January Cattle and Calve Numbers for Wisconsin
Friday, February 7th, 2020 -- 10:55 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -All cattle and calves in Wisconsin as of January 1 totaled 3.45 million head.According to the USDA's latest cattle report, that was unchanged from the same time a year earlier. State cattlemen had 310,000 beef cows on hand as of last month, about seven percent more than in early 2019. But milk cows, at 1.26 million, were down 10,000 head from last year. The number of heifers 500 pounds and over totaled 830,000 head, up one percent from last January. Heifers for beef cow replacement were also up by 10,000 head at 90,000. And heifers for milk cow replacement were at 690,000 head, also up one percent.
Meanwhile, the total number of steers weighing 500 pounds and over were down six percent at 340,000 head. Bulls weighing 500 pounds and over was unchanged at 30,000 head. Calves under 500 pounds on January 1 totaled 680,000 head, also about the same as last year. The 2019 calf crop was estimated at 1.44 million head, up one percent from the 2018 calf crop. Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in all feedlots in January totaled 250,000 head, down 11 percent from one year ago.
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