Mt An 8 (8-05) United States and Canadian Cattle National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 17, 2005, 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 22, 2005. All cattle and calves in the U. S. and Canada combined totaled 121.8 million head on July 1, 2005, up1 percent from a year ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 49.4 million head, was up 1 percent from a year ago. All cattle and calves in the United States as of July 1, 2005 totaled 104.5 million head, 1 percent above the 103.6 million on July 1, 2004 and 1 percent above the 103.9 million two years ago. All cattle and calves in Canada as of July 1, 2005, totaled 17.3 million head, up 3 percent from the 16.8 million on July 1, 2004, and 10 percent above the 15.7 million two years ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 6.6 million, was up 2 percent from the 6.4 million on July 1, 2004, and 10 percent above the 6.0 million from two years ago. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, United States, July 1, 2000-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 106,300 105,800 105,100 103,900 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 43,200 43,000 42,900 42,700 Beef Cows : 33,950 33,900 33,750 33,600 Milk Cows : 9,250 9,100 9,150 9,100 : Heifers 500 Pounds and Over : 16,500 16,400 16,200 15,900 For Beef Cow Replacement : 4,700 4,600 4,600 4,600 For Milk Cow Replacement : 3,700 3,600 3,700 3,600 Other Heifers : 8,100 8,200 7,900 7,700 : Steers 500 Pounds and Over : 14,300 14,600 14,500 14,200 Bulls 500 Pounds and Over : 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,100 Calves Under 500 Pounds : 30,200 29,700 29,400 29,000 : Calf Crop 1/ : 38,631 38,300 38,224 37,903 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December Calf Crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, United States, July 1, 2004-2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2005 as Class : 2004 : 2005 : % of 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head ---- Percent : Cattle and Calves : 103,600 104,500 101 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 42,500 42,800 101 Beef Cows : 33,500 33,750 101 Milk Cows : 9,000 9,050 101 : Heifers 500 Pounds and Over : 15,950 16,200 102 For Beef Cow Replacement : 4,800 5,000 104 For Milk Cow Replacement : 3,600 3,700 103 Other Heifers : 7,550 7,500 99 : Steers 500 Pounds and Over : 14,200 14,400 101 Bulls 500 Pounds and Over : 2,050 2,100 102 Calves Under 500 Pounds : 28,900 29,000 100 : Calf Crop 1/ : 37,625 37,800 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ January to December Calf Crop. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Cattle and Calves: Number by Class and Calf Crop, Canada, July 1, 2000-20031/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 14,968 15,424 15,436 15,738 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 5,799 5,872 5,894 5,971 Beef Cows : 4,711 4,799 4,822 4,916 Milk Cows : 1,088 1,073 1,072 1,055 : Heifers 1 Year and Over : 2,397 2,436 2,458 2,517 For Beef Cow Replacement : 837 859 828 882 For Milk Cow Replacement : 494 517 513 510 Other Heifers : 1,066 1,060 1,117 1,125 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 1,580 1,659 1,607 1,618 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 259 265 260 274 Calves Under 1 Year : 4,935 5,193 5,218 5,359 : Calf Crop 2/ : 5,505 5,582 5,755 5,779 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2004-20051/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2005 as Class : 2004 : 2005 : % of 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- Percent : Cattle and Calves : 16,758 17,295 103 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 6,408 6,568 102 Beef Cows : 5,339 5,506 103 Milk Cows : 1,069 1,062 99 : Heifers 1 Year and Over : 2,612 2,722 104 For Beef Cow Replacement : 824 862 105 For Milk Cow Replacement : 513 508 99 Other Heifers : 1,275 1,352 106 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 1,732 1,776 103 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 286 289 101 Calves Under 1 Year : 5,721 5,941 104 : Calf Crop 2/3/ : 5,562 4,945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2000-2003 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 121,268 121,224 120,536 119,638 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 48,999 48,872 48,794 48,671 Beef Cows : 38,661 38,699 38,572 38,516 Milk Cows : 10,338 10,173 10,222 10,155 : All Other Cattle : 72,271 72,353 71,743 70,968 : Calf Crop 2/ : 44,136 43,882 43,979 43,682 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 2004-2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 2005 as Class : 2004 : 2005 : % of 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 120,358 121,795 101 : Cows and Heifers That Have Calved : 48,908 49,368 101 Beef Cows : 38,839 39,256 101 Milk Cows : 10,069 10,112 100 : All Other Cattle : 71,451 72,428 101 : Calf Crop 2/ : 43,187 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : Nfld : PEI : NS : NB : Que -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 9.2 86.0 107.5 92.0 1,515.0 2004 as % of 2003 : 100.0 100.6 100.5 100.5 106.7 : Cows and Heifers That : Have Calved : 5.1 28.2 50.8 39.3 651.0 Beef Cows : 0.5 13.5 27.0 20.3 236.0 Milk Cows : 4.6 14.7 23.8 19.0 415.0 : Heifers, 1 Year : and Over : 1.6 19.8 20.1 19.0 232.0 Beef Cow Replacement : 0.1 3.3 5.0 4.8 42.0 Milk Cow Replacement : 1.4 7.0 11.5 9.8 162.0 Other Heifers : 0.1 9.5 3.6 4.4 28.0 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 0.2 17.0 5.8 6.3 112.0 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 0.1 0.9 1.5 1.2 16.0 Calves Under 1 Year : 2.2 20.1 29.3 26.2 504.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 763.7 696.0 1,531.0 2,238.0 405.0 Beef Cows : 410.0 655.0 1,500.0 2,150.0 327.0 Milk Cows : 353.7 41.0 31.0 88.0 78.0 : Heifers, 1 Year : and Over : 480.0 231.0 366.0 1,124.0 118.0 Beef Cow Replacement : 80.0 96.0 222.0 320.0 51.0 Milk Cow Replacement : 210.0 23.0 14.0 39.0 35.0 Other Heifers : 190.0 112.0 130.0 765.0 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 : 657.0 630.0 1,372.0 2,145.0 335.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : Nfld : PEI : NS : NB : Que -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 9.2 85.0 108.8 92.0 1,470.0 2005 as % of 2004 : 100.0 98.8 101.2 100.0 97.0 : Cows and Heifers That : Have Calved : 5.3 28.0 50.8 40.1 633.0 Beef Cows : 0.5 13.0 27.3 20.6 233.0 Milk Cows : 4.8 15.0 23.5 19.5 400.0 : Heifers, 1 Year : and Over : 2.0 19.2 20.1 18.0 240.5 Beef Cow Replacement : 0.1 2.5 5.1 4.0 38.5 Milk Cow Replacement : 1.8 7.5 11.2 9.5 171.0 Other Heifers : 0.1 9.2 3.8 4.5 31.0 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 0.1 16.0 6.0 6.5 113.5 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 0.1 0.8 1.5 1.1 15.0 Calves Under 1 Year : 1.7 21.0 30.4 26.3 468.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Ont : Man : Sask : Alta : BC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Cattle and Calves : 2,300.0 1,755.0 3,660.0 6,900.0 915.0 2005 as % of 2004 : 99.6 100.3 103.4 107.8 96.3 : Cows and Heifers That : Have Calved : 768.0 719.5 1,585.5 2,341.0 397.0 Beef Cows : 408.0 679.0 1,555.0 2,250.0 319.5 Milk Cows : 360.0 40.5 30.5 91.0 77.5 : Heifers, 1 Year : and Over : 457.0 231.0 382.5 1,235.0 116.0 Beef Cow Replacement : 72.0 95.0 244.0 352.0 48.5 Milk Cow Replacement : 200.0 22.5 13.5 38.0 32.5 Other Heifers : 185.0 113.5 125.0 845.0 35.0 : Steers 1 Year and Over : 368.0 125.5 167.0 910.0 63.0 Bulls 1 Year and Over : 25.0 33.0 75.0 119.0 18.0 Calves Under 1 Year : 682.0 646.0 1,450.0 2,295.0 321.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 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