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Release:
February 20, 1969
3:00 P. M. 'ST
CALF CROP UP 1 PERCENT

The 1968 calf crop for the United States is estimated at 44,102,000 head,
according to the Crop Reporting Board. This is 1 percent more than the 43,765,000
head born a year earlier.

The number of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on farms January 1, 1968
is estimatedat 50,049,000 head, slightly higher than the 49,883,000 head on farms
January 1, 1967.

The number of calves born during 1968 expressed as a percentage of cows and
heifers 2 years old and older on hand the first of the year is estimated at 88
percent, the same as a year earlier. This percentage is not strictly a calving
rate because the January 1 inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and older
does not include all heifers that calve during the year and includes some cows
and heifers that died or were slaughtered before calving.

NORTH CENTRAL STATES

The calf crop in the North Central States totaled 17,035,000 head, slightly
below the 17,123,000 calves born a year earlier. The East North Central States
are down 2 percent while the West North Central States are up slightly.
SOUTHERN STATES UP 2 PERCENT

The 1968 calf crop in the Southern States is estimated at 16,398,000 head,
2 percent above 1967. The South Atlantic and South Central States are each up
2 percent from 1967. Texas, the leading cattle State, shows a 1 percent larger
calf crop.
WESTERN STATES UP 1 PERCENT

The calf crop in the 11 Western States at 8,244,000 head is up 1 percent
from the previous year. Colorado and Utah, each with 5 percent more calves born
than a year earlier, had the largest percentage increases.
NORTH ATLANTIC STATES DOWN 3 PERCENT

The number of calves born in the North Atlantic States declined 3 percent
to 2,349,000 head. Every State in this region shows smaller calf crop than a
year earlier.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Statistical Reporting Service Crop Reporting Board
MtAn 2-2 (2-69) Washington, D. C. 20250








Calf crop, 1966-68


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

III I I 262 II08856 II 016
3 1262 08856 9016


S Cows and heifers : Calves born as
2 yrs. & older :percent of cows and :
aa heifers 2+ January 1: Calves born
State January 1
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1966 : 1967 : 1968

: 1,000 1,000 1,000
:head head head
Maine 92 89 87
N. H. 50 48 46
Vt. 249 244 240
Mass. 88 86 82
R. I. 12 11 10
Conn. 84 83 80
N. Y. : 1,311 1,246 1,226
N. J. 113 103 97
Pa. 988 950 921
Ohio : 890 870 862
Ind. : 773 738 719
Ill. : 1,248 1,168 1,160
Mich. : 750 680 641
Wis. : 2,449 2,384 2,355
Minn. : 1,776 1,717 1,699
Iowa : 2,044 2,025 1,990
Mo. : 2,115 2,151 2,208
N. Dak. : 1,207 1,182 1,139
S. Dak. : 1,830 1,871 1,863
Nebr. :2,149 2,107 2,142
Kans. : 1,906 1,893 1,916
Del. 24 21 21
Md. 248 242 240
Va. : 735 726 730
W. Va. : a2 265 260
N. C. 530 542 541
S. C. : 321 320 319
Ga. : 935 917 942
Fla. : 1,089 1,089 1,060
Ky. 1,292 1,315 1,377
Tenn. 1,274 1,260 1,249
Ala. 1,042 1,007 1,029
Miss. 1,439 1,414 1,449
Ark. 925 945 959
La. 1,184 1,125 1,089
Okla. :2,173 2,115 2,171
Texas 5,589 5,670 5,754
Mont. :1,511 1,536 1,576
Idaho 699 684 706
Wyo. 719 694 734
Colo. 1,043 1,071 1,107
N. Mex. : 750 737 736
Ariz. 417 446 431
Utah 395 393 400
Nev. 320 320 320
Wash. 585 594 594
Oreg. 813 798 811
Calif. :1.853 1.884 1,852
48 States 50,311 49776 49,940
AlaUka 4.6 4.4 4.4
Hawaii 105 103 105
. s. '5o.N4o 4Q.883 50.049


S: : : :1968 as
: 1967 : 1968 :1966 : 1967 : 1968 :% of
S::1967


Percent
85
85
84
81
82
79
84
81
86
88
89
89
85
91
89
94
92
90
93
92
93
76
86
84
87
82
84
82
69
92
85
84
82
84
80
89
86
91
92
91
92
88
79
90
80
89
90
85
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Percent
84
84
83
83
79
81
83
80
87
85
89
90
86
91
87
94
91
91
95
92
94
77
87
86
90
82
85
82
73
91
87
84
83
85
83
91
86
91
93
88
93
86
80
93
82
89
89
87
88
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43.526 41.765 44.102 101


1,000 1,000 1,000
head head head Percent
75 76 73 96
42 41 39 95
209 205 199 97
72 70 68 97
9.0 9.0 7.9 88
70 66 65 98
1,088 1,047 1,018 97
89 83 78 94
850 817 801 98
765 766 732 96
673 657 6o4 97
1,086 1,040 1,044 100
622 578 551 95
2,180 2,169 2,143 99
1,527 1,528 1,478 97
1,901 1,904 1,871 98
1,925 1,979 2,009 103
1,062 1,064 1,036 97
1,702 1,740 1,770 102
1,924 1,938 1,960 101
1,677 1,760 1,801 102
18 16 16 100
211 208 209 100
610 610 628 103
24o 231 234 101
429 444 444 100
263 269 271 101
739 752 772 103
806 751 774 104
1,176 1,210 1,253 104
1,070 1,071 1,087 101
834 846 864 102
1,166 1,159 1,203 104
768 794 815 103
924 900 904 loo
1,869 1,882 1,976 105
4,695 4,876 4,948 101
1,375 1,398 1,434 102
629 629 657 104
640 632 646 102
970 985 1,030 105
645 649 633 98
354 352 345 98
348 354 372 105
259 256 262 102
521 529 529 100
724 718 722 101
1.617 1.630 1.614 99
43.448 43,688 44,026 101
4.0 3.8 3.6 95
74 73 72 99


1/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure represents calves born expressed as percentage of the
number of cows and httfers 2 years old and over on farms and ranches January 1.


Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA


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CALr CROP, nebrary 1969