South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 195,000 cattle on feed on August 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 8% from last year.
Placements during July totaled 21,000 head, up 5% from 2020.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of July totaled 25,000 head, up 4% from last year.
Other disappearance during July totaled 1,000 head, unchanged from last year.
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