1969 t ____/Ii"
Release:
July 22, 1969
3:00 P.M. EDT
CALF CROP UP 1 PERCENT

The 1969 calf crop for the United States is estimated at 44,473,000 head,
according to the Crop Reporting Board. This is 1..percent more than the 44,102,000
head born a year earlier.
The number of cows and heifers 2 year old and older on farms January 1, 1969
is estimated at 50,220,000 head, slightly higher than the 50,049,000 head on
farms January 1, 1968.

The number of calves born and to be born during 1969 expressed as a per-
centage of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on hand the first of the year
is estimated at 89 percent, up 1 percentage point from 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 DOWN 1 PERCENT
The calf crop in the North Central States is expected to total 16,915,000
head, 1 percent below the 17,035,000 calves born a year earlier. The East North
Central States are down 2 percent and the West North Central States are down less
than 1 percent from a year ago.
SOUTHERN STATES UP 3 PERCENT
The calf crop in the Southern States is estimated at 16,856,000 head, 3 per-
cent above 1968. The South Atlantic and South Central States are both up 3 per-
cent from a year earlier. Texas, the leading cattle State, shows a 5 percent
larger calf crop.
WESTERN STATES UP SLIGHTLY
The calf crop in the 11 Western States is expected to total 8,282,000 head,
slightly more than the 8,244,000 calves born a year earlier.
California, the leading State in this region, was down slightly while Montana,
the second ranking State, was 2 percent above 1968.
NORTH ATLARTIC STATES DoWN SLIGHTLY
The number of calves born and to be born in the North Atlantic States declined
slightly to 2,342,000 head compared with 2,349,000 calves a year earlier. Vermont
and New York were the only States in the region with increases.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Statistical Reporting Service Crop Reporting Board
MtAn 2-2 (7-69) Washington, D. C. 20250






Calf Crop: 1967, 1968 and 1969, by States


i : Calves born as
Cows and heifers percent of cows

State 2 years and older and heifers 2+
SJanuary 1 r. - /


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


3 1262 08856 9172


Calves born 2/


S1967 : 1968 : 1969 : 1967 1968 1969


nnliary


1967 : 1968 : 1969 of 1q68


Maine
N. H.
Vt.
Mass.
R. I.
Conn.
N. Y.
N. J.
Pa.

Ohio
Ind.
Ill.
Mich.
Wis.
Minn.
Iowa
Mo.
N. Dak.
S. Dak.
Nebr.
Kans.

Del.
Md.
Va.
W. Va.
N. C.
S. C.
Ga.
Fla.


Ky. : 1,315 1,377 1,405 92
Tenn. : 1,260 1,249 1,274 85
Ala. 1,007 1,029 1,059 84
Miss. 1,414 1,449 1,468 82
Ark. 945 959 988 84
La. 1,125 1,089 1,099 80
Okla. :2,115 2,171 2,236 89
Texas 5,670 5,754 5,891 86

Mont. 1,536 1,576 1,604 91
Idaho 684 706 735 92
Wyo. 694 734 697 91
Colo. 1,071 1,107 1,105 92
N. Mex. 737 736 729 88
Ariz. 446 431 422 79
Utah 393 o00 411 90
Nev. 320 320 326 80
Wash. 594 594 570 89
Oreg. 798 811 795 90
Calif. 1.884 1,852 1,841 8
48 States 49,.776 49,940 50.108
Alaska 4.4 4.4 44 86
Hawaii 103 05 107 1
T. 149.883 50049 50 220 88


88 89


- 1,000 head - - Percent -
89 87 85 85 84 85
48 46 45 85 84 85
244 240 236 84 83 85
86 82 79 81 83 83
11 10 9 82 79 83
83 80 77 79 81 83
1,246 1,226 1,189 84 83 86
103 97 90 81 80 81
950 921 916 86 87 87
870 862 828 88 85 87
738 719 680 89 89 90
1,168 1,160 1,158 89 90 89
680 641 622 85 86 88
2,384 2,355 2,320 91 91 91

1,717 1,699 1,676 89 87 86
2,025 1,990 2,010 94 94 95
2,151 2,208 2,197 92 91 92
:1,182 1,139 1,116 90 91 92
: 1,871 1,863 1,900 93 95 94
:2,107 2,142 2,100 92 92 90
:1,893 1,916 1,935 93 94 94
21 21 21 76 77 76
242 240 238 86 87 89
726 730 737 84 86 87
265 260 268 87 90 89
542 541 544 82 82 83
320 319 332 84 85 85
917 942 963 82 82 84
S1,089 1,060 1,082 69 73 75


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i/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure represents calves born expressed as percentage of the number of
cows and heifers 2 years old and over on farms and ranches January 1. 2/ Calves born before June 1
plus the number expected to be born after June 1.


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Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA


CALF CROP, July 1969


- 1,000 head -
76 73 72
41 39 38
205 199 201
70 68 66
9.0 7.9 7.5
66 65 64
1,047 1,018 1,023
83 78 73
817 801 797

766 732 720
657 640 612
1,040 1,044 1,031
578 551 547
2,169 2,143. 2,111

1,528 1,478 1,441
1,904 1.871 1,910
1,979 2,009 2,021
1,064 1,036 1,027
1,740 1,770 1,786
1,938 1,960 1,890
1,760 1,801 1,819
16 16 16
208 209 212
610 628 641
231 234 239
444 444 452
269 271 282
752 772 809
751 774 812

1,210 1,253 1,264
1,071 1,087 1,108
846 864 879
1,159 1,203 1,204
794 815 830
900 904 912
1,882 1,976 2,012
4,876 4,948 5,184

1,398 1,434 1,460
629 657 676
632 646 641
985 1,030 1,039
649 633 627
352 345 350
354 372 374
256 262 274
529 529 519
718 722 716
1,630 1,614 1,606
13.688 44.026 44,395
3.8 3.6 3.7
71 72 74


Percent
99
97
101
97
95
98
100
94
100

98
96
99
99
99
97
102
101
99
101
96
101
100
101
102
102
102
104
105
105

101
102
102
100
102
101
102
105
102
103
99
101
99
101
101
105
98
99
100
101
103
103
101


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