Livestock Mandatory 

Reporting

Live Lamb & Lamb 

Meat Reporting
LMR Lamb

• Packers that slaughter 35,000 head per 

year are required to report or import 1,000 

or more metric tons.

• Currently 6 sheep plants and 18 lamb 

plants (includes importers) are covered.

• LMR covers 59% of all slaughter sheep 

transactions and 50% of boxed lamb 

transactions.
LMR Staff and Data

 One reporter covers sheep and lamb

 Process around 2,000 records per day

 Importing, reviewing, analyzing, verifying data

 Generate, edit and publish three daily and five weekly 

reports
Purchase Types

• Negotiated: Cash or spot market purchase of sheep by 

a packer from a producer under which the price is 

determined by buyer-seller interaction and agreement on 

delivery terms. This is a flat price that does not change 

and is not dependent upon any other conditions. 

• Formula Marketing Arrangement: The advance 

commitment of lambs for slaughter using a method or 

calculation to determine the price in which the price is 

frequently determined at a future date.

• Packer Owned: Lambs that a packer owns for at least 

28 days immediately before slaughter. 
Sales Types

Negotiated: This is a sale by a packer selling boxed lamb to a 

buyer of boxed lamb, under which the price is determined by sellerbuyer interaction and agreement, and scheduled for delivery not 

later than 14 days.

Formula Sale: The advance commitment of boxed lamb by any 

means other than through a negotiated purchase or forward 

contract, using a method for calculating price in which the price is 

determined at a future date.

Forward Sale: The agreement for the sale of boxed lamb, 

executed in advance of manufacture, under which the base price is 

established by reference to publicly available quoted prices.
Reporting Forms and Reports

Live Lamb Daily Report [Form LPS-121]: This submission is 

due at 2PM and contains all purchase transactions of 

negotiated and formula lambs since the last reporting period.

 Reports derived from the LPS-121: 

National Weekly Negotiated and Formula - LM_CT302

National Weekly Slaughter Sheep Review - LM_CT352
LPS-121
LPS-121
Reporting Forms and Reports

Live Lamb Weekly Report [Form LPS-123]: Due 9AM Tuesday.

[Form 123A]: Contains prior week slaughtered head count for 

Domestic and Imported Negotiated and Formula lambs. 

[Form 123B]: Contains prior week slaughter head count and 

grading data for packer-owned lambs.

Live Lamb Weekly Report [Form LPS-124]: This submission is 

due at 9AM on Tuesday. It contains prior week purchase data on all 

formula transactions.

 Report derived from the LPS-123 and LPS-124: 

National Weekly Direct Lamb Report - LM_CT351
LPS-123
LPS-123A, 123B
LPS-124
LPS-124
Reporting Forms and Reports

Boxed Lamb Daily Report [Form LPS-128]: Submission due at 

2:30PM daily and contains information on all boxed lamb sales.

 Reports derived from the LPS-128: 

National 5-Day Rolling Average Boxed Lamb Cuts - LM_XL500

National Lamb Carcass Cutout - LM_XL502

Weekly Imported Boxed Lamb Cut Sales [Form LPS-128]: 

Submission due no later than 10AM on Monday and contains 

information on prior week imported boxed lamb cut sales. Only direct 

importers are required to report.

 Report derived from the LPS-128 importers:

National Weekly Lamb Carcass and Lamb Cuts - ImportedLM_XL552
LPS-128
LPS-128
Reporting Forms and Reports

Lamb Carcass Report [Form LPS-129]: Submission due 

daily at 3PM contains purchases and sales (2 separate 

requirements) of carcass transactions.

 Reports derived from the LPS-129:

Daily National Lamb Carcass - LM_XL501

Comprehensive Lamb Carcass - LM_XL555
LPS-129
LPS-129
Confidentiality

• Live Sheep and Lamb Carcass Reports: 3/70/20 is reviewed per report 

over a 60 day period. However, to publish a single line of data, no one 

company can have more than 70% of the volume.

• Boxed Lamb Reports: 3/70/20 is applied to the boxed lamb reports as a 

whole over a 60 day period. 
Data Review

• Reporter reviews submitted files at submission deadlines. Use a checklist to 

ensure all expected plants have reported and then import data files.

• Reporter looks for any invalid records, contacts plant, and corrects data.

• Reporters identify data outliers and call the plant to inquire about lots in 

question before generating reports.
Contact information:

Jodie Pitcock

Supervisory Market Reporter

USDA - AMS - Livestock, Poultry, & Grain Market News

816-676-7000

Jodie.Pitcock@ams.usda.gov

Visit us online at:

https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/ls-home