The January 1, 1997, Michigan cattle herd totaled 1,130,000 head, down 3 percent from a year ago. The January 1 milk cow inventory, at 310,000 head, was down 18,000 head from the previous year. Milk cow replacement heifers, at 145,000 head, were down 10,000 head from last year. Beef cows, at 125,000 head, were up 2 percent. Beef replacement heifers, at 33,000 head, were up 10 percent from 1996. Calves on hand, at 240,000 head, were down 10,000 head from last year. Steer numbers, at 215,000 head, were down 2 percent and other heifers, at 42,000 head, were down 3,000 head. The number of bulls were unchanged at 20,000 head. The 1996 calf crop was 400,000 head, 20,000 less than the previous year.

Cattle on full feed for slaughter totaled 200,000 head, unchanged from the previous year.
Michigan has 19,000 operations with cattle, unchanged from last year. The January 1 Michigan cattle and calf inventory was valued at $757 million, down 2 percent from January 1, 1996. Cash receipts from cattle and calf marketings totaled $232 million, while total liveweight marketed was 465 million pounds.

Table 11-1.-Cattle and calves: Number on farms by class, January 1
Class	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
	1,000 head
Cows and heifers that have calved	450	460	465	450	435
Beef cows	116	131	132	122	125
Milk cows	334	329	333	328	310
Heifers, 500 pounds and over	230	240	237	230	220
For beef cow replacement	30	38	30	30	33
For milk cow replacement	160	159	161	155	145
Other heifers	40	43	46	45	42
Steers, 500 pounds and over	252	245	229	220	215
Bulls, 500 pounds and over	18	20	19	20	20
Calves, less than 500 pounds	250	265	250	250	240
All cattle and calves	1,200	1,230	1,200	1,170	1,130

Table 11-2.-Cattle and calves: Number of operations
Class	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Number
Beef cow 1	8,000	8,000	8,500	9,000	8,500
Milk cow 1	5,500	5,000	4,800	4,700	4,400
Cattle 2	20,000	19,000	19,000	19,000	19,000
1 Included in number of cattle operations.
2 Any place having one or more head on hand at any time during the year.

Table 11-3.-Cattle and calves: Balance sheet
Year	All cattle and calves on hand January 1	Calf crop	Inship- ments	Marketings 1		Farm slaughter cattle and calves 2	Deaths		All cattle and calves on hand following January 1
				Cattle	Calves		Cattle	Calves
	1,000 head
1992	1,150	410	105	337	38	5	25	60	1,200
1993	1,200	430	130	375	60	5	30	60	1,230
1994	1,230	425	115	428	52	5	25	60	1,200
1995	1,200	420	95	398	57	5	25	60	1,170
1996	1,170	400	75	365	60	5	25	60	1,130
1 Includes custom slaughter and state outshipments, but excludes inter-farm sales within Michigan.
2 Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments.

Table 11-4.-Cattle: On feed for slaughter, January 1
Year	Number
1993	220,000
1994	225,000
1995	210,000
1996	200,000
1997	200,000

Table 11-5.-Cattle and calves: Production and income
Year	Produc- tion 1	Market- ings 2	Average price per cwt.		Value of production	Cash receipts 3	Value of home consump- tion	Gross income
			Cattle	Calves
	1,000 pounds		Dollars		1,000 dollars
1992	411,780	421,750	59.30	88.10	249,721	254,426	10,072	264,498
1993	423,205	472,340	61.60	96.00	268,615	296,899	9,745	306,644
1994	461,955	538,300	55.50	94.10	233,337	305,512	9,355	314,867
1995	429,894	502,850	52.00	69.30	224,813	264,812	8,530	273,342
1996	402,049	465,390	49.80	51.60	200,431	232,109	7,991	240,100
1 Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments.
2 Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and inter-farm sales within the state.
3 Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter.

The total value of poultry production in Michigan from eggs, broilers, and other chickens (primarily culled layers) during 1996 was $69.4 million, 35 percent more than a year earlier. Eggs, valued at $68.4 million, contributed the largest share of the value for all poultry, and comprised 99 percent of the total poultry production value. Egg production totaled 1.32 billion, down 5 percent from last year. The market egg price averaged 62 cents per dozen, 19 cents higher than 1995.

Broiler production totaled 550,000, down 13 percent from last year and was valued at $836,000, down 14 percent from a year ago. Chicken sales, at 2.8 million birds, were down 18 percent. Sales of chickens (excluding broilers) were valued at $168,000, down 2 percent from 1995.

Table 11-6.-Chickens: Layers on hand, December 1
Class	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Chickens:	1,000 head
Hens	1,750	1,800	2,000	2,000	1,800
Pullets of laying age	3,450	3,755	3,700	3,430	3,300
Pullets, 3 months plus	570	500	770	420	820
Pullets, less than 3 months	525	850	423	753	390
Other chickens	5	10	7	7	10
All chickens (excluding broilers)	6,300	6,915	6,900	6,610	6,320

Table 11-7.-Chickens and broilers: Production and income
[December 1 previous year through November 30]
Year	Chickens				Broilers 1
	Number sold	Pounds sold	Price per pound	Value of sales	Number produced	Pounds produced	Price per pound	Value of production
	Thou sands	Number	Cents	1000 dollars	Thou sands	1000 pounds	Cents	1000 dollars
1992	4,000	18,800	4.0	752	730	3,212	31.0	996
1993	3,300	15,510	5.0	776	630	2,750	38.0	1,045
1994	3,500	16,100	1.5	242	650	3,200	34.0	1,088
1995	3,432	17,160	1.0	172	630	2,850	34.0	969
1996	2,805	16,830	1.0	168	550	2,200	38.0	836
1 Broiler production includes other domestic meat-type breeds.
2 Live weight equivalent prices, derived from ready-to-cook (RTC) prices using the following formulas: (RTC price-processing cost) x dressing percentage=liveweight equivalent price.

Table 11-8.-Chickens: Total egg production by month
Month	1994	1995	1996
	Million eggs
December	124	124	115
January	119	120	111
February	106	111	107
March	120	122	114
April	113	116	111
May	117	118	111
June	113	113	105
July	120	117	108
August	126	115	107
September	122	108	104
October	129	110	112
November	126	114	113
Total	1,435	1,388	1,318

Table 11-9.-Chickens: Average number of layers on hand during the month
Month	1994	1995	1996
	1,000 head
December	5,553	5,450	5,375
January	5,278	5,351	5,281
February	5,203	5,400	5,155
March	5,253	5,250	5,135
April	5,200	5,250	5,141
May	5,200	5,216	5,021
June	5,201	5,116	4,810
July	5,150	5,138	4,706
August	5,325	5,158	4,791
September	5,525	5,177	4,885
October	5,600	5,236	4,891
November	5,650	5,345	4,971
Annual average 1	5,345	5,256	5,013
1 December 1 previous year through November 30.

Michigan hog production totaled 399 million pounds in 1996, down 11 percent from 1995. This decrease resulted from lower inventories in all four quarters of 1996 compared with 1995. Based on the December 1, 1996 inventory of 1.0 million hogs and pigs, Michigan ranks 12th in the nation. Breeding inventory accounted for 12.5 percent of the total inventory, while market hogs made up the remaining 87.5 percent. Statewide, Cass, Allegan, Branch, Ottawa, and Van Buren are the top five hog producing counties.
The annual average price for all hogs was $51.40 per hundredweight (cwt.) for 1996, compared with the 1995 average price of $39.70 per cwt.

Marketings of all hogs and pigs totaled 416.5 million pounds in 1996, down 11 percent from 1995. In spite of the marketing decline, cash receipts rose 15 percent from the previous year to 214.5 million dollars.

Table 11-10.-Hogs and pigs: Inventory
Month and year	Market hogs and pigs					Breed ing stock	Total hogs and pigs
	Under 60 pounds	60-119 pounds	120-179 pounds	180 pounds and over	Total market
	1,000 head
March 1
1993	295	215	210	180	900	180	1,080
1994	300	220	215	200	935	185	1,120
1995	280	220	210	185	895	155	1,050
1996	275	210	190	175	850	150	1,000
1997	270	205	190	155	820	130	950
June 1
1993	515	210	165	150	1,040	160	1,200
1994	555	210	165	155	1,085	165	1,250
1995	515	205	170	160	1,050	150	1,200
1996	475	195	165	125	960	140	1,100
1997	430	200	190	130	950	150	1,100
September 1
1993	400	325	200	170	1,095	155	1,250
1994	370	340	250	200	1,160	140	1,300
1995	355	320	225	195	1,095	135	1,230
1996	325	290	210	180	1,005	125	1,130
1997
December 1
1993	340	245	250	220	1,055	165	1,220
1994	375	240	265	210	1,090	160	1,250
1995	305	225	235	195	960	140	1,100
1996	285	200	210	180	875	125	1,000
1997

Table 11-11.-Hogs and pigs: Number of operations, by size group
[An operation is any place having one or more hogs or pigs on hand at any time during the year]
Year	1-99 head	100-499 head	500-999 head	1,000- 1,999 head	2,000 or more head	Total
1992	3,200	1,300	250	140	110	5,000
1993	3,400	1,100	220	160	120	5,000
1994	3,400	1,100	230	140	130	5,000
1995	3,200	1,000	230	140	130	4,700
1996	3,200	750	170	150	130	4,400

Table 11-12.-Hogs and pigs: Sows farrowed and pig crop, spring
Year	December-February			March-May			Total December-May
	Sows farrowed	Pigs per litter	Pig crop	Sows farrowed	Pigs per litter	Pig crop	Sows farrowed	Pigs per litter	Pig crop
	1,000 head	Head	1,000 head	1,000 head	Head	1,000 head	1,000 head	Head	1,000 head
1993	47	7.9	371	80	7.8	624	127	7.8	995
1994	47	7.9	371	87	7.9	687	134	7.9	1,058
1995	42	8.1	340	82	7.7	631	124	7.8	971
1996	40	8.2	328	65	8.1	527	105	8.1	855
1997	40	8.4	336	60	8.4	504	100	8.4	840

Table 11-13.-Hogs and pigs: Sows farrowed and pig crop, fall
Year	June-August			September-November			Total June-November
	Sows farrowed	Pigs per litter	Pig crop	Sows farrowed	Pigs per litter	Pig crop	Sows farrowed	Pigs per litter	Pig crop
	1,000 head	Head	1,000 head	1,000 head	Head	1,000 head	1,000 head	Head	1,000 head
1992	74	7.9	585	58	7.9	458	132	7.9	1,043
1993	68	7.9	537	56	8.0	448	124	7.9	985
1994	65	7.7	501	60	8.0	480	125	7.8	981
1995	60	8.1	486	45	8.0	360	105	8.1	846
1996	52	8.3	432	45	8.1	365	97	8.2	797

Table 11-14.-Hogs and pigs: Production and income
Year	Produc tion 1	Market ings 2	Average price per cwt.	Value of production	Cash receipts 3	Value of home consump tion	Gross income
	1,000 pounds	1,000 pounds	Dollars	1,000 dollars	1,000 dollars	1,000 dollars	1,000 dollars
1992	490,345	494,250	40.00	195,571	198,281	864	199,145
1993	456,225	468,525	43.90	199,442	206,320	948	207,268
1994	471,245	474,255	38.80	181,709	184,630	951	185,580
1995	446,182	467,999	39.70	175,196	186,293	1,070	187,363
1996	399,040	416,549	51.40	203,883	214,496	1,385	215,881
1 Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments.
2 Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and inter-farm sales within the state.
3 Receipts from marketings and sales of farm slaughter. Includes allowance for higher average price of outshipments of feeder pigs.

Table 11-15.-Hogs and pigs: Balance sheet
Year	Beginning inventory	Pig crop	Inship- ments	Market- ings 1	Farm slaughter 2	Deaths	Number on hand Decem ber 1
		Dec.-Nov.
	1,000 head
1992	1,300	2,140	35	2,094	2	99	1,280
1993	1,280	1,980	40	1,985	3	92	1,220
1994	1,220	2,039	51	1,966	3	91	1,250
1995	1,250	1,817	58	1,939	3	83	1,100
1996	1,100	1,652	56	1,717	3	88	1,000
1 Includes custom slaughter and state outshipments, but excludes sales within Michigan.
2 Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments.

There were 90,000 colonies in production during 1996, 7,000 less than 1995. Yield per colony averaged 96 pounds, up 4 pounds from the previous year. This was the highest yield since honey production estimates were resumed in 1986.

Michigan honey prices averaged $1.10 per pound, 32 cents above the average price of $0.78 in 1995. This excludes all government support price payments and CCC loans. Value of production totaled $9.5 million up 37 percent from 1995. The increase was due to higher honey prices during 1996. Honey stocks on hand for sale, as of December15, totaled 4.32 million pounds, up 21 percent from 1995.

Table 11-16.-Honey: Production and value
[Includes only producers with 5 colonies or more]
Year	Bee colonies	Honey
		Yield per colony	Production	Average price per pound	Value of pro duction	Stocks Dec. 15 1
	Number	Pounds	1,000 pounds	Cents	1,000 dollars	1,000 pounds
1992	95,000	68	6,460	59	3,811	2,067
1993	90,000	77	6,930	57	3,950	2,980
1994	90,000	86	7,740	55	4,257	3,870
1995	97,000	92	8,924	78	6,961	3,570
1996	90,000	96	8,640	110	9,504	4,320
1 Stocks held by producers. Does not include stocks under loan.

Mink pelt production in Michigan increased 4,900 in 1996 to 57,000 pelts. Standards are the most popular color class in Michigan, representing 53 percent of Michigan's pelt production. For 1996 standards and mahogany accounted for 75 percent of the State's total pelts. Standard pelt production totaled 30,000 and mahogany totaled 12,700. This compares with 32,100 standard pelts and 6,000 mahogany pelts produced in 1995. Female mink bred to produce kits in 1997 total 14,000, 600 more than 1996.

Table 11-17.-Mink: Pelt production by color class
Color class	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Number of pelts
Standard	33,600	33,500	31,000	32,100	30,000
Ranch wild	(1)	(1)	--	(1)	--
Demi-buff	(1)	1,800	3,200	3,400	400
Pastel	800	1,600	1,900	1,600	1,600
Sapphire	100	100	300	1,500	3,400
Gunmetal	(1)	400	700	1,300	1,600
Violet	(1)	3,300	2,200	1,400	1,200
Pearl	(1)	2,900	2,300	2,100	1,700
White	(1)	(1)	4,400	2,500	3,800
Mahogany	6,200	8,400	6,500	6,000	12,700
Other	(1)	(1)	--	(1)	600
Total	53,300	55,800	52,500	52,100	57,000
1 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.

Table 11-18.-Mink: Number of farms and females bred to produce kits
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
	Number
Mink farms	15	16	12	12	9
Females bred for next year	15,300	15,500	13,500	13,400	14,000

Michigan sheep operations in 1996 numbered 2,000, unchanged from the previous year. All sheep and lamb inventory in Michigan on January 1, 1997, was estimated at 98,000 head, up 5 percent from a year ago. The breeding sheep inventory, at 65,000 head, was up 5 percent from last year, also. Market sheep and lambs totaled 33,000 head, up 2,000 from a year earlier. Market lambs totaled 32,500 with 6,000 less than 65 pounds, 8,000 from 65 to 84 pounds, 11,000 from 85 to 105 pounds, and 7,500 more than 105 pounds. The 1996 Michigan lamb crop was 72,000 head, up 7 percent from the previous year. Sheep and lamb marketings, at $5.9 million, were up 1 percent from 1995. Cash receipts totaled $5.4 million for 1996. All sheep and lambs were valued at $97 per head, up $3 from the previous year.

Sheep shorn in 1996 totaled 81,000 head. The weight per fleece, at 7.6 pounds, compared with 7.7 pounds last year. Total wool production in Michigan was 615,000 pounds. Wool production was valued at $221,000. The average price per pound decreased to $0.36.

Table 11-19.-Sheep and lambs: Balance sheet
Year	All sheep and lambs on hand Jan uary 1	Lamb crop	Inship- ments	Marketings 1		Farm slaugh- ter 2	Deaths		All sheep and lambs on hand fol lowing January 1
				Sheep	Lambs		Sheep	Lambs
	Number
1992	103,000	78,000	1,000	11,000	55,000	1,000	3,000	9,000	103,000
1993	103,000	68,000	3,000	17,000	45,000	2,000	5,000	11,000	94,000
1994	95,000	67,000	7,000	7,500	51,500	2,000	4,000	10,000	94,000
1995	94,000	67,000	10,500	5,500	60,000	2,000	1,000	10,000	93,000
1996	93,000	72,000	10,000	7,000	55,000	2,000	2,000	11,000	98,000
1 Includes custom slaughter and state outshipments, but excludes sales within Michigan.
2 Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments.

Table 11-20.-Sheep and lambs: Lamb crop
Year	Breeding ewes (1 year or older January 1)	Lamb crop per 100 ewes (1 year or older)	Lamb crop
	Head	Number	Head
1992	63,000	124	78,000
1993	60,000	113	68,000
1994	50,000	134	67,000
1995	49,000	137	67,000
1996	50,000	144	72,000

Table 11-21.-Sheep and lambs: Number of opera tions
[Any place having one or more head on hand at any one time during the year]
Year	Number
1992	2,400
1993	2,300
1994	2,100
1995	2,000
1996	2,000

Table 11-22.-Sheep and lambs: Number on farms by class, January 1
Class	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
	Head
Stock sheep
Ewe lambs	10,000	8,000	1 8,000	1 9,000	1 9,000
Ram and wether lambs	2,000	2,000
Ewes, 1 year or older	60,000	50,000	49,000	50,000	53,000
Rams and wethers, 1 year or older	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000
Sheep and lambs on feed	28,000	31,000	34,000	31,000	33,000
All sheep and lambs	103,000	94,000	94,000	93,000	98,000
1 Replacement lambs-include ewe, ram, and wether lambs.

Table 11-23.-Sheep and lambs: Production and income
Year	Produc- tion 1	Market- ings 2	Average price per cwt.		Value of produc tion	Cash receipts 3	Value of home consump- tion	Gross income
			Sheep	Lambs
	1,000 pounds		Dollars		1,000 dollars
1992	7,680	7,590	22.60	61.70	4,322	4,102	204	4,306
1993	6,100	7,360	22.60	67.10	3,695	3,917	221	4,138
1994	6,743	6,590	22.40	69.70	4,315	4,114	401	4,515
1995	7,503	7,298	22.60	79.50	5,428	5,379	457	5,836
1996	7,360	6,925	25.00	86.50	5,894	5,409	497	5,906
1 Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments.
2 Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the state.
3 Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter.

Table 11-24.-Sheep and lambs: Wool production and value
Year	Sheep shorn	Weight per fleece	Produc- tion	Price per pound 1	Value of production 2
	Head	Pounds	Pounds	Cents	Dollars
1992	83,000	7.7	640,000	36	230,000
1993	81,000	7.6	612,000	34	208,000
1994	79,000	7.6	599,000	52	311,000
1995	85,000	7.7	658,000	68	447,000
1996	81,000	7.6	615,000	36	221,000
1 Average local market price for wool; does not include incentive payments.
2 Production multiplied by marketing year average price.

Michigan's 45 commercial trout operations reported 828,000 pounds of trout sold during the year ending August 31, 1996. This was an increase of 15 percent from last season. Sales were valued at $2.06 million, and included sales of food size trout (usually 12 inches or longer), stockers (usually 6 to 12 inches) and fingerlings (2 to 6 inches). Michigan ranked ninth in the nation in trout production. Idaho's 33 trout operations produced 70 percent of the nation's trout, making it number one in the country.

Operations contributing to the sales total include recreational operations that open their waters for fee fishing, fish farms that sell dressed fish to restaurants and markets and fish farms that sell eggs and live fish to other operations for stocking purposes. The most common trout species in Michigan are rainbow, brown, and brook trout which are raised both in earthen ponds and cement runways.
Trout losses, in Michigan, amounted to 237,000 fish, weighing 66,000 pounds. Predators and disease were the leading causes of death, accounting for 53 and 13 percent of all fish lost, respectively.

Table 11-25.-Trout: Number of operations.
Year	Number
1992	54
1993	49
1994	57
1995	51
1996	45

Table 11-26.-Trout: Production, value, and sales
Item	Number sold	Pounds sold	Value of sales	Average value per pound
			1,000 dollars	Dollars
Foodsize (12 inches long or more)
1992	680,000	600,000	1,550	2.58
1993	610,000	570,000	1,370	2.40
1994	700,000	610,000	1,420	2.33
1995	580,000	555,000	1,300	2.34
1996	605,000	570,000	1,330	2.33
Stockers (6-12 inches long)
1992	665,000	200,000	515	2.58
1993	800,000	490,000	1,505	3.07
1994	680,000	300,000	670	2.23
1995	520,000	150,000	350	2.33
1996	620,000	240,000	525	2.19
Fingerlings (2-6 inches long)
1992	1,355,000	61,000	410	6.72
1993	460,000	20,000	110	5.50
1994	740,000	32,000	225	7.03
1995	700,000	18,000	200	11.11
1996	700,000	18,000	200	11.11