Livestock Inventory and Production statistics

[Production in live weight (111.2 represents 111,200,000); includes animals for slaughter market, younger animals shipped to other states for feeding or breeding purposes, farm slaughter and custom slaughter consumed on farms where produced, minus livestock shipped into states for feeding or breeding with an adjustment for changes in inventory]



TYPE OF LIVESTOCK	Unit	1980	1985	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000


ALL CATTLE ¹

Inventory:²Number on farms	Mil	111.2	109.6	96.7	95.8	96.4	97.6	99.2	101.0	102.8	103.5	101.7	99.7	99.1	98.0
Total value	Bil. dol	55.8	44.0	56.2	59.0	63.1	61.5	64.4	66.5	63.2	52.1	53.4	60.2	58.8	67.0
Value per head	Dol	502	402	581	616	655	630	649	659	615	503	525	603	594	683

Production: Quantity	Bil. lb	40.3	40.1	38.9	39.2	39.8	40.3	41.1	41.6	42.5	40.9	40.9	41.6	42.3	(NA)
Beef, price per 100 lb	Dol	62.40	53.70	69.50	74.60	72.70	71.30	72.60	66.70	61.80	58.70	63.10	59.60	63.40	(NA)
Calves, price per 100 lb	Dol	76.80	62.10	90.80	95.60	98.00	89.00	91.20	87.20	73.10	58.40	78.90	78.80	87.70	(NA)
Value of production	Bil. dol	25.5	21.2	27.1	29.3	29.4	28.6	28.8	26.5	24.7	22.1	24.8	24.2	26.0	(NA)

HOGS AND PIGS

Inventory:³Number on farms	Mil	67.3	54.1	55.5	53.8	54.4	57.6	58.2	57.9	59.7	58.2	56.1	61.2	62.2	59.4
Total value	Bil. dol	3.8	4.1	3.7	4.3	4.6	4.0	4.1	4.3	3.2	4.1	5.3	5.0	2.8	4.3
Value per head	Dol	56.00	75.00	66.30	79.10	85.40	68.80	71.20	75.00	53.00	71.00	94.00	82.00	44.00	72.00

Production: Quantity	Bil. lb	23.4	20.2	21.9	21.3	22.7	23.9	23.8	24.4	24.4	23.1	24.0	25.7	25.6	(NA)
Price per 100 lb	Dol	38.00	44.00	42.50	53.70	49.10	41.60	45.20	39.90	40.50	51.90	52.90	34.40	30.30	(NA)
Value of production	Bil. dol.	8.9	8.9	9.3	11.3	11.1	9.9	10.7	9.7	9.8	11.9	12.6	8.7	7.7	(NA)

SHEEP AND LAMBS

Inventory:²Number on farms	Mil	12.7	10.7	10.9	11.4	11.2	10.8	10.2	9.8	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.8	7.2	7.0
Total value	Mil. dol	993	654	894	901	733	661	714	681	663	732	762	798	638	668
Value per head	Dol	78.20	61.10	82.40	79.30	65.60	61.20	70.60	69.90	74.70	86.50	96.00	102.00	88.00	95.00

Production: Quantity	Mil. lb	746	704	811	781	796	746	734	637	602	572	603	555	533	(NA)
Sheep, price per 100 lb	Dol	21.30	23.90	24.40	23.20	19.70	25.80	28.60	30.90	28.00	29.90	37.90	30.60	31.10	(NA)
Lambs, price per 100 lb	Dol	63.60	67.70	66.10	55.50	52.20	59.50	64.40	65.60	78.20	88.20	90.30	72.30	74.50	(NA)
Value of production	Mil. dol	403	434	468	374	357	394	422	366	414	441	490	354	348	(NA)

NA Not available.
1 Includes milk cows.
2 As of Jan. 1.
3 As of Dec. 1 of preceding year.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Meat Animals--Production, Disposition, and Income, annual; and annual livestock summaries. Also in Agricultural Statistics, annual.

http://www.usda.gov/nass/

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/1136_livestock_inventory_and_production.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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