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Department of Livestock
Livestock Loss Board
PO Box 202005
Helena, Montana 59620-2005
(406) 444-5609
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2015 Livestock Loss Statistics
This page contains information on livestock losses and claims made during 2015.
To view statistics for other years, click here.
Losses by County
| Counties | Cattle | Sheep | Goats | Llama | Horse | Guard Dog | Totals | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead | 13 wolf 1 griz | 22 | 1 | 38 | $34,299.32 | |||
| Carbon | 2 wolf 25 griz | 27 | $40,544.33 | |||||
| Cascade | 5 griz | 5 | $1,074.82 | |||||
| Choteau | 2 griz | 2 | $3,047.50 | |||||
| Deer Lodge | 1 | 1 | $1,613.40 | |||||
| Flathead | 1 griz | 1 | $1,504.70 | |||||
| Glacier | 6 griz | 14 griz | 20 | $13,070.79 | ||||
| Granite | ||||||||
| Lake | 3 | 3 | $4,368.00 | |||||
| Lewis & Clark | 1 wolf 5 griz | 3 griz | 9 | $10,214.79 | ||||
| Lincoln | 2 | 2 | $3,268.50 | |||||
| Madison | 9 wolf 8 griz | 17 | $28,918.62 | |||||
| Mineral | 1 | 1 | $1,657.60 | |||||
| Park | 1 wolf 1 griz | 2 | $2,873.44 | |||||
| Pondera | 5 griz | 38 griz | 1 griz | 44 | $17,910.62 | |||
| Powell | 2 wolf 1 griz | 2 griz | 1 | 6 | $5,405.28 | |||
| Ravalli | 5 | 5 | $6,047.54 | |||||
| Sanders | 1 | 1 | $979.83 | |||||
| Silver Bow | 4 | 4 | $5,524.69 | |||||
| Stillwater | 10 griz | 10 | $15,863.93 | |||||
| Sweet Grass | 1 | 1 | $1,531.40 | |||||
| Teton | 1 | 1 | $193.36 | |||||
| Totals | 112 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 200 | $199,911.97 |
Summary
| Cattle | Sheep | Goat | Guard | Horse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed | 89 | 66 | 2 | 1 | |
| Probable | 23 | 19 | |||
| Value | $171,681.73 | $26,153.99 | $1,676.25 | $400.00 | |
| Owners | 57 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Last Updated -August 25, 2016