SHEEP AND LAMBS
Inventory by Classes and Number of Operations, January 1, Montana, USA Last updated March 16, 2009

Year	All Sheep & Lambs Inventory	Market Sheep & Lambs			Total Breeding	Breeding Sheep One Year and Over		All Replacement Lambs	Number of Operations
		Total	Sheep	Lambs		Ewes	Rams
	(000) Head								Actual No.
2009 2008 2007 2006	255 270 275 280	25 25 25 25	3 3 6 6	22 22 19 19	230 245 250 255	180 190 195 195	7 7 7 7	43 48 48 53	1,500 1,700 1,600
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001	295 300 310 335 360	25 25 30 35 30	3 3 1 1 2	22 22 29 34 28	270 275 280 300 330	205 210 220 232 265	8 8 8 8 9	57 57 52 60 56	1,700 1,800 1,900 1,900 2,000
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994	370 380 415 432 465 490 534	30 35 30 32 35 40 34	2 1 1 2 2 1 --	28 34 29 30 33 39 --	340 345 385 400 430 450 500	274 270 315 330 347 367 410	9 9 10 11 11 12 14	57 66 60 59 72 71 76	2,000 1,900 2,000 2,100 2,200 2,200 2,300

Sheep and Lambs: Inventory by Classes and Number of Operations, January 1, Montana, USA

Year	All Sheep	Sheep & Lambs On Feed	Stock Sheep	Stock Sheep 1 Year and Over		Lambs		Number of Operations
				Ewes	Wethers & Rams	Ewes	Wethers & Rams
	(000) Head							Actual No.
1993 1992 1991	564 678 683	34 38 33	530 640 650	423 504 504	15 18 17	83 106 117	9 12 12	2,500 2,500 2,800
1990 1989 1988 1987 1986	663 600 597 563 523	23 30 27 23 23	640 570 570 540 500	490 434 430 400 410	17 15 14 14 12	124 111 120 114 67	9 10 6 12 10	2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800
1985 1984 1983 1982 1981	615 604 600 616 595	45 34 20 16 15	570 570 580 600 580	472 465 459 455 420	15 16 16 15 15	73 77 90 117 130	10 12 15 13 15	2,800 2,800 2,700 2,500 2,400
1980 1979 1978 1977 1976	574 540 552 570 595	14 20 60 80 75	560 520 492 490 520	400 380 372 371 416	13 13 14 12 15	136 116 92 94 72	11 11 14 13 17	2,300 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,300
1975 1974 1973 1972 1971	675 750 880 1,000 1,067	90 84 120 100 100	585 666 760 900 967	462 524 598 697 747	20 17 19 23 28	82 107 132 166 177	21 18 11 14 15	2,400 2,500 2,800 2,900 3,100

Sheep and Lambs: Inventory by Classes and Number of Operations, January 1, Montana, USA

Year	All Sheep	Sheep & Lambs On Feed	Stock Sheep	Stock Sheep 1 Year and Over		Lambs		Number of Operations
				Ewes	Wethers & Rams	Ewes	Wethers & Rams
	(000) Head
1970 1969 1968 1967 1966	1,113 1,178 1,250 1,351 1,387	95 95 110 125 110	1,018 1,083 1,140 1,226 1,277	774 826 852 936 1,006	28 28 34 42 43	202 208 230 230 213	14 21 24 18 15	3,100 3,200 3,300 3,500 3,600
1965 1964 1963 1962 1961	1,503 1,553 1,581 1,560 1,768	100 92 90 98 107	1,403 1,461 1,491 1,462 1,661	1,093 1,127 1,116 1,162 1,291	46 50 52 57 63	248 267 306 225 287	16 17 17 18 20	3,800 -- -- -- --
1960 1959 1958 1957 1956	1,872 1,840 1,722 1,650 1,773	105 124 118 108 183	1,767 1,716 1,604 1,542 1,590	1,331 1,278 1,209 1,221 1,246	63 60 56 51 54	352 359 321 252 271	21 19 18 18 19	-- -- -- -- --
1955 1954 1953 1952 1951	1,756 1,749 1,791 1,867 1,716	150 143 135 160 135	1,606 1,606 1,656 1,707 1,581	1,259 1,298 1,338 1,274 1,225	55 56 57 56 49	279 241 248 361 291	13 11 13 16 16	-- -- -- -- --
1950 1949 1948 1947 1946	1,584 1,938 2,039 2,251 2,838	120 216 245 280 405	1,464 1,722 1,794 1,971 2,433	1,178 1,324 1,408 1,582 1,978	47 57 62 68 83	225 321 304 297 343	14 20 20 24 29	-- -- -- -- --
1945 1944 1943 1942 1941	3,290 3,767 4,030 4,193 4,010	428 400 370 340 375	2,862 3,367 3,660 3,853 3,635	2,411 2,740 2,944 2,858 2,722	105 119 119 119 112	314 471 562 838 766	32 37 35 38 35	-- -- -- -- --
1940 1939 1938 1937 1936	3,747 3,304 2,926 2,942 3,540	285 240 190 150 135	3,462 3,064 2,736 2,792 3,405	2,568 2,270 2,176 2,365 2,789	96 89 86 88 117	763 677 447 311 464	35 28 27 28 35	-- -- -- -- --
1935 1934 1933 1932 1931	3,895 4,280 4,100 3,850 4,230	155 220 240 190 210	3,740 4,060 3,860 3,660 4,020	2,955 3,248 3,092 3,085 3,268	120 122 116 110 117	628 662 629 447 611	37 28 23 18 24	-- -- -- -- --
1930	4,120	180	3,940	3,057	118	741	24	--

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