January Cattle Inventory Down Slightly
US - 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 February 2, 2007.
16 February 2007
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All cattle and calves in the U. S. and Canada combined totaled 111.3 million head on January 1,
2007, down slightly from a year ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 48.1 million head,
was down 1 percent from a year ago.
All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2007, totaled 97.0 million head,
slightly above the 96.7 million on January 1, 2006.
All cattle and calves in Canada as of January 1, 2007, totaled 14.3 million head, down 3 percent
from the 14.8 million on January 1, 2006, and 5 percent below the 15.1 million two years ago. All
cows and heifers that have calved, at 6.0 million, was down 4 percent from the 6.3 million on
January 1, 2006, and 5 percent below the 6.4 million from two years ago.
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