Oklahoma Cattle on Feed down 10 percent

The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 320 thousand head on April 1, 2012, down 6 percent from the previous month and down 10 percent from April 1, 2011. Placements during March were 56,000, down 25 percent from one year ago. Marketings of fed cattle during March were 74,000 head, down 5 percent from the same month last year. Other disappearance during March totaled 2,000 head.

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