United States and Canadian Cattle Inventory Down 2 Percent
All cattle and calves in the United States and Canada combined totaled 103 million head on January 1, 2022, down 2 percent from the 105 million head on January 1, 2021. All cows and heifers that have calved inventory at 44.0 million head, down 2 percent from a year ago.
- All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2022 totaled 91.9 million head, down 2 percent from the 93.8 million head on January 1, 2021. All cows and heifers that have calved inventory at 39.5 million head, down 2 percent from a year ago.
- All cattle and calves in Canada as of January 1, 2022 totaled 11.1 million head, down 1 percent from the 11.2 million on January 1, 2021. All cows and heifers that have calved inventory at 4.48 million, down 1 percent from a year ago.
United States and Canadian Sheep Inventory Down 1 Percent
All sheep and lambs in the United States and Canada combined totaled 5.89 million head on January 1, 2022, down 1 percent from the 5.96 million on January 1, 2021. Breeding sheep inventory at 4.31 million head, down 1 percent from a year ago. Market sheep and lambs totaled 1.58 million head, down 1 percent from last year.
- All sheep and lambs in the United States as of January 1, 2022 totaled 5.07 million head, 2 percent below the 5.17 million head on January 1, 2021. Breeding sheep inventory at 3.71 million head, down 2 percent from a year ago. Market sheep and lambs totaled 1.36 million head, down 3 percent from last year.
- All sheep and lambs in Canada as of January 1, 2022 totaled 822,000 head, up 4 percent from last year's number of 791,300 head. Breeding sheep inventory at 599,900 head, up 2 percent from last year. Market sheep and lambs totaled 222,100 head, up 8 percent from a year ago.
