mi-press-releases News Release NR-13-11 February 4, 2013 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, 2013, was estimated at 82,000 head, an increase of 4 percent from 2012, according to Jay Johnson, director of the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. The breeding sheep inventory, at 59,000 head, was up 1,000 head from last year. Market sheep and lambs totaled 23,000 head, an increase of 2,000 from last year. The 2012 Michigan lamb crop was 65,000 head, up 1,000 from the previous year. All sheep and lamb inventory in the United States on January 1, 2013, totaled 5.34 million head, down 1 percent from 2012. Breeding sheep inventory decreased to 3.98 million head on January 1, 2013, down 1 percent from 4.0 million head on January 1, 2012. Ewes one year old and older, at 3.14 million head, were 1 percent below last year. Market sheep and lambs on January 1, 2013, totaled 1.36 million head, down 1 percent from January 1, 2012. Market lambs comprised 94 percent of the total market inventory. Twenty-three percent were lambs under 65 pounds, 12 percent were 65 - 84 pounds, 22 percent were 85 - 105 pounds, and 37 percent were over 105 pounds. Market sheep comprised the remaining 6 percent of total market inventory. The number of sheep and lambs shorn in Michigan, 70,000 head, was up 4,000 from the previous year. Michigan shorn wool production in 2012 was 390,000 pounds, down 5 percent from 2011. The average price paid for wool in Michigan was $0.68 per pound, an increase of 8 cents from the previous year. The total value of wool was $265,000, 8 percent above the 2011 value. Shorn wool production in the United States during 2012 was 28.5 million pounds, down 3 percent from 2011. Sheep and lambs shorn totaled 3.93 million head, also down 2 percent from 2011. The average price paid for wool sold in 2012 was $1.53 per pound for a total value of 43.6 million dollars, down 11 percent from 48.9 million dollars in 2011. As of January 1, there were 9,600 milk goats in Michigan, down from 10,000 a year earlier. The Michigan meat and other goat inventory was 18,500 head, 500 above the January 1, 2012, count. All goat inventory in the United States on January 1, 2013, totaled 2.81 million head, down 2 percent from 2012. Breeding goat inventory totaled 2.32 million head, down 2 percent from 2012. Does one year old and older, at 1.73 million head, were 2 percent below last year's number. Market goats and kids totaled 490 thousand head, up one percent from a year ago. Kid crop for 2012 totaled 1.79 million head for all goats, down 5 percent from 2011. Meat and all other goats totaled 2.32 million head on January 1, 2013, down 2 percent from 2012. Milk goat inventory was 360 thousand head, unchanged from January 1, 2012, while Angora goats were down 7 percent, totaling 136 thousand head. Sheep inventory, January 1, 2012-13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Michigan : United States :--------------------------------------- Class : 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : All sheep and lambs : 79 82 5,365 5,335 Breeding sheep and lambs : 58 59 3,995 3,975 Ewes : 43 43 3,165 3,140 Rams : 3 3 170 175 Replacement lambs : 12 13 660 660 Total market sheep and lambs : 21 23 1,370 1,360 : Previous year's lamb crop : 64 65 3,510 3,455 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goat inventory, January 1, 2012-13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Michigan : United States :--------------------------------------- Class : 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Angora : 1/ 1/ 146 136 Milk : 10.0 9.6 360 360 Meat and other : 18.0 18.5 2,356 2,315 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.