United States and Canadian Cattle Inventory Up 2 Percent
All cattle and calves in the United States and Canada combined totaled 106 million head on January 1, 2017, up 2 percent from the 104 million head on January 1, 2016. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 45.3 million head, were up 2 percent from a year ago.
All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2017, totaled 93.6 million head, 2 percent above the 91.9 million head on January 1, 2016. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 40.6 million head, were up 3 percent from a year ago.
All cattle and calves in Canada as of January 1, 2017, totaled 12.1 million head, up slightly from the 12.0 million on January 1, 2016. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 4.79 million, were up slightly percent from a year ago.
United States and Canadian Sheep Inventory Down 2 Percent
All sheep and lambs in the United States and Canada combined totaled 6.01 million head on January 1, 2017, down 2 percent from the 6.13 million on January 1, 2016. Breeding sheep, at 4.48 million head, were down 2 percent from a year ago and market sheep and lambs, at 1.54 million head, were down 1 percent from last year.
All sheep and lambs in the United States as of January 1, 2017, totaled 5.20 million head, 2 percent below the 5.30 million head on January 1, 2016. Breeding sheep, at 3.86 million head, were down 2 percent from a year ago, while market sheep and lambs, at 1.35 million head, were down 1 percent from last year.
All sheep and lambs in Canada as of January 1, 2017, totaled 815 thousand head, down 1 percent from last year’s number of 826 thousand. Breeding sheep, at 620 thousand head, were down 2 percent from last year. Market sheep and lambs, at 194 thousand head, were up 1 percent from a year ago.
Read the full United States and Canadian Cattle and Sheep Report from NASS.