FOOD PURCHASE
REPORT

United States
Department of
Agriculture

Agricultural 
Marketing 
Service









Date: September 7, 2006
      
USDA REJECTS OFFERS FOR FROZEN LAMB:

	The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture today rejected offers for frozen 
lamb products due to price considerations.  The rejected 
offer prices for lamb leg roasts (Type 1) was $4.4900 per 
pound and lamb roasts (Type 3) was $4.39 per pound.

     Total purchases of lamb products under Announcement LS-130, 
follow:

Commodity	Cumulative
				Pounds		 Dollars

Leg Roasts (Type 1)		72,000		$ 194,000

	Next offers under Announcement LS-130 are due by 1:30 p.m., 
central time, on the following dates:

INVITATION	LAMB	OFFER	  ACCEPTANCE	
NUMBER	PRODUCT	DATE	  NOT LATER	SHIPPING
	TYPE	  THAN DATE	PERIOD

06	   Leg Roasts 	10/06/06	  10/13/06	11/16-31/06
			 Lamb Roasts

	Inquiries should be addressed to the Contracting Officer, 
Livestock and Seed Program, USDA, AMS, Stop 0253, Room 2610-
South, Washington, D.C. 20250-0253.  Telephone: 202-720-2650; 
FAX 202-720-9538.



An electronic version of this food purchase report can be obtained 
via the World Wide Web at 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lscp/OtherRedMeat/orm_purchaseinfo.htm 

The Commodity Procurement home page: http://www.ams.usda.gov/cp

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