Ever wonder where’s the beef? This infographic has information galore on the status of the beef herd rebound, production stats, sales prices, trades, exports and more.
Source: Progressive Cattleman, January 2017.
Overall cattle inventory hit 91.9 million head, a jump of 2.1 million head, or 2.4 percent more than 2015. The U.S. total beef cow inventory also jumped just more than 1 million head, or 3.5 percent. This marked the first time since 2006 the beef cow inventory had jumped for two consecutive years.