Kansas Ag Connection - Kansas Cattle on Feed Up 2 Percent

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Kansas Cattle on Feed Up 2 Percent
Kansas Ag Connection - 11/20/2017

Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.29 million cattle on feed on November 1, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2 percent from last year.

Placements during October totaled 430,000 head, up 10 percent from 2016.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of October totaled 375,000 head, up 7 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during October totaled 15,000 head, down 5,000 head 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 11.3 million head on November 1, 2017. The inventory was 6 percent above November 1, 2016.

Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.39 million head, 10 percent above 2016. Net placements were 2.32 million head. During October, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 675,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 590,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 510,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 368,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 160,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 90,000 head.

Marketings of fed cattle during October totaled 1.80 million head, 6 percent above 2016.

Other disappearance totaled 73,000 head during October, 28 percent above 2016.

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