Agricultural Statistics - Sheep: Inventory and Value

**Sheep Inventory**
**North Carolina and United States 2007- 2008** ¹
	North Carolina Number on Farms January 1		United States Number on Farms January 1
	2007	2008	2007	2008
	Thousand Head
Breeding Sheep & Lambs	17.0	17.0	4,610	4,505
----Replacement Lambs	3.5	3.0	719	695
----Ewes 1 year plus	12.5	13.0	3,696	3,617
----Rams 1 year plus	1.0	1.0	195	193
Market Sheep & Lambs	4.0	5.0	1,555	1,550
Total Sheep & Lambs	21.0	22.0	6,165	6,055

¹ 2007 Revised.

All Sheep and Lambs:
Value of Inventory 2005-2008
Year	Farm Value per Head	Total Value
Year	Dollars	Thousand Dollars
2005	154	3,080
2006	163	2,934
2007	163	3,423
2008	168	3,696

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Last update May 8, 2008

NCDA&CS Agricultural Statistics Division, Herb Vanderberry, Director
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