As of 31 March 2023, the total cattle inventory reached 2.57 million heads. This indicates a decrease of -0.2 percent from the previous year’s same period count of 2.58 million heads. About 82.1 percent of the country’s cattle population during the period came from smallhold farms, while the remaining 14.3 percent and 3.6 percent were comprised of semi-commercial farms and commercial farms, respectively. (Figure 2 )

Central Visayas recorded the highest cattle population with 341.06 thousand heads. This was followed by Ilocos Region and CALABARZON with corresponding inventories of 250.09 thousand heads and 249.56 thousand heads. These regions shared 32.7 percent to the country’s total cattle population as of 31 March 2023.