Commodity Data Sheet
Sheep, Lambs, and Wool
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Economic Information Office
Oregon State University
219 Ballard Extension Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331 -3601
Area and Item
9130 -95*
August 1996
(541) 737 -6126
Unit
1991
1992
1993
1994r
1995p
466
285
433
280
415
250
353
253
95
220
9.5
2.4
Oregon
Inventory (January 1)
All sheep & lambs.
Breeding ewes
Sheep & lambs on feed
Lamb crop
Total slaughter
Wool produced, shorn
Average farm price
Sheep
P
Lambs
Wool
Sheep & lambs, cash recpts
Wool, value of production
"
81
81
"
320
9.8
3.0
300
10.3
2.8
95
270
7.4
2.4
330
242
95
230
7.6
2.3
16.00
47.40
0.34
20.70
55.00
0.48
25.50
58.10
0.36
25.60
59.80
0.55
23.30
72.30
0.80
15.0
1.0
15.0
15.1
1.3
0.9
16.2
1.3
12.6
1.9
10.7
10.0
6.4
1.9
6.4
7.4
329
77.5
8.9
6.4
1.9
5.9
4.8
304
8.5
6.2
1.9
5.6
4.6
thou hd
"
mil lb
$/cwt
$ /lb
mil $
"
United States
Inventory (January 1)
All sheep & lambs
Breeding ewes
Sheep & lambs on feed /a/
Lamb crop
Total slaughter
Lamb & mutton produced
Wool prod. including pulled
Average farm price
Sheep
Lambs
Wool
Consumption per person
Lamb & mutton, retail wt
Apparel & carpet wool /b/
Wool imports, clean content
Dutiable
Duty -free
Wool stocks, clean contents:
Stocks, January 1
r - revised
"
11.2
7.4
"
1.8
"
6.0
mil hd
-
7.1
"
5.7
mil lbs
363
1.8
7.2
5.6
343
"
87.7
82.8
$ /Ib
19.70
52.50
0.55
25.80
59.50
0.74
lbs
1.4
1.4
"
0.6
0.6
68.2
18.2
65.5
23.8
79.4
64.3
$ /cwt
"
mil lbs
"
a
68.6
281
63.3
30.90
65.60
0.78
28.00
78.50
1.04
1.5
1.3
1.3
0.6
0.6
NA
76.0
21.9
64.8
24.8
NA
NA
48.0
37.2
52.0
28.60
64.40
0.51
p - preliminary /a/ Includes 26 principle sheep feeding states
/b/ Scoured basis. 'Shaded areas of Oregon map represent major areas of production for this commodity.
ALL SHEEP AND LAMBS, ON OREGON FARMS. January
1,
by counties
Dist. -County
&
State
1960
1970
1992
number of head
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
31,000
37,000
39,000
62,000
43,000
2,700
30,500
6,000
28,000
1993
1994r
1995p
number of head
16,000
22,000
28,000
50,000
28,000
1,400
24,000
5,800
17,000
192,200
8,000
12,000
24,000
64,000
14,000
900
13,500
2,100
11,000
149,500
7,000
11,000
23,000
67,000
13,000
900
12,500
2,000
11,500
147,900
7,200
12,000
25,000
70,000
13,000
900
13,000
2,200
11,500
154,800
6,800
10,000
24,000
68,000
1,400
700
12,500
1,700
10,500
135,600
500
5,500
23,000
22,000
3,500
400
54,900
1,000
1,600
30,000
26,500
4,000
300
63,400
900
1,500
28,500
26,500
4,000
300
61,700
800
1,400
28,000
25,000
3,500
200
58,900
800
1,200
28,000
25,500
3,000
200
58,700
1,600
128,600
99,000
4,000
1,500
104,500
80,000
5,600
1,200
86,800
75,000
5,500
1,000
81,500
72,000
5,000
1,000
78,000
75,000
4,800
1,000
80,800
12,500
700
34,000
2,000
47,000
27,500
22,000
145,700
7,700
300
11,000
200
46,000
9,000
6,700
80,900
200
400
15,000
100
40,000
800
3,000
59,500
200
300
14,500
100
34,000
700
3,000
52,800
200
300
16,000
100
34,000
700
3,200
54,500
200
300
16,500
100
34,000
700
3,200
55,000
34,500
58,000
8,500
34,000
5,000
15,000
2,700
6,000
28,700
5,000
13,500
2,500
8,000
29,000
5,000
13,500
2,300
135,000
18,000
10,000
4,500
22,000
54,500
31,800
4,200
13,500
2,300
9,100
29,100
District 6
12,200
7,000
8,000
21,500
13,000
60,000
35,000
156,700
2,000
3,000
2,000
9,000
2,000
33,000
3,000
54,000
3,800
4,500
1,300
6,000
10,500
16,000
3,000
45,100
3,600
4,000
1,300
6,400
10,500
14,000
2,300
42,100
3,700
4,000
1,300
7,000
10,500
14,000
1,500
42,000
3,000
3,800
1,300
6,500
7,500
11,000
1,300
34,400
State Total
916,000
541,000
433,000
415,000
420,000
393,600
Yarnhill
District
1
279,200
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
District 2
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
District 3
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
District 4
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
District 5
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
800
7,500
23,500
32,000
5,800
1,200
70,800
116,000
11,000
r- revised. p- preliminary.
z'=\z
11,000
VALUE OF SHEEP & LAMBS SOLD, by Counties, OREGON
Dist. -County
& State
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994r
1995p
331
481
616
948
2,598
759
43
654
95
493
6,537
734
1,228
3,534
1,060
48
862
128
649
8,724
41
49
74
1,824
thousand dollars
Benton
Clackamas
335
399
617
2,085
482
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District 1
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
District 2
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
District 3
Gilliam
-
-
31
548
86
364
4,947
:
81
380
4,808
262
420
800
2,050
520
32
484
84
410
5,062
327
505
930
2,572
648
38
573
85
490
6,168
20
48
1,130
970
33
55
1,064
877
123
8
57
1,091
967
133
6
67
976
833
172
23
53
1,040
906
140
9
8
135
7
2,076
2,170
2,310
2,160
2,295
3,516
2,626
200
58
2,884
2,665
204
38
2,907
2,910
210
2,608
209
3,641
3,152
2,644
194
35
2,873
2,860
269
58
3,968
5
15
6
14
4
14
5
14
6
14
8
16
512
506
3
2,718
33
150
3,429
588
4
2,750
33
1,146
3,566
4,260
37
205
5,677
181
199
474
104
512
1,289
252
740
148
509
1,649
211
280
93
303
556
723
82
2,248
25,782
19
-
-
280
397
674
1,945
558
24
469
32
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
566
625
3
2
3
2,392
29
2,405
25
2,465
Wheeler
District 4
129
3,085
146
3,164
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
District 5
172
320
172
526
1,190
1,151
861
180
165
45
195
376
672
95
1,728
1,841
209
237
66
256
455
664
66
1,953
16,370
17,600
18,500
1,468
State Total
15,650
15,840
71
91
244
641
91
171
149
359
134
184
42
139
343
668
130
1,640
91
115
3,257
154
372
159
466
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
District 6
239
31
43
98
255
r - revised. p - preliminary.
SOURCE: Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University
472
106
370
1,129
199
224
60
194
395
663
106
1,391
170
8
,
-
5
Sheep and Lambs
Production, Marketings, Price, and Value, Oregon. 1940-1995p
Value
Year
/a/
Total
mktgs
Production
mil. lbs.
1940
1950
1955
77,564
37,090
52,471
75,624
40,260
1960
1961
1962
51,334
50,209
46,091
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
Cash
Sheep
Lambs
recpts
dollars
of home
Gross
consump income
mil. dollars
66
79
56
5,396
8,940
8,696
8,581
8,241
73
66
68
84
76
21.10
22.60
21.60
23.90
26.20
8,448
8,510
7,735
7,489
6,746
84
70
70
82
136
8,532
8,580
7,805
7,571
7,935
5.80
5.60
6.60
13.90
9.00
25.10
25.60
27.30
33.20
32.50
8,149
6,760
8,462
8,639
11,229
138
122
8,287
6,882
8,573
8,935
11,570
31,506
31,923
21,520
19,536
25,993
9.70
12.30
11.40
16.70
17.70
40.50
43.20
49.80
61.40
62.70
10,720
12,264
10,517
11,995
13,314
510
454
523
13.70
15.70
13.20
11.30
12.70
60.40
54.40
51.90
50.20
56.80
12,501
14,381
26,691
22,708
27,674
33,535
28,254
30,696
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
27,240
27,287
34,465
29,395
32,060
28,778
28,605
27,478
31,930
37,338
19.90
18.60
23.30
20.30
19.30
65.60
65.90
75.80
62.30
64.80
17,221
16,545
19,385
18,895
22,091
1990
30,655
32,940
30,195
27,370
22,110
21,905
28,359
35,230
32,749
29,605
32,240
18,240
17.50
16.00
20.70
25.50
25.60
23.30
51.80
47.40
55.00
58.10
59.80
72.30
13,618
14,972
14,894
15,122
16,159
12,597
7.50
23.00
17.00
5,330
52,181
3.75
9.50
5.50
44,421
38,442
55,389
62,164
56,941
52,676
47,112
4.40
3.80
4.60
4.80
4.40
17.00
14.70
17.50
18.00
19.70
8,508
7,857
8,812
8,355
36,165
36,062
33,873
33,575
25,530
45,470
44,772
40,914
33,693
32,840
5.10
5.70
5.20
5.70
6.70
1970
30,051
1971
1972
1973
1974
28,632
28,937
30,504
29,176
35,852
29,755
36,910
27,454
38,404
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
26,070
26,741
23,544
24,811
25,388
1980
26,166
32,528
30,044
24,154
1981
1982
1983
1984
1991
1992
1993r
1994r
1995p
8,861
8,640
14,432
11,803
16,333
111
296
341
7,923
8,880
8,439
8,317
501
11,230
12,718
11,040
12,496
537
13,851
476
680
884
507
477
12,977
379
670
1,043
358
17,600
17,215
20,428
19,253
22,802
711
391
408
215
535
718
868
15,061
15,316
12,310
16,810
14,009
15,380
15,183
15,657
16,876
13,464
r - revised. p - preliminary /a/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments.
SOURCE: Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University, from USDA and other government reports.
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