programs
Oregon State University, United States Department of Agriculture, and Oregon Counties cooperating
SHEEP:
All, including lambs, on OREGON farms, January 1, by counties
DISTRICT
& COUNTY
DISTRICT 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
279,200
31,000
37,000
39,000
62,000
43,000
2,700
30,500
6,000
28,000
192,200
16,000
22,000
28,000
50,000
28,000
1,400
24,000
5,800
17,000
176,500
12,000
16,000
29,000
53,000
22,000
1,800
24,000
5,700
174,000
70,800
54,900
49,300
52,300
800
7,500
23,500
32,000
5,800
1,200
500
5,500
23,000
22,000
3,500
400
600
700
6,200
22,000
18,000
2,300
200
5,800
23,000
20,000
2,500
49,200
600
5,000
21,000
20,000
2,300
300
300
96,200
92,000
3,200
1,000
100,200
95,000
4,200
1,000
94,500
90,000
3,700
93,700
89,000
3,700
800
1,000
50,200
4,900
300
12,000
93,700
85,000
7,000
Jackson.-`.Josephine
DISTRICT 4
Gilliam
Hood River...
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco.
-
DISTRICT 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
DISTRICT 6
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
.
STATE TOTAL
SOURCE:
1974
171,200
18,000
18,000
23,000
43,000
31,000
300
Douglas
Revised.
1973
56,100
900
2,500
22,500
27,000
2,900
DISTRICT 3
-
1970
18,000
1,900
17,600
DISTRICT 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
r
1960
700
-
Wheeler
1950
p
-
128,600
12,000
18,000
',28,000
40,000
25,000
2,000
27,000
6,500
13,0001
15,500
1975r
1976p
141,600
10,000
15,000
24,000
30,000
151,500
9,000
14,500
25,000
45,000
18,000
2,000
21,000
21,000
1,600
22,000
5,000
13,000
1,700
11,000
1,600
104,500
99,000
4,000
1,500
149,400
20,500
145,700
12,500
80,900
7,700
67,300
5,400
62,800
4,500
55,200
4,500
300
11,000
200
14,000
300
25,000
6,000
5,200
116,000
.
4,000
13,000
46,800
1,000
4,600
18,000
21,000
:2,000
200
.
400
700
300
40,000
1,000
46,000
27,000
14,500
34,000
2,000
47,000
27,500
22,000
11,000
200
300
46,000
9,000
6,700
34,000
10,500
5,800
300
17,000
300
30,000
5,000
5,700
100,000
35,000
40,000
3,000
22,000
135,000
34,500
58,000
8,500
34,000
54,500
18,000
10,000
4,500
22,000
42,800
13,000
6,800
5,000
18,000
47,500
11,000
8,500
6,000
22,000
34,500
9,000
7,500
5,000
13,000
118,600
9,000
3,000
4,100
21,000
9,500
31,000
41,000
156,700
12,200
7,000
8,000
21,500
13,000
60,000
35,000
54,000
2,000
3,000
2,000
9,000
2,000
33,000
3,000
41,900
2,600
2,000
1,500
6,500
1,400
26,000
1,900
48,200
3,500
2,600
1,600
5,500
6,500
26,000
2,500
40,000
2,500
2,100
1,400
5,400
7,000
20,000
1,600
36,900
1,800
2,100
1,400
2,800
10,000
18,000
689,000
916,000
541,000
474,000
485,000
415,000
410,000
"
200
24,000
3,100
5,700
-
.
30,900
8,000
5,500
4,400
13,000
800
Preliminary.
Compiled by the Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon
State University..
(9130) -76
VALUE OF SHEEP AND LAMBS SOLD, BY COUNTIES IN OREGON, 1972 -1976p
DISTRICT
& COUNTY
1972
2,397
238
243
328
563
328
DISTRICT 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
74
318
105
200
1974
1973
thousand dollars
3,478
3,278
292
297
260
326
517
560
489
778
489
413
125
93
490
382
126
117
271
312
DISTRICT 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
528
DISTRICT 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
1,181
1,123
40
18
72
15
DISTRICT 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
2,648
1,389
69
93
9
94
195
192
32
6
1975r
1976p
3,380
230
4,053
315
632
449
449
96
477
88
295
-
289
406
677
1,097
487
59
569
113
356
1,029
784
15
91
326
312
30
10
986
814
14
165
13
23
34
129
314
323
30
135
406
408
53
7
5
4
1,529
1,442
2,080
1,977
84
1,816
1,723
2,430
2,320
77
16
87
23
1,700
90
1,730
113
439
327
19
1,762
64
5
6
8
5
7
208
240
360
408
325
3
6
6
2
5
2,152
1,133
80
81
98
93
989
120
86
1,083
131
774
189
DISTRICT 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
596
145
85
97
269
767
193
125
104
345
889
197
124
134
434
817
187
104
134
392
874
226
134
135
379
DISTRICT 6
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
639
968
997
983
1,060
32
78
78
57
46
47
43
43
20
86
41
389
25
32
127
40
564
80
28
68
110
592
78
45
75
178
538
47
50
64
36
72
STATE TOTAL
7,989
8,715
10,192
9,510
r
-
Revised.
SOURCE:
p
-
87
110
271
542
25
11,176
Preliminary.
Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State
University.
SHEEP AND LAMBS:
Production, Marketings, Price, and Value, OREGON, 1930 -1976p
Total
Productionmarketings
1,000 pounds
Year
Value of home
consumption
1,000 dollars
Cash
receipts
Price per cwt.
Lambs
Sheep
- -- dollars - --
Gross
income
1930...
118,422
107,200
4.80
6.30
6,528
64
6,592
1940...
77,564
75,624
3.75
7.50
5,330
66
5,396
1950...
1951...
1952...
1953...
1954...
37,090
38,909
44,779
46,018
50,942
40,260
34,869
40,014
41,333
47,897
23.00
29.60
24.10
18.30
17.30
8,861
10,175
9,393
7,447
8,031
79
90
88
77
65
8,940
10,265
9,481
7,524
8,096
1955...
1956...
1957...
1958...
1959...
52,471
52,181
56
48,757
50,733
58,002
54,558
8,640
9,019
9,613
10,990
10,213
1960...
1961...
1962...
1963...
1964...
51,334
50,209
46,091
44,421
38,442
.55,389
1965...
1966...
1967...
1968...
1969...
36,165
36,062
33,873
33,575
25,530
1970...
1971...
1972...
1973...
1974...
1975r..
1976p..
r
a/
-
-
9.50
13.70
8.80
5.90
4.90
.
"
-
5.50
5.00
5.40
7.10
5.10
17.00
47,112
4.40
3.80
4.60
4.80
4.40
17.00
14.70
17.50
18.00
19.70
45,470
44,772
40,914
33,693
32,840
5.10
5.70
5.20
5.70
6.70
21.10
22.60
21.60
23.90
26,20
8,448
8,510
7,735
7,489
6,746
30,041
27,039
27,183
27,652
26,378
35,852
28,187
35,176
28,439
34,839
5.80
5.60
6.60
13.90
9.00
25.10
25.60
27.30
33.20
32.50
8,149
6,359
7,989
8,715
10,192
23,690
24,721
27,038
29,403
9.70
12.30
40.50
9,510
11,176
Revised.
p
-
.
52,592
52,118
55,727
62,368
62,164
56,941
52,676
.
17.80
19.00
20.30
18.40
43.20
"
8,508
7,857
8,812
8,355
8,241
8,696
9,092
9,696
11,080
10,293
73
83
90
80
.
,
-
.
73
-
.
66
68
84
76
"
.
-
-
8,581
7,923
8,880
8,439
8,317
84
70
70
82
136
8,532
8,580
7,805
7,571
7,935
138
122
111
296
341
8,287
6,481
8,100
9,011
10,533
510 454
10,020
11,630
0
Preliminary.
Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments.
SOURCE:
Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University.
August 31, 1977
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