Area USDA cattle on feed reports

South Dakota cattle on feed up 6 percent

SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 190,000 cattle on feed on October 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 6 percent from last year.

Placements during September totaled 50,000 head, up 16 percent from 2013.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of September totaled 42,000 head, up 31 percent from last year.

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

Minnesota cattle on feed up 11,000 head

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Minnesota for all feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head totaled 114,000 head on October 1, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Minnesota Field Office. This is up 1,000 head from last month and up 11,000 head from last year.

Placements during September totaled 20,000 head, up 33 percent from last month and up 18 percent from last year. Marketings for September were 18,000 head, up 6 percent from last month and up 29 percent from last year. Other disappearance totaled 1,000 head.

Iowa cattle on feed down 5 percent

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Iowa for all feedlots totaled 1,030,000 on October 1, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Iowa Field Office. The inventory is down 2 percent from September 1, 2014, and down 5 percent from October 1, 2013. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head had 560,000 head on feed, down 3 percent from last month but up 2 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head had 470,000 head on feed unchanged from last month but down 11 percent from last year.

Placements during September totaled 192,000 head, an increase of 60 percent from last month but down 4 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head placed 99,000 head, up 57 percent from last month and up 11 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head placed 93,000 head. This is up 63 percent from last month but down 17 percent from last year.

Marketings for September were 204,000 head, up 43 percent from last month and up 10 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head marketed 114,000 head, up 43 percent from last month and up 31 percent from last year. This marks Iowa’s second largest number of cattle on feed marketed for feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head in any month since records began in 1994. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head marketed 90,000 head, up 43 percent from last month but down 8 percent from last year. Other disappearance totaled 8,000 head.

Nebraska cattle on feed up 2 percent

LINCOLN, NE October 24, 2014 — Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.24 million cattle on feed on October 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2 percent from last year.

Placements during September totaled 520,000 head, up 2 percent from 2013.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of September totaled 400,000 head, up 3 percent from last year. This is the highest September marketings since the data series began in 1994.

Other disappearance during September totaled 10,000 head, unchanged 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 10.1 million head on October 1, 2014. The inventory was 1 percent below October 1, 2013. The inventory included 6.46 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 3.55 million head, down 3 percent from 2013.

Placements in feedlots during September totaled 2.01 million, 1 percent above 2013. Net placements were 1.94 million head. During September, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 460,000, 600-699 pounds were 340,000, 700-799 pounds were 437,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 770,000. For the month of September, placements are the second lowest since the series began in 1996.

Marketings of fed cattle during September totaled 1.68 million, 1 percent below 2013.

Other disappearance totaled 65,000 during September, 5 percent above 2013.