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Cattle on Feed Report
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:37:19 CDT
Cattle on Feed Report, June 18, 2010
U.S. 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 10.5 million head on June 1, 2010. The inventory was 1 percent above June 1, 2009.
Placements in feedlots during May totaled 2.02 million, 23 percent above 2009. Net placements were 1.92 million head.
During May, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 445,000, 600-699 pounds were 405,000, 700-799 pounds
were 537,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 635,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 1.87 million, 4 percent below 2009.
This is the lowest fed cattle marketings for the month of May since the series began in 1996.
Click on the Listen Bar below to hear analysis of the Cattle on Feed Report by Tom Leffler of Leffler Commodities.
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