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Sheet: Lamb History

************  LAMB GRADING HISTORICAL RECORDS  ************
(THOUSAND POUNDS)
 | TOTAL | QUALITY GRADES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | % OF FEDERAL | YIELD GRADES
CY | POUNDS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | SLAUGHTER
YEAR | GRADED | PRIME | % | CHOICE | % | GOOD | % | UTILITY | % | CULL | % | LAMB | Y1 | % | Y2 | % | Y3 | % | Y4 | % | Y5 | % | FOOTNOTES
1930 | 2470 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1931 | 4157 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1932 | 7610 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1933 | 8013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1934 | 9352 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1935 | 17538 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1936 | 19021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1937 | 23765 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1938 | 28015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1939 | 24214 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1940 | 24765 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1941 | 32186 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1942 | 78102 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 2/
1943 | 990772 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 2/
1944 |  |  |  | 283490 |  | 390281 |  | 212098 |  | 121580 |  | 1.0654 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 2/
1945 |  |  |  | 389581 |  | 352340 |  | 165503 |  | 99123 |  | 0.994 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 2/
1946 |  |  |  | 337745 |  | 288554 |  | 124302 |  | 72420 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 2/
1947 |  | 66 |  | 79779 |  | 96614 |  | 27011 |  | 5400 |  | 0.268 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1948 |  | 13 |  | 32471 |  | 39159 |  | 6471 |  | 496 |  | 0.201 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 3/
1949 | 107633 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.183 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1950 | 110441 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.19 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1951 | 365355 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.719 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1952 | 567362 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.893 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1953 | 245133 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.345 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1954 | 250129 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.34 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1955 | 242683 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.326 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1956 | 233337 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.321 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1957 | 258804 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.373 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1958 | 242099 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.359 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 3/
1959 |  | 3066 |  | 225547 |  | 27890 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.356 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1960 |  | 41311 |  | 229805 |  | 10720 |  | 228 |  | 47 |  | 0.374 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1961 |  | 45872 |  | 292102 |  | 11622 |  | 8775 |  | 71 |  | 0.438 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1962 |  | 44377 |  | 295278 |  | 9861 |  | 13424 |  | 64 |  | 0.457 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1963 |  | 48796 |  | 303153 |  | 8697 |  | 10850 |  | 19 |  | 0.491 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1964 |  | 55342 |  | 301579 |  | 4773 |  | 2073 |  | 21 |  | 0.517 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1965 |  | 59689 |  | 288393 |  | 3014 |  | 91 |  | 12 |  | 0.55 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 4/
1966 |  | 58634 |  | 322556 |  | 3040 |  | 1347 |  |  |  | 0.603 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 5/
1967 |  | 57733 |  | 338093 |  | 2813 |  | 3141 |  |  |  | 0.632 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1968 |  | 47263 |  | 341857 |  | 2276 |  | 1028 |  |  |  | 0.663 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1969 |  | 39063 |  | 329355 |  | 2120 |  | 2519 |  |  |  | 0.691 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1970 |  | 42565 |  | 352875 |  | 2671 |  | 2683 |  |  |  | 0.742 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1971 |  | 41080 |  | 373635 |  | 1642 |  | 1681 |  |  |  | 0.768 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1972 |  | 47509 |  | 347268 |  | 968 |  | 861 |  |  |  | 0.744 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/; 6/; 7/
1973 |  | 59666 |  | 305757 |  | 1220 |  | 7 |  |  |  | 0.727 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1974 |  | 42264 |  | 289040 |  | 742 |  | 361 |  |  |  | 0.732 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1975 |  | 35556 |  | 259740 |  | 263 |  | 5 |  |  |  | 0.741 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1976 |  | 52663 |  | 215374 |  | 264 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.739 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1977 |  | 52208 |  | 212879 |  | 194 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.779 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1978 |  | 52872 |  | 184390 |  | 706 |  | 2 |  |  |  | 0.829 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1979 |  | 51476 |  | 174314 |  | 122 |  | 2 |  |  |  | 0.807 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/
1980 |  | 47751 |  | 176762 |  | 195
1981 |  | (FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE)
1982 |  | (FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE)
1983 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.967
1984 |  | 37402 |  | 260660 |  | 1002 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.874
1985 |  | 33605 |  | 259572 |  | 1924 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.925
1986 |  | 37584 |  | 218582 |  | 59 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.832
1987 |  | 29697 |  | 232370 |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.915
1988 |  | 34344 |  | 248630 |  | 117 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.936
1989 |  | 34131 |  | 260759 |  | 159 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.939
1990 |  | 36800 |  | 257623 |  | 20 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.894
1991 |  | 29518 |  | 273263 |  | 52 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.875
1992 |  | 27092 |  | 257606 |  | 511 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.907 | 14.4 |  | 58.4 |  | 59 |  | 10.6 |  | 1.5 |  | 8/
1993 |  | 22873 |  | 250116 |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.899 | 27.3 |  | 105.6 |  | 109.8 |  | 24.2 |  | 6.1
1994 |  | 22433 |  | 218000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.875 | 27 |  | 98 |  | 93.5 |  | 19.2 |  | 2.9
1995 |  | 23128 |  | 198634 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.854 | 25.5 |  | 93.9 |  | 84.2 |  | 16 |  | 2.2
1996 |  | 17102 |  | 194917 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.878 | 25.6 |  | 87.4 |  | 81 |  | 15 |  | 3
1997 |  | 17218 |  | 188678 |  | 50 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.872 | 20.73 |  | 84.3 |  | 82.9 |  | 15.4 |  | 2.9
1998 |  | 17414 |  | 192833 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.907 | 25.3 |  | 90.7 |  | 80.1 |  | 12 |  | 2.2
1999 |  | 17813 |  | 182429 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.892 | 19.8 |  | 90 |  | 76.5 |  | 11.6 |  | 2.2
2000 |  | 11212 |  | 172529 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.866 | 12.9 |  | 79.5 |  | 74.5 |  | 14.5 |  | 2.4
2001 |  | 10970 |  | 171606 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.884 | 7.9 |  | 65.44 |  | 78.3 |  | 23.5 |  | 7.3
2002 |  | 9350 |  | 160013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.853 | 10.5 |  | 71.9 |  | 68 |  | 15.3 |  | 3.7
2003 |  | 9958 |  | 146692 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.85 | 7.9 |  | 59 |  | 68.6 |  | 17.6 |  | 3.5
2004 | 146624 | 8559 |  | 138065 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.84 | 6.6 |  | 51.5 |  | 67.6 |  | 17.5 |  | 3.5
2005 | 139549 | 10236 |  | 129314 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.815 | 7.1 |  | 45.38 |  | 65.3 |  | 17.5 |  | 4.3
2006 | 135373 | 10972 |  | 124402 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.797 | 5.62 |  | 43.4 |  | 63.8 |  | 18 |  | 4.4
2007 | 131824 | 10323 |  | 121491 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.792 | 5 | 0.042 | 43 | 0.325 | 63 | 0.481 | 16 | 0.122 | 4 | 0.03
2008 | 123270 | 11086 |  | 112184 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.774 | 6 | 0.046 | 39 | 0.315 | 58 | 0.471 | 17 | 0.136 | 4 | 0.031
2009 | 114757 | 10602 |  | 104155 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.743 | 5 | 0.04 | 39 | 0.336 | 52 | 0.45 | 16 | 0.136 | 4 | 0.037
2010 | 106222 | 7423 | 0.07 | 98799 | 0.93 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.739 | 5 | 0.046 | 40 | 0.378 | 45 | 0.426 | 13 | 0.125 | 3 | 0.025
2011 | 97984 | 7062 | 0.072 | 90922 | 0.928 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.742 | 6 | 0.057 | 32 | 0.327 | 42 | 0.427 | 15 | 0.157 | 3 | 0.033
2012 | 98523 | 8282 | 0.084 | 90241 | 0.916 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.709 | 5 | 0.051 | 28 | 0.287 | 36 | 0.362 | 17 | 0.174 | 12 | 0.126
2013 | 91834 | 7974 | 0.087 | 83860 | 0.913 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.673 | 7 | 0.072 | 33 | 0.364 | 32 | 0.353 | 13 | 0.136 | 7 | 0.075
FOOTNOTES
1/  Grade designations are those in use at time data were reported.  Official standards for grades
of lamb and mutton were made effective February 16, 1931.  In October 1940, the grade designations
Medium and Common were changed to Commercial and Utility, respectively.  In April 1951, Prime and
Choice grades were combined and designated as Prime, the Good grade was renamed Choice, and
changes were made in the other grades.  In February 1957, the standards were again amended by
changing the quality requirements.  The standards were also amended in March 1960 to modify the
minimum requirements for Prime and Choice grades by lowering the average fatness for these grades
and by certain other ways regarding the conformation and quality factors.
2/  Included in total is lamb officially certified for CCC:  1942--26,031,000 lbs.;
1943--122,225,000 lbs.; 1944--59,029,000 lbs.; 1945--17,744,000 lbs.; 1946--10,787,000 lbs.
3/  Grade breakdown is for 6 months only.  [NAME] breakdown is not available from July 1948 through
June 1958.
Compulsory grading of lamb and mutton carcasses was required from April 10, 1943, until
October 16, 1946, and again from May 7, 1951, until February 5, 1933.
4/  1965--January 1 through December 18 as reported in Market News and Annual 333.
(Adj. for calendar year 56.3--by JL)
5/  Commercial production 1966 to date converted to 4-week (20-day) periods based on weekly F.I. lamb
and mutton production estimates and the relation of monthly F.I. lamb and mutton production to
total commercial production.  Commercial production figures for the year are from Statistical
Bulletin 333.
6/  Beginning with 1972, volume graded is estimated on the basis of a January 1 - December 31 year.
7/  [NAME] by grade based on percent of each grade is of total volume graded for period 7/1 - 12/31.
8/  Yield Grading of Lambs begins in 1992.