| Missouri Dairy Business Update | |
| Volume 5, Number 7 | |
| July 2005 | |
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The July 1 USDA Livestock Inventory estimated that the number of dairy heifers over 500 pounds available for replacments was up 100,000 head over a year ago to 3,700,000. |
| Class of Livestock | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 as % of 2004 |
| Cows & Heifers that have Calved | ||||
| Beef Cows | 33,600,000 |
33,500,000 |
33,750,000 |
101 |
| Milk Cows | 9,100,000 |
9,000,000 |
9,050,000 |
101 |
| Heifers 500 Pounds and Over | ||||
| Beef CowReplacements | 4,600,000 |
4,800,000 |
5,000,000 |
104 |
| Milk Cow Replacements | 3,600,000 |
3,600,000 |
3,700,000 |
103 |
| http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/livestock/pct-bb/catl0705.txt | ||||