Commodity Data Sheet
Sheep, Lambs, and Wool
Order from:
Sandy Sears
Economic Information Office
Oregon State University
219 Ballard Extension Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-3601
Area and Item
Dist. 2
District 4
District 5
District 1
District 3
District 6
Dist.
2
9130-96*
August 1997
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UNIT
1992
1993
1994
1995r
1996p
thou hd
“
“
“
“
mil lb
433
280
81
300
10.3
2.8
415
250
95
270
7.4
2.4
330
242
95
230
7.6
2.3
353
205
95
220
9.5
2.4
304
165
95
185
5.6
2.4
$/cwt
“
$/lb
20.70
55.00
0.48
25.50
58.10
0.36
25.60
59.80
0.55
23.30
72.30
0.80
22.40
83.10
0.45
mil $
“
15.0
1.3
15.1
0.9
16.2
1.3
12.6
1.9
17.1
1.0
mil hd
“
“
“
“
mil lbs
“
10.7
7.1
1.8
7.2
5.6
343
82.8
10.0
6.4
1.9
6.4
7.4
329
77.5
8.9
6.4
1.9
5.9
4.8
293
68.6
8.5
5.1
1.9
5.6
4.6
319
63.5
7.9
4.8
2.1
5.2
4.2
378
56.7
$/cwt
“
$/lb
25.80
59.50
0.74
28.60
64.40
0.51
30.90
65.60
0.78
28.00
78.20
1.04
29.90
82.20
0.70
1.4
0.6
1.5
0.6
0.9
0.6
1.0
0.5
1.2
0.5
mil lbs
“
65.5
23.8
76.0
21.9
64.7
24.6
63.8
25.0
54.1
21.3
“
64.3
48.0
37.2
51.7
46.2
Oregon
Inventory (January 1)
All sheep & lambs
Breeding ewes
Sheep & lambs on feed
Lamb crop
Total slaughter
Wool produced, shorn
Average farm price
Sheep
Lambs
Wool
Sheep & lambs, cash recpts
Wool, value of production
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
lbs
“
r - revised 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
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District 1
1960
1970
number of head
1993
1994
1995r
number of head
1996p
31,000
37,000
39,000
62,000
43,000
2,700
30,500
6,000
28,000
279,200
16,000
22,000
28,000
50,000
28,000
1,400
24,000
5,800
17,000
192,200
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
5,900
8,700
20,900
59,600
12,100
600
10,900
1,500
9,100
129,300
6,330
9,520
21,220
59,840
12,120
700
11,090
1,730
9,520
132,070
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
District 2
800
7,500
23,500
32,000
5,800
1,200
70,800
500
5,500
23,000
22,000
3,500
400
54,900
900
1,500
28,500
26,500
4,000
300
61,700
800
1,400
28,000
25,000
3,500
200
58,900
700
1,000
24,300
21,200
2,600
200
50,000
700
1,040
24,250
22,520
3,300
90
51,900
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
District 3
116,000
11,000
1,600
128,600
99,000
4,000
1,500
104,500
75,000
5,500
1,000
81,500
72,000
5,000
1,000
78,000
65,200
4,200
900
70,300
66,720
4,060
860
71,640
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
District 4
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
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
14,300
100
29,900
600
2,800
48,200
170
260
14,290
90
29,440
600
1,560
46,410
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
District 5
34,500
58,000
8,500
34,000
135,000
18,000
10,000
4,500
22,000
54,500
5,000
13,500
2,500
8,000
29,000
5,000
13,500
2,300
11,000
31,800
3,700
11,700
2,000
7,900
25,300
3,680
11,690
2,000
5,030
22,400
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
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
3,600
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
2,600
3,300
1,100
5,700
6,500
9,600
1,100
29,900
2,250
3,290
860
5,810
7,010
8,660
700
28,580
State Total
916,000
541,000
415,000
420,000
353,000
353,000
r - revised. p - preliminary.
VALUE OF SHEEP & LAMBS SOLD, by Counties, OREGON
Dist.-County
& State
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995r
1996p
thousand dollars
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District 1
280
397
674
1,945
558
24
469
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
331
616
948
2,598
759
43
654
95
493
6,537
276
421
704
2,025
607
28
494
73
372
5,000
273
517
668
1,925
583
38
464
87
385
4,940
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
District 2
23
53
1,040
906
140
8
2,170
20
48
1,130
970
135
7
2,310
33
55
1,064
877
123
8
2,160
41
57
1,091
967
133
6
2,295
28
42
1,045
797
97
5
2,014
27
40
933
749
120
5
1,874
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
District 3
2,665
204
38
2,907
2,910
210
32
3,152
2,644
194
35
2,873
2,608
209
43
2,860
2,086
154
33
2,273
3,679
169
34
3,882
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
District 4
6
14
566
2
2,405
25
146
3,164
4
14
625
3
2,465
31
115
3,257
5
14
506
3
2,718
33
150
3,429
6
14
588
4
2,750
33
171
3,566
5
9
657
3
2,444
21
117
3,256
4
8
630
4
2,345
25
73
3,089
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
District 5
154
372
159
466
1,151
149
359
98
255
861
181
472
106
370
1,129
199
474
104
512
1,289
144
424
85
292
945
126
626
82
241
1,075
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
District 6
134
184
42
139
343
668
130
1,640
180
165
45
195
376
672
95
1,728
199
224
60
194
395
663
106
1,841
209
237
66
256
455
664
66
1,953
121
160
53
174
319
414
47
1,288
101
146
48
229
388
358
55
1,325
State Total
15,840
16,370
17,600
18,500
14,776
16,185
r - revised. p - preliminary. SOURCE: Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University
Sheep and Lambs
Production, Marketings, Price, and Value, Oregon. 1940-1996p
Year
/a/
Total
Production
mktgs
———mil. lbs.———
Sheep
Lambs
———dollars———
Value
Cash
of home Gross
recpts
consumpincome
——————mil. dollars——
1940
1950
1955
77,564
37,090
52,471
75,624
40,260
52,181
3.75
9.50
5.50
7.50
23.00
17.00
5,330
8,861
8,640
66
79
56
5,396
8,940
8,696
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
51,334
50,209
46,091
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
8,241
73
66
68
84
76
8,581
7,923
8,880
8,439
8,317
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
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
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
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
30,051
28,632
28,937
30,504
29,176
35,852
29,755
36,910
27,454
38,404
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
111
296
341
8,287
6,882
8,573
8,935
11,570
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
26,070
26,741
23,544
24,811
25,388
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
501
537
11,230
12,718
11,040
12,496
13,851
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
26,166
32,528
30,044
24,154
26,691
22,708
27,674
33,535
28,254
30,696
13.70
15.70
13.20
11.30
12.70
60.40
54.40
51.90
50.20
56.80
12,501
14,381
14,432
11,803
16,333
476
680
884
507
477
12,977
15,061
15,316
12,310
16,810
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
379
670
1,043
358
711
17,600
17,215
20,428
19,253
22,802
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
30,655
32,940
30,195
27,370
22,110
28,359
35,230
32,749
29,605
32,240
17.50
16.00
20.70
25.50
25.60
51.80
47.40
55.00
58.10
59.80
13,618
14,972
14,894
15,122
16,159
391
408
215
535
718
14,009
15,380
15,183
15,657
16,876
1995r
1996p
21,905
20,525
18,270
26,275
23.30
22.40
72.30
83.10
12,597
17,054
868
997
13,465
18,051
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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