CALF CROP, 1960 July 22, 1960

CALF CROP UP 1 PERCENT

A calf crop of 41,646,000 head is expected for 1960 according to the Crop
Reporting Board. This number is 1 percent above the 1959 calf crop and 6 percent
above the 1949-58 average. The calf crop at this level will be the fourth largest
of record, exceeded by the calf crops in 1954, 1955, and 1956.

The larger calf crop this year is the result of a larger number of cows and
heifers on farms. Cows and heifers 2 years old and older January 1, 1960 totaled
48,594,000 head, up 3 percent from the 47,001,000 head on January 1, 1959, and
7 percent above the 10-year average.
The number of calves born and expected to be born in 1960 expressed as a
percentage of cows and heifers 2 years old and older January 1 this year is 86
percent compared with 87 percent in 1959 and 1949-58 average of 86 percent. This
percentage is not strictly a calving rate, since the January 1 inventory of cows
and heifers 2 years old and older does not include all heifers which give birth to
calves during the year and includes some cows that die or are slaughtered before
calving. This percentage is calculated to show trend in productivity over a period
of time, and may fluctuate from year to year due to variation in cow slaughter and
trends in breeding herd replacement.
NORTH CENTRAL STATES
The 16,798,000-head calf crop expected for the Nort rai tes is virtu-
ally the same as in 1959. The East North Central Stat ~e&"t 6,005, calves
compared with 6,052,000 head last year, and the West Centra ~ ta s show a
calf crop of 10,793,000 head, up 50,000 head from 195 "'
The expected 1960 calf crop for the North Centra Stata s 90 er ent of the
cows and heifers 2 years old and older January 1, 1 9 di p1 poinp om 1959.

SOUTHERN STATES J

In the South Atlantic States the 1960 calf crop at 3,373,000 head exceeds a
year earlier by 2 percent. In the South Central States the calf crop is expected
to total 11,206,000 head, 3 percent more than in 1959. In the South Atlantic
States the calf crop expressed as a percent of cows and heifers 2 years old and
older is 78 percent and in the South Central States, 83 percent. Both these per-
centages are the same as the average, but less than last year.

WESTERN STATES

An estimated calf crop of 7,360,000 head is expected in the 11 Western States,
2 percent more than the 1959 crop. This is the largest on record for this region,
exceeding the previous high crop in 1955 by 2 percent. The calf crop as percent of
cows and heifers 2 years old and over on January 1 at 85 is 3 percentage points
less than in 1959.
NORTH ATLANTIC STATES
The calf crop of 2,909,000 head for 1960 in the North Atlantic States compares
with 2,893,000 head a year earlier. The calf crop at 85 percent of cows and heifers
2 years old and older is the same percentage as in 1959.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service Crop Reporting Board
MtAn 2-2 (7-60) Washington, D. C.




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: Cows and heifers :Calves born as neroent of oows a
State t 2 yrs. & older : and heifers 2 y.., & older Calves born
and a January 1 Jauary 1 1/
divisions lIOyearz '- I i0-yer" "a ------ ea-T '
average a 1959 S 1960 : average a 1959 I 1960 a average : 1959 a 19602/
:1949-58 & t : 3.949-58 s a 1949-58 a -
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a head. head head Percent Peroent Percent head head head
Maine : 127 115 13.2 85 83 83 108 95 93
NEHo 70 61 60 84 85 86 59 52 52
Vt., t 303 291 288 81 83 82 247 242 236
faOss. : 126 104 103 82 82 81 103 85 83
R.I. : 19 17 16 81 78 80 16 13 13
Conn. : 11 105 105 82 82 83 96 86 87
NoY. s 1,474 1,434 1,440 86 85 85 1,268 1,219 1,224
NoJo : 358 152 153 80 82 83 125 125 3.27
Pa. z 1,063 1122 1142 85 87 87 906 976 994
NoA 3,459 3,401 3,419 84 85 85 2,928 2,893 2,909
Ohio -,148 3 7, 9 -----" 1W0-- 6----'85-" -6-5 -'-- -7 r S0 '-1 -9
Indo i 948 868 873 90 91 89 849 790 777
Ill 1,447 1,376 1,390 91 90 89 1, 316 1,238 1,237
Mioh t 987 919 916 86 86 83 844 790 760
WLis :2,538 _ 2,532 2.525 91 91 91 2 320 _2304 2 2298
EqN.C. \ 7,068 6,789 6,802 89 89 88 6,317 6,052 6,005
Minn. s 1 745 749 1 748 2 90 89 1,605 1,574 1 556
Iowa 1,962 1 945 1,960 94 94 95 1,848 1,828 1,862
MO. a 1,823 1,930 1,987 92 92 90 1I674 1,776 1;788
N.Dak. : 891 980 1,000 90 92 91 799 902 910
SMDake : 1,414 1,568 1,608 90 94 92 1,280 1,474 1,479
Nebre a 1800 1,889 1, 977 91 92 88 1,638 1I737 1,749
Kans. s 1,697 - ,578 1685 90 92 85 1524 1 452 1 449
WN.C. 2 11,332 11,639 13.1,965 92 92 90 103,357 10,743 10,793

N, : 18,400 18,428 18,767 91 91 90 16,684 16,795 16,798
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Del. 2 42 40 40 80 81 81 33 32 32
Md. : 286 302 311 85 86 84 243 260 261
Va. 1 732 724 759 83 86 82 606 623 622
WoVac i 326 308 314 84 85 85 274 262 267
Io.C. a 512 598 621 79 81 81 403 484 503
S.C. : 294 341 353 79 81 82 231 276 289
Gas : 727 833 858 80 81 81 586 675 695
pla. 896 041 1050 66 68 67 591 708 704
SoA. 3,814 4,187 4,306 78 79 78 2,969 3,320 3,373
1y. : 940 995 1 i21 88 89 88 824 886 898
Tennr. 958 993 1,043 87 88 86 831 874 897
A1a, a 914 1,059 1,106 79 81 80 720 858 885
Misso : 1,207 1,431 1,47-. 74 74 71 896 1,059 1,044
Arke : 802 823 87?. 81 84 83 651 691 723
La, o 1,035 1,160 1,177 78 77 76 812 893 895
Okla. a 1,598 1,662 1,784 90 91 90 1,432 1,512 1,606
Texas : 4,674 4 683 5 009 85 87 85 3.959 4.074 4.258
S.C, 2 12,128 12,806 13,482 83 85 83 10,126 10,847 11,206
$onte a 1,089 210 ,256 92 93 90 1,001 1,125 1,130
Idaho a 533 629 662 89 92 90 474 579 596
Wyo. t 549 572 581 85 90 89 456 515 517
Coloo : 881 902 950 88 91 90 774 821 855
NoMex. a 680 676 728 81 86 84 550 581 612
Ariz. a 458 426 472 80 82 79 365 349 373
Utah : 341 360 374 86 88 85 296 317 318
Never : 302 315 326 78 79 75 234 249 244
Wash0 a 506 541 570 87 89 85 440 481 484
Oreg. s 657 752 811 84 86 84 552 647 681
Calif. s 1627 196 _890 84 85 82 3 _1 550
West. 7,622 8,179 8,620 86 88 85 6,529 7,191 7,360
U. So :45,422 47.001 48,594 86 87 86 39,236 41,046 41,646
1/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure represents calves born expressed as percentage of the
number of oows and heifers 2 years old and over on farms January I.
2/ Calves born before Juhe 1 plus the n.amber expected to be born after Zane 1.