Canada-Cattle numbers down 2%.

CANADA- Canadian Cattle Inventory Down 2 Percent

All cattle and calves in the U.S. and Canada combined totaled 107.7 million head on January 1, 2009, down 2 percent from a year ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 46.6 million head, was down 2 percent from a year ago.

All cattle and calves in the United States as of January 1, 2009, totaled 94.5 million head, 2 percent below the 96.0 million on January 1, 2008. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 41.0 million head, were down 2 percent from the 41.7 million on January 1, 2008.

All cattle and calves in Canada as of January 1, 2009, totaled 13.2 million head, down 5 percent from the 13.9 million on January 1, 2008, and 7 percent below the 14.2 million two years ago. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 5.63 million, was down 6 percent from the 5.97 million on January 1, 2008, and 6 percent below the 6.02 million from two years ago.