CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR ALL CATTLE 



United States 



ALL CATTLE 



January 1. 1927 57.521.000 



January 1, 1926 59.148.000 



January 1. 1925 61,696,000 



MILK COWS AND HEIFERS 



January 1, 1927 21.824,000 



1, 1926 22,148.000 



January 

 January 

 HEIFERS 

 January 

 January 

 January 



1, 1925 



1-2 (MILK) 



1, 1927 



1, 1926 



1, 1925 



22,481,000 



4.080.000 

 3.909.000 

 4,195,000 



Eleven 

 Western States 



9,876,000 

 10,203,000 

 10,831.000 



1,924,000 

 1,937,000 

 1.931.000 



423.000 

 419.000 

 417,000 



Montana 



1,190,000 

 1,280.000 

 1,340,000 



188,000 

 192,000 

 187,000 



35,000 

 35,000 

 36,000 



MARKETINGS MONTANA CATTLE 1926 



The state brand office inspection records show a total of 504,472 cattle 

 and calves shipped from the state for the calendar year of 1926 compared with 

 407,365 head in 1925 and 320,644 head in 1924. The largest marketings pre- 

 ceding 1926 were those of 1919 when 641,337 head moved out. However, a 

 relatively large part of the 1919 exports went out to winter feeding and were 

 returned the next spring, it is quite likely that 1926 exports represent the 

 largest marketings of cattle and calves in the history of the state- Next in 

 order come 1925 with 407,365 head and 1918 with 406,415 head. 



The 1926 marketings of cattle were influenced by drouth and short feed 

 supplies in eastern Montana and to some extent in other northern and north- 

 western sections. As a result they have exceeded what would have been a 

 normal output for the year and in spite of an increase in the 1926 calf crop of 

 about 73,000, involved an inventory loss by January 1, 1927, of 90,000 head 

 compared with January 1, 1926. 



ANALYSIS CATTLE EXPORTS 1920-1925 



Inspection records of the state office of Brand Inspection show the fol- 

 lowing classification of Montana cattle exports as steers, cows, calves and 

 bulls for the period 1920-1925 inclusive. 



Year 



1920 

 1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 



Steers 



Cows 



Calves 



1926 (Not Yet Classified) 



From this data is evident an upward trend in cow and calf marketings 

 and a downward trend in steer marketings. No data is available as to age 

 classes of steers marketed during this period, but it is assumed that such 

 data would show, if available, a strong shift toward yearling and long yearling 

 steers and decreasing numbers of steers above the two year mark. In other 

 words, it is expected that marketings would reflect the change in breeding 

 practices toward a younger market animal. 



r;' YEARLY INCREASES - DECREASES a-"* INVENTORIES. ALL CATTLE - MONTANA 



Jan 1.1920 to Jan. 1. 1927 



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