ALL CATTLE & CALVES, SOUTH DAKOTA JANUARY 1, 2010 1/  
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                    :All Cattle :           :           
                    : & Calves  : Beef Cows : Milk Cows 
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                    :          Number of Head           
                    :                                   
Northwest           :                                   
  Butte ............:    66,000      28,500             
  Corson ...........:    87,000                         
  Dewey ............:    67,000                         
  Harding ..........:    62,000      38,500             
  Perkins ..........:    97,000      54,000             
  Ziebach ..........:    41,500      28,000             
North Central       :                                   
  Brown ............:    74,000      30,000     1,900   
  Campbell .........:    39,000      15,600       400   
  Edmunds ..........:    68,000      24,000     1,100   
  Faulk ............:    66,000      28,500       300   
  McPherson ........:    61,000      29,500       200   
  Potter ...........:    29,000                         
  Spink ............:    87,000                         
  Walworth .........:    36,000                         
Northeast           :                                   
  Clark ............:    76,000      23,000       300   
  Codington ........:    60,000      17,300     4,500   
  Day ..............:    48,000      19,800     2,300   
  Deuel ............:    52,000      18,000     5,600   
  Grant ............:    56,000      13,400     9,500   
  Hamlin ...........:    43,000      12,300     5,800   
  Marshall .........:    79,000                         
  Roberts ..........:    56,000      23,000     1,200   
West Central        :                                   
  Haakon ...........:    70,000      38,000             
  Jackson ..........:    52,000      34,000             
  Lawrence .........:    13,400                         
  Meade ............:   125,000      73,000             
  Pennington .......:    54,000      30,500             
  Stanley ..........:    25,000                         
Central             :                                   
  Aurora ...........:    47,500                         
  Beadle ...........:   120,000      42,000     1,200   
  Brule ............:    82,000                         
  Buffalo ..........:    27,000      13,000             
  Hand .............:   105,000      41,000       800   
  Hughes ...........:    26,000      13,900             
  Hyde .............:    49,000      25,500             
  Jerauld ..........:    54,000      19,900             
  Sully ............:    28,000       9,400             
East Central        :                                   
  Brookings ........:    75,000      22,500    11,400   
  Davison ..........:    35,500      14,400       900   
  Hanson ...........:    24,500      11,400     1,100   
  Kingsbury ........:    87,000      27,000     1,000   
  Lake .............:    39,500      14,700       900   
  McCook ...........:    46,000      15,500     2,500   
  Miner ............:    41,000      18,000       700   
  Minnehaha ........:    77,000      21,000     7,000   
  Moody ............:    43,500      11,700     5,600   
  Sanborn ..........:    54,000                         
Southwest           :                                   
  Bennett ..........:    44,000      24,000             
  Custer ...........:    22,500                         
  Fall River .......:    55,000      36,000             
  Shannon ..........:    38,500                         
South Central       :                                   
  Gregory ..........:    73,000      35,000     1,100   
  Jones ............:    36,000      17,400             
  Lyman ............:    66,000      30,500             
  Mellette .........:    50,000      29,000             
  Todd .............:    60,000      32,000             
  Tripp ............:   155,000      59,000       300   
Southeast           :                                   
  Bon Homme ........:    63,000      14,900       700   
  Charles Mix ......:   100,000      41,000     1,200   
  Clay .............:    15,600                         
  Douglas ..........:    39,000      13,100       900   
  Hutchinson .......:    70,000      24,000     2,600   
  Lincoln ..........:    37,500       6,900       500   
  Turner ...........:    51,000      12,800     4,700   
  Union ............:    24,500       6,800       900   
  Yankton ..........:    48,000      16,200             
Combined counties ..:               319,600    12,900   
South Dakota .......: 3,800,000   1,618,000    92,000   
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1/  Counties not meeting NASS publication standards are 
    combined and shown under "Combined counties" and 
    included in the State Totals.