Cattle Inventory Report:
All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2009, totaled 94.5 million head, 2 percent below the 96.0 million on January 1, 2008. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 41.0 million, were down 2 percent from the 41.7 million on January 1, 2008.
Semiannual Cattle Inventory Report Expectations
| USDA
| Avg. trade guess
| Range
|
| |||
All cattle & calves | 98 | 99.2
| 98.9-99.6
|
Cow/heifers that have calved | 98 | 99.1
| 97.8-99.6
|
Beef cows | 98 | 98.8
| 98.5-99.4
|
Dairy cows | 101 | 100.0
| 98.7-101.3
|
Heifers 500 pounds and over | 99 | 99.2
| 98.0-99.7
|
Beef replacement heifers | 98 | 97.7
| 96.1-98.6
|
Milk replacement heifers | 100 | 98.3
| 96.5-99.3
|
Other heifers | 99 | 100.6
| 99.7-101.5
|
Steers 500 pounds and over | 98 | 99.3
| 98.2-100.0
|
Bulls 500 pounds and over | 99 | 99.2
| 98.0-99.9
|
Calves under 500 pounds | 99 | 99.0
| 97.5-99.9
|
| 2008 Calf Crop | 98 | 99.3
| 97.7-99.7
|
