Arizona Cattle Inventory Up 8 Percent
The January 1, 2017 inventory of all cattle and calves in Arizona totaled 970,000 head, up 8 percent from the January 1, 2016 inventory, according to the January 1 Cattle Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Beef cows, at 184,000 head, were up 4,000 head from the previous year. Milk cows increased 1,000 head from last year to 196,000 head. Arizona’s 2016 calf crop, at 320,000 head, is up 8 percent from 2015.
Other class estimates as of January 1, 2017 and percent changes from 2016 were as follows: Beef replacement heifers 500 pounds and over, unchanged at 39,000 head; milk replacement heifers 500 pounds and over, up 72 percent to 117,000 head; other heifers 500 pounds and over, up 21 percent to 34,000 head; steers 500 pounds and over, down 2 percent to 265,000 head; bulls 500 pounds and over, unchanged at 20,000 head; and calves under 500 pounds, up 15 percent to 115,000 head. The total inventory included 253,000 head of cattle and calves on feed, down 2 percent from last year.
