All cattle and calves in the U. S. and Canada combined totaled 116.6 million head on July 1, 2009, down 2 percent from a year ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 47.0 million head, was down 2 percent from a year ago.
All cattle and calves in the United States as of July 1, 2009, totaled 101.8 million head, 1 percent below the 103.3 million head on July 1, 2008. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 41.4 million head, was down 1 percent from a year ago.
All cattle and calves in Canada as of July 1, 2009, totaled 14.8 million head, down 2 percent from the 15.2 million on July 1, 2008. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 5.57 million, was down 5 percent from the 5.84 million on July 1, 2008.
U.S. Canadian Sheep Inventory Down 3 Percent
All sheep and lambs in the U.S. and Canada combined totaled 8.11 million head on July 1, 2009, down 3 percent from a year ago. Breeding sheep inventory, at 4.95 million head, was down 2 percent from a year ago and market sheep and lambs, at 3.17 million head, were down 3 percent from last July.
All sheep and lambs in the United States as of July 1, 2009, totaled 7.05 million head, 3 percent below the 7.27 million head on July 1, 2008. Breeding sheep inventory, at 4.28 million head, was down 3 percent from the 4.40 million head on July 1, 2008, while market sheep and lambs, at 2.77 million head, were also down 3 percent from last year's 2.87 million head.
All sheep and lambs in Canada as of July 1, 2009, totaled 1.06 million head, unchanged from last year's number. Breeding sheep inventory, also unchanged from last year's estimate, came in at 665,000 head. Market sheep and lambs, at 397,000 head, were also even with the July 1, 2008 number.