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Kansas Cattle on Feed Up 1 Percent
Kansas Ag Connection - 09/23/2019

Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.34 million cattle on feed on September 1, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 1 percent from last year.

Placements during August totaled 440,000 head, down 15 percent from 2018.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of August totaled 430,000 head, unchanged from last year.

Other disappearance during August totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.0 million head on September 1, 2019. The inventory was 1 percent below September 1, 2018.

Placements in feedlots during August totaled 1.88 million head, 9 percent below 2018. Net placements were 1.82 million head. During August, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 385,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 300,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 424,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 440,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 230,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 105,000 head.

Marketings of fed cattle during August totaled 1.95 million head, 2 percent below 2018.

Other disappearance totaled 61,000 head during August, 11 percent above 2018.


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