American Sheep Magazine March 2026

SHEEP INVENTORY SNAPSHOT

TORY SNAPSHOT TOTAL WOOL PRODUCTION: 20.5 MILLION POUNDS

LARGEST SHEEP INVENTORY: TEXAS 700,000 CALIFORNIA 505,000 COLORADO 410,000 WYOMING 280,000 UTAH 275,000

MAINE

MINNESOTA

109

VT.

WISCONSIN

53 147

83 225

MASS. N.H.

550

75

MICHIGAN

NEW YORK

280

R.I.

85 330

IOWA

CONN.

PENNSYLVANIA

696

161

255

NEW JERSEY

OHIO

97

ILLINOIS INDIANA

LARGEST WOOL PRODUCING STATES: CALIFORNIA 2.1 MILLION LB WYOMING 2.02 MILLION LB COLORADO 1.99 MILLION LB UTAH 1.88 MILLION LB IDAHO 1.38 MILLION LB

138 460

MD

76 215

55 143

37 80

VIRGINIA

MISSOURI

W.V.

117

74

77

103 225

58

KENTUCKY

SOUTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA

32

48

25

45

TENESSEE

ARKANSAS

MISSISSIPPI

GEORGIA

ALABAMA

LOUISIANA

FLORIDA

INCLUDES DELAWARE

215 265

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