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.AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



ALL CATTLE AND MILK COWS ON FARMS AND RANCHES 



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



Number 

 Year Head 



1962 2,133,000 



1963 2,325,000 



1964 2,627,000 



1965 2.758,000 



1966 2,841,000 



1967 2,869,000 



1968 2,984,000 



1969 2,984,000 



1970 3,014,000 



1971 3,165,000 



1972 3,165,000 



' Not available. 



COWS 2 VRS. OLD .WD 



Numbers by Classes, January 1 



MILK .WTMALS 



Cows 



2 Yrs + 



Heifers 

 1-2 Yrs. 



Heifer 

 Calves 



Year 



Head 



1962 75,000 16.000 21.000 



1963 69,000 14,000 20,000 



1964 66,000 13,000 20,000 



1965 64,000 1.3.000 19.000 



1966 59.000 12.000 18,000 



1967 55,000 11.000 17.000 



1968 51,000 10,000 16,000 



1969 49,000 10,000 15,000 



1970 47,000 10,000 14,000 



Cows 

 2 Yrs. 



1,150,000 

 1.224,000 

 1,310,000 

 1,415,000 

 1,452.000 



1,481,000 

 1,.525.(K)0 

 1.555.000 

 1.589.000 



BEEF .\N1M.\LS 



Heifers 

 1-2 Yrs. 



Calves 



Steers 

 I Yr. 



202.000 

 228,000 

 286,000 

 298,000 

 278.000 



306,000 

 314,000 

 303,000 

 .301,000 



Head 

 550,000 

 639,000 

 780,000 

 798,000 

 857.000 



837,000 

 881,000 

 872,000 

 873,000 



68,000 

 76,000 

 92,000 

 85,000 

 97,000 



94,000 

 115,000 

 112,000 

 111,0(X) 



Bulls 

 1 Yr. 



51,000 

 .55,000 

 60,000 

 66,000 

 68.000 



68,000 

 72,000 

 68,000 

 69,000 



TOT.\L 



.\ll Cattle 

 Head 



2,133,000 

 2,325,000 

 2,627,000 

 2,758,000 

 2,841.000 



2.869.000 

 2.984.000 

 2,984,000 

 3.014,000 



COWS 6c HEIFERS 

 TH.\T H.WE C.\L\'ED HEIFERS .500 LBS. 6; OVER 



Beef Milk 



cow Cow 



Beef Milk Replace- Replace- 



Year Cows Cows meiits ments Other 



1,000 Head 1,000 Head 



1970' 1,555 44 252 12 70 



1971 1,591 40 272 12 77 



1972 1,644 39 304 12 . 82 



' Classification changed beginning Jan. 1, 1970. 



OTHER 



Steers 



.500* 



& over 



130 

 140 

 144 



Bulls 



500 # 



& o\er 



1,000 Head 



81 

 83 

 84 



Strs., Hfrs, 



Bulls TOT.\L 



under CATTLE & 



500 # C.\L\ES 



1,000 Head 



870 

 950 

 856 



3,014 

 3,165 

 3,165 



Calf Crops and Disposition 



Year 



1962 



1963 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



1969 



1970 



1971 



1972» 1,630 



' Excludes interfarm sales. Beginning with 1966, includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for use 



on farms where produced. 

 ' Beginning with 1966, excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for fanners. 

 ' Some data not available in time for publication. 



