They're both right: http://www.cattlerange.com/cattle-graphs/all-cattle-numbers.html http://www.cattlerange.com/cattle-graphs/all-cattle-numbers.... California

They're both right: http://www.cattlerange.com/cattle-graphs/all-cattle-numbers.html http://www.cattlerange.com/cattle-graphs/all-cattle-numbers.... California is #5, containing 5.7% (down a fair bit from a year ago) of all cattle in the US.