USDA will release its Cattle Inventory Report on Friday, July 20, at 2:00 p.m. CT. Following are pre-report expectations (as percent of year-ago):
Semiannual Cattle Inventory Report Expectations
| Avg. trade guess
| Range
|
| ||
All cattle & calves | 98.6
| 97.9-99.5
|
Annual calf crop | 98.4
| 98.0-99.2
|
Total Cows/heifers calved | 98.4
| 97.8-99.5
|
beef cows/heifers calved | 97.9
| 97.1-99.0
|
milk cows/heifers calved | 100.3
| 99.7-101.0
|
Heifers 500 lbs. and over | 99.3
| 98.7-100.0
|
Beef replacement heifers | 101.3
| 100.6-102.4
|
Milk replacement heifers | 99.5
| 98.8-100.0
|
Other heifers | 98.3
| 96.7-101.0
|
Steers 500 pounds and over | 99.2
| 98.2-100.0
|
Bulls 500 pounds and over | 97.1
| 95.0-99.0
|
Calves under 500 pounds | 97.9
| 97.3-98.5
|
