February 17, 2010

All cattle and calves in the U.S. and Canada combined totaled 106.7 million head on January 1, 2010, down 1 percent from the 107.7 million on January 1, 2009. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 45.9 million head, were down 2 percent from a year ago.

All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2010, totaled 93.7 million head, 1 percent below the 94.5 million on January 1, 2009. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 40.5 million head, were down 1 percent from a year ago.

All cattle and calves in Canada as of January 1, 2010, totaled 13.0 million head, down 1 percent from the 13.2 million on January 1, 2009. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 5.45 million, were down 3 percent from a year ago.