Area USDA cattle on feed reports

South Dakota cattle on feed down 2 percent

SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 245,000 cattle on feed on January 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 2 percent from last year.

Placements during December totaled 50,000 head, up 56 percent from 2017.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of December totaled 40,000 head, up 3 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during December totaled 5,000 head, up 2,000 head from last year.

Minnesota cattle on feed down 5,000 head

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Minnesota for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 155,000 head on January 1, 2019, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Cattle on Feed report. This is down 5,000 head from last month and last year.

Placements during December totaled 12,000 head, down 13,000 head from last month and down 9,000 head from last year. Marketings for December were 16,000 head, up 2,000 head from last month and up 1,000 head from last year. Other disappearance totaled 1,000 head.

Iowa cattle on feed down 1 percent

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 690,000 head on January 1, 2019, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Cattle on Feed report. This was down 1 percent from both December 1, 2018, and January 1, 2018.

Placements of cattle and calves in Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during December totaled 85,000 head, down 20 percent from last month and down 15 percent from last year. Marketings of fed cattle from Iowa feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head during December totaled 92,000 head, down 12 percent from last month and down 6 percent from last year. Other disappearance from feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head in Iowa totaled 3,000 head.

Nebraska cattle on feed down 2 percent

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.56 million cattle on feed on January 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 2 percent from last year.

Placements during December totaled 410,000 head, down 11 percent from 2017.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of December totaled 430,000 head, up 1 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during December totaled 20,000 head, up 5,000 head from last year.

United States cattle on feed up 2 percent

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.7 million head on January 1, 2019. The inventory was 2 percent above January 1, 2018. The inventory included 7.28 million steers and steer calves, down 1 percent from the previous year. This group accounted for 62 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.41 million head, up 6 percent from 2018.

Placements in feedlots during December totaled 1.77 million head, 2 percent below 2018. Net placements were 1.69 million head. During December, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 445,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 460,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 402,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 285,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 90,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 85,000 head.

Marketings of fed cattle during December totaled 1.74 million head, 1 percent below 2017.

Other disappearance totaled 75,000 head during December, 1 percent above 2017.