South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 185,000 cattle on feed on October 1, 2022, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 7% from last year.
Placements during September totaled 45,000 head, up 2% from 2021.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of September totaled 34,000 head, down 21% from last year.
Other disappearance during September totaled 1,000 head, unchanged from last year.
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