Mt An 8 (8-04) United States and Canadian Cattle National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 19, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on United States and Canadian Cattle call Mike Miller at 202-720-3040, or Robert Plourde at 613-951-8716, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. July Cattle Inventory Up 1 Percent This publication is a result of a joint effort by Statistics Canada and NASS to release the number of cattle and calves by class and calf crop for both countries within one publication. This information was requested by the U.S. cattle industry to provide producers additional information about potential beef supplies. U.S. inventory numbers were previously released on July 23, 2004. All cattle and calves in the U. S. and Canada combined totaled 120.4 million head on July 1, 2004, up 1 percent from a year ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 48.9 million head, was up 1 percent from a year ago. All cattle and calves in the United States as of July 1, 2004, totaled 103.6 million head, down slightly from the 103.9 million on July 1, 2003 and 1 percent below the 105.1 million two years ago. All cattle and calves in Canada as of July 1, 2004, totaled 16.8 million head, up 6 percent from the 15.7 million on July 1, 2003, and 9 percent above the 15.4 million two years ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 6.4 million, was up 8 percent from the 6.0 million on July 1, 2003, and 9 percent above the 5.9 million from two years ago. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, United States, July 1, 2000-2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 106,300 105,800 105,100 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 43,200 43,000 42,900 Beef Cows : 33,950 33,900 33,750 Milk Cows : 9,250 9,100 9,150 : Heifers 500 Pounds and Over : 16,500 16,400 16,200 For Beef Cow Replacement : 4,700 4,600 4,600 For Milk Cow Replacement : 3,700 3,600 3,700 Other Heifers : 8,100 8,200 7,900 : Steers 500 Pounds and Over : 14,300 14,600 14,500 Bulls 500 Pounds and Over : 2,100 2,100 2,100 Calves Under 500 Pounds : 30,200 29,700 29,400 : Calf Crop 1/ : 38,631 38,300 38,224 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December Calf Crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, United States, July 1, 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2004 as Class : 2003 : 2004 : % of 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head ---- Percent : Cattle and Calves : 103,900 103,600 100 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 42,700 42,500 100 Beef Cows : 33,600 33,500 100 Milk Cows : 9,100 9,000 99 : Heifers 500 Pounds and Over : 15,900 15,950 100 For Beef Cow Replacement : 4,600 4,800 104 For Milk Cow Replacement : 3,600 3,600 100 Other Heifers : 7,700 7,550 98 : Steers 500 Pounds and Over : 14,200 14,200 100 Bulls 500 Pounds and Over : 2,100 2,050 98 Calves Under 500 Pounds : 29,000 28,900 100 : Calf Crop 1/ : 38,224 37,700 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December Calf Crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, Canada, July 1, 2000-2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 14,968 15,424 15,436 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 5,799 5,872 5,894 Beef Cows : 4,711 4,799 4,822 Milk Cows : 1,088 1,073 1,072 : Heifers 1 Year and Over : 1 2,397 2,436 For Beef Cow Replacement : 837 859 828 For Milk Cow Replacement : 494 517 513 Other Heifers : 1,066 1,060 1,117 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 1 1,580 1,659 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 1 259 265 Calves Under 1 Year :under 1 year 4,935 5,193 : Calf Crop 2/ : 5,505 5,582 5,711 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ January to December Calf Crop. Source: Livestock and Animal Products Section, Statistics Canada. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, Canada, July 1, 2003-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2004 as Class : 2003 : 2004 : % of 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :----- 1,000 Head ----- Percent : Cattle and Calves : 15,738 16,760 106 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 5,971 6,421 108 Beef Cows : 4,916 5,340 109 Milk Cows : 1,055 1,081 102 : Heifers 1 Year and Over : 1 2,517 2,626 For Beef Cow Replacement : 882 822 93 For Milk Cow Replacement : 508 529 104 Other Heifers : 1,127 1,275 113 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 1 1,618 1,732 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 1 274 286 Calves Under 1 Year :under 1 year 5,359 5,695 : Calf Crop 2/ : 5,792 4,701 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ January to December Calf Crop. 3/ For current year, January to June calf crop only. Source: Livestock and Animal Products Section, Statistics Canada. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, United States and Canada, July 1, 2000-2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 121,268 121,224 120,536 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 48,999 48,872 48,794 Beef Cows : 38,661 38,699 38,572 Milk Cows : 10,338 10,173 10,222 : All Other Cattle : 72,271 72,353 71,743 : Calf Crop 2/ : 44,136 43,882 43,935 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ January to December calf crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service and Livestock and Animal Products Section, Statistics Canada Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, United States and Canada, July 1, 2003-2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2004 as Class : 2003 : 2004 : % of 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 119,638 120,360 101 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 48,671 48,921 101 Beef Cows : 38,516 38,840 101 Milk Cows : 10,155 10,081 99 : All Other Cattle : 70,968 71,439 101 : Calf Crop 2/ : 43,695 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ January to December calf crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service and Livestock and Animal Products Section, Statistics Canada Cattle and Calves: Number by Class - Provinces, July 1, 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : Nfld : PEI : NS : NB : Que -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 9.2 85.5 107.0 91.5 1,420.0 2003 as % of 2002 : 100.0 100.6 100.0 100.5 103.6 : Cows and Heifers That : Have Calved : 5.2 27.7 50.1 39.2 617.0 Beef Cows : 0.6 13.2 26.1 20.2 222.0 Milk Cows : 4.6 14.5 24.0 19.0 395.0 : Heifers, 1 Year : 1 and Over : 1.6 19.2 19.9 18.8 233.0 Beef Cow Replacement : 0.2 3.0 4.8 4.8 41.0 Milk Cow Replacement : 1.3 6.8 11.5 9.6 167.0 Other Heifers : 0.1 9.4 3.6 4.4 25.0 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 0.2 17.4 5.5 6.6 92.0 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 0.1 0.8 1.4 1.2 15.5 Calves Under 1 Year : 2.1 20.4 30.1 25.7 462.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Ont : Man : Sask : Alta : BC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 2,230.0 1,590.0 3,220.0 6,100.0 885.0 2003 as % of 2002 : 104.2 108.0 109.5 95.5 105.8 : Cows and Heifers That : Have Calved : 754.0 664.0 1,369.0 2,075.0 370.0 Beef Cows : 394.0 622.0 1,335.0 1,990.0 293.0 Milk Cows : 360.0 42.0 34.0 85.0 77.0 : Heifers, 1 Year : 1 and Over : 465.0 213.0 360.0 1,068.0 118.0 Beef Cow Replacement : 82.0 100.0 240.0 350.0 56.0 Milk Cow Replacement : 206.0 21.0 15.0 36.0 34.0 Other Heifers : 177.0 92.0 105.0 682.0 28.0 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 357.0 124.0 150.0 798.0 67.5 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 26.0 31.0 70.0 109.0 18.5 Calves Under 1 Year : 628.0 558.0 1,271.0 2,000.0 311.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Source: Livestock and Animal Products Section, Statistics Canada. Provinces are Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Bristish Columbia. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class - Provinces, July 1, 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : Nfld : PEI : NS : NB : Que -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 9.2 87.0 108.5 92.0 1,515.0 2004 as % of 2003 : 100.0 101.8 101.4 100.5 106.7 : Cows and Heifers That : Have Calved : 5.1 28.7 50.8 39.3 651.0 Beef Cows : 0.6 14.0 27.0 20.3 236.0 Milk Cows : 4.6 14.7 23.8 19.0 415.0 : Heifers, 1 Year : 1 and Over : 1.6 19.8 20.1 19.0 258.0 Beef Cow Replacement : 0.1 3.3 5.0 4.8 42.0 Milk Cow Replacement : 1.4 7.0 11.5 9.8 186.0 Other Heifers : 0.1 9.5 3.6 4.4 30.0 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 0.2 17.5 5.8 6.3 112.0 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 0.1 0.9 1.5 1.2 16.5 Calves Under 1 Year : 2.2 20.1 30.3 26.2 477.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Ont : Man : Sask : Alta : BC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 2,308.3 1,750.0 3,540.0 6,400.0 950.0 2004 as % of 2003 : 103.5 110.1 109.9 104.9 107.3 : Cows and Heifers That : Have Calved : 782.0 700.0 1,529.0 2,230.0 405.0 Beef Cows : 410.0 655.0 1,500.0 2,150.0 327.0 Milk Cows : 372.0 45.0 29.0 80.0 78.0 : Heifers, 1 Year : 1 and Over : 480.0 227.0 365.0 1,117.0 118.0 Beef Cow Replacement : 80.0 94.0 222.0 320.0 51.0 Milk Cow Replacement : 210.0 23.0 13.0 32.0 35.0 Other Heifers : 190.0 110.0 130.0 765.0 32.0 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 380.6 160.0 197.0 780.0 73.0 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 27.0 33.0 74.0 113.0 19.0 Calves Under 1 Year : 638.7 630.0 1,375.0 2,160.0 335.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 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