STATE OF MONTANA 



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ALL CATTLE AND MILK COWS ON FARMS 



Number, Value Per Head, and Total Value, January 1 



ALL CATTLE. Amount and Value of Farm Production 



Calf Shipped in 

 Crop Cattle 



(Calves and 



Born) Calves 



Farm 

 Shipped Out - Slaughter 

 and Local Cattle 



Slaughter and 



Cattle Calves Calves 



Number of Head 



(ALL 



1937-46 Av. 

 1947 

 1948 

 1949 



570 

 761 

 747 

 794 



50 

 81 



104 

 43 



FIGURES 



378 

 584 

 597 

 652 



IN THOUSANDS) 

 74 25 

 140 26 

 106 19 

 255 18 



Production 

 Pounds ' 



392,780 

 534,630 

 551,490 

 550,045 



Cash 

 Income 



Gross 

 Income 



Dollars 



37,407 

 105,119 

 125,523 

 124,183 



39,256 

 106,849 

 127,054 

 125,469 



SHEEP AND WOOL 



All Stock Sheep and Lambs 

 On Farms January 1 



Farm Value 



Number Per Head 



WOOL PRODUCTION AND INCOME 

 Wool Production 



1938-47 Av. 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 



3,114,000 $ 8.94 



1,923,000 16.60 



1,865,000 18.70 



1,623,000 19.40 



Total 



$27,495,000 

 31,922,000 

 34,876,000 

 31,486,000 



Sheep 



Shorn 



Number 



2,902,000 

 1,769,000 

 1,697,000 

 1,493,000 



Per 

 Fleece Total 



Pounds 



Price 

 Per Lb. 



(Cents) 



9.2 

 9.4 

 8.9 

 9.4 



26,811,000 

 16,629,000 

 15,103,000 

 14,034,000 



36 

 56 

 53 



Cash 



Income 



(Dollars) 



9,657,000 

 9,312,000 

 8,005,000 



SHEEP NUMBERS BY CLASSES 



STOCK SHEEP 



All 

 Sheep 



Sheep 



on 



Feed 



Total 

 Stock 

 Sheep 



Lambs 



Ewes 

 1 Year 



1938-47 Av. 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 



3,445,000 331,000 



2,168,000 245,000 



2,081,000 216,000 



1,735,000 112,000 



3,114,000 2,433,000 



1,923,000 1,512,000 



1,865,000 1,433,000 



1,623,000 1,304,000 



Ewes 



549,000 

 325,000 

 350,000 

 249,000 



Wethers 

 and Rams 



32,000 

 21,000 

 21,000 

 15,000 



Rams Wethers 

 1 Year 1 Year 



94,000 

 61,000 

 57,000 

 52,000 



6,000 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 3,000 



SHEEP AND LAMBS, Amount and Value of Farm Production 



1937-46 Av. 

 1947 

 1948 

 1949 



Iamb Shipped in ' 

 Crop Sheep 



(Lambs and 



Docked) Lambs 



2,100 

 1,413 

 1,270 

 1,204 



Shipped Out - 

 and Local 

 Slaughter 



Sheep Lambs 



Number of Head 



Farm 

 Slaughter 

 Sheep 

 and Pro. 



Lambs duction 



Pounds ^ 



146 

 155 

 189 

 113 



(ALL FIGURES 



419 

 325 

 282 

 350 



IN THOUSANDS) 



1,442 24 



1,027 18 



934 17 



980 18 



141,886 

 95,311 

 85,884 

 80,365 



Cash Cash 



Income Income 



(Dollars) (Dollars) 



14,453 

 19,828 

 19,212 

 20,514 



14,573 

 19,989 

 19,384 

 20,690 



Shipped in from points outside the state. 



Shipped to points outside the state, plus animals slaughtered by local butchers and at small killing plants 



within the state. 



Live weight. 



