Nebraska Cattle on Feed up 6 percent from a year ago

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LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.57 million cattle on feed on March 1, according to USDA’s, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. This inventory was up 6 percent from last year and is equal to last month, which was the largest inventory since the data series began in 1994.

Placements in feedlots during February totaled 410,000 head, up 17 percent from 2011. This equals 1999 as the largest placements for the month of February since the data series began in 1994.

Marketings of fed cattle during February totaled 390,000 head, up 7 percent from last year. Other disappearance during February totaled 20,000 head, up 33 percent from last year.


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