SHEEP AND LAMBS
Inventory, Death Loss, and Percent of Total Inventory Lost, Montana, USA
Last updated February 17, 2012

Year	Januay1. Inventory	Lamb Crop	All Sheep Losses	Lamb Losses			Total Loss	Percent of Total Inventory Lost 1/
				Before Docking	After Docking	All Lambs
	(000) Head							Percent
1/ Total inventory equals January 1 inventory plus lamb crop plus lambs lost before docking.
2011	230	205	12	20	16	36	48	10.5
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006	245 255 270 275 280	220 235 235 255 255	13 15 14 14 14	18 21 19 18 20	17 20 17 18 17	35 41 36 36 37	48 56 50 50 51	9.9 11.0 9.5 9.1 9.2
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001	295 300 310 335 360	255 260 275 295 340	12 13 17 18 19	19 17 21 25 24	15 14 20 24 23	34 31 41 49 47	46 44 58 67 66	8.1 7.6 9.6 10.2 9.1
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996	370 380 415 432 465	365 340 355 380 390	19 18 20 25 21	23 23 25 32 30	24 23 22 28 32	47 46 47 60 62	66 64 67 85 83	8.7 8.6 8.4 10.1 9.4
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991	490 534 564 678 683	410 465 480 510 585	25 29 35 35 42	34 35 36 39 54	33 40 37 38 46	67 75 73 77 100	92 104 108 112 142	9 .9 10 .1 10 .0 9 .1 10 .7
1990 1989 1988 1987 1986	663 600 597 563 523	535 500 460 440 450	40 43 50 45 45	53 55 53 47 45	40 43 47 45 42	93 98 100 92 87	133 141 150 137 132	10 .6 12 .2 13 .5 11 .3 13 .0
1985 1984	615 604	470 470	42 60	40 65	45 55	85 120	127 180	11 .3 15 .8

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