| Livestock Records for Missouri | |||||
Item of Livestock |
Record High | Record Low | Date Series Began |
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| Head | Year 1/ | Head | Year 1/ | ||
| CATTLE | |||||
| All Cattle Jan. 1 | 6,800,000 | 1975 | 1,134,000 | 1867 | 1867 |
| Beef Cows Jan. 1 | 2,759,000 | 1975 | 280,000 | 1912 | 1900 |
| Milk Cows Jan. 1 | 1,115,000 | 1945 | 102,000 | 2010 | 1867 |
| Cattle on Feed Jan. 1 | 442,000 | 1969 | 60,000 | 2010 | 1950 |
| Calf Crop | 2,840,000 | 1974 | 908,000 | 1927 | 1924 |
| MILK | |||||
| Milk Production 2/ (annual) | 4,132,000,000 | 1950 | 1,840,000,000 | 2006 | 1924 |
| HOGS | |||||
| Inventory Dec. 1 | 5,405,000 | 1944 | 2,400,000 | 1935 | 1867 |
| Pig Crop | |||||
| Spring (December - May) | 4,037,000 | 1943 | 1,588,000 | 1937 | 1924 |
| Fall (June - November) | 4,352,000 | 1970 | 1,123,000 | 1934 | 1924 |
| SHEEP | |||||
| Inventory Jan. 1 | 1,780,000 | 1943 | 60,000 | 2004 | 1867 |
| Lamb Crop | 1,298,000 | 1942 | 53,000 | 2001 | 1924 |
| Wool Production 2/ (annual) | 11,052,000 | 1942 | 370,000 | 2003 | 1909 |
| LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION | |||||
| Inventory Dec. 1 3/ | 23,724,000 | 1925 | 6,184,000 | 1999 | 1924 |
| Egg Production 4/ (annual) | 3,052,000,000 | 1944 | 1,149,000,000 | 1974 | 1925 |
| OTHER POULTRY | |||||
| Broilers Produced 5/ | 255,000,000 | 1998 | 1,200,000 | 1934 | 1934 |
| Turkeys Raised | 25,500,000 | 2002 | 248,000 | 1930 | 1929 |
| 1/ These are the latest years that records were achieved. In some cases, these records were equaled in earlier years. | |||||
| 2/ Production in pounds. | |||||
| 3/ Layers 20 weeks old and older. | |||||
| 4/ Production in eggs. | |||||
| 5/ Series publication ended in 1999 | |||||
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United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
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Missouri Field Office |
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