On Feed Reports
Cattle on feed up 1 percent
USDA’s August Cattle on Feed report shows feedyard inventories as of August 1 running 1 percent below those of one year ago. Placements into feedyards during July were down a full 10 percent from those during July 2011, but last-year’s placements were unusually high. July placements were up by 258,000 head over those in June, or close to 15 percent.
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United States Cattle on Feed up 1 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.7 million head on August 1, 2012.
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United States Cattle on Feed up 3 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.9 million head on January 1, 2012.
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United States Cattle on Feed up 4 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.9 million head on November 1, 2011.
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United States Cattle on Feed up 5 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.3 million head on October 1, 2011.
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United States Cattle on Feed up 8 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.6 million head on August 1, 2011.
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U.S. cattle herd fell to record low amid Plains drought, pricey corn
The total U.S. cattle herd at the middle of this year fell to a record low as high feed costs discouraged adding animals and severe drought in the Southern Plains forced ranchers to send more cows to slaughter.
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Colorado Cattle on Feed up 17 percent
The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 1,100,000 head as of May 1, 2011. This latest inventory is up 1 percent from last month and up 17 percent from last year. Cattle feeders with 1,000 head or larger capacity marketed an estimated 150,000 head of fed cattle during April 2011.
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Kansas Cattle on Feed up 2 percent
The number of cattle on feed on May 1, 2011 in Kansas feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity totaled 2.17 million head, up 2 percent from a year ago but down 1 percent from April 1. Placements during April totaled 380,000 head, up 21 percent from April 2010 but down 8 percent from March.
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Idaho Cattle on Feed up 10 Percent
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Idaho from feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head on May 1, 2011 totaled 230,000 head, up 10 percent from the previous year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Nebraska Cattle on Feed up 6 percent
Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.37 million cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. The inventory was up 6 percent from last year.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Cornell genetic testing process cuts cost by up to 75 percent
- Angus Foundation receives $28,500 from “The Card Challenge”
- Commentary: In praise of animal foods
- 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps first genomes
- Beef exports depend on quality reputation
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
