COUNTY ESTIMATES ARE OUT WITH A TOTAL OF ONE MILLION CATTLE AND CALVES IN ILLINOIS AS OF JANUARY FIRST. 

COUNTIES WITH THE MOST CATTLE AND CALVES OVERALL ARE JO DAVIESS, STEPHENSON AND CLINTON SAYS STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER. HERE ARE THE TOP COUNTIES FOR DAIRY COWS:

SCHLEUSENER NAMES THE TOP THREE FOR BEEF CATTLE.

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