United States and Canadian Cattle and Sheep ISSN: 1949-1859 Released February 17, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Special Note NASS is in the process of modifying report layouts in order to improve readability. This is the first issue produced using the new layout. This report issue is published using both layouts but future issues will only be produced using this layout. The previous layout is available on the NASS website: http://www.nass.usda.gov. United States and Canadian Cattle Inventory Down 2 Percent All cattle and calves in the United States and Canada combined totaled 105.0 million head on January 1, 2011, down 2 percent from the 106.8 million on January 1, 2010. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 45.3 million head, were down 1 percent from a year ago. All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2011, totaled 92.6 million head, 1 percent below the 93.9 million on January 1, 2010. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 40.0 million head, were down 1 percent from a year ago. All cattle and calves in Canada as of January 1, 2011, totaled 12.5 million head, down 3 percent from the 12.9 million on January 1, 2010. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 5.26 million, were down 2 percent from a year ago. United States and Canadian Sheep Inventory Down 1 Percent All sheep and lambs in the United States and Canada combined totaled 6.34 million head on January 1, 2011, down 1 percent from the 6.43 million on January 1, 2010. Breeding sheep, at 4.74 million head, were down 2 percent from a year ago and market sheep and lambs, at 1.61 million head, were down 1 percent from last year. All sheep and lambs in the United States as of January 1, 2011, totaled 5.53 million head, 2 percent below the 5.62 million head on January 1, 2010. Breeding sheep, at 4.12 million head, were down 2 percent from a year ago, while market sheep and lambs, at 1.42 million head, were down 1 percent from last year. All sheep and lambs in Canada as of January 1, 2011, totaled 814,000 head, up 1 percent from last year's number of 806,000. Breeding sheep, at 624,000 head, were up 2 percent from last year. Market sheep and lambs, at 190,000 head, were down 2 percent from a year ago. Cattle and Calf Inventory by Class and Calf Crop - United States and Canada: January 1, 2006-2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 head : Cattle and calves ....................:110,996.5 110,728.0 109,904.5 107,716.0 : Cows and heifers that have calved ....: 48,072.7 47,803.6 47,657.7 46,672.6 Beef cows ..........................: 37,949.7 37,664.3 37,416.4 36,361.3 Milk cows ..........................: 10,123.0 10,139.3 10,241.3 10,311.3 : All other cattle .....................: 62,923.8 62,924.4 62,246.8 61,043.4 : Calf crop 1/ .........................: 42,362.4 42,273.9 41,480.3 40,896.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ January to December calf crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service and Livestock and Animal Prod Section, Statistics Canada Cattle and Calf Inventory by Class and Calf Crop - United States and Canada: January 1, 2010 and 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2011 as Class : 2010 : 2011 : percent : : : of 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 head ----- percent : Cattle and calves .....................: 106,786.2 105,042.4 98 : Cows and heifers that have calved .....: 45,828.4 45,274.2 99 Beef cows ...........................: 35,761.9 35,137.6 98 Milk cows ...........................: 10,066.5 10,136.6 101 : All other cattle ......................: 60,957.8 59,768.2 98 : Calf crop 1/ ..........................: 40,570.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December calf crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service and Livestock and Animal Produc Section, Statistics Canada Cattle and Calf Inventory by Class and Calf Crop - United States: January 1, 2006-2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Cattle and calves ......................:96,341.5 96,573.0 96,034.5 94,521.0 : Cows and heifers that have calved ......:41,806.4 41,788.7 41,691.5 41,044.6 Beef cows ............................:32,702.5 32,644.2 32,434.5 31,711.8 Milk cows ............................: 9,103.9 9,144.5 9,257.0 9,332.8 : Heifers 500 pounds and over ............:19,949.9 20,074.1 19,854.2 19,575.5 For beef cow replacement .............: 5,863.5 5,835.4 5,646.6 5,531.2 For milk cow replacement .............: 4,298.0 4,324.9 4,415.0 4,409.5 Other heifers ........................: 9,788.4 9,913.8 9,792.6 9,634.8 : Steers 500 pounds and over .............:16,988.1 17,184.5 17,163.2 16,769.1 Bulls 500 pounds and over ..............: 2,257.8 2,214.4 2,207.2 2,184.1 Calves under 500 pounds ................:15,339.3 15,311.3 15,118.4 14,947.7 : Calf crop 1/ ...........................:37,015.7 36,758.7 36,152.5 35,939.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December calf crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Cattle and Calf Inventory by Class and Calf Crop - United States: January 1, 2010 and 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2011 as Class : 2010 : 2011 : percent : : : of 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 head ---- percent : Cattle and calves .......................: 93,881.2 92,582.4 99 : Cows and heifers that have calved .......: 40,456.4 40,014.2 99 Beef cows .............................: 31,370.9 30,864.6 98 Milk cows .............................: 9,085.5 9,149.6 101 : Heifers 500 pounds and over .............: 19,745.8 19,532.8 99 For beef cow replacement ..............: 5,451.0 5,157.6 95 For milk cow replacement ..............: 4,526.2 4,557.2 101 Other heifers .........................: 9,768.6 9,818.0 101 : Steers 500 pounds and over ..............: 16,510.4 16,382.0 99 Bulls 500 pounds and over ...............: 2,190.1 2,153.1 98 Calves under 500 pounds .................: 14,978.5 14,500.3 97 : Calf crop 1/ : 35,684.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December calf crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Cattle and Calf Inventory by Class and Calf Crop - Canada: January 1, 2006-2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Cattle and calves ......................:14,655.0 14,155.0 13,870.0 13,195.0 : Cows and heifers that have calved ......: 6,266.3 6,014.9 5,966.2 5,628.0 Beef cows ............................: 5,247.2 5,020.1 4,981.9 4,649.5 Milk cows ............................: 1,019.1 994.8 984.3 978.5 : Heifers 1 year and over ................: 2,110.2 2,030.7 2,049.0 1,822.1 For beef cow replacement .............: 628.3 587.1 595.0 537.0 For milk cow replacement .............: 495.1 480.1 471.1 450.6 Other heifers ........................: 986.8 963.5 982.9 834.5 : Steers 1 year and over .................: 1,146.8 1,145.2 1,101.6 1,067.6 Bulls 1 year and over ..................: 264.0 244.6 246.8 243.9 Calves under 1 year ....................: 4,867.7 4,719.6 4,506.4 4,433.4 : Calf crop 1/ ...........................: 5,346.7 5,515.2 5,327.8 4,957.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December calf crop. Source: Livestock and Animal Products Section, Statistics Canada. Cattle and Calf Inventory by Class and Calf Crop - Canada: January 1, 2010 and 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2011 as Class : 2010 : 2011 : percent : : : of 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 head ---- percent : Cattle and calves .......................: 12,905.0 12,460.0 97 : Cows and heifers that have calved .......: 5,372.0 5,260.0 98 Beef cows .............................: 4,391.0 4,273.0 97 Milk cows .............................: 981.0 987.0 101 : Heifers 1 year and over .................: 1,866.9 1,826.7 98 For beef cow replacement ..............: 516.4 531.6 103 For milk cow replacement ..............: 450.7 443.1 98 Other heifers .........................: 899.8 852.0 95 : Steers 1 year and over ..................: 1,141.7 1,081.7 95 Bulls 1 year and over ...................: 232.1 222.2 96 Calves under 1 year .....................: 4,292.3 4,069.4 95 : Calf crop 1/ ............................: 4,886.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December calf crop. Source: Livestock and Animal Products Section, Statistics Canada. Sheep and Lamb Inventory by Class and Lamb Crop - United States and Canada: January 1, 2006-2009 [Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : All sheep and lambs ....................: 7,094 6,999 6,775 6,555 : Breeding sheep and lambs ...............: 5,292 5,225 5,070 4,871 Replacement lambs - under one year old: 873 823 779 725 Ewes - one year old and older ........: 4,193 4,178 4,072 3,927 Rams - one year old and older ........: 226 225 219 220 : Market sheep and lambs .................: 1,802 1,775 1,706 1,684 Market sheep 1/ ......................: 81 94 83 81 Market lambs 2/ ......................: 1,721 1,681 1,623 1,603 : Lamb crop 3/ ...........................: 4,820 4,698 4,517 4,519 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ United States market sheep only. 2/ Canada market lambs include small amounts of market sheep. 3/ January to December lamb crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service and Statistics Canada, Livestoc and Animal Products Section. Sheep and Lamb Inventory by Class and Lamb Crop - United States and Canada: January 1, 2010 and 2011 [Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2011 as Class : 2010 : 2011 : percent : : : of 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head --- percent : All sheep and lambs .....................: 6,426 6,344 99 : Breeding sheep and lambs ................: 4,798 4,739 98 Replacement lambs - under one year old : 729 750 103 Ewes - one year old and older .........: 3,851 3,777 98 Rams - one year old and older .........: 218 213 98 : Market sheep and lambs ..................: 1,628 1,605 99 Market sheep 1/ .......................: 80 80 100 Market lambs 2/ .......................: 1,548 1,525 99 : Lamb crop 3/ ............................: 4,411 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ United States market sheep only. 2/ Canada market lambs include small amounts of market sheep. 3/ January to December lamb crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service and Statistics Canada, Livestoc and Animal Products Section. Sheep and Lamb Inventory by Class and Lamb Crop - United States: January 1, 2006-2009 [Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : All sheep and lambs ....................: 6,200 6,120 5,950 5,747 : Breeding sheep and lambs ...............: 4,616 4,553 4,432 4,247 Replacement lambs - under one year old: 786 735 697 647 Ewes - one year old and older ........: 3,630 3,620 3,540 3,405 Rams - one year old and older ........: 200 199 195 196 : Market sheep and lambs .................: 1,584 1,567 1,519 1,500 Market sheep .........................: 81 94 83 81 Market lambs .........................: 1,503 1,474 1,436 1,419 : Lamb crop 1/ ...........................: 3,950 3,895 3,710 3,690 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December lamb crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Sheep and Lamb Inventory by Class and Lamb Crop - United States: January 1, 2010 and 2011 [Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2011 as Class : 2010 : 2011 : percent : : : of 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head --- percent : All sheep and lambs .....................: 5,620 5,530 98 : Breeding sheep and lambs ................: 4,185 4,115 98 Replacement lambs - under one year old : 655 670 102 Ewes - one year old and older .........: 3,335 3,255 98 Rams - one year old and older .........: 195 190 97 : Market sheep and lambs ..................: 1,435 1,415 99 Market sheep ..........................: 80 80 100 Market lambs ..........................: 1,355 1,335 99 : Lamb crop 1/ ............................: 3,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December lamb crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Sheep and Lamb Inventory by Class and Lamb Crop - Canada: January 1, 2006-2009 [Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : All sheep and lambs ....................: 894 879 825 808 : Breeding sheep and lambs ...............: 676 672 638 624 Replacement lambs - under one year old: 87 88 82 78 Ewes - one year old and older ........: 563 558 532 522 Rams - one year old and older ........: 26 26 24 24 : Market sheep and lambs .................: 218 207 187 184 : Lamb crop 1/ ...........................: 870 803 807 829 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December lamb crop. Source: Statistics Canada, Livestock and Animal Products Section. Sheep and Lamb Inventory by Class and Lamb Crop - Canada: January 1, 2010 and 2011 [Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2011 as Class : 2010 : 2011 : percent : : : of 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- percent : All sheep and lambs .....................: 806 814 101 : Breeding sheep and lambs ................: 613 624 102 Replacement lambs - under one year old : 74 80 108 Ewes - one year old and older .........: 516 522 101 Rams - one year old and older .........: 23 23 100 : Market sheep and lambs ..................: 193 190 98 : Lamb crop 2/ ............................: 811 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December lamb crop. Source: Statistics Canada, Livestock and Animal Products Section. 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