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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



FEEDLOTS AND CATTLE ON FEED BY COUNTIES 



January 1, 1977 and 1978 



1977 



1978 



COUNTY' 



& 

 DISTRICT 



Flathead 



Lake & Ravalli 



Missoula & Sanders 



N. WEST 



Blaine 



Chouteau, Hill & Toole 



Glacier, Liberty & Telon 



Phillips & Pondera 



N. CENTRAL 



Richland 



Dawson, Roosevelt & Sheridan . 



N. EAST 



Golden Valley, 



Lewis & Clark & Musselshell 

 Cascade, Fergus & Petroleum . . 

 Judith Basin 



CENTRAL 



Beaverhead & Gallatin 



Big Horn & Treasure 



Carbon 



Stillwater 



Yellowstone 



S. WEST & S. CENTRAL 



Custer, Powder River, 



Prairie & Rosebud 



S. EAST 



STATE 



Feedlots 



Cattle 



on 



Feed 



Feedlots 



Cattle 



on 



Feed 



Number 



4 

 6 



4 



14 



4 

 8 

 4 

 3 



19 



13 

 6 



19 



4 

 12 



4 



20 



7 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 19 



7 



7 

 119 



1,600 

 200 

 300 



2,100 



200 



1,000 



100 



300 



1,600 



9,200 

 700 



9,900 



3,400 



17,800 



2,200 



23,400 



5,200 

 1,100 

 6,400 

 5,500 

 26,800 



45.000 



1,000 



1,000 



83,000 



Number 



3 1,400 

 5 300 



4 300 



12 



5 

 5 

 3 



13 



11 

 4 



IS 



6 



7 

 3 



16 



6 

 5 

 6 



4 

 18 



39 



6 

 6 



101 



2.000 



1,500 

 4,800 

 1,700 



8,000 



8,000 

 800 



8,800 



2,700 



10,900 



2,900 



16.500 



2,200 

 1,500 

 8,600 

 7,000 

 21,900 



41,200 



4,500 



4,500 



81,000 



'Some counties combined to avoid disclosing individual operators. 



NUMBER OF CATTLE FEEDLOTS 



By Size o< Feedlot Capacity, 1968-1977' 



J I Feedlots by Capacity 



Number 



of Feed- Under 1,000 1,000- 2,000- 

 Year lots Head 1,999 3,999 



Number 



1968 500 459 21 12 



i%9 470 415 31 14 



1970 501 424 39 21 



1971 473 387 46 22 



1972:; ;:;;:;■.;:; 389 317 36 17 



1973 305 236 31 20 



1974'" 276 211 26 21 



1975 152 102 13 19 



1976 119 70 15 16 



1977'.;;;; 101 6i 8 13 



'Number of feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity is number of lots operating anytime during year. 

 Number under 1,000 head capacity and total number of feedlots is number at end of year. 



4,000- 

 7,999 



8,000 & 

 over 



