Cattle on Feed Report
US - Report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, US Department of Agriculture.
22 June 2009
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U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 4 Per Cent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totalled 10.4 million head on 1 June 2009. The inventory was 4 percent below 1 June 2008.
Placements in feedlots during May totalled 1.64 million, 14 per cent below 2008. Net placements were 1.54 million head. This is the second lowest placements for the month of May since the series began in 1996. During May, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 395,000, 600-699 pounds were 305,000, 700-799 pounds were 433,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 505,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during May totalled 1.95 million, nine per cent below 2008. This is the lowest fed cattle marketings for the month of May since the series began in 1996.
Other disappearance totalled 101,000 during May, 26 per cent above 2008.
United States Cattle on Feed
1,000+ Capacity Feedlots
United States Cattle on Feed
1,000+ Capacity Feedlots Number Placed
United States Cattle on Feed
1,000+ Capacity Feedlots Number Marketed
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