We just don't have a big culture of eating lamb for whatever reason. It may be a result of how the country was settled: sparse population, big open spaces with

We just don't have a big culture of eating lamb for whatever reason. It may be a result of how the country was settled: sparse population, big open spaces with often harsh weather and large predators (coyotes, wolves, and mountain lions), long distance travel needed to bring the animals to market. I could see those factors favoring larger animals like cattle, smaller animals like chickens which can be raised locally, and "easy" animals like pigs. My family used to raise sheep and they definitely had a tendency to die easy, however delicious they are.