South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 215,000 cattle on feed on March 1, 2023, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 9% from last year.
Placements during February totaled 37,000 head, down 5% from 2022.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of February totaled 35,000 head, down 5% from last year.
Other disappearance during February totaled 2,000 head, unchanged from last year.
Access the National publication for this release at: https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/m326m174z.
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