South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 235,000 cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 15% from last year.
Placements during April totaled 36,000 head, up 57% from 2020.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of April totaled 38,000 head, up 27% from last year.
Other disappearance during April totaled 3,000 head, unchanged from last year.
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