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MA.Ar\ --L


calf crop,


197 1

4ALF CROP 3 PERCENT LARGER


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i.F.A.S. Uiv. i FIUicid


Release:
July 23, 1971
3:00 P.M. EDT


The 1971 calf crop in the United States is expected to total 47,092,000 head,
according to the Crop Reporting Board, 3 percent more than the 45,926,000 head in
1970.

The January 1, 1971 number of cows and heifers that have calved, totaled
50,002,000 head, a 2-percent increase from a year earlier.

Calves born and to be born during 1971 are expected to total 94 percent of the
January 1, 1971 inventory of cows and heifers that have calved -- the same as last
year. This is not strictly a calving rate because the January 1 inventory did not
include young heifers which have had their first calf since that date. Also, the
inventory included some cows that died or were slaughtered before calving.

NORTH CENTRAL REGION 3 PERCENT HIGHER


A calf crop of 17,909,000 head is
percent higher than for a year earlier.
in the West North Central and 1 percent


estimated for the North Central Region, 3
The crop is estimated to be up 4 percent
in the East North Central States.


SOUTHERN CALF CROP UP 3 PERCENT


The calf crop in the Southern States at 18,079,000 head is 3 percent more than
the 1970 crop. A 4-percent increase is indicated for the South Atlantic States
and a 2-percent rise in the South Central Region. Texas, the leading cattle State,
shows a 2-percent larger calf crop.
WESTERN STATES .UP 2 PERCENT
The Western States are expected to produce 8,697,000 calves, 2 percei,. more
than a year earlier. Montana,with a 2-percent increase, replaced California as
the leading State in this region. California showed a 1-percent decrease from last
year.

NORTH ATLANTIC STATES UP SLIGHTLY

Calves born during 1971 in the North Atlantic Region are expected to total
2,322,000 head, up slightly from 1970. New York, Vermont, and Pennsylvania showed
increases over last year.


UNITED STATES DEPART
STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE
MtAn 2-2(7-71)


RENT OF AGRICULTURE
E CROP REPORTING BOARD
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20250


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Mai
N.
Vt.
Mas
R.
Con
N.
N.
Pa.

Ohi
Ind
Ill
Mic
Wis

Min
Iow
Mo.
N.
S.
Neb
Kan

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

Ky.
Ten
Ala
Mis
Ark
Ia.
Okl
Tex

Mon
Ida
Wyo
Col
N.
Ari
Uta
Nev
Was
Ore
Cal
48
Ala
Haw
U.


Calf Crop: 1970 and 1971, by States


:Calves born as percent :
:of cows calved Jan.l 1/:


State


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H.

5s.
I.
In.
Y.
J.


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h.


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Dak.
r.
s.

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C.
C.




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s.

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ail
s.


1/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure
number of cows that have calved on farms


Cows that have
calved January 1
1970 1971
1,000 head
76
39
211 2:
68
9
70
1,090 1,0'
82
817 8

807 8
673 6'
1,036 1,0
587 5
2,080 2,1(

1,473 1,5:
1,922 2,0
2,252 2,2<
1,090 1,1(
1,871 1,9(
2,021 2,1(
1,974 2,0,

20
223 22
710 7
262 2
554 5
329 31
955 1,0(
1,069 1,1]

1,413 1,4,
1,238 1,2,
1,033 1,01
1,458 1,41
1,025 1,0
1,059 1,0;
2,274 2,33
5,910 6,14

1,599 1,6]
729 75
723 71
1,162 1,23
717 71
416 3S
410 42
340 35
555 55
775 78
1,669 1,71
48.875 49.,8
4.1
103 1C
48.982 50. OC


1971


75
38
13
67
8
68
79
77
02

24
78
51
99
03

17
o3
60
01
08
O0
97

19
4
31
59
52
49
03
LO

!7
50
49
r6
17
56
4
r6

.2
5
-3
.1
.6
)6
_8
>7
>3
3
.2

4.2

2


and ranches January 1.


plus the number expected to be born after June 1.
CALF CROP, July 1971 2


3 1262 08856 9149
Calves born 2/


1971 : 1971 as %
: of 1970
Percent


1970
Percent
95
95
94
90
82
90
93
85
97

93
97
94
96
100

100
99
95
98
98
98
99

85
95
93
90
88
90
89
83

94
93
88
88
89
86
92
91

96
98
92
96
90
82
95
91
95
95


88


represents


95
95
94
90
83
91
95
87
99

93
97
96
95
99

100
100
97
99
99
97
100

84
93
92
93
91
95
89
84

95
94
90
90
91
88
93
89

97
98
97
96
92
82
97
87
95
95
91
94
85

4c s
calves born


expressed as percentage of the
2/ Calves born before June 1

Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA


1970
1,000 head
72
37
198
61
7.4
63
1,o14
70
792

751
653
974
564
2,080

1,473
1,903
2,139
1,068
1,834
1,981
1,954

17
212
660
236
488
296
850
887

1,328
1,151
909
1,283
912
911
2,092
5,378

1,535
714
665
1,116 ]
645
341
390
309
527
736
1, 569 3
45,845 "41
3.6


71
36
200
60
6.6
62
1,025
67
794

766
658
1,009
569
2,082

1,517
2,003
2,192
L,090
1,889
2,037
2,097

16
208
672
241
502
322
893
932

L,356
L,175
944
L,328
925
929
2,171
5,470

1,564
740
692
L,163
659
325
415
311
525
744
1,559
012
3.6
77r.
092


103
100
100