S.D. Cattle on Feed Down 20,000

By CnAgri Print

South Dakota's 1,000+ capacity feedlots reported 220,000 cattle on feed for the slaughter market on November 1, according to the South Dakota office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is down 20,000 head from a year earlier but up 25,000 head from a month earlier.

Placements during October totaled 71,000 head, down 4,000 head from last year but up 21,000 head from September 2012.

Marketings of fed cattle during October totaled 45,000 head, up 6,000 head from both last year September 2012.

Other disappearance during October totaled 1,000 head, unchanged from both last year and September 2012.