Western or Roman Easter April 8, 2007
March
23, 2008
April
12, 2009
April
4, 2010
Type of lamb wanted - 30-45 lbs live weight,
milk fed and fat.
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Easter or Greek Easter
April 8, 2007
April
27, 2008
April
19, 2009
April
4, 2010
Type of lamb wanted - 40-55 lbs live weight,
milk fed and fat.
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Passover
April 3-10, 2007
April
20-27, 2008
April
9-16, 2009
March
30-April 6, 2010
Type of lamb wanted - 30-55 lbs, milk fed
and fat.
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Rosh Hashanah
Sept 12-13, 2007
Sept
29-30, 2008
Sept
18-19, 2009
Sept
8-9, 2010
Type of lamb wanted - Forequarters from
weaned lambs 60-110 lbs.
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Start of Ramadan - can vary by a day depending
on the actual sighting of the moon.
September 13, 2007
September
2, 2008
August
22, 2009
August
11, 2010
Type of lamb wanted -Weaned market lamb
60-80 lbs.
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Id al Fitr - The Festival of the Breaking
of the Ramadan Fast
October 13, 2007
October
2, 2008
September
22, 2009
September
11, 2010
Type of lamb wanted - same as for Ramadan.
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Id al Adha - The Festival of Sacrifice Dec 20-23, 2007
Dec
8-11, 2008
Nov
28-Dec 1, 2009
Nov
17-20, 2010
Type of lamb wanted - 60-80 lbs. However,
heavier old crop lambs are also in demand and will frequently command the same price as new crop lambs.
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The Christmas market is for milk fed kids
and lambs. These young animals are rare, because they must be produced by out-of-season breeding in May for October births.
Kids and lambs as light as 18 lbs may be readily accepted.
from :
http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/index.cfm
