LIVESTOCK RECORD HIGH'S AND LOW'S RECORD HIGH RECORD LOW YEAR Head Year Head Year BEGAN -thousand- -thousand- CATTLE All Cattle & Calves, Jan. 1 1,860 1987 590 1868 1867 Beef Cows Jan. 1 740 1997 33 1927 1920 Milk Cows Jan. 1 479 1954 119 2000 1867 Calf Crop 835 1986 289 1927 1924 MILK Milk Production (Annual) 2/ 2,151 1986 1,234 1930 1924 HOGS All Hogs & Pigs, Dec. 1 970 1943 360 1996 1867 Pig Crop 1,527 1943 616 1999 1924 SHEEP All Sheep & Lambs, Jan.1 510 1868 57 1999 1867 Lamb Crop 500 1932 50 2000 1924 Wool Production (Annual) 2/ 2,225 1931 252 1999 1909 POULTRY Broilers Produced 263,300 1998 2,000 1934 1934 Turkey Raised 26,000 1998 515 1931 1929 Hens & Pullets of Laying Age, Dec. 1 10,939 1944 3,206 1974 1924 Egg Production 3/ 1,207,000 1963 755,000 1934 1924 1/ These are the latest years that records were achieved. In some cases, these records were equaled in earlier years. 2/ Production in pounds. 3/ Production in number of eggs.