The USDA has released it's report on the number of cattle and sheep on U-S and Canadian farms as of January 1st.
The combined cattle numbers are up 3 per cent from a year ago.
The number of cows and heifers that have calved were up 2 per cent.
In the U-S, the total inventory was up 3 per cent on the year while cows and heifers that have calved were also up 3 per cent.
In Canada, the total inventory and the number of cows and heifers that have calved were up slightly from a year ago.
The combined sheep and lamb number for the two countries January 1st was 6 point 15 million head - up slightly from a year ago.
Breeding sheep and market sheep and lamb numbers were also up slightly on the year.
U-S sheep and lamb, breeding sheep and market sheep and lamb numbers were up 1 per cent from 2015.
The total Canadian sheep and lamb numbers were down 2 per cent, breeding sheep down 1 per cent and market sheep and lambs down 3 per cent from January 1st of 2015.
