FOOD 
PURCHASE
REPORT

United States
Department of
Agriculture

Agricultural 
Marketing 
Service









Date: June 29, 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.  Rejected offer 
prices for lamb leg roasts (Type 1) ranged from $3.0900 to 
$4.0000 per pound and lamb roasts (Type 3) ranged from 
$4.0318 to $4.1300 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

04	   Leg Roasts 	07/07/06	  07/14/06	08/16-31/06
	   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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