Cattle and calves on 1 January
All cattle and calves on farms and ranches on 1 January, beef and dairy, in head, as estimated by USDA NASS in its January Cattle report. The value for a year is the count on 1 January of that year.
USDA NASS survey estimates for the nation and the states; the District of Columbia is not covered, and states that NASS groups as "other states" to avoid disclosing single operations have no value for that year. NASS revises recent years when it publishes later reports, and values it withholds are left out. For country totals in head comparable across countries, see cattle_stocks (FAOSTAT).
Key facts
- Cattle and calves on 1 January in the United States was 86,155,300 head in 2026, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
- Texas had the highest cattle and calves on 1 January of 50 states in 2026, at 12,100,000 head, and Rhode Island the lowest, at 3,800 head. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
- Published for 51 places, with figures from 1950 to 2026.
Rankings
US states by cattle and calves on 1 January, 2026
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Virginia
- Missouri
- Vermont
- Washington
- Maryland
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest cattle and calves on 1 January? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"cattle_inventory","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=cattle_inventory&level=region&within=United%20States