All cattle and calves in Wisconsin as of Jan. 1 totaled 3.4 million head, according to the latest cattle report from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was down 100,000 head from Jan. 1, 2022. These lows haven’t been seen since 2014.
Beef cows, at 280,000 head, were down 15,000 head from last year. Milk cow inventory was down 5,000 head at 1.27 million head. All heifers 500 pounds and over were down 4 percent at 800,000 head. Heifers for beef cow replacement were down 6 percent from 2022 at 80,000 head; heifers for milk cow replacement, at 630,000 head, were down 5 percent from the previous year; and all other heifers were up 6 percent at 90,000 head.
Steers weighing 500 pounds and over were down 3 percent from last year at 390,000 head. Bulls weighing 500 pounds and over were unchanged at 30,000 head.
Calves under 500 pounds on Jan. 1 totaled 630,000 head, down 6 percent from last year. The 2022 calf crop was estimated at 1.4 million head, down 1 percent from the 2021 calf crop. Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in all feedlots on Jan. 1 totaled 240,000 head, down 11 percent from one year ago.
Looking at the whole U.S., all cattle and calves totaled 89.3 million head, 3 percent below 92.1 million on Jan. 1, 2022.
Beef cows, at 28.9 million head, were down 4 percent from a year ago. Milk cows, at 9.40 million head, were up slightly from the previous year. All heifers 500 pounds and over as of Jan. 1 totaled 19.2 million head, 4 percent below the 19.9 million head on Jan. 1, 2022. Beef replacement heifers, at 5.16 million head, were down 6 percent from a year ago. Milk replacement heifers, at 4.34 million head, were down 2 percent from the previous year. Other heifers, at 9.67 million head, were 3 percent below a year earlier.
Steers weighing 500 pounds and over as of Jan. 1 totaled 16.1 million head, down 3 percent from Jan. 1, 2022. Bulls weighing 500 pounds and over totaled 2.03 million head, down 4 percent from last year.
Calves under 500 pounds as of Jan. 1 totaled 13.6 million head, down 3 percent from Jan. 1, 2022. The 2022 calf crop in the U.S. was estimated at 34.5 million head, down 2 percent from the previous year’s calf
crop. Calves born during the first half of 2022 were estimated at 25.3 million head, down 2 percent from the first half of 2021. Calves born during the second half of 2022 were estimated at 9.16 million head, 27 percent of the total 2022 calf crop.
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