STATE OF MONTANA 



67 



COUNTIES' 



& 

 DISTKICTS 



FEEDLOTS AND NUMBER OF CATTLE ON FEED 

 JANUARY 1, 1972 BY COUNTIES 



Niunlier 



of 

 Feetllots 



Cattle 



on 

 Feed 



Flatlu-.id 9 



Lincoln & 



Sanders 5 



Lake 8 



Missoula 4 



Powell & 



Ravalli 9 



Northwest 



TOTAL 35 



Blaine 16 



Chouteau 13 



Glacier & 



Toole 10 



Hill 6 



Liberty 4 



Phillips 9 



Pondera 17 



Teton 4 



Northcentral 



TOT AL 79 



Daniels 6 



Dawson 12 



McCone 10 



Richland 56 



Roosevelt & 



Sheridan 25 



Valley 5 



Northeast 



TOTAL 114 



3,700 

 300 

 100 

 .300 



2,000 



6,400 



4,900 

 1,900 



800 

 300 

 300 

 900 

 1,000 

 100 



10500 



400 



500 



500 



11,200 



5,100 

 900 



18,600 



COUNTIES' 



6c 

 DISTRICTS 



Number 



of 

 Feedlots 



Broadwater, 

 Meagher & 

 Lewis & Clark 



Cascade 



Fergus & 



Petroleum 



Wheatland & 



Golden Valley 



Judith Basin 



Musselshell 



Central 



TOTAL 



Beaverhead & 



Madison 6 



Gallatin, 



Park, Sweet- 

 Grass & 



Stillwater 37 



Carbon 19 



Yellowstone 65 



Treasure 11 



Big Horn 14 



Southwest & 



Southcentral - TOTAL 152 



Rosebud 7 



Custer & 



Powder River 5 



Prairie & 



Wibaux 17 



Southeast 



TOTAL 29 



STATE TOTAL 473 



Cattle 



on 

 Feed 



300 



19,700 



10,000 



50,600 



3,600 



5,500 



89,700 



300 



400 



1,600 



2,300 



165,000 



Some counties combined to avoid disclosing some individual operations. 



Year 



NUMBER OF CATTLE FEEDLOTS 

 BY SIZE OF FEEDLOT CAPACITY, 1962-1971' 



Total 

 Number 

 of Feed- 

 lots 



1962 600 



1963 600 



1964 600 



1965 600 



1966 550 



1967 500 



1968 500 



1969 470 



1970 501 



1971 473 



Feedlots by Capacity 



Under 1,000 

 head 



1,000- 

 1,999 



2,000- 

 3,999 



4,000- 

 7,999 



577 

 574 

 574 

 566 

 511 



461 

 459 

 415 

 424 

 387 



3 

 3 

 5 

 7 



7 



6 



8 



13 



16 



i,000 & 

 over 



' Number of feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacitv is luunber of lots operating anytime during year. Number under 1,000 



head capacity and total number of feedlots is number at end of year. 

 * Lots are included in next smaller size group to avoid disclosing individual operations. 



