All cattle and calves in Louisiana as of January 1, 2021, totaled 775,000 head, were down 1 percent from January 1, 2020. The calf crop for the full year of 2020 was 340,000 head, down 4 percent from last year. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 455,000 head, were down 2 percent from January 1, 2020; beef cows, at 445,000 head, were down 2 percent; and milk cows, at 10,000 head, were unchanged from 2020.
