USDA-NASS Statistical Highlights of US Agriculture 2001 and 2002

Meat Consumption
Year	Consumption per Capita, Retail Weight Basis
Year	Broilers	Beef	Pork	Turkeys	Veal	Lamb and Mutton	Total 1/
	pounds	pounds	pounds	pounds	pounds	pounds	pounds
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2	68 .8 70 .5 71 .8 72 .5 77 .0 77 .4 76 .4 77 .4	67 .5 68 .2 66 .9 68 .1 69 .1 69 .5 68 .2 67 .2	52 .4 49 .1 48 .7 52 .5 53 .9 52 .5 51 .6 51 .7	17 .9 18 .5 17 .6 18 .0 18 .0 17 .8 17 .9 17 .9	1 .0 1 .2 1 .0 0 .8 0 .7 0 .7 0 .6 0 .6	1 .2 1 .1 1 .1 1 .2 1 .2 1 .1 1 .2 1 .1	210 .3 209 .4 207 .6 213 .5 220 .4 220 .2 217 .3 217 .0
1/ Total includes other chicken. 2/ Forecast. World Agricultural Outlook Board (202) 720-9805.

Cattle and Calves: January 1/ Inventory

Year Cattle Inventory 1/ Calf
Crop

Total
Cattle Cows Heifers Steers
500+
lbs. Calves
<500
lbs.

Total Beef Milk Bulls Beef Milk Other

thousand
head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand
head thousand
head thousand
head

1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002 101,656
99,744
99,115
98,198
97,277
96,704 43,7764 3,084
42,878
42,759
42,580
42,209 34,458
33,885
33,745
33,569
33,397
33,100 9,318
9,199
9,133
9,190
9,183
9,110 2,350
2,270
2,281
2,293
2,274
2,244 6,042
5,764
5,535
5,503
5,588
5,561 4,058
3,986
4,069
4,000
4,057
4,060 10,212
10,051
10,170
10,147
10,131
10,057 17,392
17,189
16,891
16,682
16,441
16,800 17,826
17,401
17,290
16,815
16,206
15,773 39,823
38,961
38,812
38,796
38,631
38,280

NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle and Calves: Marketings, Price, and Cash Receipts

Year Marketings 1/ Average Price Cash
Receipts 2/

Cattle Calves Cattle Calves

thousand head thousand head dollars/Cwt dollars/Cwt million dollars

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000 48,722
49,647
47,227
48,373
48,739 10,295
10,154
9,729
9,855
9,948 58 .70
63 .10
59 .60
63 .40
68 .60 58 .40
78 .90
78 .80
87 .70
104 .00 30,977
36,000
33,415
36,530
40,761

1/   Includes custom slaughter for use on farm where produced and state outshipments but excludes interfarm sales within the state.
2/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter.    NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle and Calves: Top 10 States

State
Rank January 1, 2002 Inventory 2000 Cash Receipts 1/

State Head State Dollars

thousand million

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
California
Oklahoma
Missouri
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Colorado 13,600
6,600
6,400
5,200
5,200
4,350
3,950
3,550
3,300
3,050 Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Iowa
South Dakota
California
Missouri
Montana 6,815
4,948
4,948
2,551
2,298
1,840
1,411
1,267
1,045
966

1/  Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle and Calves: Operations and Inventory by Size Group

Year Total Number and Percent by Size Group (head) 1/

1-49 50-99 100-499 500-999 1,000+

number number number number number

Number of Operations 2/
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
1,176,700
1,148,050
1,115,650
1,096,550
1,077,560
1,050,910
734,000
715,040
695,400
685,600
671,350
653,150
205,030
200,550
194,510
186,430
185,540
179,560
210,760
205,390
198,515
197,040
192,320
189,700
17,980
17,750
17,845
18,095
18,625
18,720
8,930
9,320
9,380
9,385
9,725
9,780

January 1/ Inventory
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001

102,785
103,548
101,656
99,744
99,115
98,198 percent

12 .8
12 .5
12 .4
12 .2
11 .7
11 .5 percent

13 .7
13 .5
13 .0
12 .8
12 .8
12 .4 percent

38 .6
38 .1
37 .0
37 .1
36 .5
36 .2 percent

11 .4
11 .4
11 .7
12 .0
12 .3
12 .4 percent

23 .5
24 .5
25 .9
25 .9
26 .7
27 .5

1/  Percents reflect average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year.
2/ An operation is any place with at least one head at any time during the year. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle and Calves: Commercial Slaughter

Year Slaughter 1/ Average Live
Weight Average Dressed
Weight 2/ Meat
Production

Cattle Calves Cattle Calves Cattle Calves Beef Veal

thousand head thousand head pounds pounds pounds pounds million pounds million pounds

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001 36,583
36,318
35,465
36,150
36,246
35,370 1,768
1,575
1,458
1,282
1,132
1,007 1,169
1,173
1,203
1,210
1,219
1,221 343
338
285
291
316
320 702
706
730
736
745
744 211
208
174
176
192
196 25,421
25,384
25,653
26,385
26,776
26,213 368
323
251
224
215
204

1/  Excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Federally inspected slaughter. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle on Feed: Inventory and Marketings by State

State 1/ Jan 1, 2002
Inventory 2/ 2001
Marketings State 1/ Jan 1, 2002
Inventory 2/ 2001
Marketings

thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head

Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
305
480
1,180
330
355
2,480
2,230
108
360
348
606
2,495
760
616
5,295
4,575
175
832
South Dakota
Texas
Washington

All Other
States

Total U.S.

195
2,880
247

415

11,565
390
6,030
587

692

23,401

1/  1000+ capacity feedlots.
2/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a ration of grain or concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle on Feed: Feedlots, Inventory, and Marketings, United States

Counts by Size Group (head)

1,000-
1,999 2,000-
3,999 4,000-
7,999 8,000-
15,999 16,000-
31,999 32,000+

Number of
Feedlots 1/

811

520

328

192

141

118

thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head

January 1, 2002
Inventory 2/

Marketings 3/
499

857
748

1,351
1,046

1,947
1,400

2,885
2,442

5,079
5,450

11,282

1/  Number of lots operating at any time during the 2001.
2/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a ration of grain or concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better.
3/ Marketed during calendar year 2001. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Beef Cows: Operations and Inventory by Size Group

Year Total Number and Percent by Size Group (head) 1/

1- 49 50 - 99 100 - 499 500+

number number number number

Number of Operations 2/
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
885,980
872,840
855,460
844,170
830,670
814,400
703,850
692,400
678,350
666,750
654,050
638,400
106,410
104,230
101,400
101,250
100,240
99,420
70,225
70,665
70,285
70,765
70,865
71,040
5,495
5,545
5,425
5,405
5,515
5,540

percent percent percent     percent

January 1 Inventory
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
35,319
34,458
33,885
33,745
33,569
33,397
30 .8
30 .4
30 .4
29 .9
29 .3
28 .9
19 .6
19 .4
18 .9
19 .1
19 .2
19 .1
35 .4
35 .9
36 .1
36 .6
36 .7
37 .1
14 .2
14 .3
14 .6
14 .4
14 .8
14 .9

1/    Percents reflect average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year.
2/ An operation is any place with at least one head of beef cows at any time during the year. Included in operations with cattle.
NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Milk Cows: Operations and Inventory by Size Group

Year Total Operations and Percent by Size Group (head) 1/

1-29 30-49 50-99 100-199 200+ 200-499 500+

number number number number number number number

Number of Operations 2/
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
130,980
123,700
117,180
111,000
105,170
97,560
43,050
39,070
36,200
32,920
30,810
28,155
29,230
27,285
25,485
24,055
22,110
19,865
37,560
35,850
34,017
32,935
31,360
29,215
14,090
14,040
13,908
13,250
12,865
12,335
7,050
7,455

5,119
5,155
5,290
5,350
5,195

2,336
2,415
2,550
2,675
2,795

percent percent percent percent percent percent percent

Milk Cow Inventory 3/
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
9,372
9,252
9,199
9,133
9,190
9,203
4 .0
3 .5
3 .5
3 .1
2 .9
2 .6
12 .0
11 .5
10 .5
10 .1
9 .1
8 .1
27 .0
26 .0
24 .2
23 .2
22 .0
20 .9
20 .0
20 .0
19 .3
18 .4
18 .0
17 .4
37 .0
39 .0

14 .6
15 .5
16 .3
16 .7
16 .4

24 .4
27 .0
28 .9
31 .3
34 .6

1/  Percents reflect average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year.
2/ An operation is any place with at least one head at any time during the year.
3/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Milk Cows: Inventory, Production, Price, and Value of Production

Year Milk Cow
Inventory 1/ Milk Production 2/ Average
Price Value
of
Production 3/

Per Cow Total

thousand head pounds million pounds dollars/cwt million dollars

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001 9,372
9,252
9,154
9,156
9,206
9,115 16,433
16,871
17,189
17,772
18,201
18,139 154,006
156,091
157,348
162,716
167,559
165,336 14 .94
13 .53
15 .46
14 .38
12 .40
15 .05 23,003
21,126
24,332
23,400
20,771
24,887

1/  Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh.
2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.
3/ Includes value of milk fed to calves. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Inventory and Pig Crop

Year Hogs and Pigs Inventory, Dec 1 Sows
Farrowed 1/ Pigs per
Litter 1/ Pig
Crop 1/

Total Breeding Market

thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001 56,124
61,158
62,206
59,342
59,138
58,774 6,578
6,957
6,682
6,234
6,270
6,209 49,546
54,200
55,523
53,109
52,868
52,564 11,113
11,479
12,061
11,641
11,410
11,302 8 .50
8 .68
8 .71
8 .79
8 .83
8 .80 94,459
99,584
105,005
102,354
100,748
99,473

1/  December of preceding year through November. Record Inventory: 83.7 million head December 1, 1944.
NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Top 10 States

State
Rank Dec 1, 2001 Inventory 1/ 2000 Cash Receipts

State Head State Dollars

thousand million

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 Iowa
North Carolina
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ohio 15,000
9,500
5,600
4,250
3,150
3,000
2,900
2,470
1,560
1,420 Iowa
North Carolina
Minnesota
Illinois
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado 3,071
1,648
1,207
826
683
592
591
473
295
291

1/    Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter, includes allowance for higher average price of state outshipments of feeder pigs.
NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Marketings, Price, and Cash receipts

Year Marketings 1/ Average
Price Cash
Receipts 2/

thousand head dollars/cwt million dollars

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000 101,468
104,301
117,240
121,137
118,418 51 .90
52 .90
34 .40
30 .30
42 .30 12,565
13,054
9,444
8,622
11,772

1/  Includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and state outshipments but excludes interfarm sales within the state.
2/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter, includes allowance for higher average price of state inshipments and outshipments of feeder pigs.
NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Commercial Slaughter

Year Slaughter 1/ Average
Live
Weight Average
Dressed
Weight 2/ Pork
Production

thousand head pounds pounds million pounds

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001 92,394
91,960
101,029
101,544
97,976
97,962 254
256
256
259
262
264 186
189
189
191
194
197 17,084
17,245
18,981
19,278
18,929
19,161

1/  Excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Federally inspected only. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Operations and Inventory

Year Total Number and Percent by Size of Operation (head) 1/

1-99 100-499 500-999 1,000-1,999 2,000-4,999 5,000+

number number number number number number

Number of
Operations 2/
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001

142,380
122,160
113,830
98,610
86,360
81,130

81,930
69,460
61,670
52,880
48,210
46,012

35,585
28,095
27,315
22,810
17,755
15,415

12,960
11,670
11,350
9,255
7,630
7,226

6,830
6,755
6,825
6,500
5,850
5,494

3,490
4,355
4,765
5,110
4,825
4,779

1,585
1,825
1,905
2,055
2,090
2,204

percent percent percent percent percent percent

December 1/
Inventory 2/
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001

56,124
61,158
62,206
59,342
59,138
58,774

3 .0
2 .0
2 .0
1 .5
1 .0
1 .0

15 .0
11 .0
9 .5
8 .0
6 .0
5 .0

15 .0
12 .0
11 .0
9 .0
8 .0
7 .5

16 .0
14 .5
14 .0
13 .0
13 .0
12 .0

17 .0
14 .5
21 .5
22 .0
21 .5
22 .0

34 .0
40 .0
42 .0
46 .5
50 .5
52 .5

1/  Percent average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year.
2/ Operation: a place with at least one head at any time during the year prior to December 1. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Pigs per Litter

Year
and
Quarter All
Operations Number of Pigs per Litter by Size of Operation (head)

1-99 100-499 500-999 1,000-1,999 2,000-4,999 5,000+

1997 Dec-Feb
Mar-May
Jun-Aug
Sep-Nov

1998 Dec-Feb
Mar-May
Jun-Aug
Sep-Nov

1999 Dec-Feb
Mar-May
Jun-Aug
Sep-Nov

2000 Dec-Feb
Mar-May
Jun-Aug
Sep-Nov

2001 Dec-Feb
Mar-May
Jun-Aug
Sep-Nov
8 .63
8 .67
8 .72
8 .67

8 .70
8 .75
8 .72
8 .65

8 .73
8 .80
8 .86
8 .78

8 .76
8 .86
8 .84
8 .85

8 .72
8 .89
8 .82
8 .78 7 .20
7 .60
7 .50
7 .40

7 .10
7 .40
7 .30
7 .70

7 .60
7 .80
7 .80
7 .40

7 .50
7 .80
7 .40
7 .60

7 .50
7 .60
7 .40
7 .40 7 .70
7 .90
7 .90
8 .10

7 .90
8 .10
8 .10
8 .00

8 .10
8 .10
7 .90
8 .40

7 .90
7 .90
7 .90
8 .10

7 .80
8 .20
7 .80
8 .00 8 .10
8 .20
8 .20
8 .40

8 .30
8 .40
0 .000
8 .20

8 .20
8 .30
8 .30
8 .40

8 .20
8 .30
8 .30
8 .40

8 .10
8 .40
8 .10
8 .10 8 .40
8 .40
8 .50
8 .60

8 .50
8 .50
8 .60
8 .50

8 .40
8 .70
8 .50
8 .70

8 .50
8 .60
8 .60
8 .70

8 .50
8 .60
8 .70
8 .60 8 .60
8 .60
8 .70
8 .80

8 .80
8 .80
8 .80
8 .70

8 .70
8 .70
8 .90
8 .80

8 .70
8 .80
8 .80
8 .80

8 .60
8 .90
8 .80
8 .80 8 .90
9 .00
9 .00
9 .00

8 .90
9 .00
8 .90
8 .90

8 .90
9 .00
9 .00
8 .90

8 .90
9 .00
9 .00
9 .00

8 .90
9 .00
8 .90
8 .90

    NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Sheep and Lambs: Sheep Inventory and Lamb Crop

Year January 1 Sheep Inventory

Total Ewes
1+ Years Rams
1+ Years Replace-
ment
Lambs Market
Lambs Market
Sheep Lamb
Crop 1/

thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head thousand head

1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002 8,024
7,825
7,215
7,032
6,965
6,685 4,912
4,570
4,322
4,229
4,091
3,980 220
203
203
206
201
200 787
839
774
730
675
734 2,020
2,123
1,834
1,788
1,922
1,700 85
91
83
81
77
72 5,356
5,007
4,733
4,622
4,495

1/  Lambs crop is defined as lambs born in the Eastern States and lambs docked or branded in the Western States. Record Inventory: 56.2 million head on January 1, 1867. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Sheep and Lambs: Marketings, Price, and Cash Receipts
Year	Marketings 1/		Average Price		Cash Receipts 2/
Year	Sheep	Lambs	Sheep	Lambs	Cash Receipts 2/
	thousand head	thousand head	dollars/cwt	dollars/cwt	million dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000	938 1,015 992 790 825	6,069 5,676 5,505 5,208 4,852	29 .90 37 .90 30 .60 31 .10 34 .20	88 .20 90 .30 72 .30 74 .50 79 .40	612 635 485 469 469
1/ Includes custom slaughter for use on farm where produced and State outshipments but excludes interfarm sales within the State. 2/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Sheep and Lambs: Commercial Slaughter
Year	Slaughter 1/	Average Live Weight	Average Dressed Weight 2/	Lamb and Mutton Production
	thousand head	pounds	pounds	million pounds
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	4,184 3,907 3,804 3,701 3,460 3,222	128 133 132 133 135 140	64 67 66 67 68 70	265 257 249 243 232 228
1/ Excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Federally inspected only. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Sheep and Lambs: Wool Production and Value
Year	Sheep Shorn 1/	Weight per Fleece	Shorn Wool Production	Average Price 2/	Value of Production
	thousand head	pounds	thousand pounds	dollars/pounds	thousand dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	7,215 6,960 6,428 6,158 6,135 5,689	7 .8 7 .7 7 .7 7 .6 7 .6 7 .6	56,159 53,578 49,255 46,592 46,446 43,016	0 .70 0 .84 0 .60 0 .38 0 .33 0 .36	39,270 44,909 29,415 17,860 15,377 15,311
1/ Includes shearing at commercial feedlots. 2/ Weighted by sales. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Breeding Sheep: Survey Percent by Size Group
Year	Total	Operations and Inventory Percents by Size Groups
Year	Total	1 - 99	100 - 499	500- 4,999	5,000+
		percent 1	percent 1/	percent 1/	percent 1/
Number of Operations 2/ 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002	72,680 68,550 66,800 66,100 65,120	91 .9 90 .8 90 .6 91 .2 90 .8 91 .1	6 .2 6 .8 7 .3 7 .2 7 .5 7 .3	1 .8 2 .3 2 .0 1 .6 1 .6 1 .5	0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1
		percent	percent	percent	percent
Jan 1 Breeding Inventory 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002	5,919 5,611 5,299 5,164 4,967 4,913	25 .7 25 .5 25 .9 27 .9 28 .8 30 .1	20 .3 19 .2 20 .4 22 .0 23 .8 23 .5	40 .0 42 .6 39 .0 35 .2 33 .7 32 .4	14 .0 12 .7 14 .7 14 .8 13 .7 14 .0
1/ Percent distribution according to-end-of-year surveys. 2/ Operation a place with at least one head at any time during the year. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Honey: Number of Colonies, Yield, Production, Stocks, Price, and Value 1/
Year	Honey Producing Colonies	Yield per Colony	Production	Stocks Dec 15 2/	Average Price per Pound	Value of Production
	thousand	pounds	thousand pounds	thousand pounds	cents	thousand dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	2,581 2,631 2,633 2,688 2,620 2,513	77 .3 74 .7 83 .7 76 .4 84 .1 74 .0	199,511 196,536 220,316 205,250 220,339 185,926	47,206 70,696 80,808 79,375 85,328 64,750	88 .8 75 .2 65 .5 60 .1 59 .7 66 .9	177,166 147,795 147,254 126,075 132,742 127,060
1/ For producers with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. Does not include stocks under loan. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Broilers: Production, Price, and Value
Year	Production 1/		Average Price 2/	Value of Production
	Head	Pounds
	million	million	dollars/pound	million dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000	7,596,760 7,764,200 7,934,280 8,146,010 8,263,630	36,479,100 37,540,750 38,533,600 40,829,800 41,516,260	0 .381 0 .377 0 .393 0 .371 0 .336	13,903,479 14,158,926 15,144,551 15,128,840 13,953,196
1/ Excludes states producing fewer than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Liveweight equivalent price. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Layers: Egg Production, Price, and Value
Year 1/	Avg. Number of Layers	Eggs per Layer 2/	Egg Production	Average Price 3/	Value of Production
	thousand		thousand	dollars/dozen	thousand dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 4/ 2001 5/	298,270 303,604 312,035 322,354 327,985 334,899	256 255 255 257 257 256	76,377 77,532 79,754 82,715 84,386 85,702	0 .750 0 .703 0 .668 0 .622 0 .618	4,776,252 4,539,929 4,439,446 4,287,164 4,347,190
1/ Estimates cover December 1 of previous year through November 30. 2/ Total egg production divided by average number of layers on hand. 3/ Average of all eggs sold, including hatching eggs. 4/ Revision to price and value of egg production will be published April 29, 2002. 5/ Price and value of egg production will be published April 29, 2002. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Chickens: Inventory and Value
Year (Dec 1)	Inventory Number 1/				Average Price per Head	Inventory Value
Year (Dec 1)	Layers 2/	Pullets 3/	Other Chickens	Total	Average Price per Head	Inventory Value
	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	dollars	thousand dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	303,922 312,137 321,718 329,320 332,410 338,233	81,572 90,344 95,645 97,362 94,558 94,730	7,243 7,549 7,682 9,661 8,088 8,126	392,737 410,030 425,045 436,343 435,056 441,089	2 .65 2 .72 2 .69 2 .65 2 .44 2 .42	1,039,071 1,113,183 1,143,835 1,154,898 1,060,964 1,068,838
1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ Pullets 20 weeks old or older plus layers one year old or older. 3/ Pullets less than 20 weeks old. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Catfish and Trout: Operations, Catfish Water Acres, and Grower Sales
Year	Number of Operations on January 1		Catfish Water Acres Jan 1	Total Sales 1/
Year	Catfish	Trout	Catfish Water Acres Jan 1	Catfish	Trout
			acres	thousand dollars	thousand dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002	1,328 1,319 1,243 1,279 1,252 1,277 1,249	714 690 662 642	167,340 177,460 171,130 180,865 187,330 195,820 196,590	425,383 426,827 475,309 489,291 501,400 443,480	73,978 76,506 75,780 76,310
1/ Catfish total includes broodfish for breeding and previously used for breeding, and fingerlings and fry. Trout total includes fingerlings and eggs. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle and Calves: January 1/ Inventory
Year	Cattle Inventory 1/										Calf Crop
	Total Cattle	Cows				Heifers			Steers 500+ lbs.	Calves <500 lbs.
	Total Cattle	Total	Beef	Milk	Bulls	Beef	Milk	Other	Steers 500+ lbs.	Calves <500 lbs.
	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002	101,656 99,744 99,115 98,198 97,277 96,704	43,7764 3,084 42,878 42,759 42,580 42,209	34,458 33,885 33,745 33,569 33,397 33,100	9,318 9,199 9,133 9,190 9,183 9,110	2,350 2,270 2,281 2,293 2,274 2,244	6,042 5,764 5,535 5,503 5,588 5,561	4,058 3,986 4,069 4,000 4,057 4,060	10,212 10,051 10,170 10,147 10,131 10,057	17,392 17,189 16,891 16,682 16,441 16,800	17,826 17,401 17,290 16,815 16,206 15,773	39,823 38,961 38,812 38,796 38,631 38,280
NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle and Calves: Top 10 States
State Rank	January 1, 2002 Inventory		2000 Cash Receipts 1/
State Rank	State	Head	State	Dollars
		thousand		million
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Texas Kansas Nebraska California Oklahoma Missouri South Dakota Iowa Wisconsin Colorado	13,600 6,600 6,400 5,200 5,200 4,350 3,950 3,550 3,300 3,050	Texas Kansas Nebraska Colorado Oklahoma Iowa South Dakota California Missouri Montana	6,815 4,948 4,948 2,551 2,298 1,840 1,411 1,267 1,045 966
1/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle and Calves: Operations and Inventory by Size Group
Year	Total	Number and Percent by Size Group (head) 1/
Year	Total	1-49	50-99	100-499	500-999	1,000+
		number	number	number	number	number
Number of Operations 2/ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	1,176,700 1,148,050 1,115,650 1,096,550 1,077,560 1,050,910	734,000 715,040 695,400 685,600 671,350 653,150	205,030 200,550 194,510 186,430 185,540 179,560	210,760 205,390 198,515 197,040 192,320 189,700	17,980 17,750 17,845 18,095 18,625 18,720	8,930 9,320 9,380 9,385 9,725 9,780
January 1/ Inventory 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	102,785 103,548 101,656 99,744 99,115 98,198	percent 12 .8 12 .5 12 .4 12 .2 11 .7 11 .5	percent 13 .7 13 .5 13 .0 12 .8 12 .8 12 .4	percent 38 .6 38 .1 37 .0 37 .1 36 .5 36 .2	percent 11 .4 11 .4 11 .7 12 .0 12 .3 12 .4	percent 23 .5 24 .5 25 .9 25 .9 26 .7 27 .5
1/ Percents reflect average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year. 2/ An operation is any place with at least one head at any time during the year. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle and Calves: Commercial Slaughter
Year	Slaughter 1/		Average Live Weight		Average Dressed Weight 2/		Meat Production
Year	Cattle	Calves	Cattle	Calves	Cattle	Calves	Beef	Veal
	thousand head	thousand head	pounds	pounds	pounds	pounds	million pounds	million pounds
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	36,583 36,318 35,465 36,150 36,246 35,370	1,768 1,575 1,458 1,282 1,132 1,007	1,169 1,173 1,203 1,210 1,219 1,221	343 338 285 291 316 320	702 706 730 736 745 744	211 208 174 176 192 196	25,421 25,384 25,653 26,385 26,776 26,213	368 323 251 224 215 204
1/ Excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Federally inspected slaughter. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle on Feed: Inventory and Marketings by State
State 1/	Jan 1, 2002 Inventory 2/	2001 Marketings	State 1/	Jan 1, 2002 Inventory 2/	2001 Marketings
	thousand head	thousand head		thousand head	thousand head
Arizona California Colorado Idaho Iowa Kansas Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma	305 480 1,180 330 355 2,480 2,230 108 360	348 606 2,495 760 616 5,295 4,575 175 832	South Dakota Texas Washington All Other States Total U.S.	195 2,880 247 415 11,565	390 6,030 587 692 23,401
1/ 1000+ capacity feedlots. 2/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a ration of grain or concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Cattle on Feed: Feedlots, Inventory, and Marketings, United States
	Counts by Size Group (head)
	1,000- 1,999	2,000- 3,999	4,000- 7,999	8,000- 15,999	16,000- 31,999	32,000+
Number of Feedlots 1/	811	520	328	192	141	118
	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head
January 1, 2002 Inventory 2/ Marketings 3/	499 857	748 1,351	1,046 1,947	1,400 2,885	2,442 5,079	5,450 11,282
1/ Number of lots operating at any time during the 2001. 2/ Cattle and calves on feed are animals for slaughter market being fed a ration of grain or concentrates and are expected to produce a carcass that will grade select or better. 3/ Marketed during calendar year 2001. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Beef Cows: Operations and Inventory by Size Group
Year	Total	Number and Percent by Size Group (head) 1/
Year	Total	1- 49	50 - 99	100 - 499	500+
		number	number	number	number
Number of Operations 2/ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	885,980 872,840 855,460 844,170 830,670 814,400	703,850 692,400 678,350 666,750 654,050 638,400	106,410 104,230 101,400 101,250 100,240 99,420	70,225 70,665 70,285 70,765 70,865 71,040	5,495 5,545 5,425 5,405 5,515 5,540
		percent	percent	percent	percent
January 1 Inventory 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	35,319 34,458 33,885 33,745 33,569 33,397	30 .8 30 .4 30 .4 29 .9 29 .3 28 .9	19 .6 19 .4 18 .9 19 .1 19 .2 19 .1	35 .4 35 .9 36 .1 36 .6 36 .7 37 .1	14 .2 14 .3 14 .6 14 .4 14 .8 14 .9
1/ Percents reflect average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year. 2/ An operation is any place with at least one head of beef cows at any time during the year. Included in operations with cattle. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Milk Cows: Operations and Inventory by Size Group
Year	Total	Operations and Percent by Size Group (head) 1/
Year	Total	1-29	30-49	50-99	100-199	200+	200-499	500+
		number	number	number	number	number	number	number
Number of Operations 2/ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	130,980 123,700 117,180 111,000 105,170 97,560	43,050 39,070 36,200 32,920 30,810 28,155	29,230 27,285 25,485 24,055 22,110 19,865	37,560 35,850 34,017 32,935 31,360 29,215	14,090 14,040 13,908 13,250 12,865 12,335	7,050 7,455	5,119 5,155 5,290 5,350 5,195	2,336 2,415 2,550 2,675 2,795
		percent	percent	percent	percent	percent	percent	percent
Milk Cow Inventory 3/ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	9,372 9,252 9,199 9,133 9,190 9,203	4 .0 3 .5 3 .5 3 .1 2 .9 2 .6	12 .0 11 .5 10 .5 10 .1 9 .1 8 .1	27 .0 26 .0 24 .2 23 .2 22 .0 20 .9	20 .0 20 .0 19 .3 18 .4 18 .0 17 .4	37 .0 39 .0	14 .6 15 .5 16 .3 16 .7 16 .4	24 .4 27 .0 28 .9 31 .3 34 .6
1/ Percents reflect average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year. 2/ An operation is any place with at least one head at any time during the year. 3/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Milk Cows: Inventory, Production, Price, and Value of Production
Year	Milk Cow Inventory 1/	Milk Production 2/		Average Price	Value of Production 3/
		Per Cow	Total
	thousand head	pounds	million pounds	dollars/cwt	million dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	9,372 9,252 9,154 9,156 9,206 9,115	16,433 16,871 17,189 17,772 18,201 18,139	154,006 156,091 157,348 162,716 167,559 165,336	14 .94 13 .53 15 .46 14 .38 12 .40 15 .05	23,003 21,126 24,332 23,400 20,771 24,887
1/ Average number during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves. 3/ Includes value of milk fed to calves. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Inventory and Pig Crop
Year	Hogs and Pigs Inventory, Dec 1			Sows Farrowed 1/	Pigs per Litter 1/	Pig Crop 1/
Year	Total	Breeding	Market	Sows Farrowed 1/	Pigs per Litter 1/	Pig Crop 1/
	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head		thousand head
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	56,124 61,158 62,206 59,342 59,138 58,774	6,578 6,957 6,682 6,234 6,270 6,209	49,546 54,200 55,523 53,109 52,868 52,564	11,113 11,479 12,061 11,641 11,410 11,302	8 .50 8 .68 8 .71 8 .79 8 .83 8 .80	94,459 99,584 105,005 102,354 100,748 99,473
1/ December of preceding year through November. Record Inventory: 83.7 million head December 1, 1944. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Top 10 States
State Rank	Dec 1, 2001 Inventory 1/		2000 Cash Receipts
State Rank	State	Head	State	Dollars
		thousand		million
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Iowa North Carolina Minnesota Illinois Indiana Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas Ohio	15,000 9,500 5,600 4,250 3,150 3,000 2,900 2,470 1,560 1,420	Iowa North Carolina Minnesota Illinois Nebraska Indiana Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Colorado	3,071 1,648 1,207 826 683 592 591 473 295 291
1/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter, includes allowance for higher average price of state outshipments of feeder pigs. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Marketings, Price, and Cash receipts
Year	Marketings 1/	Average Price	Cash Receipts 2/
	thousand head	dollars/cwt	million dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000	101,468 104,301 117,240 121,137 118,418	51 .90 52 .90 34 .40 30 .30 42 .30	12,565 13,054 9,444 8,622 11,772
1/ Includes custom slaughter for use on farms where produced and state outshipments but excludes interfarm sales within the state. 2/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter, includes allowance for higher average price of state inshipments and outshipments of feeder pigs. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Commercial Slaughter
Year	Slaughter 1/	Average Live Weight	Average Dressed Weight 2/	Pork Production
	thousand head	pounds	pounds	million pounds
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	92,394 91,960 101,029 101,544 97,976 97,962	254 256 256 259 262 264	186 189 189 191 194 197	17,084 17,245 18,981 19,278 18,929 19,161
1/ Excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Federally inspected only. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Operations and Inventory
Year	Total	Number and Percent by Size of Operation (head) 1/
Year	Total	1-99	100-499	500-999	1,000-1,999	2,000-4,999	5,000+
		number	number	number	number	number	number
Number of Operations 2/ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	142,380 122,160 113,830 98,610 86,360 81,130	81,930 69,460 61,670 52,880 48,210 46,012	35,585 28,095 27,315 22,810 17,755 15,415	12,960 11,670 11,350 9,255 7,630 7,226	6,830 6,755 6,825 6,500 5,850 5,494	3,490 4,355 4,765 5,110 4,825 4,779	1,585 1,825 1,905 2,055 2,090 2,204
		percent	percent	percent	percent	percent	percent
December 1/ Inventory 2/ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001	56,124 61,158 62,206 59,342 59,138 58,774	3 .0 2 .0 2 .0 1 .5 1 .0 1 .0	15 .0 11 .0 9 .5 8 .0 6 .0 5 .0	15 .0 12 .0 11 .0 9 .0 8 .0 7 .5	16 .0 14 .5 14 .0 13 .0 13 .0 12 .0	17 .0 14 .5 21 .5 22 .0 21 .5 22 .0	34 .0 40 .0 42 .0 46 .5 50 .5 52 .5
1/ Percent average distributions of various probability surveys conducted during the year. 2/ Operation: a place with at least one head at any time during the year prior to December 1. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Hogs and Pigs: Pigs per Litter
Year and Quarter	All Operations	Number of Pigs per Litter by Size of Operation (head)
Year and Quarter	All Operations	1-99	100-499	500-999	1,000-1,999	2,000-4,999	5,000+

1997 Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov 1998 Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov 1999 Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov 2000 Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov 2001 Dec-Feb Mar-May Jun-Aug Sep-Nov	8 .63 8 .67 8 .72 8 .67 8 .70 8 .75 8 .72 8 .65 8 .73 8 .80 8 .86 8 .78 8 .76 8 .86 8 .84 8 .85 8 .72 8 .89 8 .82 8 .78	7 .20 7 .60 7 .50 7 .40 7 .10 7 .40 7 .30 7 .70 7 .60 7 .80 7 .80 7 .40 7 .50 7 .80 7 .40 7 .60 7 .50 7 .60 7 .40 7 .40	7 .70 7 .90 7 .90 8 .10 7 .90 8 .10 8 .10 8 .00 8 .10 8 .10 7 .90 8 .40 7 .90 7 .90 7 .90 8 .10 7 .80 8 .20 7 .80 8 .00	8 .10 8 .20 8 .20 8 .40 8 .30 8 .40 0 .000 8 .20 8 .20 8 .30 8 .30 8 .40 8 .20 8 .30 8 .30 8 .40 8 .10 8 .40 8 .10 8 .10	8 .40 8 .40 8 .50 8 .60 8 .50 8 .50 8 .60 8 .50 8 .40 8 .70 8 .50 8 .70 8 .50 8 .60 8 .60 8 .70 8 .50 8 .60 8 .70 8 .60	8 .60 8 .60 8 .70 8 .80 8 .80 8 .80 8 .80 8 .70 8 .70 8 .70 8 .90 8 .80 8 .70 8 .80 8 .80 8 .80 8 .60 8 .90 8 .80 8 .80	8 .90 9 .00 9 .00 9 .00 8 .90 9 .00 8 .90 8 .90 8 .90 9 .00 9 .00 8 .90 8 .90 9 .00 9 .00 9 .00 8 .90 9 .00 8 .90 8 .90
NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Sheep and Lambs: Sheep Inventory and Lamb Crop
Year	January 1 Sheep Inventory
Year	Total	Ewes 1+ Years	Rams 1+ Years	Replace- ment Lambs	Market Lambs	Market Sheep	Lamb Crop 1/
	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head	thousand head
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002	8,024 7,825 7,215 7,032 6,965 6,685	4,912 4,570 4,322 4,229 4,091 3,980	220 203 203 206 201 200	787 839 774 730 675 734	2,020 2,123 1,834 1,788 1,922 1,700	85 91 83 81 77 72	5,356 5,007 4,733 4,622 4,495
1/ Lambs crop is defined as lambs born in the Eastern States and lambs docked or branded in the Western States. Record Inventory: 56.2 million head on January 1, 1867. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Sheep and Lambs: Top 10 States
State Rank	January 1, 2002 Inventory		2000 Cash Receipts 1/
State Rank	State	Head	State	Dollars
		thousand		million
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Texas California Wyoming South Dakota Colorado Utah Montana Oregon Idaho Iowa	1,130 800 480 400 370 365 335 285 260 250	Colorado California Texas South Dakota Wyoming Iowa Montana Utah Idaho Minnesota	106,988 57,516 41,097 27,766 27,318 24,693 24,244 21,058 18,716 13,607
1/ Receipts from marketings and sale of farm slaughter. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.

Turkeys: Production, Price, and Value
Year	Production		Average Price 2/	Value of Production
	Head 1/	Pounds
	thousand	thousand	dollars/pound	thousand dollars
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 3/ 2001 4/	302,713 301,251 285,204 270,494 269,969 272,059	7,222,834 7,225,059 7,050,944 6,886,406 6,988,379	0 .433 0 .399 0 .380 0 .408 0 .407	3,124,496 2,884,377 2,679,301 2,809,874 2,843,242
1/ Based on turkeys placed September 1 of previous year through August 31 of year indicated. 2/ Liveweight equivalent price. 3/ Revision to price and value of egg production will be published April 29, 2002. 4/ Price and value of egg production will be published April 29, 2002. NASS, Livestock Branch, (202) 720-3570.