ALL CATTLE & CALVES, SOUTH DAKOTA JANUARY 1, 2009 1/  
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                    :All Cattle :           :           
                    : & Calves  : Beef Cows : Milk Cows 
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                    :          Number of Head           
                    :                                   
Northwest           :                                   
  Butte ............:    64,000      28,500       700   
  Corson ...........:    85,000                         
  Dewey ............:    66,000                         
  Harding ..........:    61,000      38,500             
  Perkins ..........:    95,000      55,000             
  Ziebach ..........:    40,500      28,000             
North Central       :                                   
  Brown ............:    72,000      30,000     2,300   
  Campbell .........:    38,000      15,700       400   
  Edmunds ..........:    66,000      24,000     1,100   
  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      23,000     1,900   
  Codington ........:    59,000      17,400     4,600   
  Day ..............:    46,500      19,900     2,400   
  Deuel ............:    51,000      18,100     5,800   
  Grant ............:    55,000      13,400     9,800   
  Hamlin ...........:    42,000      12,300     6,000   
  Marshall .........:    77,000                         
  Roberts ..........:    55,000      23,000     1,200   
West Central        :                                   
  Haakon ...........:    68,000      38,000             
  Jackson ..........:    51,000      34,000             
  Lawrence .........:    12,900                         
  Meade ............:   120,000      73,000       200   
  Pennington .......:    53,000      31,000             
  Stanley ..........:    24,500                         
Central             :                                   
  Aurora ...........:    46,500                         
  Beadle ...........:   115,000      42,000     1,200   
  Brule ............:    80,000                         
  Buffalo ..........:    26,500      13,100             
  Hand .............:   100,000      41,500       900   
  Hughes ...........:    25,500      14,000             
  Hyde .............:    48,000      25,500             
  Jerauld ..........:    52,000      20,000             
  Sully ............:    27,500       9,500             
East Central        :                                   
  Brookings ........:    74,000      22,500    10,300   
  Davison ..........:    34,500      14,500       900   
  Hanson ...........:    23,500      11,500     1,200   
  Kingsbury ........:    85,000      27,000     1,000   
  Lake .............:    38,500      14,800     1,000   
  McCook ...........:    45,000      15,600     2,600   
  Miner ............:    40,000      18,100       800   
  Minnehaha ........:    75,000      21,500     6,400   
  Moody ............:    42,500      11,800     5,700   
  Sanborn ..........:    53,000                         
Southwest           :                                   
  Bennett ..........:    42,500      24,000             
  Custer ...........:    22,000                         
  Fall River .......:    53,000      36,000             
  Shannon ..........:    37,500                         
South Central       :                                   
  Gregory ..........:    71,000      35,000     1,100   
  Jones ............:    35,000      17,500             
  Lyman ............:    64,000      30,500             
  Mellette .........:    48,500      29,000             
  Todd .............:    59,000      32,500             
  Tripp ............:   150,000      59,000       300   
Southeast           :                                   
  Bon Homme ........:    62,000      15,000       700   
  Charles Mix ......:    99,000      41,000     1,300   
  Clay .............:    15,100                         
  Douglas ..........:    38,000      13,100     1,000   
  Hutchinson .......:    68,000      24,500     2,700   
  Lincoln ..........:    36,500       7,000       500   
  Turner ...........:    49,000      12,900     5,600   
  Union ............:    24,000       6,800       900   
  Yankton ..........:    46,500      16,300       400   
Combined counties ..:               321,200    10,600   
South Dakota .......: 3,700,000   1,626,000    94,000   
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1/  Counties not meeting NASS publication standards are 
    combined and shown under "Combined counties" and 
    included in the State Totals.