All sheep and lambs inventory in Minnesota as of January 1, 2023, totaled 115,000 head, up 3,000 head from 2022, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Sheep and Goats report.
Total breeding stock, at 81,000 head, was 1 percent above one year ago.
Market sheep and lambs increased 6 percent from a year ago and totaled 34,000 head. The 2022 lamb crop was estimated at 90,000 head, up 6 percent from the 2021 lamb crop.
Wool production for 2022 was 600,000 pounds, down 1 percent from 2021, with fleece weights averaging 6.0 pounds.
Meat and other goat inventory in Minnesota as of January 1, 2023, was 30,000 head, 15 percent above January 2022, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Sheep and Goats report.
Total milk goat inventory was 11,000 head, down 15 percent from the previous year
All sheep and lambs inventory in the United States on January 1, 2023, totaled 5.02 million head, down 1 percent from 2022. Breeding sheep inventory at 3.67 million head on January 1, 2023, decreased 1 percent from 3.71 million head on January 1, 2022. Ewes one year old and older, at 2.87 million head, were 1 percent below last year. Market sheep and lambs on January 1, 2023, totaled 1.36 million head, unchanged from January 1, 2022.
Market lambs comprised 94 percent of the total market inventory. Market sheep comprised the remaining 6 percent of total market inventory.
The 2022 lamb crop of 3.11 million head was down 2 percent from 2021. The 2022 lambing rate was 107 lambs per 100 ewes one year old and older on January 1, 2022, unchanged from 2021.
Shorn wool production in the United States during 2022 was 22.2 million pounds, down 1 percent from 2021.
Sheep and lambs shorn totaled 3.17 million head, down 1 percent from 2021. The average price paid for wool sold in 2022 was $1.53 per pound for a total value of $33.9 million, down 11 percent from $38.2 million in 2021.
Sheep death loss during 2022 totaled 205,000 head, up 3 percent from 2021. Lamb death loss increased 3 percent from 365,000 head to 375,000 head in 2022.
All goats and kids inventory in the United States on January 1, 2023, totaled 2.51 million head, down 2 percent from 2022. Breeding goat inventory totaled 2.06 million head, down 2 percent from 2022. Does one year old and older, at 1.52 million head, were 2 percent below last year's number. Market goats and kids totaled 451,000 head, down 1 percent from a year ago.
Kid crop for 2022 totaled 1.58 million head for all goats, down 1 percent from 2021.
Meat and all other goats totaled 2.00 million head on January 1, 2023, down 1 percent from 2022. Milk goat inventory was 400,000 head, down 2 percent from January 1, 2022, while Angora goats were down 3 percent, totaling 107,000 head.
Mohair production in the United States during 2022 was 520,000 pounds. Goats and kids clipped totaled 99,000 head. Average weight per clip was 5.3 pounds. Mohair price was $6.35 per pound with a value of $3.30 million.
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