US Cattle On Feed Up Five Percent
US - US cattle on feed were five per cent higher than a year previously, according to the latest figures from US Department of Agriculture.
24 October 2011
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Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totalled 11.3 million head on 1 October, 2011.
The inventory was five per cent above 1 October 2010. This is the second highest 1 October inventory since the series began in 1996.
The inventory included 6.95 million steers and steer calves, up five per cent from the previous year. This group accounted for 61 per cent of the total inventory. Heifers and heifer calves accounted for 4.32 million head, up five per cent from 2010.
Placements in feedlots during September totalled 2.47 million, slightly above 2010. Net placements were 2.40 million head.
During September, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 685,000, 600-699 pounds were 415,000, 700-799 pounds were 504,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 865,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during September totalled 1.81 million, one per cent above 2010.
Other disappearance totalled 74,000 during September, 37 per cent more than in the same month of 2010.
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