Canada to see the first increase in the beef cattle herd in 6 years
Canada's beef cattle herd is to see the first increase in the last six years after it was declining from 2012 to 2017. During that period, Canada's cattle herd lost 995,000 heads.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, Canada had a total cattle inventory of 11,625,000 head at the beginning of 2018. That’s an increase of 105,000 cattle since the same time in 2017.
The beef cow herd rose by about 1% with 29,500 more cows in the herd. There are 2% more yearling steers or older in Canada and 1% more yearling bulls or older. Calves less than a year old saw marginal growth with 5,200 more calves reported.
Beef herd expansion could slow down in the next period due to a decrease of the replacement heifers retained at the start of 2018. The USDA report indicates just 561,600 replacement heifers were kept, down 1,700 head from the previous year and down 3,200 head from 2016.
Dairy cow numbers rose with 3% and dairy replacements climbed 2%. Compared with the US cattle inventory for 2018, Canada's cattle herd is eight times smaller. USDA reported a total domestic cattle inventory of 94,399,000 head at the beginning of the year. Canada reported the latest increase in the cattle inventory between 2011-2012 when the herd rose by 58,000 head.
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