mi-press-releases News Release NR-12-08 January 30, 2012 U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Michigan Field Office Michigan Department of Agriculture Post Office Box 30239 Lansing, MI 48909-6248 Phone: (517) 324-5300 Facsimile: (517) 324-5299 E-mail: nass-mi@nass.usda.gov Web site: www.nass.usda.gov Jay V. Johnson, Director Sheep and Goat Inventory All sheep and lamb inventory in Michigan on January 1, 2012, was estimated at 79,000 head, an increase of 7 percent from 2011, according to the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. The breeding sheep inventory, 58,000 head, was unchanged from last year. Market sheep and lambs totaled 21,000 head, an increase of 5,000 from last year. The 2011 Michigan lamb crop was 64,000 head, up 4,000 from the previous year. All sheep and lamb inventory in the United States on January 1, 2012, totaled 5.35 million head, down 2 percent from 2011. Breeding sheep inventory decreased to 3.98 million head on January 1, 2012, down 3 percent from 4.08 million head on January 1, 2011. Market sheep and lambs on January 1, 2012, totaled 1.37 million head, down 2 percent from January 1, 2011. The 2011 lamb crop of 3.51 million head was down 2 percent from 2010. The 2011 lambing rate was 109 lambs per 100 ewes one year old and older on January 1, 2011, an increase of 2 percent from 2010. The number of sheep and lambs shorn in Michigan, 66,000 head, was up 3,000 from the previous year. Michigan shorn wool production in 2011 was 410,000 pounds, up 8 percent from 2010. The average price paid for wool in Michigan was $0.60 per pound, an increase of 5 cents from the previous year. The total value of wool was $246,000, 18 percent above the 2010 value. Shorn wool production in the United States during 2011 was 29.3 million pounds, down 4 percent from 2010. Sheep and lambs shorn totaled 4.03 million head, also down 4 percent from 2010. The average price paid for wool sold in 2011 was a record high $1.67 per pound for a total value of 48.9 million dollars, up 40 percent from 35.0 million dollars in 2010. As of January 1, it was estimated that there were 10,000 milk goats in Michigan, down from 10,800 a year earlier. The Michigan meat and other goat inventory estimate was 18,000 head, 3,500 above the January 1, 2011, count. All goat inventory in the United States on January 1, 2012, totaled 2.86 million head, down 4 percent from 2011. Breeding goat inventory totaled 2.38 million head, down 4 percent from 2011. Does one year old and older, 1.78 million head, were 3 percent below the inventory last year. Market goats and kids totaled 487 thousand head, down 5 percent from a year ago. Meat and all other goats totaled 2.36 million head on January 1, 2012, down 4 percent from 2011. Milk goat inventory was 360 thousand head, unchanged from January 1, 2011, while Angora goats were down 15 percent, totaling 146 thousand head. The kid crop for 2011 totaled 1.88 million head for all goats, down 2 percent from 2010. Sheep inventory, January 1, 2011-12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Michigan : United States :--------------------------------------- Class : 2011 : 2012 : 2011 : 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : All sheep and lambs : 74 79 5,480 5,345 Breeding sheep and lambs : 58 58 4,080 3,975 Ewes : 44 43 3,225 3,155 Rams : 3 3 190 170 Replacement lambs : 11 12 665 650 Total market sheep and lambs : 16 21 1,400 1,370 : Previous year's lamb crop : 60 64 3,570 3,510 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goat inventory, January 1, 2011-12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Michigan : United States :--------------------------------------- Class : 2011 : 2012 : 2011 : 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Angora : 1/ 1/ 172 146 Milk : 10.8 10.0 360 360 Meat and other : 14.5 18.0 2,464 2,356 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.