71 



Year 



1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 

 1983. 



1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 

 1988. 



SHEEP, LAMBS, and WOOL 



NUMBER. VALUE PER HEAD, and CLASSES - JANUARY 1 



WOOL PRODUCTION and VALUE 



Year 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 



1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 



Sheep 



Shorn 



(000) Hd, 



469 

 510 

 539 

 565 

 575 



574 

 585 

 526 



500 

 525 



Year 



Lambs 

 Saved 



LAMB CROP and DISPOSITION 



INSHIPMENTS 

 Sheep & Lambs 



Sheep 



MARKETINGS 1/ 



--(000) Head- 



Lambs 



FARM 

 SLAUGHTER 2/ 

 Sheep i Lambs 



Shgep 



DEATHS 



ji^abA 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 



1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 



375 

 360 

 390 

 420 

 470 



475 

 470 

 470 

 450 

 440 



41 

 33 

 25 

 25 

 21 



22 

 34 



33 

 39 

 35 



48 

 52 

 87 

 73 

 94 



119 



101 



78 



60 



87 



261 

 188 

 184 

 233 

 309 



336 

 332 



378 

 289 



282 



60 

 60 

 62 

 60 

 50 



30 

 60 

 42 

 45 



45 



56 



56 

 59 

 55 



52 



45 



57 

 45 



42 



45 



Includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for use on 



1/ Excludes interfarm sales. 



farms where produced. 

 2/ Excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers. 



PRODUCTION and INCOME FROM SHEEP and LAMBS 



Year 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 



1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 



Production 3/ Marketings 4/ 

 — (000) Pounds — 



26,030 

 26,219 

 29,124 

 36,494 

 43,293 



42,994 

 32,048 

 36,251 

 35,810 

 35,362 



Sheep 



Price Per 

 100 Lbs. 



Lambs 



Cash 5/ Value of Home Gross 

 Receipts Consumption Inggme 



(000) Dollars- 



231 

 247 

 158 

 185 

 94 



221 

 227 

 220 

 333 

 133 



17,157 

 13,490 

 12,465 

 13,654 

 17,909 



18,003 

 19,529 

 24,804 

 20,198 

 23,459 



3/ Adjustments made for inshipments and changes in inventory. 



4/ Excludes interfarm sales and custom slaughter in commercial establishments for use on farms where 



produced . 

 5/ Includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat. 



