U.S. and Canadian cattle and sheep inventories

United States and Canadian Cattle Inventory Down 2 Percent

All cattle and calves in the United States and Canada combined totaled 99.9 million head on January 1, 2014, down 2 percent from the 101.6 million on January 1, 2013. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 43.1 million head, were down 1 percent from a year ago.

All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2014, totaled 87.7 million head, 2 percent below the 89.3 million on January 1, 2013. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 38.3 million head, were down 1 percent from a year ago.

All cattle and calves in Canada as of January 1, 2014, totaled 12.2 million head, down 1 percent from the 12.3 million on January 1, 2013. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 4.86 million, were down 1 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 6.10 million head on January 1, 2014, down 2 percent from the 6.24 million on January 1, 2013. Breeding sheep, at 4.55 million head, were down 2 percent from a year ago and market sheep and lambs, at 1.55 million head, down from last year’s 1.58 million head.

All sheep and lambs in the United States as of January 1, 2014, totaled 5.21 million head, 2 percent below the 5.34 million head on January 1, 2013. Breeding sheep, at 3.88 million head, were down 2 percent from a year ago, while market sheep and lambs, at 1.33 million head, and were down 2 percent from last year.

All sheep and lambs in Canada as of January 1, 2014, totaled 893 thousand head, down 1 percent from last year’s number of 902 thousand. Breeding sheep, at 673 thousand head, were down 1 percent from last year. Market sheep and lambs, at 220 thousand head, were down 1 percent from a year ago.