Farm Animal Register · 1 September 2026
Cattle numbers in Lithuania
On the 1 September 2026 snapshot of the Lithuanian Farm Animal Register (ŪGR), 634,032 cattle were kept in 19,949 herds - the largest species in the register by head count. Figures are broken down by municipality and re-captured every month.
Registered · 1 September 2026
634,032cattle
19,949 herds · 32 per herd on average · 512,592 female, 121,440 male
Cattle numbers by month
Registered cattle on each monthly snapshot of the register, July 2026 to September 2026. Change is shown only against the immediately preceding month; a missing or excluded snapshot is never bridged. These are recorded register counts, not a forecast.
| Snapshot | Cattle | Change on previous month |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 630,854 | - |
| August 2026 | 632,776 | +0.3% |
| September 2026 | 634,032 | +0.2% |
Change per municipality between snapshots: municipal dynamics.
Cattle by municipality
55 municipalities in total; the 20 keeping the most cattle on 1 September 2026 are shown.
| Municipality | Cattle | Herds | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šilalės District Municipality | 43,714 | 1,377 | |
| Šilutės District Municipality | 41,094 | 1,158 | |
| Telšių District Municipality | 29,436 | 772 | |
| Pasvalio District Municipality | 24,960 | 247 | |
| Kelmės District Municipality | 22,604 | 1,037 | |
| Plungės District Municipality | 22,386 | 645 | |
| Šakių District Municipality | 22,174 | 367 | |
| Skuodo District Municipality | 21,204 | 606 | |
| Pakruojo District Municipality | 21,047 | 133 | |
| Tauragės District Municipality | 20,849 | 792 | |
| Pagėgių Municipality | 20,675 | 446 | |
| Raseinių District Municipality | 19,584 | 810 | |
| Radviliškio District Municipality | 18,098 | 294 | |
| Panevėžio District Municipality | 16,831 | 269 | |
| Lazdijų District Municipality | 16,317 | 775 | |
| Kėdainių District Municipality | 16,184 | 231 | |
| Alytaus District Municipality | 13,889 | 888 | |
| Klaipėdos District Municipality | 13,476 | 388 | |
| Marijampolės Municipality | 12,716 | 284 | |
| Utenos District Municipality | 12,402 | 390 |
Municipality names are given as in the register (Lithuanian). Source: State Enterprise Agricultural Data Centre (ŽŪDC), Farm Animal Register (ŪGR).
How to read this. The average herd holds about 32 cattle, but the average hides a wide spread between large dairy and beef operations and small keepers with a handful of animals. A herd is one register herd number - a keeping location, not a farm and not an owner; keepers are not named. Counts are a snapshot of the register on 1 September 2026, not an annual average, published unchanged from ŽŪDC data.