Area USDA January cattle on feed reports

South Dakota cattle on feed up 9 percent

SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 250,000 cattle on feed on January 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 9 percent from last year.

Placements during December totaled 32,000 head, down 16 percent from 2016.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of December totaled 39,000 head, down 15 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during December totaled 3,000 head, up 1,000 head from last year.

Minnesota cattle on feed up 7 percent

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Minnesota for all feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 160,000 head on January 1, 2018, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Cattle on Feed report. This is up 5,000 from last month and up 10,000 head from last year.

Placements during December totaled 21,000 head, down 5,000 head from last month but up 2,000 from last year. Marketings for December were 15,000 head, down 5,000 head from last month but up 1,000 from last year. Other disappearance totaled 1,000 head.

Iowa cattle on feed up 17 percent

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 700,000 head on January 1, 2018, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Cattle on Feed report. This was unchanged from December 1, 2017, but up 17 percent from January 1, 2017.

Placements of cattle and calves in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during December totaled 100,000 head, a decrease of 18 percent from last month and down 4 percent from last year. Marketings of fed cattle from Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during December totaled 98,000 head, down 11 percent from last month and down 4 percent from last year Other disappearance from feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head in Iowa totaled 2,000 head.

Nebraska cattle on feed up 10 percent

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.61 million cattle on feed on January 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 10 percent from last year.

Placements during December totaled 460,000 head, up 2 percent from 2016.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of December totaled 425,000 head, down 3 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during December totaled 15,000 head, up 5,000 head from last year.