ALL CATTLE & CALVES, SOUTH DAKOTA JANUARY 1, 2008 1/  
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                    :All Cattle :           :           
                    : & Calves  : Beef Cows : Milk Cows 
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                    :          Number of Head           
                    :                                   
Northwest           :                                   
  Butte ............:    64,000      29,000     1,100   
  Corson ...........:    85,000                         
  Dewey ............:    66,000                         
  Harding ..........:    61,000      39,000             
  Perkins ..........:    95,000      55,000             
  Ziebach ..........:    40,500      28,500             
North Central       :                                   
  Brown ............:    72,000      30,500     2,100   
  Campbell .........:    38,000      15,900       400   
  Edmunds ..........:    66,000      24,500     1,000   
  Faulk ............:    64,000      29,000       300   
  McPherson ........:    59,000      30,000       200   
  Potter ...........:    28,000                         
  Spink ............:    85,000                         
  Walworth .........:    35,000                         
Northeast           :                                   
  Clark ............:    74,000      23,500     1,700   
  Codington ........:    59,000      17,600     4,200   
  Day ..............:    46,500      20,000     2,600   
  Deuel ............:    51,000      18,200     6,300   
  Grant ............:    55,000      13,600     9,000   
  Hamlin ...........:    42,000      12,400     5,000   
  Marshall .........:    77,000                         
  Roberts ..........:    55,000      23,000     1,200   
West Central        :                                   
  Haakon ...........:    68,000      38,500             
  Jackson ..........:    51,000      34,500             
  Lawrence .........:    12,900                         
  Meade ............:   120,000      74,000       200   
  Pennington .......:    53,000      31,000       200   
  Stanley ..........:    24,500                         
Central             :                                   
  Aurora ...........:    46,500                         
  Beadle ...........:   115,000      42,500     1,300   
  Brule ............:    80,000                         
  Buffalo ..........:    26,500      13,200             
  Hand .............:   100,000      42,000       800   
  Hughes ...........:    25,500      14,100             
  Hyde .............:    48,000      26,000             
  Jerauld ..........:    52,000      20,000             
  Sully ............:    27,500       9,600             
East Central        :                                   
  Brookings ........:    74,000      23,000     9,400   
  Davison ..........:    34,500      14,600       800   
  Hanson ...........:    23,500      11,600     1,100   
  Kingsbury ........:    85,000      27,000       600   
  Lake .............:    38,500      15,000       900   
  McCook ...........:    45,000      15,700     2,800   
  Miner ............:    40,000      18,300       700   
  Minnehaha ........:    75,000      21,500     5,200   
  Moody ............:    42,500      11,900     5,300   
  Sanborn ..........:    53,000                         
Southwest           :                                   
  Bennett ..........:    42,500      24,500             
  Custer ...........:    22,000                         
  Fall River .......:    53,000      36,500             
  Shannon ..........:    37,500                         
South Central       :                                   
  Gregory ..........:    71,000      35,500     1,500   
  Jones ............:    35,000      17,700             
  Lyman ............:    64,000      31,000             
  Mellette .........:    48,500      29,500             
  Todd .............:    59,000      32,500             
  Tripp ............:   150,000      60,000       300   
Southeast           :                                   
  Bon Homme ........:    62,000      15,200     1,000   
  Charles Mix ......:    99,000      41,500     1,200   
  Clay .............:    15,100                         
  Douglas ..........:    38,000      13,200       900   
  Hutchinson .......:    68,000      24,500     2,900   
  Lincoln ..........:    36,500       7,000       400   
  Turner ...........:    49,000      13,000     5,800   
  Union ............:    24,000       6,900       800   
  Yankton ..........:    46,500      16,400       300   
Combined counties ..:               325,400     6,500   
South Dakota .......: 3,700,000   1,644,000    86,000   
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1/  Counties not meeting NASS publication standards are 
    combined and shown under "Combined counties" and 
    included in the State Totals.