South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 245,000 cattle on feed on February 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2% from last year.
Placements during January totaled 40,000 head, down 2% from 2020.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of January totaled 38,000 head, down 12% from last year.
Other disappearance during January totaled 2,000 head, down 1,000 head from last year.
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