South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 220,000 cattle on feed on May 1, 2022, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 6% from last year.
Placements during April totaled 27,000 head, down 25% from 2021.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of April totaled 35,000 head, down 8% from last year.
Other disappearance during April totaled 2,000 head, down 1,000 head from last year.
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