Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.54 million cattle on feed on February 1, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 1% from last year.
Placements during January totaled 480,000 head, unchanged from 2021.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of January totaled 420,000 head, down 7% from last year.
Other disappearance during January 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 12.2 million head on February 1, 2022. The inventory was 1 percent above February 1, 2021. This is the highest February 1 inventory since the series began in 1996.
Placements in feedlots during January totaled 2.00 million head, 1 percent below 2021. Net placements were 1.94 million head. During January, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 420,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 445,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 545,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 414,000 head, 900-999 pounds were 105,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 70,000 head.
Marketings of fed cattle during January totaled 1.77 million head, 3 percent below 2021.
Other disappearance totaled 64,000 head during January, 14 percent above 2021.
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