United States: Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.8 million head on July 1, 2017. The inventory was 4 percent above July 1, 2016. The inventory included 6.96 million steers and steer calves, up 1 percent from the previous year. This group accounted for 64 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 3.86 million head, up 11 percent from 2016.
Placements in feedlots during June totaled 1.77 million head, 16 percent above 2016. Net placements were 1.71 million head. During June, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 375,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 315,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 430,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 385,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 170,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 95,000 head.
Marketings of fed cattle during June totaled 1.99 million head, 4 percent above 2016. Other disappearance totaled 56,000 head during June, 8 percent below 2016.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for all feedlots totaled 13.3 million head on July 1. The inventory was up 4 percent from the July 1, 2017 total of 12.8 million head. Cattle on feed in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head accounted for 84.8 percent of the total cattle on feed on July 1, up slightly from the previous year.
Colorado: The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 930,000 head as of July 1. The latest inventory was 2 percent below the previous month’s inventory but no change from the July 1, 2017 inventory.
The inventory included 520,000 steers and steer calves, down 10 percent from the previous year. The number of heifers and heifer calves, at 410,000 head, are up 15 percent from a year ago. Cattle feeders with 1,000 head or larger capacity marketed an estimated 160,000 head of fed cattle during June 2018. This was 7 percent above the previous month’s marketings, but no change from the marketings one year earlier.
An estimated 145,000 cattle and calves were placed on feed during June, 15 percent below the previous month’s placements, but 16 percent above June 2017 placements. Of the number placed in June, 17 percent weighed less than 600 pounds, 21 percent weighed from 600 to 699 pounds, 24 percent weighed from 700 to 799 pounds, 21 percent weighed 800 to 899 pounds and 17 percent weighed 900 pounds or greater.
Other disappearance for June, at 5,000 head, was 5,000 head below last month but the same as last year.
Iowa: Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 710,000 head on July 1, according to the latest National Agricultural Statistics Service, Cattle on Feed report. This was down 1 percent from June 1, 2018, but up 6 percent from July 1, 2017.
Iowa feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head had 500,000 head on feed, down 6 percent from last month and down 2 percent from last year. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in all Iowa feedlots totaled 1,210,000 head, down 3 percent from last month but up 3 percent from last year.
Placements of cattle and calves in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during June totaled 77,000 head, down 4 percent from last month but up 7 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head placed 46,000 head, up 70 percent from last month and up 28 percent from last year. Placements for all feedlots in Iowa totaled 123,000 head, up 15 percent from last month and up 14 percent from last year.
Marketings of fed cattle from Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during June totaled 85,000 head, down 2 percent from last month but up 6 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity of less than 1,000 head marketed 74,000 head, up 48 percent from last month but unchanged from last year. Marketings for all feedlots in Iowa were 159,000 head, up 16 percent from last month and up 3 percent from last year.
Other disappearance from all feedlots in Iowa totaled 4,000 head.
Kansas: In Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, pens contained 2.24 million cattle on feed on July 1, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2 percent from last year.
Placements during June totaled 405,000 head, up 3 percent from 2017.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of June totaled 475,000 head, up 2 percent from last year.
Other disappearance during June totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.
Minnesota: Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Minnesota for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 135,000 head on July 1, according to the latest National Agricultural Statistics Service, Cattle on Feed report. This is down 10,000 head from last month and down 5,000 head from last year.
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Placements during June totaled 14,000 head, down 2,000 head from last month and down 1,000 head from last year.
Marketings for June were 23,000 head, down 2,000 head from last month but up 4,000 head from last year.
Other disappearance totaled 1,000 head.
Nebraska: In Nebraska feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more head, pens contained 2.40 million cattle on feed on July 1, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 8 percent from last year.
Placements during June totaled 415,000 head, down 2 percent from 2017.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of June totaled 530,000 head, unchanged from last year.
Other disappearance during June totaled 15,000 head, unchanged from last year.
Oklahoma: Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Oklahoma feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 315,000 head on July 1, down 3 percent from a year ago. Producers placed 58,000 head in commercial feedlots during June, up 14 percent from a year ago. Oklahoma commercial feeders marketed 57,000 head during June, up 4 percent from 2017. Other disappearance during June totaled 1,000 head, unchanged from a year ago.
South Dakota: In South Dakota feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more head, pens contained 215,000 cattle on feed on July 1, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 4 percent from last year.
Placements during June totaled 39,000 head, down 2 percent from 2017.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of June totaled 56,000 head, up 6 percent from last year. Other disappearance during June totaled 3,000 head, up 1,000 head from last year.
Texas: Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.74 million head on July 1, up 3 percent from a year ago. Producers placed 430,000 head in commercial feedlots during June, down 4 percent from a year ago. Texas commercial feeders marketed 410,000 head during June, down 2 percent from 2017.
On July 1, there were 2.40 million head of cattle and calves on feed in the Northern High Plains, 87 percent of the state’s total. The number on feed across the area was up 2 percent from last year and up slightly from the June 1 total. June placements in the Northern High Plains totaled 376,000 head, down 25 percent from the May total. Marketings were down 10 percent from last month at 356,000 head.
For a full copy of the July 2018 Cattle on Feed report please visit www.nass.usda.gov.
