FOOD PURCHASE
REPORT

United States
Department of
Agriculture

Agricultural 
Marketing 
Service









Date: January 12, 2007

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) ranged from $4.2320 
to $4.3000 per pound and lamb roasts (Type 3) ranged from 
$3.7800 to $4.4900 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

07	   	Leg Roasts 	01/26/07	02/02/07	03/16-31/07
		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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