USDA Cattle on Feed - March 2023- Highlights
USDA Cattle on Feed - March 2023- Highlights
Released March 17, 2023, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
United States Cattle on Feed Down 4 Percent
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for
feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on
March 1, 2023. The inventory was 4 percent below March 1, 2022.
Placements in feedlots during February totaled 1.73 million head, 7 percent
below 2022. Net placements were 1.68 million head. During February,
placements of cattle and calves weighing less than 600 pounds were
345,000 head, 600-699 pounds were 315,000 head, 700-799 pounds were
470,000 head, 800-899 pounds were 424,000 head, 900-999 pounds were
130,000 head, and 1,000 pounds and greater were 50,000 head.
Marketings of fed cattle during February totaled 1.74 million head, 5 percent
below 2022.
Other disappearance totaled 58,000 head during February, 2 percent below
2022.
Cattle on Feed Inventory, Placements, Marketings, and Other Disappearance on
1,000+ Capacity Feedlots - United States: March 1, 2022 and 2023
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: : : Percent of
Item : 2022 : 2023 :previous year
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: ---- 1,000 head ---- percent
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On feed February 1 .....................: 12,209 11,704 96
Placed on feed during February .........: 1,868 1,734 93
Fed cattle marketed during February ....: 1,825 1,735 95
Other disappearance during February ....: 59 58 98
On feed March 1 ........................: 12,193 11,645 96
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