# Texas has the largest cow herds in the US - Department of Animal Science

> Texas now has the largest cow herd in the US, estimated at about 94 million head including dairy cattle. Texas A&M extension specialist Joe Paschal says heifer entries into feedyards are slowly rising, suggesting the high-number phase of the production cycle is nearing its end.

- Date: 2019-05-07 · published 2019-05-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59052-texas-has-the-largest-cow-herds-in-the-us-department-of-animal-science
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Rebuilding of heifers signals tighter future cattle supplies, which should support prices over the next couple of years. Retail beef prices are expected to lag the cycle.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-02-03 | [The US Cowherd Now Has the Fewest Beef Cows Ever](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10214-the-us-cowherd-now-has-the-fewest-beef-cows-ever.md) | +1.3% | +4.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-02-22 | [US beef cow herd declines
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42850-us-beef-cow-herd-declines-the-cattle-site.md) | -0.7% | -2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-12 | [Weekly beef and dairy digest: cattle herds increase across the globe
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48054-weekly-beef-and-dairy-digest-cattle-herds-increase-across-the-globe-the-cattle.md) | +0.0% | +4.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-08-02 | [Beef market update: Effects of the contracting herd in the US are felt globally \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28718-beef-market-update-effects-of-the-contracting-herd-in-the-us-are-felt-globally.md) | -0.9% | -2.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-01-31 | [U.S. beef cow herd falls to lowest level since 1962, USDA says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37722-u-s-beef-cow-herd-falls-to-lowest-level-since-1962-usda-says.md) | +1.6% | +4.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-02-03 | [The US Cowherd Now Has the Fewest Beef Cows Ever](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10214-the-us-cowherd-now-has-the-fewest-beef-cows-ever.md) | +0.5% | +2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-02-22 | [US beef cow herd declines
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42850-us-beef-cow-herd-declines-the-cattle-site.md) | -4.7% | -5.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-08-02 | [Beef market update: Effects of the contracting herd in the US are felt globally \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28718-beef-market-update-effects-of-the-contracting-herd-in-the-us-are-felt-globally.md) | -4.3% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- animalscience.tamu.edu: https://animalscience.tamu.edu/department-updates/texas-has-the-largest-cow-herds-in-the-us/

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