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2011-2013: Monthly cattle on feed, placements and weights

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Rank Country

2013Beef and

variety meat (in metric tons)

Percent change

from 2012Rank

2013Beef and variety

meat value (in thousands

of dollars)

Percent change

from 2012

1 Japan 234,615 +54% 1 $1,389,333 +35%

2 Mexico 216,386 +12% 3 $925,255 +13%

3 Canada 173,030 -4% 2 $1,168,786 -1%

4 Egypt 136,884 -1% 8 $164,546 -24%

5 Hong Kong 130,017 +100% 4 $823,348 +142%

6 Republic of Korea 105,406 -16% 5 $609,386 +5%

7 Taiwan 32,181 +65% 6 $254,427 +98%

8 European Union* 23,425 -6% 7 $251,893 +7%

9 Peru 17,352 +35% 13 $32,752 +10%

10 Chile 12,908 +13% 9 $68,623 +16%

11 Philippines 11,389 -2% 11 $54,522 +21%

12 Indonesia 5,032 +206% 17 $16,784 +97%

13 United Arab Emirates 5,010 -4% 10 $55,033 +12%

14 Jamaica 4,692 -16% 18 $15,372 -15%

15 Russia 4,686 -94% 20 $5,910 -98%

16 Vietnam 4,459 -89% 14 $26,628 -83%

17 Domican Republic 3,831 +3% 12 $34,037 +4%

18 The Bahamas 3,068 -14% 16 $19,324 -12%

19 Colombia 2,734 +198% 19 $9,145 +171%

20 Kuwait 2,618 +9% 15 $25,802 +29%

Total all countries 1,172,792 +3% $6,156,892 +12%

Source: 2014 USDA, U.S. Meat Export Federation(*) denotes a country that is a summarization of its component countries.Editor’s note: A list graphic for top nations that export beef, showing rank for beef & veal exports, total value in 2013, and % change from 2012. A secondary ranking can be used for the export leaders of beef variety meats with accommodating ranking.

Rank Country

2013Beef and

variety meat (in metric tons)

Percent change

from 2012Rank

2013Beef and variety

meat value (in thousands

of dollars)

Percent change

from 2012

1 Australia(*) 207,873 -4.9% 1 $1,028,699 -2.4%

2 Canada 182,810 -0.5% 3 $797,539 +0.4%

3 New Zealand(*) 174,928 +6.0% 2 $817,382 +4.4%

4 Mexico 93,837 +4.1% 4 $546,967 +6.2%

5 Nicaragua 30,481 -10.2% 7 $124,035 -9.9%

6 Uruguay 26,214 +13.1% 6 $154,851 +11.5%

7 Brazil 24,231 +22.5% 5 $227,800 +13.8%

8 Costa Rica 7,126 +5.8% 8 $31,183 +6.3%

9 Honduras 4,084 -54.8% 9 $17,657 -54.0%

10 Argentina 1,030 +47.5% 11 $6,111 +18.4%

Total all countries 752,907 +1.0% $3,760,776 +2.2%

Source: 2014 Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics(*) denotes a country that is a summarization of its component countries.Editor’s note: A list graphic for top nations that export beef, showing rank for beef & veal exports, total value in 2013, and % change from 2012. A secondary ranking can be used for the export leaders of beef variety meats with accommodating ranking.

Top 20 countries buying U.S. beef products (exports)

U.S. beef products export volume and value

U.S. beef exports to select markets

Top 10 countries shipping beef products to the U.S. (imports)

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Market placements and prices Global production and trade

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Low supplies, high prices spark push for rebuilt herdsProgressive Cattleman Editor David Cooper

Sparked by the highest feeder calf prices in generations, and a dearth of cattle supply, U.S. beef producers entered 2014 with a promising dilemma: whether to cash in on record prices or take stock in the future and rebuild their herds.

U.S. beef cow inventory on Jan. 1, 2014 dropped just shy of 1 percent over 2013 to 29.04 million head – the lowest beef cow count since 1962.

Total inventory of cattle and calves fell to 87.7 million head, the lowest tally in the U.S. since 1951. Total beef production also dropped 1 percent to 25.7 billion pounds.

Many states emerged from the drought with higher numbers in beef cow inventories, including Kansas with 6.5 percent more cows, Oklahoma went up 2.9

percent and Missouri jumped 3.6 percent. South Dakota’s herd dropped 3.1 percent in cows, in part from the devastating Atlas blizzard of October 2013, while Texas and Montana also saw beef cow herds decline 2.6 and 2.0 percent, respectively.

Sales and pricesThe low cattle supply was

evident also in the U.S. total of cattle sales, which dropped 1 percent while U.S. cash receipts jumped almost $700 million. The CME feeder cattle prices began soaring around September 2013 thanks to a stronger corn crop in the U.S. during an ongoing period of low beef supplies. Feeder calf prices hovered between $165 per hundredweight (cwt) through the last quarter of the year, a phenomenal rise considering

prices were $92 per cwt in early 2010.

Global productionThe U.S. remained the global

leader in beef production with 11.7 million metric tons produced in 2013, or about 20 percent of the total global beef supply. Yet the U.S. ranks only fifth in the world in total cattle numbers, one position lower than it was a year ago. Among the top 5 beef-producing nations, Brazil saw its output jump 4 percent, followed by China with 1.8 percent, and India with 11.6 percent more beef produced. The European Union and U.S. saw production decline 3.1 and 0.8 percent, respectively.

U.S. beef tradeAfter a narrowing of the trade

gap in 2012, export volume of

U.S. beef jumped again in 2013, marking the fourth straight year exports outpaced U.S. imports.

One decade after the 2003 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) case that crippled U.S. beef exports to Japan, that country returned to the top as America’s top trading partner. Japan was the top destination for beef and variety meat exports with 234,615 metric tons shipped, a jump of 54 percent over 2012. Export values to Japan rose 35 percent to $1.38 billion. Yet the volume of beef sent to Japan is still almost half of what it was in 2003.

Mexico dropped as the top destination for export volume to the No. 2 position, yet saw 12 percent growth in volume and 13 percent in beef value spent for U.S. beef.

Beef production for selected countriesVeal/beef

production rank Country

Volume(in thousands

of metric tons)

Percent change

from 2013

Percent of word beef production

Beef cattle rank

Beef cattle (1,000 head)

Percent change

from 2013

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rank

Beef cattle exported

(1,000 head)

Percent change

from 2013

Beef cattle slaughtered

rank

Beef cattle slaughtered (1,000 head)

Percent change

from 2013

2014* 2014* 2014* 2014*

1 United States 11,757 -0.8% 20.1% 5 87,730 -1.8% 7 165 -13.6% 4 33,352 -1.5%

2 Brazil 9,675 +4.0% 16.5% 2 207,960 +2.3% 4 689 +34.6% 1 41,590 +3.4%

3 European Union 7,470 -3.1% 12.7% 4 88,000 +1.0% 5 514 -24.2% 5 26,500 -3.2%

4 China 5,637 +1.8% 9.6% 3 104,188 NC 10 21 -25.0% 2 41,250 +1.4%

5 India 3,850 +11.6% 6.6% 1 329,700 +0.8% NA NA NA 3 37,900 +7.6%

6 Argentina 2,850 +8.8% 4.9% 6 51,745 +1.3% 14 0 -100.0% 6 12,900 +11.2%

7 Australia 2,359 +9.6% 4.0% 8 28,250 -2.6% 3 851 +37.3% 7 9,034 +13.2%

8 Mexico 1,808 -0.7% 3.1% 10 17,760 -4.1% 2 1,045 -32.1% 9 6,200 -2.7%

9 Pakistan 1,630 +2.7% 2.8% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

10 Russia 1,370 -0.7% 2.3% 9 19,514 -2.3% 11 17 +88.9% 8 6,800 -0.6%

11 Canada 1,035 -2.7% 1.8% 11 12,215 -0.7% 1 1,048 +27.6% 12 3,043 -2.9%

12 Colombia 885 -1.7% 1.5% 7 30,240 -1.1% 6 236 -21.1% 10 4,300 -0.6%

13 South Africa 825 +0.2% 1.4% NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

14 New Zealand 620 -0.6% 1.1% 14 10,278 +0.8% 9 33 -21.4% 11 4,291 +8.4%

15 Japan 508 -2.1% 0.9% 18 3,970 -2.3% NA NA NA 18 1,185 -1.2%

16 Uruguay 505 -4.7% 0.9% 12 11,793 +3.6% 8 41 -47.4% 14 2,050 -4.7%

Total of selected countries 52,784 +1.8% 1,003,343 +0.5% 4,660 -3.3% 230,395 +2.4%

Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service*Data available for 2014 market year which in some cases may differ from calendar year data.

$36,297

$172,958

Central America

+8.5%

-10.3%

$922,056

$546,967

Mexico

+12.6%

+6.6%

$263,902

$116

Europe

+4.0%

+66.6%

$3,053,098

$8,303

East Asia

+46.6%

+212.9%

$686

South Asia

+829.9%$117,674

Southeast Asia

-48.6%

$7,101

$1,834,527

Oceania

+30.1%

+0.6%$3,053,098

$8,303

East Asia

+46.6%

+212.9%

2013 Value of beef products sold to the U.S. (in thousands of dollars)

2013 Value of beef products purchased from the U.S. (in thousands of dollars)

Percent change from 2012Region rank

Legend

$995,265

$797,539

Canada

-2.2%

+0.4 %

$114,647

$388,810

South America

+16.9%

+14.7%

$111,346

Middle East

-1.8%

$189,876

Africa

-22.2%

$119,935

Caribbean

-3.8%

$5,879

Former Soviet Union

-98.1%

Source: Dept. of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics

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9.6% China

12.7% European Union

6.6% India

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Cattle/calves (# of head) 29,415,000 Calf crop 10,646,700 Cattle on feed 5,263,000 Cattle sales 15,189,900 Calf sales 2,336,100Cattle/calves operations 267,657 1-99 head (operations) 203,683 100-499 head (operations) 52,705 500+ head (operations) 11,269Cash receipts $24,865,804,000

North regionCorn, Soybeans, Cattle/calves

Cattle/calves (# of head) 19,725,000 Calf crop 8,353,300 Cattle on feed 2,430,000 Cattle sales 10,855,400 Calf sales 1,879,600Cattle/calves operations 116,583 1-99 head (operations) 93,311 100-499 head (operations) 15,979 500+ head (operations) 7,293Cash receipts $16,109,678,000

West regionCattle/calves, Dairy, Greenhouse

South regionCattle/calves (# of head) 38,590,000 Calf crop 14,930,000 Cattle on feed 4,938,000 Cattle sales 17,607,500 Calf sales 3,974,500Cattle/calves operations 529,006 1-99 head (operations) 458,693 100-499 head (operations) 60,923 500+ head (operations) 9,390Cash receipts $27,722,582,000

Cattle/calves, Broilers, CornLegend

Source: USDA 2014 statistics

U.S. cattle inventory by operation size

2002Cow/calf operations | 729,000 | 79.7%

Total operations | 915,0002012

Feedlot operations | 77,200 | 8.4%

Dairy operations | 58,000 | 6.3%

Stocker/grower operations | 50,800 | 5.6%

2012

Cow/calf operations | 808,110 | 78.0%

Total operations | 1,036,4302002

Feedlot operations | 97,680 | 9.4%

Dairy operations | 91,240 | 8.8%

Stocker/grower operations | 39,400 | 3.8%

2002

1 - 99 head | 23.8%

100 - 499 head | 36.0%

500 - 999 head | 12.4%

1,000 - 4,999 | 14.5%

5,000+ | 13.3%

2002

20121 - 99 head | 21.0%

100 - 499 head | 30.2%

500 - 999 head | 13.6%

1,000 - 4,999 | 18.0%

5,000+ | 17.2%

2012

U.S. cattle operations by segment

Source: 2012 USDA

State County 2013 head Rank 2012 head RankChange

(annual)

NE Cherry 145,000 1 150,000 1 -3.3%

NE Holt 95,000 2 99,000 2 -4.0%

NE Custer 92,000 3 96,000 3 -4.2%

MT Fergus 76,000 4 74,000 4 +2.7%

SD Meade 76,000 4 73,000 6 +4.1%

MT Beaverhead 75,000 6 72,000 7 +4.2%

FL Osceola 71,000 7 74,000 4 -4.1%

FL Okeechobee 64,000 8 66,000 9 -3.0%

OR Harney 64,000 8 66,000 9 -3.0%

OR Malheur 62,000 10 64,000 12 -3.1%

FL Highlands 61,000 11 63,000 13 -3.2%

SD Tripp 61,000 11 59,000 16 +3.4%

TX Lavaca 60,000 13 68,000 8 -11.8%

MT Phillips 58,000 14 56,000 18 +3.6%

NE Sheridan 58,000 14 61,000 14 -4.9%

WY Fremont 58,000 14 59,000 16 -1.7%

SD Perkins 57,000 17 54,000 21 +5.6%

TX Gonzales 57,000 17 65,000 11 -12.3%

TX Fayette 54,000 19 61,000 14 -11.5%

MT Blaine 53,000 20 52,000 22 +1.9%

AR Washington 52,000 21 56,000 18 -7.1%

MT Big Horn 50,000 22 49,000 26 +2.0%

CO Weld 48,000 23 50,000 23 -4.0%

TX Milam 48,000 23 55,000 20 -12.7%

AR Benton 47,000 25 50,000 23 -6.0%

ND Morton 47,000 25 44,000 41 +6.8%

ND Dunn 47,000 25 44,000 41 +6.8%

OK Osage 47,000 25 47,500 27 -1.1%

MT Garfield 46,000 29 44,500 38 +3.4%

WY Campbell 46,000 29 47,000 28 -2.1%

MT Powder River 45,500 31 44,000 41 +3.4%

OK Caddo 45,500 31 46,000 32 -1.1%

FL Hardee 45,000 33 47,000 28 -4.3%

MT Valley 44,500 34 43,000 44 +3.5%

MT Madison 44,000 35 42,500 46 +3.5%

TX Colorado 44,000 35 50,000 23 -12.0%

SD Beadle 43,500 37 41,500 48 +4.8%

MO Lawrence 43,000 38 45,500 33 -5.5%

SD Hand 43,000 38 41,000 50 +4.9%

SD Charles Mix 42,500 40 40,500 57 +4.9%

MT Cascade 41,500 41 40,000 58 +3.8%

OR Lake 41,500 41 43,000 44 -3.5%

TX Limestone 41,000 43 46,500 31 -11.8%

TX Van Zandt 41,000 43 47,000 28 -12.8%

MO Polk 40,500 45 42,500 46 -4.7%

MT Carter 40,500 45 39,500 61 +2.5%

SD Harding 40,000 47 38,000 71 +5.3%

TX Washington 40,000 47 45,500 33 -12.1%

TX Wharton 40,000 47 45,500 33 -12.1%

FL De Soto 39,500 50 41,000 50 -3.7%

Source: USDA NASS 2013

Top 50 beef cow counties

NorthWest South

10-year growthLive cattle weight production from 2004 to 2013 (thousands of lbs.)

Nebraska 2,421,282

Kansas 1,433,322

Texas 1,403,574

Iowa 1,016,045

California 1,010,741

Oklahoma 675,144

Wisconsin 652,690

Idaho 557,418

New Mexico 550,264

South Dakota 532,331

3-year growthLive cattle weight production from 2010 to 2013 (thousands of lbs.)

Nebraska 1,889,758

Texas 1,528,835

California 940,454

Kansas 784,618

Iowa 654,664

Wisconsin 589,627

Colorado 433,250

Oklahoma 426,856

South Dakota 410,302

Idaho 386,630

1-year growthLive cattle weight production from 2012 to 2013 (thousands of lbs.)

Nebraska 181,639

Idaho 166,686

Wisconsin 136,970

Iowa 125,348

Montana 93,499

Wyoming 87,521

Minnesota 81,537

Texas 75,079

Arizona 73,737

Colorado 63,611

Bottom 5

Top 10

New Jersey 320

Delaware -390

Alaska -1,633

Mississippi -3,017

Utah -4,919

Bottom 5

Top 10

New Hampshire 4,716

New Jersey 2,495

Delaware 987

Rhode Island 809

Alaska -1,363

Bottom 5

Top 10

Ohio -14,144

Missouri -40,061

Tennessee -43,365

Kentucky -48,509

California -91,619

11,861

93

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539,000

Washington209 -5.4%32

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21

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20

18Apples, Dairy, Wheat

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200

$1,913,122

2,190

225

1,314,000

Idaho445 -12.7%23

13

12

10

33

8

9Dairy, Cattle/calves, Potatoes

11,845

215

$1,525,133

2,550

45

1,375,000

Montana1,476 -2.0%6

10

22

9

32

5

13Wheat, Cattle/calves, Hay

9,868

179

1,051,764

1,770

35

872,500

North Dakota943 +2.3%9

15

23

14

34

9

16Wheat, Soybeans, Corn 23,702

96

$1,658,249

2,280

300

999,000

Minnesota350 -6.7%27

12

8

11

13

17

10Corn, Soybeans, Hogs15,583

234

$2,639,340

3,650

310

1,813,000

South Dakota1,635 -3.1%5

8

7

8

23

4

8Corn, Cattle/calves, Soybeans

14,351

89

$764,744

1,280

75

449,000

Oregon516 -2.1%19

23

18

24

23

21

20Greenhouse, Cattle/calves, Dairy

16,764

313

$3,048,390

5,250

510

2,102,000

California600 -1.6%18

4

6

7

20

1

7Dairy, Greenhouse, Almonds

1,822

250

$302,288

455

8

187,000

Nevada226 -2.2%31

37

29

35

42

3

33Cattle/calves, Hay, Dairy

6,115

207

$1,064,988

1,270

75

810,000

Wyoming694 0%15

24

18

15

37

7

15Cattle/calves, Hay, Hogs

23,280

264

$10,562,153

6,150

2,450

6,107,000

Nebraska1,797 -0.4%4

2

1

2

14

2

1Cattle/calves, Corn, Soybeans

29,908

112

$1,579,550

3,350

240

899,000

Wisconsin240 -7.7%30

9

11

13

6

13

11Dairy, Corn, Cattle/calves

25,501

49

$493,034

1,250

160

334,000

Ohio293 +1.0%29

25

15

29

10

39

28Soybeans, Corn, Dairy

13,559

107

$293,555

1,450

23

174,800

New York105 +16.7%39

21

25

36

28

14

35Dairy, Corn, Greenhouse

1,091

29

$10,512

32

NA

6,800

New Hampshire3 -14.3%48

46

NA

46

47

47

46Dairy, Greenhouse, Cattle/calves

1,423

27

$11,917

39

NA

9,100

Massachusetts6 -7.7%45

45

NA

45

44

48

45Greenhouse, Cranberries, Dairy

8,121

44

$150,558

360

NA

131,000

South Carolina174 0%36

39

NA

38

36

41

39Broilers, Turkeys, Greenhouse

21,255

76

$668,421

1,620

NA

281,000

Florida877 -3.4%12

18

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30

15

24

22Greenhouse, Oranges, Cane for sugar

17,188

58

$399,733

1,000

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262,000

Georgia480 -2.0%20

30

NA

31

19

34

31Broilers, Cotton, Peanuts

151,362

72

$10,104,422

10,900

2,450

6,235,000

Texas3,910 -2.6%1

1

1

1

1

26

2Cattle/calves, Cotton, Dairy

1,314

99

$51,056

130

NA

22,000

Hawaii68.8 -1.6%40

42

NA

42

45

16

42Greenhouse, Cane for sugar, Cattle/calves

134

75

$3,135

10

NA

2,400

Alaska4.3 -12.2%46

49

NA

49

50

25

49Greenhouse, Hay, Cattle/calves

51,043

84

$3,332,760

4,300

265

2,160,000

Oklahoma1,805 +2.9%3

5

10

6

3

22

6Cattle/calves, Hogs, Wheat

25,866

64

$546,428

1,660

NA

578,000

Arkansas882 +3.6%11

17

NA

17

9

30

26Broilers, Soybeans, Rice

53,401

71

$1,491,105

3,800

55

693,000

Missouri1,820 +3.6%2

6

21

16

2

27

14Soybeans, Corn, Cattle/calves

27,568

210

$7,755,014

5,800

2,130

4,689,000

Kansas1,414 +6.5%7

3

3

3

7

6

3Cattle/calves, Wheat, Corn

27,568

210

$7,755,014

5,800

2,130

4,689,000

Kansas1,414 +6.5%7

3

3

3

7

6

3Cattle/calves, Wheat, Corn

15,940

58

$203,599

930

NA

216,000

Mississippi477 -1.9%21

31

NA

33

22

33

38Broilers, Soybeans, Corn

25,189

64

$712,440

1,620

75

461,000

Pennsylvania170 +9.7%37

18

18

23

11

29

21Dairy, Corn, Cattle/calves

3,499

52

$94,448

182

10

57,300

Maryland 38 -7.3%41

41

28

40

39

37

40Broilers, Greenhouse, Corn

17,370

50

$294,865

870

110

223,000

Indiana192 +0.5%33

33

17

32

18

38

34Corn, Soybeans, Hogs

13,970

178

$3,717,137

2,480

990

2,205,500

Colorado700 -2.1%14

11

5

5

25

10

5Cattle/calves, Corn, Dairy

8,625

93

$412,810

800

27

361,000

Utah325 +3.2%28

35

24

26

35

19

30Cattle/calves, Dairy, Hay

12,796

101

$1,551,816

1,290

NA

920,000

New Mexico387 -0.8%24

22

NA

12

29

15

12Cattle/calves, Dairy, Hay

6,029

153

$907,112

920

274

568,500

Arizona178 +1.7%35

32

9

18

38

11

17Cattle/calves, Dairy, Lettuce

26,827

138

$3,963,338

3,700

1,230

2,330,000

Iowa885 -4.3%10

7

4

4

8

12

4Corn, Hogs, Soybeans 16,550

68

$613,187

1,130

165

341,000

Illinois359 -0.8%26

27

14

27

21

28

24Corn, Soybeans, Hogs

13,626

82

$541,167

1,120

150

334,000

Michigan114 +0.9%38

28

16

28

27

23

27Corn, Dairy, Soybeans

1,224

24

$9,767

29

NA

5,700

New Jersey8 -11.1%44

47

NA

47

46

49

47Greenhouse, Blueberries, Misc. Veg

2,784

93

$78,804

260

NA

47,400

Vermont12 0%42

40

NA

41

40

18

41Dairy, Cattle/calves, Maple products

2,423

35

$20,589

85

NA

15,300

Maine11 0%43

43

NA

43

41

44

43Potatoes, Dairy, Aquaculture

300

17

$1,012

5

NA

800

Rhode Island1.5 0%50

50

NA

50

49

50

50Greenhouse, Dairy, Aquaculture

1,452

32

$17,278

47

NA

10,800

Connecticut4 -33.3%47

44

NA

44

43

45

44Greenhouse, Dairy, Chicken eggs

19,548

41

$321,410

810

NA

211,000

North Carolina360 -1.1%25

34

NA

34

17

42

32Broilers, Hogs, Turkeys

21,149

59

$477,325

1,240

NA

489,500

Alabama671 +3.1%16

26

NA

22

16

32

29Broilers, Cattle/calves, Chicken eggs

13,687

58

$248,825

790

NA

130,000

Louisiana450 -0.9%22

36

NA

39

26

35

36Soybeans, Cane for sugar, Corn

40,141

52

$835,823

2,090

15

551,000

Kentucky1,012 -1.6%8

14

27

19

4

36

19Broilers, Corn, Horses

431

37

$7,547

16

NA

16,000

Delaware2.8 -30%49

48

NA

48

48

43

48Broilers, Corn, Soybeans

23,911

64

$556,671

1,530

20

435,000

Virginia567 -4.2%17

20

26

25

12

31

25Broilers, Cattle/calves, Dairy

12,067

31

$211,288

380

5

143,300

West Virginia191 -4.5%34

38

30

37

30

46

37Broilers, Cattle/calves, Turkeys

38,826

45

$630,458

1,760

3

546,000

Tennessee864 -5.3%13

16

31

20

5

40

23Cattle/calves, Soybeans, Corn

United States29,042 -0.9%

Corn, Cattle/calves, Soybeans

State ranking- cattle/calves inventory

Cattle/calves inventory(in thousands)

State ranking-cattle/calves operations

Percentage increase/decrease in beef cows in 2014

State ranking-cash receipts

State ranking- cattle on feed

State ranking-beef cows

State ranking- cattle sales

Cattle on feed (in thousands)

Beef cows(in thousands)

Cattle sales(in thousands of head)

Cattle/calves operations

Average operation size(# of head)

Cash receipts(in thousands)

State ranking-average operation size(# of head)

Source: 2012 USDA

913,246

193

$68,698,064

87,730

12,695

43,652,800

-1.8%

-4.9%

-1.4% +1.1%