Texas Cattle On Feed Down 6 Percent

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 May 1, down 6 percent from a year ago. According to the monthly report released by the Texas Field Office, the estimate was down 5 percent from the April 1 level. Producers placed 400,000 head in commercial feedlots during April, up 1 percent from a year ago, but down 18 percent from the March 2010 total.

Texas commercial feeders marketed 510,000 head during April, unchanged from last year but up 5 percent from last month.

On May 1, there were 2.17 million head of cattle and calves on feed in the Northern High Plains, 87 percent of the state=s total. The number on feed across the area was down 3 percent from last year and down 5 percent from the April total. April placements in the Northern High Plains totaled 347,000 head, down 22 percent from the March total. Marketings were up 4 percent from last month to 435,000 head.

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