Area USDA cattle on feed reports

South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 240,000 cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 9 percent from last year.

Placements during April totaled 28,000 head, unchanged from 2014.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of April totaled 21,000 head, down 30 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during April totaled 2,000 head, down 1,000 from last year.

Minnesota

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Minnesota for all feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head totaled 145,000 head on May 1, 2015, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Cattle on Feed report. This is down 1,000 head from last month but up 6 percent from last year.

Placements during April totaled 11,000 head, down 52 percent from last month and down 31 percent from last year. Marketings for April were 11,000 head, down 48 percent from last month and down 15 percent from last year. Other disappearance totaled 1,000 head.

Iowa

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Iowa for all feedlots totaled 1,280,000 on May 1, 2015 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Cattle on Feed report. The inventory is down 2 percent from April 1, 2015, but up 2 percent from May 1, 2014. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head had 660,000 head on feed, down 1 percent from last month but unchanged from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head had 620,000 head on feed, down 2 percent from last month but up 5 percent from last year.

Placements during April totaled 118,000 head, a decrease of 21 percent from last month and 10 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head placed 63,000 head, down 30 percent from last month and down 9 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head placed 55,000 head. This is down 8 percent from last month and down 11 percent from last year.

Marketings for April were 138,000 head, up 1 percent from last month but down 2 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity greater than 1,000 head marketed 72,000 head, down 9 percent from last month and down 5 percent from last year. Feedlots with a capacity less than 1,000 head marketed 66,000 head, up 16 percent from last month and up 2 percent from last year. Other disappearance totaled 5,000 head.

Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.50 million cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2 percent from last year. This is the highest May 1 inventory since the data series began in 1994.

Placements during April totaled 390,000 head, down 7 percent from 2014.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of April totaled 405,000 head, down 2 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during April totaled 15,000 head, unchanged from last year.