CATTLE AND CALVES INVENTORY, BIRTHS, VALUE AND NUMBER OF FARMS, DECEMBER 1, 1994-2000

       			    Unit	 1994	   1995	  1996	    1997    1998     1999	2000	
									
All Cattle and Calves       thous.	 1,700	  1,720	  1,770    1,780   1,700     1,700     1,600	
 Cows That Have Calved      thous.	   825	    830	    855	     850     820       810	 780	
 Beef Cows		    thous.	   695	    701	    727	     725     695       688	 661	
 Milk Cows	 	    thous.	   130	    129	    128	     125     125       122	 119	 
Heifers 500 Pounds and Over thous.	   265	    268	    272	     270     243       248	 235	
 Beef Cow Replacement	    thous.	   125	    130	    125	     130     113       115	 112	
 Milk Cow Replacement       thous.	    70	     71	     70	      65      60        63	  60	
 Other Heifers		    thous.	    70	     67	     77	      75      70        70	  63	
 Steers 500 Pounds and Over thous.	   155	    105	    180	     195     190       190	 175	 
Bulls 500 Pounds and Over   thous.	    40	     42	     43	      45      42        42	  40	
 Calves Under 500 Pounds    thous. 	   415	    415	    420	     420     405       410	 370	
 Cattle On Feed		    thous.	    40	     40	     35	      30      30        30   	  27	
 Calf Crop 1/		    thous.	   760	    760	    770	     770     750       740	 720	
  									
 Average Value Per Head	  dollars	   590	    555	    460	     440      520      480	 590	 
 Total Value 		 thous. $    1,003,000	954,600	814,200  783,200  884,000  816,000   944,000	
  		 							
 Farms With Cattle 1/	    number	30,000   30,000	 31,000   32,000   32,000   29,000    28,000	
 Farms With Beef Cows 1/    number	24,000   24,000	 25,000   26,000   25,000   23,000    23,000	
 Farms With Milk Cows 1/    number	 2,400    2,400	  2,100    1,800    1,800    1,800     1,700

1/ Numbers apply to previous year.


                   CATTLE AND CALVES PRODUCTION, DISPOSITION, AND INCOME 1994-1999       

           		Unit		      1994	1995	1996	  1997	   1998    1999	
   Cattle and Calves								
      On Hand First of Year . . thous.	     1,700	1,720	1,770	 1,780	  1,700	  1,700	
      Births. . . . . . . . . .	thous.	       760	  770	  770	   750	    740	    720	
      Inshipments . . . . . . .	thous.	        13	   10  	   10	    12	     15      13	
      Marketings 1/ . . . . . .	thous.	       648	  635	  667	   755	    667     746	
      Farm Slaughter 2/ . . . .	thous.	         6	    5	    5	     5	      5	      5
      Deaths. . . . . . . . . .	thous.	        99	   89 	   98	    82	     83	     82	
      Production 3/ . . . . . 	thous.lbs. 509,210    522,165 546,638  530,375	504,590	494,703	
      Marketings 4/ . . . . . . thous.lbs. 484,200    471,150 513,940  583,220	500,050	551,080	
 
      Average Price Per 100 Lbs. 		
        Cattle. . . . . . . . . dollars       59.7	50.9	42.6	59.2	     57	   56.4	
        Calves. . . . . . . . . dollars       79.1	62.9	45.9	70.3       73.3	   77.5	
      Cash Receipts 5/ . . . . .thous.dols.297,797   245,575 220,513 351,260	294,222	324,545	
      Value of Home Use . . .  thous. dols.  9,122     8,228   6,943   9,611  	  9,228	  9,528	
      Gross Income . . . . . . thous.dols. 306,919   253,803  27,456 360,871	303,450	334,073	


1/ Includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and State outshipments, but excludes 
     interfarm sales within the State.
2/ Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments.
3/ Adjustments made for changes in inventory and for inshipments.
4/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and interfarm sales within the State.
5/ Receipts form marketings and sale of farm slaughter.