South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 200,000 cattle on feed on October 1, 2021, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 5% from last year.
Placements during September 2021 totaled 44,000 head, down 2% from 2020.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of September 2021 totaled 43,000 head, down 2% from last year.
Other disappearance during September 2021 totaled 1,000 head, unchanged from last year.
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