North American Cattle Slip

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/08 - SNS -- All cattle and calves in the U. S. and Canada combined totaled 110.6 million head on January 1, 2008, down slightly from a year ago, according to a joint release from the USDA and Statisticvs Canada. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 47.7 million head, was down 1% from a year ago.

All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2008, totaled 96.7 million head, slightly below the 97.0 million on January 1, 2007 but virtually unchanged from the 96.7 million two years ago.

All cattle and calves in Canada as of January 1, 2008, totaled 13.9 million head, down 1% from the 14.2 million on January 1, 2007, and 5% below the 14.7 million two years ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 5.97 million, was down 1% from the 6.02 million on January 1, 2007, and 5% below the 6.27 million from two years ago.

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