Lamb is one of those industries that the USA "sacrifices" in trade negotiations in order to keep tariffs on other agriculture products low, such as beef. As a

Lamb is one of those industries that the USA "sacrifices" in trade negotiations in order to keep tariffs on other agriculture products low, such as beef. As a result, most of the lamb you're likely to find is imported, and so is quite expensive compared to beef. If lamb/mutton were cheaper and more widely available, I think Americans would eat it more. I like lamb and mutton, but I generally don't cook with it because the price is high. There was a time during covid where we switched to ground lamb because it was cheaper than beef per pound. There are lots of flavorful cuts of meat that become popular when they are cheap, only to turn into luxury cuts over time. Think brisket. Mutton could go the same way, but it needs to be cheap first, and I don't see that ever happening in the USA due to tariffs/beef industry protectionism.