The largest number of cattle operations fall within the small ranching category of less than 100 head per operations. This size of operation though, only consists of roughly 6% of the total cattle inventory in California. Over 72% of the state's cattle inventory is held by those operations consisting of 500 head or more.
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California Cattle Operations and Inventory, Percentage by Size Groups |
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1 - 99 Head |
100 - 499 Head |
500 -999 Head |
1000+ Head |
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Year |
Operations |
Inventory |
Operations |
Inventory |
Operations |
Inventory |
Operations |
Inventory |
|
1986 |
80.6 |
8.4 |
13.2 |
23.2 |
6.2 |
68.7 |
NA |
NA |
|
1987 |
80.0 |
8.5 |
13.6 |
24.4 |
6.4 |
67.1 |
NA |
NA |
|
1988 |
79.4 |
8.4 |
13.6 |
23.4 |
7.0 |
68.2 |
NA |
NA |
|
1989 |
77.7 |
7.7 |
14.7 |
22.3 |
7.6 |
70.0 |
NA |
NA |
|
1990 |
76.9 |
8.0 |
15.2 |
21.0 |
7.9 |
71.0 |
NA |
NA |
|
1991 |
77.3 |
7.5 |
14.5 |
20.5 |
8.2 |
72.0 |
NA |
NA |
|
1992 |
76.5 |
6.7 |
14.6 |
19.3 |
8.9 |
74.0 |
NA |
NA |
|
1993 |
76.8 |
6.5 |
14.0 |
18.5 |
4.8 |
18.5 |
4.4 |
56.5 |
|
1994 |
75.8 |
6.0 |
14.6 |
18.0 |
5.0 |
19.0 |
4.6 |
57.0 |
|
1995 |
75.6 |
6.0 |
14.8 |
18.0 |
5.2 |
20.0 |
4.4 |
56.0 |
|
1996 |
75.0 |
6.0 |
15.4 |
19.0 |
5.0 |
19.0 |
4.6 |
56.0 |
|
1997 |
75.0 |
6.0 |
15.0 |
18.0 |
4.6 |
17.0 |
5.0 |
59.0 |
