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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



CATTLE AND CALVES 



Number, Value Per Head and TotaJ Value, January 1 



Year 



1964. 

 1965., 

 1966. 

 1%7., 

 1968., 



1969.. 

 1970.. 

 1971.. 

 1972.. 

 1973.. 

 1974.. 



Numbers by Classes. January 1 



Year 



1964.. 

 1965.. 

 1966.. 

 1967.. 

 1968.. 



1969.. 

 1970.. 



COWS & HEIFERS 

 THAT HAVE CALVED 



Year 



Beef 

 Cows 



Milk 

 Cows 



HEIFERS 500 LBS. & OVER 



Beef 

 Cow 

 Replace- 

 ments 



Milk 



Cow 



Replace- 



menis 



Other 



OTHER 



Strs.. TOTAL 



Hfrs.. ALL 



Steers Bulls Bulls CATTLE 



500# 500» under & 



& over & over 500» CALVES 



1970' 1,559 40 252 12 



1971 1,595 36 272 12 



1972 1,648 35 304 11 



1973 1,685 32 298 10 



1974 1.746 29 355 10 



1.000 Head 



70 

 77 

 82 

 90 

 108 



130 

 140 

 144 

 163 

 216 



81 

 83 

 84 

 89 

 105 



870 

 950 

 857 

 830 

 811 



3.014 

 3,165 

 3,165 

 3.197 

 3,380 



'Classification changed l)eginning Jan. 1, 1970. 



Calf Crops and Disposition 



Year 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



1969 



1970 



1971 



1972 



1973 



1974^ 1,780 



'Excludes interfarm sales. Beginning with 1966. includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establish- 

 ments for use on farms whe.e produced. 



^Beginning with 1966, excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers. 



^Some data not available in time for publication. 



