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South Dakota Cattle on Feed Up 5 Percent
South Dakota Ag Connection - 08/22/2016

South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 220,000 cattle on feed on August according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory is up 5 percent from last year.

Placements during July totaled 18,000 head, up 6 percent from 2015.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of July totaled 32,000 head, down 6 percent from last year.

Other disappearance during July totaled 1,000 head, down 2,000 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 10.2 million head on August 1, 2016. The inventory was 2 percent above August 1, 2015.

Placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.57 million head, 2 percent above 2015. Net placements were 1.52 million head. During July, placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 352,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 235,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 360,000 head, and 800 pounds and greater were 625,000 head.

Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 1.71 million head, 1 percent below 2015. Marketings were the lowest for July since the series began in 1996.

Other disappearance totaled 50,000 head during July, 11 percent below 2015.

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