FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/28/11 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: 
JAMES E. RAMEY	
REYNOLDSBURG, OH	614-728-2100 

The number of sheep and lambs on Ohio farms on January 1, 2011, totaled
129,000 head, up 1 percent from the 2010 estimate. Total breeding sheep
inventory at 103,000 head, unchanged from the previous year. Ewes one
year old and older are estimated at 81,000 head, unchanged from last
year. Rams one year old and older are estimated at 6,000 head on January
1, 2011 unchanged from last year. Replacement lambs are unchanged at
16,000 head on January 1, 2011. The 2010 lamb crop is estimated at
104,000 head, down 1 percent from the previous year. Total market sheep
& lambs at 26,000 head are up 1 percent from one year ago. All sheep and
lamb inventory in the United States on January 1, 2011, totaled 5.53
million head, down 2 percent from 2010. Breeding sheep inventory
decreased to 4.12 million head on January 1, 2011, down 2 percent from
4.19 million head on January 1, 2010. Ewes one year old and older, at
3.26 million head, were 2 percent below last year. Market sheep and
lambs on January 1, 2011, totaled 1.42 million head, down 1 percent from
January 1, 2010. Market lambs comprised 94 percent of the total
marketings. Twenty-seven percent were lambs under 65 pounds, 12 percent
were 65 - 84 pounds, 21 percent were 85 - 105 pounds, and 34 percent
were over 105 pounds. Market sheep comprised the remaining 6 percent of
total marketings. The 2010 lamb crop of 3.60 million head, was down 2
percent from 2009. The 2010 lambing rate was 108 lambs per 100 ewes one
year old and older on January 1, 2010, unchanged from 2009. Shorn wool
production in the United States during 2010 was 30.6 million pounds,
down 1 percent from 2009. Sheep and lambs shorn totaled 4.22 million
head, up slightly from 2009. The average price paid for wool sold in
2010 was $1.15 per pound for a total value of 35.3 million dollars, up
45 percent from 24.3 million dollars in 2009. All goat inventory in the
United States on January 1, 2011, totaled 3.00 million head, down 1
percent from 2010. Breeding goat inventory totaled 2.49 million head,
down 1 percent from 2010. Does one year old and older, at 1.84 million
head, were 1 percent below last year's number. Market goats and kids
totaled 514,000 head, down 1 percent from a year ago. Kid crop for 2010
totaled 1.91 million head for all goats, down 2 percent from 2009. Meat
and all other goats totaled 2.47 million head on January 1, 2011, down 2
percent from 2010. Milk goat inventory increased to 360,000 head, 1
percent above January 1, 2010, while Angora goats were up 7 percent,
totaling 172,000 head. Mohair production in the United States during
2010 was 1.09 million pounds. Goats and kids clipped totaled 181,000
head. Average weight per clip was 6.0 pounds. Mohair price was $3.49 per
pound with a value of 3.79 million dollars. 

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