BUSINESS MEMO: CATTLE INVENTORY DOWN

Missouri and United States cattle inventory is down about 1 percent.

Cattle and calves on Missouri farms on July 1, 2000, totaled 4.7 million head, down from the July 1, 1999 inventory of 4.75 million.

There were 2.22 million cows that had calved by July 1, 2000, unchanged from a year ago. Beef cows totals 2.066 million, compared with 2.062 million a year ago. There were 154,000 milk cows June 1, 2000, down 3 percent from the 158,000 of a year earlier.

The calf crop was estimated at 2.07 million, up slightly from the 2.06 million on July 1, 1999.

Nationally, cattle and calves in the U.S. as of July 1, 2000 totaled 106.4 million head, 1 percent below the 107 million of a year ago.

Beef cows were at 34 million, down slightly from the 43.3 of July 1, 1999 and milk cows were at 9.25 million, up 1 percent.