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U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 4 Percent
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:40:23 CDT
U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 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 10.8 million head on April 1, 2010. The inventory was 4 percent below April 1, 2009. The inventory included 6.71 million steers and steer calves, down 4 percent from the previous year. This group accounted for 62 percent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.02 million head, down 3 percent from 2009.
Placements in feedlots during March totaled 1.86 million, 3 percent above 2009. Net placements were 1.80 million head. During March, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 395,000, 600-699 pounds were 375,000, 700-799 pounds were 602,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 485,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during March totaled 1.90 million, 4 percent above 2009.
Radio Oklahoma's Ed Richards spoke with Tom Leffler of Leffler Commodities about the latest numbers. You can hear Tom's analysis by clicking on the listening bar below.
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