South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 190,000 cattle on feed on September 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was down 7% from last year.
Placements during August totaled 47,000 head, up 4% from 2019.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of August totaled 34,000 head, unchanged from last year.
Other disappearance during August totaled 3,000 head, up 2,000 head from last year.
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