Red Meat Market Information

2009 Annual Canada and United States Sheep and Lamb Comparison


CANADA - UNITED STATES SHEEP and LAMB COMPARISON
Description Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
# of Farms Canada1 N/A N/A 11,031 N/A N/A N/A
U.S.3 67,580 68,330 69,470 83,130 82,500 82,000
Jan 1 Inventory ('000 head) Canada1 994 978 894 879 825 808
U.S.3 6,105 6,135 6,230 6,165 5,950 5,747
Slaughter ('000 head) Canada2 555 582 548 541 535 537
U.S.3 2,839 2,698 2,699 2,694 2,556 2,516
Meat Production (tonnes) Canada1 17,470 17,550 17,040 16,780 15,820 16,531
U.S.3 87,997 84,867 84,005 83,053 78,834 77,428


CANADA vs UNITED STATES SHEEP and LAMB TRADE
Description 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
* Note previous issues of this report erroneously included offal for other species. These numbers have been revised to exclude this data.
** Note previous issues of this report erroneously included goat trade. These numbers have been revised to exclude this data.
Lamb/Mutton Exports (tonnes)* Canada1 Total 253 212 181 328 250 168
to the U.S. 153 119 115 231 186 107
U.S.3 Total 7,347 8,956 13,934 9,432 7,867 11,427
to Canada 3,184 3,476 5,645 3,524 2,676 2,606
Lamb/Mutton Imports (tonnes)* Canada1 16,782 17,577 20,511 22,074 20,474 21,018
U.S.3 82,033 81,745 86,349 91,919 83,138 77,640
Live Sheep Exports (head)** Canada1 Total 15 966 3,159 86 14 32
to the U.S. - 798 3,116 84 3 -
U.S.3 Total 86,604 72,143 118,878 116,618 171,799 157,337
to Canada 287 57 21,324 50,808 79,935 78,373
Live Sheep Imports (head)** Canada1 92 69 15,835 26,129 39,249 33,601
U.S.3 20 1,920 3,130 92 3 -


THE CANADIAN SHEEP/LAMB INDUSTRY AS A % OF THE UNITED STATES
Description 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
# of Farm - - - - - -
Sheep/Lamb Inventory 16.3 15.9 14.3 14.3 13.9 14.1
Sheep/Lamb Slaughter 19.5 21.6 20.3 20.1 20.9 21.3
Lamb/Mutton Production 19.9 20.7 20.3 20.2 20.1 21.4
Lamb/Mutton Exports 3.4 2.4 1.3 3.5 3.2 1.5
Lamb/Mutton Imports 20.5 21.5 23.8 24.0 24.6 27.1

Sources:
1 Statistics Canada
2 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
3 United States Department of Agriculture