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Release:
February 13, 1970
3:00 P.M. EST
CALF CROP UP 2 PERCENT

The 1969 calf crop for the United States is estimated at 45,196,000 head, ac-
cording to the Crop Reporting Board. This is 2 percent more than the 44,239,000
born a year earlier.

The number of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on farms January 1, 1969 is
estimated at 50,379,000 head, slightly higher than the 50,049,000 head on farms
January 1, 1968.

The number of calves born during 1969 expressed as a percentage of cows and
heifers 2 years old and older on hand the first of the year is estimated at 90 per-
cent, 2 points above 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 in-
clude all heifers that calve during the year and includes sme cows and heifers that--i
died or were slaughtered before calving.

NORTH CENTRAL STATES

The calf crop in the North Central States totaled 17,141,000 head, slightly
above the 17,051,000 calves born a year earlier. The East North Central States are
down 2 percent while the West North Central States are up 1 percent. .


SOUTHERN STATES UP 4 PERCENT


The 1969 calf crop in the Southern States is estimated at 17,195,000 head, 4
percent above 1968. The South Atlantic States are up 5 percent from 1968 and the
South Central States up 4 percent. Texas, the leading cattle State, shows a 6 per-
cent larger calf crop.

WESTERN STATES UP 2 PERCENT

The calf crop in the 11 Western States at 8,425,000 head is up 2 percent from
the previous year. California, the leading cattle State in this region, shows a 2
percent smaller calf crop. Montana and Colorado, the next ranking States in this area,
are both up 3 percent from 1968.

NORTH ATLANTIC STATES UP SLIGHTLY

The number of calves born in the North Atlantic States is estimated at 2,354,000
head. Pennsylvania and New York, the leading cattle States in this regionwere both
up less than a whole percent from a year earlier.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Statistical Reporting Service Crop Reporting Board
MtAn 2-2 (2-70) Washington, D. C. 20250


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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Calf Crop: 1967, 1968 and 1969, by States
Cals bn as 3 1262 08856 9008
: ,: Calves born as :
Cows and heifer : percent of cows and
2 yrs. & older : heifers 2+ January 1 : Calves born
State : January 1i/
: 1969 as
1967 : 1968 : 1969 :1967 : 1968 : 1969 1967 : 1968 : 1969 : % of
____________________________: ______ iofft


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.
Tenn.
Ala.
Miss.
Ark.
La.
Okla.
Texas

Mont.
Idaho
Wyo.
Colo.
N. Mex.
Ariz.
Utah
Nev.
Wash.
Oreg.
Calif.
48 States
Alaska
Hawaii
U. S.


.ho Pl o n nlko n ~ 70 Rf RR


- 1,000 head -
89 87 86 85
48 46 45 85
244 240 237 84
: 86 82 79 81
: 11 10 9 82
83 80 79 79
1,246 1,226 1,189 84
103 97 90 81
950 921 916 86

870 862 828 88
738 719 705 89
:1,168 1,160 1,125 89
680 641 628 85
2,384 2,355 2,320 91

:1,717 1,699 1,676 89
: 2,025 1,990 1,997 94
: 2,151 2,208 2,197 92
: 1,182 1,139 1,116 90
: 1,871 1,863 1,900 93
: 2,107 2,142 2,121 92
: 1,893 1,916 1,984 93

: 21 21 21 76
242 240 238 86
726 730 737 84
265 260 268 87
542 541 544 82
: 320 319 332 84
917 942 963 82
:1,089 1,060 1,087 69

1,315 1,377 1,405 92
:1,260 1,249 1,274 85
:1,007 1,029 1,059 84
:1,414 1,449 1,468 82
945 959 988 84
: 1,25 1,089 1,099 80
2,115 2,171 2,236 89
:5,670 5,754 5,944 86

:1,536 1,576 1,604 91
: 684 706 735 92
694 734 735 91
1,071 1,107 1,105 92
737 736 729 88
: 446 431 422 79
393 400 411 90
320 320 341 80
594 594 579 89
798 811 795 90
1 884 1.852 1,821 87
:49.776 49.940 50.267 88
: 4.4 4.4 4.4 86
: 103 105 107 71


84
84
83
83
79
81
83
80
87

86
89
90
87
91

87
94
91
91
95
92
94

77
87
86
90
82
85
83
73

91
87
84
83
85
83
91
87

93
94
90
93
86
80
91
84
89

87
88
82
69


94 1,398 1,466 1,508 103
94 629 664 691 104
92 632 661 676 102
96 985 1,030 1,061 103
87 649 633 634 100
83 352 345 350 101
91 354 364 374 103
86 256 269 293 109
91 529 529 527 100
91 718 722 723 100
87 i. 61o 1.614 1.588 98
90 43.688 44.163 45.115 102
84 3.8 3.6 3.7 103
73 73 72 78 108
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1/ 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.


Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA


CALF CROP, February 1970


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88
85
85
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- 1000 had- Percent
76 73 74 101
41 39 39 100
205 199 201 101
70 68 65 96
9.0 7.9 7.6 96
66 65 65 100
1,047 1,018 1,023 100
83 78 73 94
817 801 806 101

766 741 737 99
657 640 642 100
1,040 1,044 990 95
578 558 565 101
2,169 2,143 2,111 99

1,528 1,478 1,475 100
1,904 1,871 1,897 101
1,979 2,009 2,065 103
1,064 1,036 1,038 100
1,740 1,770 1,805 102
1,938 1,960 1,951 100
1,760 1,801 1,865 104

16 16 16 100
208 209 212 101
610 628 641 102
231 234 239 102
444 444 462 104
269 271 279 103
752 782 819 105
751 774 848 105

1,210 1,253 1,293 103
1,071 1,087 1,121 103
846 864 900 104
1,159 1,203 1,248 104
794 815 869 107
900 904 923 102
1,882 1,976 2,035 103
4,876 5,006 5,290 106