South Dakota feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 220,000 cattle on feed on June 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 10% from last year.
Placements during May totaled 31,000 head, down 6% from 2020.
Fed cattle marketings for the month of May totaled 42,000 head, up 24% from last year.
Other disappearance during May totaled 4,000 head, unchanged from last year.
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