South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 165,000 cattle on feed on Aug. 1, 2022, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 15% from last year.
Placements during July totaled 26,000 head, up 24% from 2021.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of July totaled 30,000 head, up 20% from last year.
Other disappearance during July totaled 1,000 head, unchanged from last year.
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