Table 8.

Summary of breeding stock and female to bull ratios for Canadian cow-calf herds reported in submitted annual herd breeding to weaning records (n = 543) for the C3SN between 2019 and 2022.

	Bulls bred to cows	Bulls bred to heifers	Cows exposed to breeding	Heifers exposed to breeding	Cow to bull ratio	Heifer to bull ratio
Total herd records	N = 542	N = 512	N = 542	N = 517	N = 535	N = 448
Mean	8	2	185	39	23	16
SD*	8	2	170	46	9	11
2.5th percentile	1	0	32	1	6	1
5th percentile	1	1	38	3	10	2
25th percentile	3	1	75	12	19	8
Median	6	1	130	25	22	15
75th percentile	10	2	249	51	27	22
95th percentile	21	5	430	122	38	33
97.5th percentile	34	6	699	160	42	37

Values for herds from Western and Eastern Canada are reported separately in Supplementary Tables S6a,b.

*Standard deviation.