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Minnesota Cattle on Feed Up 9 Percent from 2015
Minnesota Ag Connection - 05/23/2016
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Minnesota for all feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 158,000 head on May 1, 2016, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service -- Cattle on Feed report. This is
down 1 percent from last month but up 9 percent from last year.
Placements during April totaled 12,000 head, down 29 percent from last month but up 9 percent from last year. Marketings for April were 13,000 head, down 6,000 head from last month but up 2,000 head from last year. Other disappearance totaled 1,000
head.
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.8 million head on May 1, 2016. The inventory was 1 percent above May 1, 2015.
Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.66 million head, 7 percent above 2015. Net placements were 1.59 million head. During April, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 334,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 225,000
head, 700-799 pounds were 390,000 head, and 800 pounds and greater were 715,000 head.
Marketings of fed cattle during April totaled 1.66 million head, 1 percent above 2015.
Other disappearance totaled 76,000 head during April, 15 percent above 2015.
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