South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 245,000 cattle on feed on May 1, 2024, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 11% from last year.
Placements during April totaled 30,000 head, down 3% from 2023.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of April totaled 34,000 head, up 13% from last year.
Other disappearance during April totaled 1,000 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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