Washington cattle numbers up
Washington Ag Today February 3, 2011 The U.S. cattle inventory as of January 1st of this year was down one percent from the previous year. The total of cattle and calves was 92.6 million head, which is the lowest since 1958. Those survey results from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service also indicated that in Washington total cattle numbers were up. Five percent higher from January of 2010 at one-million-90-thousand head. The state’s beef cow herd was up three percent from a year ago and dairy cow numbers were up four percent. The number of replacement heifers in both the beef and dairy sectors were down a thousand head each. The calf crop in Washington in 2010 was 430-thousand head, up five percent. The January 1st feedlot inventory in the state was up 29 percent at 215-thousand head. By the way the national inventory of cattle and calves of 92.6 million is the lowest since 1958. Now this from Stockland Livestock. This is Jack McQuinness here at Stockland Livestock in Davenport. Good sale here last week. Strong market all the way around. Saw the better end of the cows into the high 70s. In fact we had some cows into the $80 money on Monday. Feeder cattle steady on all weights and classes. Excellent demand for the light weight grass cattle under 650 pounds. Coming up on the 7th, that is this coming Monday, we will sell all classes. We have a lot of feeder cattle on the books. A big nationally advertised special and we are looking for a strong market at 12 to 15-hundred head. That’s Stockland Livestock here in Davenport. Thank for listening. ?Thanks Jack. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net.
