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News Release
NR-13-12
February 4, 2013

U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Michigan Field Office
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Post Office Box 30239
Lansing, MI  48909-6248

Phone:      (517) 324-5300
Facsimile:  (517) 324-5299
E-mail:     nass-mi@nass.usda.gov
Web site:   www.nass.usda.gov

Jay V. Johnson, Director

Michigan Cattle Inventory

All cattle and calves in Michigan as of January 1, 2013 were 1,120 thousand 
head, an increase of 1 percent from last year, according to Jay Johnson, 
director of the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. Michigan highlights from 
the January 1 report follow:

$	Beef cow numbers increased 4 percent to 113,000. Beef replacement heifers 
increased 4 percent to 28,000 head.
$	Milk cows increased 2 percent to 377,000 head. Heifers for milk cow 
replacement decreased 1 percent to 157,000 head.
$	The 2012 calf crop was 385,000 head, down 1 percent from 2011.

Nationally, all cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2013 
totaled 89.3 million head, 2 percent below the 90.8 million on January 1, 
2012. This is the lowest January 1 inventory of all cattle and calves since 
the 88.1 million on hand in 1952.All cows and heifers that have calved, at 
38.5 million, were down 2 percent from the 39.4 million on January 1, 2012. 
This is the lowest January 1 inventory of all cows and heifers that have 
calved since the 36.8 million head in 1941. Beef cows, at 29.3 million, were 
down 3 percent from January 1, 2012. Milk cows, at 9.2 million, were 
unchanged from January 1, 2012.

                 Cattle inventory, January 1, 2012-13                 
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                              :     Michigan      :   United States   
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             Class            :  2012   :  2013   :  2012   :  2013   
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                              :              1,000 head               
                              :                                       
All cattle and calves         :  1,110     1,120    90,769    89,300  
Cows                          :    480       490    39,387    38,515  
  Beef                        :    109       113    30,158    29,295  
  Milk                        :    371       377     9,230     9,220  
Replacement heifers           :    230       232    19,388    19,130  
  Beef                        :     27        28     5,262     5,361  
  Milk                        :    158       157     4,622     4,551  
  Other                       :     45        47     9,454     9,218  
Steers 500 pounds and over    :    173       174    15,833    15,813  
Bulls 500 pounds and over     :     17        14     2,096     2,056  
Calves under 500 pounds       :    210       210    14,115    13,787  
Cattle on feed                :    150       155    14,121    13,352  
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