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Cattle and Calves: Production and Income
Year Production 1 Marketings 2 Price Per 100 Pounds
Beef Cattle 3 Beef Cows 4 Calves Steers and
Heifers
1,000 Pounds Dollars
1963 584,785 530,505 16.80 13.50 22.40 20.80
1968 655,745 710,956 20.10 16.50 26.00 23.50
1973 672,610 618,478 36.60 30.30 55.10 42.30
1978 539,330 739,810 42.50 34.20 59.80 51.30
1983 461,960 462,920 43.40 36.80 58.30 55.60
1988 365,250 395,630 55.20 46.80 88.70 71.80
1989 345,860 365,920 59.80 49.80 88.30 75.00
1990 357,070 378,330 60.30 50.60 94.30 79.40
1991 370,840 336,840 61.80 51.50 97.40 81.10
1992 355,480 305,660 58.80 48.20 84.80 74.40
1993 369,160 348,860 60.90 49.10 86.90 75.40
1994 368,761 390,060 56.50 44.20 78.00 68.70
1995 347,639 315,840 46.00 36.00 61.20 56.00
1996 319,650 353,340 36.80 27.60 45.80 46.10
1997 338,774 365,560 48.00 34.50 72.50 66.50
Year Value of Production Cash Receipts 5 Value of Home
Consumption 		Gross Income
1,000 Dollars
1963 107,703 98,255 1,646 99,901
1968 145,795 157,474 1,134 158,608
1973 287,515 258,466 2,273 260,739
1978 262,172 351,123 7,717 358,840
1983 218,514 218,608 9,548 228,156
1988 239,303 256,400 7,096 263,496
1989 239,696 250,513 5,201 255,714
1990 252,247 268,202 5,798 274,000
1991 272,675 247,626 5,537 253,163
1992 239,323 207,121 5,434 212,555
1993 254,183 241,722 5,600 247,322
1994 228,231 242,521 4,366 246,887
1995 170,865 156,778 4,126 160,904
1996 124,161 137,940 3,048 140,988
1997 180,441 195,608 4,615 200,223
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 "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" combined.
4 Beef Cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter market.
5 Receipts from marketings and sales of farm slaughter.

Livestock - 57
Mississippi Agricultural Statistics, Supplement 32

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