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Regional livestock movements are approximated by compiling data
from State certificates of veterinary inspection for animals destined
for feeding or breeding purposes and exclude animals for immediate
slaughter. Since source-destination data are not tabulated for
all States, shipping patterns generated from these data underestimate
actual flows, and hence only provide a general sense of livestock
movements. For more information, see the Source
Report and Data Questions and Answers.
Regional Flow Data
On each map below, shipments out of a region are compared with
births in that region to illustrate the extent of movements. For
example, the Mountain region ships a large number of cattle to other
regions (2.7 million head) relative to its calf crop (5.6 million
head). In contrast, because it has substantial feeding operations
within the region, the Corn Belt ships fewer cattle (0.8 million
head) compared with its calf crop (4.2 million head).
| Regional cattle
flows |
|
Destination
|
| Origin |
|
|
Northern |
Southern |
Lake |
Corn |
Delta |
South- |
|
|
|
|
| |
Pacific
|
Mountain
|
Plains
|
Plains
|
States
|
Belt
|
States
|
east
|
Appalachian
|
Northeast
|
Other*
|
Total
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,000 head
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pacific |
133
|
447
|
78
|
23
|
21
|
3
|
**
|
**
|
4
|
**
|
**
|
708
|
| Mountain |
209
|
1,245
|
1,160
|
971
|
103
|
218
|
2
|
2
|
14
|
**
|
20
|
3,944
|
| Northern Plains |
12
|
597
|
1,596
|
167
|
211
|
555
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
670
|
3,820
|
| Southern Plains |
11
|
806
|
945
|
561
|
7
|
27
|
16
|
14
|
3
|
**
|
44
|
2,435
|
| Lake States |
18
|
36
|
57
|
3
|
13
|
64
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
**
|
200
|
| Corn Belt |
22
|
48
|
600
|
88
|
37
|
244
|
3
|
6
|
10
|
1
|
19
|
1,079
|
| Delta States |
1
|
89
|
292
|
800
|
10
|
34
|
65
|
11
|
81
|
**
|
12
|
1,395
|
| Southeast |
**
|
29
|
245
|
557
|
3
|
31
|
91
|
148
|
84
|
6
|
**
|
1,194
|
| Appalachia |
7
|
64
|
382
|
183
|
11
|
212
|
28
|
18
|
73
|
2
|
**
|
979
|
| Northeast |
4
|
2
|
8
|
**
|
**
|
2
|
**
|
15
|
20
|
10
|
**
|
61
|
| Other* |
18
|
110
|
32
|
1,725
|
4
|
14
|
8
|
**
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1,913
|
| Total |
435
|
3,473
|
5,395
|
5,078
|
420
|
1,404
|
215
|
218
|
303
|
22
|
765
|
17,728
|
| *Mostly Mexico and Canada, but also includes
U.S. States not specifically identified as a source/destination
in the original data. ** = flows from 1 to 499 head. Totals
may not add due to rounding. |
| Source: State certificate data (generally 2001)
compiled by Economic Research Service, USDA. |
| Regional hog flows |
|
Destination
|
| Origin |
|
|
Northern |
Southern |
Lake |
Corn |
Delta |
South- |
|
|
|
|
| |
Pacific |
Mountain |
Plains |
Plains |
States |
Belt |
States |
east |
Appalachian |
Northeast |
Other* |
Total |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,000 head
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pacific |
**
|
**
|
na
|
na
|
1
|
14
|
na
|
na
|
**
|
**
|
**
|
16
|
| Mountain |
17
|
1
|
478
|
**
|
283
|
571
|
**
|
na
|
1
|
8
|
**
|
1,360
|
| Northern Plains |
9
|
21
|
393
|
10
|
1,181
|
1,947
|
1
|
2
|
19
|
4
|
36
|
3,626
|
| Southern Plains |
17
|
**
|
282
|
na
|
135
|
2,071
|
53
|
4
|
**
|
**
|
na
|
2,562
|
| Lake States |
**
|
18
|
191
|
1
|
74
|
1,899
|
**
|
1
|
65
|
3
|
**
|
2,252
|
| Corn Belt |
16
|
5
|
147
|
20
|
1,163
|
5,159
|
50
|
2
|
128
|
1
|
22
|
6,713
|
| Delta States |
**
|
**
|
3
|
6
|
37
|
847
|
**
|
**
|
17
|
**
|
**
|
910
|
| Southeast |
**
|
**
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
362
|
17
|
178
|
177
|
7
|
na
|
754
|
| Appalachia |
1
|
**
|
44
|
2
|
74
|
2,934
|
92
|
220
|
210
|
61
|
na
|
3,637
|
| Northeast |
**
|
**
|
na
|
na
|
**
|
18
|
na
|
**
|
**
|
9
|
na
|
27
|
| Other* |
7
|
na
|
167
|
na
|
912
|
1,711
|
na
|
1
|
12
|
4
|
na
|
2,814
|
| Total |
66
|
46
|
1,709
|
43
|
3,868
|
17,532
|
213
|
408
|
629
|
96
|
58
|
24,670
|
| na = Not available. *Mexico, Canada, and U.S.
States not specifically identified as source/destination in
original data. ** = flows from 1 to 499 head. Totals may not
add due to rounding. |
| Source: State certificate data (generally 2001)
compiled by Economic Research Service, USDA. |
| Regional sheep flows |
|
Destination
|
| Origin |
|
|
Northern
|
Southern
|
Lake
|
Corn
|
Delta
|
South-
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Pacific
|
Mountain
|
Plains
|
Plains
|
States
|
Belt
|
States
|
east
|
Appalachian
|
Northeast
|
Other*
|
Total
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Head
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pacific |
708
|
3,900
|
159
|
4,000
|
3
|
na
|
na
|
10
|
6
|
na
|
na
|
8,786
|
| Mountain |
18,571
|
122,046
|
47,764
|
23,050
|
4,925
|
50,868
|
278
|
15
|
301
|
16
|
na
|
267,834
|
| Northern Plains |
5,808
|
15,241
|
30,235
|
19,158
|
22,703
|
51,754
|
17
|
28
|
15
|
3
|
1,122
|
146,084
|
| Southern Plains |
8,178
|
9,002
|
2,400
|
1,000
|
6
|
2,056
|
na
|
1,328
|
38
|
82
|
386,000
|
410,090
|
| Lake States |
1
|
35
|
1,246
|
2,009
|
342
|
3,401
|
3
|
142
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
7,191
|
| Corn Belt |
40
|
743
|
1,712
|
197
|
1,182
|
775
|
na
|
260
|
323
|
76
|
na
|
5,309
|
| Delta States |
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
258
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
258
|
| Southeast |
3
|
5
|
na
|
39
|
22
|
165
|
132
|
9,882
|
413
|
59
|
na
|
10,720
|
| Appalachia |
11
|
24
|
39
|
34
|
4
|
115
|
na
|
1,018
|
1,691
|
170
|
na
|
3,106
|
| Northeast |
42
|
5
|
7
|
na
|
na
|
23
|
na
|
56
|
212
|
1,125
|
na
|
1,470
|
| Other* |
11
|
na
|
964
|
1,000
|
14
|
na
|
na
|
34
|
na
|
618
|
na
|
2,641
|
| Total |
33,373
|
151,001
|
84,526
|
50,487
|
29,201
|
109,157
|
430
|
13,031
|
3,004
|
2,154
|
387,124
|
863,489
|
| na = Not available. *Mexico, Canada, and U.S.
States not specifically identified as source/destination in
original data. Totals may not add due to rounding. |
| Source: State certificate data (generally 2001)
compiled by Economic Research Service, USDA. |
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