USDA cattle on feed reports

South Dakota Cattle On Feed Up 4 Percent

SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 240,000 cattle on feed on March 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory is up 4 percent from last year.

Placements during February totaled 39,000 head, down 13 percent from 2013.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of February totaled 36,000 head, down 8 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during February totaled 3,000 head, up 2,000 head from last year.

Iowa Cattle On Feed Unchanged

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Iowa for all feedlots totaled 1,290,000 on March 1, 2014 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Cattle on Feed report. The inventory is up 2 percent from February 1, 2014 and unchanged from March 1, 2013. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head had 670,000 head on feed, up 2 percent from last month and up 6 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head had 620,000 head on feed, up 2 percent from last month but down 6 percent from last year.

Placements during February totaled 131,000 head, a decrease of 27 percent from last month but up 19 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head placed 86,000 head, down 25 percent from last month but up 41 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head placed 45,000 head. This is down 31 percent from last month and down 8 percent from last year.

Marketings for February were 107,000 head, down 19 percent from last month and down 5 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head marketed 74,000 head, up 4 percent from last month and up 9 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head marketed 33,000 head, down 46 percent from last month and down 27 percent from last year. Other disappearance totaled 4,000 head.

Minnesota Cattle On Feed Up 3,000 Head

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Minnesota for all feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head totaled 135,000 head on March 1, 2014 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Cattle on Feed report. This is down 2,000 head from last month but up 3,000 head from last year.

Placements during February totaled 11,000 head, down 39 percent from last month and down 8 percent from last year. Marketings for February were 12,000 head, up 20 percent from last month but down 20 percent from last year. Other disappearance totaled 1,000 head.

Nebraska Cattle On Feed Up 3 Percent

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.50 million cattle on feed on March 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 3 percent from last year.

Placements during February totaled 430,000 head, up 26 percent from 2013. This is the largest number of placements for February since the data series began in 1994.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of February totaled 375,000 head, up 1 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during February totaled 15,000 head, up 50 percent from last year.

United States Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.8 million head on March 1, 2014. The inventory was 1 percent below March 1, 2013.

Placements in feedlots during February totaled 1.65 million, 15 percent above 2013. Net placements were 1.58 million head. During February, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 390,000, 600-699 pounds were 330,000, 700-799 pounds were 415,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 515,000.

Marketings of fed cattle during February totaled 1.55 million, 3 percent below 2013. Marketings for February are the lowest for the month since the data series began in 1996.

Other disappearance totaled 71,000 during February, 18 percent above 2013.