South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 170,000 cattle on feed on July 1, 2022, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 15% from last year.
Placements during June totaled 22,000 head, up 10% from 2021.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of June totaled 43,000 head, up 19% from last year.
Other disappearance during June totaled 4,000 head, unchanged from last year.
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