Re: How are there enough cows to supply the millions of restaurants their beef?

Dear Steve,
  The question you submitted is a good question.  I am from Oklahoma, and 
my dad and I raise cattle.  the figures I am throwing at you is for the 
state of OK. There are two figures that are important to this question, one 
the number of cattle in OK., and the number that leaves the state for food 
consumption for other states.  think of it as state import or export.  Ok. 
is #6 in the nation for cattle, but remember there are five other states 
that have more cattle than Ok. does.  The state of Ok. has about 2.3 
million cows, just for getting pregnant and having calves that grow up for 
slaughter.  These cow operations are called cow-calf operations.  WE ship 
out 2 million each year to the packing plants.  McDonalds and wendy's and 
fast food hamburger joints use ground beef.  an average cow for slaughter 
weighs about 1300 pounds, so...just in Oklahoma we produce a little over 2 
billion pounds of beef per year, minus bone/organ/hide weights that are 
used for 
other purpose rather than consumption. Well Steve, I hope I answered your 
question with out too much confusion. If you have any questions feel free 
to contact me, my E-mail is Nmorganmary@netscape.net

                                              Morgan Ashworth