Cattle on Feed
From USDA.
ISSN: 1948-9080
Released September 18, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
United States Cattle on Feed Up 3 Percent
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for
feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 9.99 million head on
September 1, 2015. The inventory was 3 percent above September 1, 2014.
Placements in feedlots during August totaled 1.63 million head, 5 percent
below 2014. Net placements were 1.57 million head. During August, placements
of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 395,000 head, 600-699
pounds were 215,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 362,000 head, and 800 pounds
and greater were 660,000 head. Placements are the lowest for August since the
series began in 1996.
Marketings of fed cattle during August totaled 1.59 million head, 6 percent
below 2014. Marketings are the lowest for August since the series began in
1996.
Other disappearance totaled 60,000 head during August, 9 percent below 2014.
The full report can be found on this link
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1020