"ChattyCathy" > wrote
>
> Never understood why lamb is so expensive in the USA... Must be
> thousands of cattle ranchers there - and AFAIAA, if you can raise
> cattle you can raise sheep on the same grazing land - because lots of
> farmers 'round here raise both... However, lamb/mutton is still a
> (little) bit cheaper than beef.

Lamb is not expensive, beef is cheap. Cattle are raised in factory
conditions and fatted up fast and cheap.