By USDA
United States 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 10.6 million head on June 1, 2015. The inventory was 1 percent above June 1, 2014.
Placements in feedlots during May totaled 1.71 million, 10 percent below 2014. Net placements were 1.63 million head. During May, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 355,000, 600-699 pounds were 260,000, 700-799 pounds were 389,000, and 800 pounds and greater were 710,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 1.71 million, 8 percent below n2014. May marketings are the lowest since the series began in 1996.
Other disappearance totaled 82,000 during May, 19 percent below 2014.
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Source: USDA