Iowa’s Beef Cattle Industry Facts & Figures

Total Cattle Inventory in Iowa (as of January 1, 2007)

3,950,000

State Rank All Cattle & Calves (January 1, 2007)

Seventh

USDA Cattle on Feed in Iowa (January 1, 2007)

872,000

State Rank (Cattle and Calves on Feed (2007)

Fifth

Yearly Marketing’s (2006)

1,328,000

Percentage of U.S. Grain fed Beef produced in Iowa(2006)

5.08%

Number of Feedlots (2006)

8,735

Number of Cattle Operations (2006)

31,000

Number of Farms with Beef Cows (2006)

25,000

Number of Beef Cows (as of January 1, 2007)

1,070,000

State Rank (Number of Beef Cows 2007)

Tenth

Number of Farms with Dairy Cows (2006)

2,400

Number of Dairy Cows (as of January 1, 2007)

210,000

Cash Receipts from Cattle & Calves (2005)

$2.425 Billion

Iowa Jobs Directly Related to the Cattle Industry

12,866

Iowa Jobs Indirectly related to the Cattle Industry

26,500

Corn Used in Beef Production (2005)

165 mil bushels