ALL CATTLE & CALVES, SOUTH DAKOTA JANUARY 1, 2012 1/  
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                    :All Cattle :           :           
                    : & Calves  : Beef Cows : Milk Cows 
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                    :          Number of Head           
                    :                                   
Northwest           :                                   
  Butte ............:    63,000      28,500       100   
  Corson ...........:    83,000                         
  Dewey ............:    65,000                         
  Harding ..........:    60,000      38,000             
  Perkins ..........:    93,000      54,000             
  Ziebach ..........:    40,000      27,500             
North Central       :                                   
  Brown ............:    71,000      30,000     1,600   
  Campbell .........:    37,500      15,500       300   
  Edmunds ..........:    65,000      23,500     1,100   
  Faulk ............:    63,000      28,500       300   
  McPherson ........:    58,000      29,500       100   
  Potter ...........:    27,500                         
  Spink ............:    84,000                         
  Walworth .........:    34,500                         
Northeast           :                                   
  Clark ............:    73,000      23,000     1,300   
  Codington ........:    58,000      17,200     6,000   
  Day ..............:    46,000      19,700     2,300   
  Deuel ............:    50,000      17,900     5,500   
  Grant ............:    54,000      13,300     8,800   
  Hamlin ...........:    41,000      12,200     5,200   
  Marshall .........:    76,000                         
  Roberts ..........:    54,000      22,500     1,000   
West Central        :                                   
  Haakon ...........:    67,000      37,500             
  Jackson ..........:    50,000      34,000             
  Lawrence .........:    12,700                         
  Meade ............:   120,000      73,000             
  Pennington .......:    52,000      30,500             
  Stanley ..........:    24,000                         
Central             :                                   
  Aurora ...........:    45,500                         
  Beadle ...........:   115,000      41,500     1,200   
  Brule ............:    79,000                         
  Buffalo ..........:    26,000      12,900             
  Hand .............:    99,000      41,000       800   
  Hughes ...........:    25,000      13,800             
  Hyde .............:    47,500      25,500             
  Jerauld ..........:    52,000      19,800             
  Sully ............:    27,000       9,400             
East Central        :                                   
  Brookings ........:    73,000      22,500    11,200   
  Davison ..........:    34,000      14,300       800   
  Hanson ...........:    23,500      11,300       800   
  Kingsbury ........:    83,000      26,500       900   
  Lake .............:    38,000      14,700       900   
  McCook ...........:    44,500      15,400     2,600   
  Miner ............:    39,500      18,000       500   
  Minnehaha ........:    73,000      21,000     7,300   
  Moody ............:    42,000      11,700     6,100   
  Sanborn ..........:    52,000                         
Southwest           :                                   
  Bennett ..........:    42,000      24,000             
  Custer ...........:    22,000                         
  Fall River .......:    53,000      36,000             
  Shannon ..........:    37,000                         
South Central       :                                   
  Gregory ..........:    70,000      35,000       700   
  Jones ............:    34,500      17,300             
  Lyman ............:    63,000      30,500             
  Mellette .........:    48,000      28,500             
  Todd .............:    58,000      32,000             
  Tripp ............:   150,000      59,000       200   
Southeast           :                                   
  Bon Homme ........:    61,000      14,800       700   
  Charles Mix ......:    97,000      40,500     1,100   
  Clay .............:    14,800                         
  Douglas ..........:    37,500      13,000       600   
  Hutchinson .......:    67,000      24,000     2,600   
  Lincoln ..........:    36,000       6,900       400   
  Turner ...........:    48,500      12,800     4,500   
  Union ............:    24,000       6,800       900   
  Yankton ..........:    46,000      16,100       100   
Combined counties ..:               317,700    11,500   
South Dakota .......: 3,650,000   1,610,000    90,000   
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1/  Counties not meeting NASS publication standards are 
    combined and shown under "Combined counties" and    
    included in the State Totals.