Texas Cattle On Feed Down 3 Percent
08/21/2009 04:11PM
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AUSTIN . . . Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.51 million head on August 1, down 3 percent from a year ago. According to the monthly report released by the Texas Field Office, the estimate was up 1 percent from the July 1 level. Producers placed 495,000 head in commercial feedlots during July, up 8 percent from a year ago, and up 30 percent from the June 2009 total.
Texas commercial feeders marketed 470,000 head during July, down 10 percent from last year and down 4 percent from last month.
On August 1, there were 2.13 million head of cattle and calves on feed in the Northern High Plains, 85 percent of the state=s total. The number on feed across the area was down 3 percent from last year but up 1 percent from the July total.
July placements in the Northern High Plains totaled 433,000 head, up 30 percent from the June total. Marketings were down 2 percent from last month to 408,000 head.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 9.6 million head on August 1, 2009. This inventory was 2 percent below August 1, 2008.
Placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.86 million head, 13 percent above July 2008. July placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds totaled 455,000 head; 600-699 pounds totaled 365,000 head; 700-799 pounds totaled 458,000 head; 800 pounds and greater totaled 585,000 head. Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 1.93 million head, 5 percent below 2008.