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United States Cattle on Feed Down 3 Percent in Latest Report

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:23 CDT

The USDA's Cattle on Feed report released Friday showed the third smallest number of cattle on feed in the last eight years. Oklahoma Farm Report's Jim Apel spoke with Tom Leffler of Leffler Commodities after the report was released Friday afternoon. Click on the LISTEN BAR at the bottom of this story to hear Leffler's anaylsis.


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 May 1, 2013.


The inventory was 3 percent below May 1, 2012.


Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.75 million, 15 percent above 2012. Net placements were 1.68 million head.


During April, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 375,000, 600-699 pounds were 270,000, 700-799 pounds were 455,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 650,000.


Marketings of fed cattle during April totaled 1.86 million, 2 percent above 2012.


Other disappearances totaled 69,000 during April, 12 percent below 2012.


You can view the full Cattle on Feed report at: http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/current/CattOnFe/CattOnFe-05-17-2013.pdf



   


   

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